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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    Jul 5

    Syrian cities are being reshaped in mid-war by a new law that cuts through decades of complex property conflicts to eliminate slum housing. The government says it's necessary to rebuild ruined suburbs—the opposition says it's a land grab. Read more:

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  2. 11 hours ago

    . explains the chemistry of sarin to Russia Today’s dynamic alt-science duo, Professor Postol and the Partisan Girl.

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  3. 13 hours ago

    Bit of public diplomacy around the edges of the Syrian state: the SDF says it is willing to give up IS prisoners in order to free the Druze taken by IS in Sweida, prompting Hekmat al-Hajari—one of the three Druze sheikhs al-aql—to profusely praise the SDF.

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  4. 13 hours ago

    Life in Afrin is not pleasant, says .

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  5. 13 hours ago

    . on the Saudi-Canadian spat and what seems to be driving it: Mohammed bin Salman's efforts to harness Saudi populist nationalism for purposes both internal and external.

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    Aug 6

    Abadi's statement that Iraq now needs $75 brent ($67 Iraqi oil) to cover operational costs - I quote it here - is the most significant thing he's said lately. That's a break-even price that doesn't include any CapX, just operational spending to keep the state clunking along.

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  7. 14 hours ago

    New U.S. sanctions on Iran will sting… …and Iran is already in quite a bit of economic pain.

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  8. 14 hours ago

    On how U.S.-backed Saudi- and Emirati forces fighting Yemen's Houthis work to co-opt fighters from jihadi-tribal networks run by al-Qaeda, while the United States bombs those same networks and curses under its breath.

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  9. 14 hours ago

    On Khaled al-Ahmad, Syrian government fixer, by .

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  10. 14 hours ago

    The Urgency of Idlib: The Impending Regime Offensive and the Delicate Balance in Syria’s Northwest, by .

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  11. 14 hours ago

    Sweden had a similar experience in 2015, after the Swedish foreign minister criticized the whipping of a Saudi dissident. The government strutted around mightily at first, then chickened out and sent the Swedish king to apologize. For lack of kings, let's hope Canada has a spine.

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  12. 15 hours ago

    The government of Saudi Arabia goes insane after Canada asks it not to jail peaceful female activists, and proceeds, in a fit of weird self-harm behavior, to punish Saudis enrolled in Canadian universities or receiving Canadian medical care.

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  13. Jul 26

    New OPCW update on Syria. The last two chemical arms plants declared in 2013 have been destroyed, but the assessment team reports Damascus still hasn't demonstrated it made a full and sincere declaration—the more they dig, the more discrepancies they find.

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    Jul 26
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    The giraffe is two donkeys in a trench coat

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  15. Jul 26

    Peak Egypt was reached at the exact moment when the Cairo Governorate zoo director, who for some reason is an army major-general, denounced the allegation that his painted donkey is not a zebra.

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  16. Jul 26

    Just heard explain the politics of Syriac-Assyrian-Chaldean Christian militias in Syria and Iraq, on Popular Front, 's podcast for conflict connoisseurs. If you can handle this level of detail, don't miss it for the world:

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  17. Jul 26

    Wary of U.S. ally, Syrian Kurds look to Damascus for talks

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    Jul 26

    A Backgrounder on the relationship of the & Central State during the first years of Independence, war w Israel, Druze uprising against Atrash domination. Damascus' failed attempt to divide the Druze. Bombardment of the Jabal; Druze revenge.

    Update on South with attacks today in & ongoing regime offensive in Basin
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    Jul 26

    Arabia Suspends Exports Through Bab al-Mandeb

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  20. Retweeted
    Jul 25

    Ambassador Fernando Arias Assumes Office as Director-General. Learn more:

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    Jul 25

    Of survey respondents with documentation related to housing and land, 70% said the documentation was in the name of someone else. One of the most concerning findings.

    Likely that perceptions of ownership at the individual and household level different from the legal definition of ownership via registration. Common situation based on my experience in…
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