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    Apr 9

    NEW - My latest on escalating dynamics between & in : - "The days of ‘rolling back’ in are gone. Containment & deterrence may be all that's left. And the situation is too dangerous for to kick down the road.”

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    21 hours ago

    كما ذكر هنا، هيئة تحرير الشام لم تعد جزءا من القاعدة تنظيميا فقد نشبت خلافات عدة بينهما أدت لانشقاقات أفضت مؤخرا لإنشاء تنظيم حراس الدين. لكن جوهر الخلافات يدور حول السلطة والتكتيكات المرحلية المتبعة وليس المنطلقات الفكرية.

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    22 hours ago

    Essential piece by ~> US Officials Just Mislabeled a Syrian Terror Group as al Qaeda. Worse, They’re Missing a Far Bigger Threat via

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    Jun 1

    US Officials Just Mislabeled a Syrian Terror Group as al Qaeda. Worse, They’re Missing a Far Bigger Threat | Analysis by of

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    23 hours ago

    *NEW* - "U.S. Officials Just Mislabeled a Terror Group as . Worse, They’re Missing a Far Bigger Threat.” My latest, on how nobody is paying attention to 'AQ Central’ in , which poses a serious & immediate terror threat:

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  6. 23 hours ago

    AQ's loyalist faction in - Tanzim Huras al-Din - is headed by countless veteran AQ leaders. - Its Shura Council includes 3+ members of AQ’s *global* shura council. - Some were involved in the Khorasan Group. - Several new arrivals were personally dispatched by .

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  7. 23 hours ago

    The analytical error is a minor issue. => Not a single U.S. official - as far as I can find - has *ever* said a word about Al-Qaeda Central’s latest effort to exploit a safe-haven to further Bin Laden’s traditional jihadi model, fueled by globalist ambitions. Why?

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    Jun 1

    Terrorism and human rights: the perspective of international law

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  9. Jun 1

    Great reporting by - “U.S. & Face Off in Former -Held Town of Al-Qaim.”

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  10. Jun 1

    "The [Iraq] govt asked us to keep count [of 's dead] until a few months ago. Then they told us to stop & transfer bodies directly to mass graves outside the city.” - on the death & destruction in Mosul, 10 months after ’s defeat:

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  11. Jun 1

    Excellent by Fed Hof - read this: - "Stabilization & 's Opposition” To stabilize & exploit gains made against , the U.S. must invest more in relations with the [non-] opposition:

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  12. Jun 1

    "6 Reasons Why The U.S. Must Expand, Not Withdraw Forces from ” - Alon Ben-Meir

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  13. Jun 1

    & Agree to Remove 's Forces From Border + Israel gets 'green light' to strike targets as long as it does not endanger regime.

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  14. Jun 1

    Lots of diplomatic & military movement over the future of southern these days… , and I talked it out for ’s “Focus” podcast - tune in!

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    Feb 23

    My latest work - the CTC Sentinel cover story - a deep dive into 2yrs of internal /// dynamics. Check it out! - How al-Qaeda Lost Control of its Affiliate: The Inside Story

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    May 31

    None of this, necessarily, makes any more “moderate” or less “extreme,” but it *does* necessitate an honest re-assessment of the group’s loyalty ties to Al-Qaeda. As I’ve repeatedly said, these nuances make for significant policy consequences. Blanket blindness = naive.

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    May 31

    Since I wrote that in-depth study 5 months ago for , has cracked down on Al-Qaeda loyalists in NW , who in turn have repeatedly slammed HTS & its leaders for betraying AQ & Islam’s strict principals. They have literally fought & killed each other.

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  18. May 31

    According to , ’s regime has given "2 million" Iranians citizenship & residency in recent years - in a further attempt to prevent refugees from returning.

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    May 31

    Podcast: "A 'diplomatic dance' in southern " | and join in this week's Middle East Focus

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  20. May 31

    His attempt at an English accent is terrible.

    A British royals expert was all over TV commenting on the royal wedding. His accent was fake.…
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