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Focus on Syria, jihadis, PKK, etc. Likes are just bookmarks. RTs are ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 29

    The Syrian regime's prisons are a vast network of concentration camps, where torture and murder are endemic. Despite the solid evidence, it's unlikely justice will ever be done, certainly not by an international court.

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    7 hours ago

    Great piece here by

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    8 hours ago

    . gets it in one.

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  4. Retweeted
    13 hours ago

    Rumours of an Iranian-Russian split over Syria little more than a Western chimaera

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  5. 6 hours ago

    Claim: the U.S. has discussed dismantling the Tanf base in southern , which houses armed groups that fight but which the U.S. has protected from /, with as part of the discussions over Deraa. A new disaster, if so.

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  6. 7 hours ago

    Ben Rhodes says that after Trump won the election, "[Obama] expressed rare self-doubt, wondering whether he had misjudged his own influence on American history." It reads like a parody of what Obama critics thought he thought about the masses and himself.

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  7. 7 hours ago

    ISIS claims attack on Afghan Interior Ministry

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  8. 7 hours ago

    The people who defended Daniel Ortega and made such a performance about American efforts to bring down his Soviet-sponsored Sandinista dictatorship look even worse now than they did at the time:

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    7 hours ago

    American progressives take note: is facing nationwide protests & strikes against the regime by truck drivers, farmers, & teachers. They deserve your support.

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    8 hours ago

    "The basic notion is to work with Moscow ... to limit the influence of ... This idea is not new and remains illusory. is powerless—even if it were willing—to restrain Iran, the dominant force driving the regime coalition's war."

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    8 hours ago

    Note that I have verified that three of the fighters are not from Mozambique - the others are locals. More detail to follow.

    Day after reports of Islamist militants beheading 10 people in Mozambique, Islamic State supporters on Telegram circulate photos allegedly showing militants in the country & promising a forthcom…
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  12. 7 hours ago

    "As she’s done so often ..., Hillary Clinton sets a trap for herself and then walks right into it. ... With Hillary there are always two standards. The ones she expects of everyone else, and the ones she holds for herself." v

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  13. 7 hours ago

    Interesting. People who trade in conspiracy theories about the 9/11 massacre that are drenched in antisemitism sit in judgement on the networks when questions of racialism arise.

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  14. 7 hours ago

    When Nixon went to China in 1972, he toasted Zhou Enlai and the other killers in really profuse terms; spoke of "a long march together". William F. Buckley, after watching this, wrote that Nixon "would toast [Soviet spy] Alger Hiss tonight, if he could find him".

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    9 hours ago

    When the Syrian Revolution started the graffiti was a way the protesters used to express and speak up against the Syrian regime later on, it turned to be used against and other groups like / walls today “down with party” “Raqqa is Free & should leave“

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    11 hours ago

    While the routes have changed, smugglers who worked with the Islamic State to loot Syria’s cultural heritage for profit continue to operate under the eyes of armed factions and corrupt government officers.

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    13 hours ago

    New piece for on the question of - relations, and whether Moscow can really be used to contain the Iranian revolution in Syria. Thanks to for input.

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    12 hours ago

    hints it will push out of Syria ... then sets up fixed military positions with Iranian forces to surround in Idlib. The pursuit of an exploitable Iran-Russia schism will end in tears.

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  19. 11 hours ago

    When reading 's piece, something one cannot shake: the Trump-as Putin's-puppet narrative begins as Mrs. Clinton struggles to deflect attention from the likelihood Russia (and others) compromised her email system. The imprint of that political campaign is everywhere.

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    11 hours ago

    Medine'de Osmanlı askerleri, 1900'ler Ottoman soldiers in Medina, 1900s

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