Aron Lund

@aronlund

Writer for hire, mostly on the Middle East. Does Syria stuff for The Century Foundation () and IRIN ().

aron.lund.syria/gmail.com
Joined December 2011
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    Feb 20

    The strange story of how a cement factory north of Raqqa became a U.S. military base, after passing from Assad to YPG to IS back to YPG, also involves the son of Syria's former defense minister—and a Norwegian guy living in the middle of rebel-held Syria.

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    20 hours ago

    Spokesperson’s statement on Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) deployment to , :

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  3. 22 hours ago

    Wait, I got it: Abram Leon. In which case the book he refers to is this one . So basically he cited two Trotskyites but also can't tell Marx from Stalin. My conclusion: Mr. Abbas, lay off Wikipedia when speechwriting.

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  4. 22 hours ago

    OK, so I listened to Mahmoud Abbas's PNC speech to hear what he actually said about the Holocaust etc. I'm stumped by the second of the three "Jewish authors" he mentions at 56.40: 1. Stalin, corrected to Marx 2. "Brabalblblalyaom" 3. Isaac Deutscher Help?

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  5. 23 hours ago

    OCHA also estimates numbers and whereabouts of the enclave's inhabitants: • 120,000 in East Ghouta. • 66,369 in Idleb and Aleppo. • 44,703 in IDP sites. • 47,635 left IDP sites for Damascus or elsewhere. = Nearly 279,000, though there may be some overlap due to IDP movement.

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  6. 23 hours ago

    Fighting is over, but East Ghouta's humanitarian problems persist. says 44,000 people remain in overcrowded IDP sites, some of them prevented from leaving, and aid workers are not allowed to assist some 120,000 people inside the former enclave.

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  7. 23 hours ago

    “I’m not sure if one can have a culture shock within their own country, but that’s what I’m experiencing right now.” – and on the disorienting effects of Mohammed bin Salman's whirlwind of cultural mini-reform in Saudi Arabia.

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    May 3

    humanitarian programs only 23% funded.

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  9. May 3

    Longtime leading member Mohammed Alloush resigns from the political board of the Islam Army, saying it is to make room for new talent. He promises to continue working for the Syrian opposition in some yet-to-be-defined way.

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  10. May 3

    Are Turkish politics a total mystery to you, too? Fear not: in this short TCF piece, brings you up to speed, explaining how Erdogan's call for snap elections has sent the opposition scrambling to unite behind a counter-candidate.

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  11. May 3

    Russia has good ties to Tehran, Damascus, and Jerusalem, and is thus uniquely well placed to help them work out new ground rules for internationally-penetrated southern Syria in order to limit the risk of regional conflagration, writes .

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  12. May 3

    Syria, a love story. Don't miss reading this, by and .

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  13. May 3

    Profile of current Syrian National Coalition chair Abderrahman Mustafa, by .

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  14. May 3

    Lebanon has 18 religious sects whose parliamentary representation is meticulously arranged by percentage. Also, 97% of all seats are held by men because gender quotas would clearly be an outrageous violation of some principle or other. By :

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  15. May 1

    Give Moqtada a chance: in a brand new TCF report based on dozens of interviews in Baghdad and Karbala, argues that Moqtada al-Sadr's nationalist makeover could help Iraq escape the swamp of sectarian corruption it has been stuck in for so long.

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    May 1
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    yes but more so KSA, as Morocco has been lukewarm over Qatar and just withdrawn its fighter jets from Yemen; many media reports on the KSA/Morocco estrangement over the last couple of months

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  17. May 1

    One reason Rabat is anxious to get on the right side of Trump: his new national-security advisor has a history with the Western Sahara conflict. Working with then-UN Envoy James Baker in the late 90s, Bolton reportedly had more than his fill of Moroccan diplomatic obstructionism.

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  18. May 1

    Truly, 'tis the season for Iran-related political pitches: here comes the Moroccan government, cutting ties with Tehran and announcing it found secret evidence Hezbollah is arming Front Polisario. (Time since Polisario last fired a gun in anger: 27 years.)

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    May 1

    Over 2 million people in need in hard-to-reach areas in including people in besieged , download the latest map:

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  20. Apr 30

    Benjamin Netanyahu, the world's darkest prop comedian.

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    Apr 30

    Nice Iraq-related quote from in this great NYer profile

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