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Senior Fellow & Director of Extremism & Counterterrorism . Author of T/RT≠ endorsement

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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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    This will be viewed as a "gotcha" moment by some, but the only people who ever denied that the YPG was the Syrian branch of the PKK were Western fanboys whose digital gesticulations never mattered anyway.

    's top military leader Bahoz Erdal confirms provision of support (staging attacks, ammunition & military guidance) to the in . …
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  3. 5 minutes ago

    Senior White House official tells Bloomberg that has emerged as the biggest beneficiary of the - attempt to isolate . How depressingly ironic.

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    Jun 4

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

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  5. 54 minutes ago

    باهوز أردال: مقبلون على صيف ساخن.. و دعم و«حدات الحماية» ب- - "ساعدنا وحدات حماية الشعب في سورية بشكل واضح ومركز خلال هجمات داعش، وقدمنا لهم الذخيرة وأيضا استشارات عسكرية لتطوير أساليب حماية مناطقهم."

    's top military leader Bahoz Erdal confirms provision of support (staging attacks, ammunition & military guidance) to the in . …
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    's top military leader Bahoz Erdal confirms provision of support (staging attacks, ammunition & military guidance) to the in . - “I do not deny the party’s (the PKK) role in Rojava… people in the party’s ranks helped create the YPG.”

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    23 hours ago

    Tahrir al-Sham belongs on U.S. terrorist lists, but not for being an al-Qaeda affiliate, writes .

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    Jun 4

    Charles Lister - Defense One - US Officials Just Mislabeled a Syrian Terror Group as al Qaeda. Worse, They’re Missing a Far Bigger Threat via

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  9. 4 hours ago

    : I’ve been told of several cases of European former ‘wives’ who’ve given birth to babies while being held in both & “prisons” -- some of their babies have never seen anything outside their prison cells. No govt I’ve spoken to knows what to do - literally.

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  10. 5 hours ago

    The fate of foreign prisoners & their families is a huge issue - which *nobody* has tried/wants to figure out. For the / to release them is as short-sighted as western governments hoping to wish away the problem.

    1. SDF/YPG has begun to release captured foreign ISIS members and bring them back into ISIS territory, several Germans held in Northern Syria told me. This is consistent with the assessment in a document from Belgium intel agency VSSE. …
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  11. 5 hours ago

    The /’s political “co-chair,” Ilham Ahmed (a veteran) has reportedly arrived in for talks with the regime. Ilham Ahmed is a regular visitor to Washington DC - a close partner to the U.S//.

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  12. 6 hours ago

    Unsurprisingly, the -controlled, /-run Military Council (MMC) has refused any TSK presence. Seems U.S. did not pre-consult with MMC - why? Would seem the logical thing to work out internal issues first… Does someone want spoilers?

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  13. 6 hours ago

    Interesting [alleged] details on possible US- roadmap on , - from . “advisors” to leave… followed later by … TSK to control 5/11 observation posts & train new local security force to replace in ~6 months.

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    Jun 1

    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?

    *NEW* - "U.S. Officials Just Mislabeled a Terror Group as . Worse, They’re Missing a…
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  15. 6 hours ago

    Very interesting - read this by & : - " Will Spare in Its Conflict with , for Now”

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  16. 6 hours ago

    now provides w. ~$700m a year, acc. to updated U.S estimates. Force backing of terror activities abroad is facilitated - in part - by Iran’s Central Bank. The Quds Force has also been printing $100m's of cash for :

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  17. 6 hours ago

    إخوة في الزكاة: المموّلون السلفيون والثورة . أصبح دور في في متضائل مؤخراً، إلا أنهم لازالوا يمارسون تأثيراً في الحيّز الديني في البلاد. - مهم, من صديقي

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  18. 6 hours ago

    After renouncing & forcing its fighters out, the town of has become the victim of concerted regime bombing. An aid relief center was bombed today, along with civilian housing. I’m told 3 children were killed.

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    Jun 5
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    2 Kurdish Efrin sources and an Arab with the Efrin police (Turkish-backed) confirmed to me that 1 of the religious posters was torn down by civilians & the rest were removed by the police due to public outcry.

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    Jun 4

    "Labelling HTS as al Qaeda constrains U.S. policy to responses that treat the group like a globalist, jihadist movement, which it is not."

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    Jun 4

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

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