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Passionate about human rights. Research Fellow at the Israeli Forum for Regional Thinking () focusing on Syria. Poli-sci grad student

Chicago, IL
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    Feb 14

    My new piece for : Israel's Deepening Involvement with Syria's Rebels

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  2. 2 hours ago

    "The state of the Syrian people as they wait for Truuump.." "Come on, what's happening with you? We have work" Via

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  3. 4 hours ago

    A friend posted tonight: "Abu Knafeh Hair is making fun of us" (because he keeps teasing on Twitter and not bombing). Knafeh is a Levantine sweet that looks like this.

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  4. 4 hours ago

    A fake convo, a Syrian asks Trump to let him know if he's going to bomb that night. "Half of the Syrian people are awake till the fucking morning." "Dear, we are awake and waiting, say something & don't hesitate"

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  5. 4 hours ago

    "The Assad regime threatens Abu Ivanka with looting everything in Washington if he carries out the strike" The regime's incompetent army is notorious for looting homes and antiquities.

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  6. 4 hours ago

    Mimicking ISIS publications "Wilayat Syria: The one carrying out a martyrdom operation, Abu Ivanka al-Amriki, moments before setting off to demolish the stronghold of the Nusayri [derogatory for Alawi] regime at the Dumayr [military] airport"

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  7. 4 hours ago

    "Go sleep... There's a time difference between us and you" (on Twitter)

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  8. 4 hours ago

    "The great incursion into Syria" The Arabic "we love you" plays on a pre-revolutionary "election" slogan of Bashar al-Assad

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  9. 4 hours ago

    Some of the memes & jokes being shared by anti-Assad Syrians these days as they stay up late, hoping for airstrikes. "The current situation of the Syrian people"

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  10. 4 hours ago

    Sirens sounded off tonight in Israeli villages near the Gaza border after Palestinian militants opened machine-gun fire on an Israeli drone that bombed Hamas targets in the strip

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  11. 5 hours ago

    A leaflet apparently distributed by Jaysh al-Islam following the chemical attack on Douma, explaining their departure as a response to "popular pressure" due to people's "inability to bear the hysterical bombing."

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  12. 6 hours ago

    Typical of Israeli hasbara.

    After Israel's defense minister claims journalist shot dead was paid member of Hamas, documents seen by show he was actually detained, beaten up by Hamas in 2015
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  13. 7 hours ago

    Free Syrian Army rebels based in the Qalamoun mountains fire Grad rockets on regime military airports of Dumayr and al-Seen. This front has been largely dormant in recent months.

    جيش الحر يستهدف قوات النظام في مطاري السين والضمير بوابل من صورايخ الغراد.
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    18 hours ago

    From the same geniuses who brought you "Ukraine is leaning towards the EU, so better launch an endless war to grab some useless bits of Donbass and ensure every Ukrainian will hate Russia forever."

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    18 hours ago

    Endless bluster from Russian officials about how "we will shoot down every missile fired at Syria" is almost certainly goading Trump into launching a much bigger strike than he initially planned. Russian diplomacy at its finest.

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  16. 7 hours ago

    The town of Dumayr near Damascus, which was under a ceasefire deal with the regime, has surrendered to the regime. Rebels & activists set to be displaced to rebel-held north (Ar)

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  17. 8 hours ago

    Tens of thousands of civilians have been displaced by the Assad regime from eastern Ghouta and IDP camps in Arab/Turkmen parts of the north are completely full. Efrin is seen by some of the displaced as a relatively safe, undamaged & not overcrowded area.

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  18. 8 hours ago

    Arab & Kurdish sources in Efrin have confirmed to me that dozens of displaced families from eastern Ghouta have been placed in homes of Kurds who fled in the face of the Turkish+FSA offensive. Kurdish locals fear demographic engineering by Turkey.

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  19. 8 hours ago

    About 100 Syrian religious scholars who attended the Unity of the Nation Conference in Damascus reportedly left the hall during the speech of Ali Akbar Velayati (senior adviser to the Iranian Supreme Leader) to protest Iranian influence in Syria. Via

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  20. 8 hours ago

    Proceeds of sales of Anne Frank's diary to be donated to the progressive New Israel Fund (now under attack by Netanyahu) Incredible gesture

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    11 hours ago

    7 سنين والشعب السوري يتعرض لحرب إبادة يشارك بها الى جانب شبيحة الاسد، ميلشيات ايرانية وعراقية وأفغانية وحزب الله وروسيا، واليوم فقط يتخوف مدعو الانسانية من طبول الحرب، على اساس قتل اكثر من نص مليون سوري هو سيمفونية سلام

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