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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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    1 hour ago

    Senior Jordanian al-Qa'ida loyalists in northern Syria have released statements in support of Dar'a and urging them to not accept a surrender, rather to turn to guerilla warfare. 1st statement is jointly by Bilal Khuraysat and Iyad Toubasi, 2nd is by Khalid Aruri.

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    2 hours ago

    : 270,000 displaced by fighting in southern Syria: UN - via

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  4. 3 hours ago

    What the Russians in particular are not keen on, well aware of the brittleness of the regime coalition and the expectations they disseminated even to rebel backers, is something like this that will protract the fight in South .

    Revolutionary civilians resign from negotiating team, slam their counterparts for 'self-serving, area-specific deals', call on civilians to take up arms and fight. …
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  5. 3 hours ago

    It is not clear if Ahmad al-Awda is engaged in revisionism because of the extent of the opposition outcry against the announced terms, or whether al-Awda is telling the truth in the face of Russian active measures designed to induce a total rebel collapse.

    Lot of confusion in southern . Rebel leader Ahmad al-Awda, in Busra, east of Deraa, reached a deal with last night for the surrender of some territory and weapons. Al-Awda released a statement afterward saying it was not nearly so much as the…
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    Lot of confusion in southern . Rebel leader Ahmad al-Awda, in Busra, east of Deraa, reached a deal with last night for the surrender of some territory and weapons. Al-Awda released a statement afterward saying it was not nearly so much as the Russians claim.

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    5 hours ago

    Iranian media reports the death of Mohammad Ebrahim Rashidi, an IRGC Ground Forces soldier in Syria. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told the Israeli media only 2 days ago that "there are no Iranian forces in Syria"

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    Jun 30

    What a shame that Stephen Harper, a former Canadian prime minister, chose to attend the MEK conference in Paris. Speaks to the sophistication of MEK political operations, and naivete or venality of Western politicians who chose to attend.

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    4 hours ago

    S. : Central Op. Room announces it thwarted Regime assault on launched this morning. Half of armored column destroyed. Town is under intense |n aerial bombardment. W. .

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    22 hours ago

    They can build nuclear weapons and send rockets into space but can’t provide their citizens clean water. And that’s how every totalitarian system eventually ends

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    A resident video of the water Khorramshahr's protesters are angry about:
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    7 hours ago

    The closed its bureau in the capital seven decades after it was founded there, with a source at the paper citing “financial reasons.” -Hayat closes bureau in birthplace via

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    3 hours ago

    I left a week before the true debauchery started. No matter what you think about politics, it’s great to see so many people in Russia... well drunk and happy over sportsball.

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    4 hours ago

    Hundreds of fighters are receiving advanced training from special forces at military academies in as part of a significant escalation of support for the insurgents, Taliban and Afghan officials have told The Times.

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    10 hours ago

    Files left in an Islamic State police station in Iraq and turned over to The Times reveal how ISIS carried out a terrorist version of the "broken window" school of policing -- prosecuting minor crimes in towns it ruled and winning points with residents

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    17 hours ago

    NO ONE will ever be able to say again that OPEC is not political and sticks to technical/economic issues Oil production has been weaponised -- only this time the weapon is pointed at Iran and is being wielded by the United States and Saudi Arabia Quite a turn around from 1973 ...

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    23 hours ago

    “European refiners are cutting purchases of Iranian oil faster than expected as the U.S. prepares to reimpose sanctions on Iran, threatening a more severe impact than the last round of punitive measures in 2012 even though the EU has not joined in.”

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    Jun 26

    The Turkish Foreign Fighters and the Dynamics behind Their Flow into Syria and Iraq - Murat Haner, Ashley Wichern, and Marissa Fleenor, Terrorism and Political Violence ():

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    Jul 1

    My new piece based on interviews with multiple displaced Syrians along the fence on the Golan & locals welcoming them

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    5 hours ago

    If - as lots seem to be saying to me this morning - the EU is not interested in a meaningful negotiation and the only real option for the UK is Norway, then that will fuel the arguments of some Brexiteers who say we should be just walking away

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  20. 5 hours ago

    Calls for the PM to stick to her own stated policy: insolence Deriding working class voters as having "throw[n] a bit of a tantrum" by voting for independence: statesman-like behaviour. Wonder why people feel the Tories are out of touch with the electorate.

    Rees-Mogg’s insolence in lecturing & threatening PM is just too much. Risks debasing govt, party, country & himself. PM must be given maximum latitude & backing. The ideological right are a minority despite their noise & should pipe down. …
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    6 hours ago

    LISTEN: Cameron Asked Obama to Say UK Would Be "At Back of the Queue"

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