Aron Lund

@aronlund

I write about the Middle East, mostly for the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, IRIN News, and The Century Foundation.

aron.lund.syria@gmail.com
Joined December 2011
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    May 22

    Can money win where guns lost? That's what the United States and its allies hope for in Syria, but critics say tying reconstruction aid to political change won’t work and will hurt civilians. New for :

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  2. 8 hours ago

    Rumors of a Russian deal that would see Israel admit Syrian troops back to the southern border and the Golan Heights as long as they're not mixed up with Iranian-backed units, writes .

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    11 hours ago

    The dates in my calendar

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  4. 10 hours ago

    Also, who could possibly disagree with the idea of Idleb having one more faction named Tahrir something.

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  5. 11 hours ago

    Large-ish bunch of small-ish FSA-flagged factions in northwest Syria, incl. the Brotherhood's Failaq al-Sham, merge into a new National Liberation Front. Big name, but on the other hand their logo seems to be made up of outdated weapons and fighters surrendering. (via )

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  6. 11 hours ago

    Syria may not have declared entire chemical arsenal, OPCW says. by &

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  7. 11 hours ago

    In defense of Syria's Law 10, by .

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  8. 11 hours ago

    It seems Aljazeera got cold feet and retracted its interview with Youssef al-Hajar, political chief of Tahrir al-Sham. Thanks to the wonders of online pirate journalism, you can still read it here:

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  9. 14 hours ago

    . interviews Jaafar, green bus driver.

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  10. 15 hours ago

    > rebel backers must consider. They worked for years to build new institutions, but now that Assad wins, civilians return to life under the old system, carrying rebel-issued papers that are at best useless and at worst a life-long scarlet letter. This is not unfixable, so fix it.

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  11. 15 hours ago

    Apart from this being a classic case of the Baathist thugocracy cutting off its nose to spite its face—Syria is in extreme need of educated youth after years of brain drain and draft; a pro-Assad businessman told me he can't even find secretaries to recruit—it is also something >

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  12. 15 hours ago

    Syrian authorities refuse to accept or facilitate the conversion of school diplomas from the Western-funded, opposition-run education system that some 10,000 East Ghouta kids underwent in 2013-2017, thereby barring them from further education.

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  13. 15 hours ago

    Second Syrian National Dialogue Congress planned to be held in Sochi next month.

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  14. 15 hours ago

    After every Damascus area retaken by the Syrian army got thoroughly looted, Russian military police is annoyed enough to stage a symbolic arrest of looting troops: To which Assad's government responds with its best "who, me?" face:

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  15. 17 hours ago

    Oh, and there's a previous report on U.S. plans to build new Afghan security forces after 2001.

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  16. 18 hours ago

    Review of civil-military stabilization in Afghanistan 2001–2017 finds the US "greatly overestimated its ability to build and reform government institutions." Seems relevant to Iraq, Syria, and Libya, where the US and many others face similar challenges.

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  17. 18 hours ago

    Haven't seen the new edition, but this is one of the best all-round Syria civil war books I've read. Its focus is on foreign meddling, but it covers internal affairs too. If you're new to the issue or want a blow-by-blow recap, it's a great place to start.

    The Battle for paperback edition, including new chapter 'Syria's war in the age of Trump' available now
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  18. 18 hours ago

    Foreign Ministry phone styles: • Jordan: Sent around until someone takes my number and inshallahs me out of circulation. On-hold music: Bagpipes. • Syria: Sent around until I get a line where a man yells over loud traffic at someone else, not hearing me. On-hold music: Fairouz.

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    May 27

    Syrian chargé in Amman tells Novosti that Syrian government may be able to resolve the south with "peaceful dialogue" with local armed factions instead of a military offensive. Credits realism on the ground inside and a constructive Jordanian position.

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    May 27

    After Muqtada Al-Sadr's Surprise Win, Iraq's Political Leaders Try To Form Government: My story

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  21. May 27

    After years of screaming insults at the United States and spitting in the general direction of NATO, Erdogan is baffled to find that some American politicians no longer think it is unproblematic to sell top-modern military tech to Turkey. :

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