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Passionate about human rights. Research Fellow at the Forum for Regional Thinking () focusing on Syria. Poli-sci grad student . Views my own

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    Jul 10

    The Breaking of Syria’s Rebellion My new in-depth analysis shows a deep rift between civilians and rebels in opposition-held Syria

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  2. 23 minutes ago

    Key passages from this brilliant piece on the free speech panic

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  3. 52 minutes ago

    The free speech panic: how the right concocted a crisis Brilliant long read

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    6 hours ago

    Secret Israeli report reveals armed drone killed four boys playing on Gaza beach in 2014

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    2 hours ago

    Netanyahu's strategic objective of separating from the West Bank requires having Hamas in Gaza and Abbas in the West Bank "weak and deterred". A long term cease fire directly with Hamas will end its weakness and risk its ascendance in the West Bank. 1/

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    6 hours ago

    Egyptian activist Amal Fathy is in court this morning, detained in a pre-dawn raid in May. Her alleged crime was making a video discussing sexual harassment in Egypt and posting it to Facebook.

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    3 hours ago

    : aftermath of |n airstrikes on Urem Kubra which killed 22 people incl. 6 children yesterday. 11 ppl extracted alive from rubble during overnight rescue op.

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    Caught on tape: The official monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine has for the first time posted video footage showing convoys of trucks crossing from Russia into Ukraine & from Ukraine into Russia through a back road that has no border guards. via

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    15 hours ago

    The Trump administration is believed to have decided it will give almost no further aid to the Palestinians this year, has learned. My report with

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  10. 10 hours ago

    In case you thought that Saudi is now too busy fighting Canada to keep the old spat with Qatar alive.

    Here is the regime uses , the two holy Mosques and Islam principles to make a coup in the State of . Okaz which is supported by the regime newspa…
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  11. 11 hours ago

    Great thread on Turkey's "justice" system

    So much to say about this op-ed by Erdogan in the . Pushing back against USG requests to free Brunson, RTE says he urged US to respect "the judicial process". 1/10
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  12. 11 hours ago

    As US and Turkey break up, experts warn of dangerous ramifications Useful summary by

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    16 hours ago

    The scale of concentrated devastation in , W. following 's 6 airstrikes today is something observers haven't seen since the offensive, earlier this year.

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    Jun 17

    Banyas, Syria 2011 The first city to protest against the Assad regime with flowers and olive branches, shouting “flowers are our weapon.”

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    16 hours ago

    Great thread.

    Four days into the Saudi-Canada crisis and here's a longish update on what the Saudi authorities have done, and what Saudi media is saying:
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  16. 16 hours ago

    This is why Russian bots and trolls smear the White Helmets. Because they document Russia's war crimes & rescue from the rubble those Russia failed to kill. 20 human beings perished in a Russian strike on Urum al-Kubra, Aleppo today.

    Among the victims were six children, two women, and an entire family that was crushed under the rubble of their house when it collapsed. The count of injured has reached 50, including many…
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    17 hours ago

    20 dead civilians retrieved by the in town so far is the unofficial total known following the Russian air raids on this city west of .

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  18. 16 hours ago

    The Assad regime targeted 2 hospitals in the northwest today. A fire broke out near the hospital in Maarat al-Numan (Idlib) after the strike. The maternity hospital in Termala, Hama, was bombed, injuring one employee. The hospital suspended all operations.

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    Aug 10

    הטענות אמש של לשכת ראש הממשלה ולשכת שר הביטחון על כך שאין הפסקת אש התבררו כאמינות בערך כמו הטענות של אותן לשכות שהחמאס ספג מכה קשה

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  20. 18 hours ago

    Contacts in rebel-held northern Syria express great anger toward Turkey, which established 12 observations posts surrounding Idlib but has failed to prevent the newly launched regime & Russian airstrikes on the region. Regime ground forces being mobilized too.

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    18 hours ago

    A sight we should never have to see - child sized graves for the 29 victims of an airstrike on their school bus in Yemen

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