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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    Sep 3

    Idleb briefing: Read my new backgrounder on Syria's last major rebel stronghold, the groups fighting over it, the risks to civilians who live there, and the international intrigues that will decide their future.

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  2. 14 hours ago

    China's Xi pledges $20 billion in loans to revive Middle East

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  3. 14 hours ago

    Vladimir Putin: Lyndon LaRouche with nukes.

    Russia says it has "irrefutable evidence" of a vast global conspiracy involving U.S. network television, MI6, al-Qaeda, and others to murder a cellar full of orphans and make it look like gas, in order to—I guess—fire one more round of missiles into Syria. …
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  4. 15 hours ago

    Russia says it has "irrefutable evidence" of a vast global conspiracy involving U.S. network television, MI6, al-Qaeda, and others to murder a cellar full of orphans and make it look like gas, in order to—I guess—fire one more round of missiles into Syria.

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  5. 16 hours ago

    . weighs in on the Levant Front and the way people like to club each other over the head with big words.

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  6. Retweeted
    Sep 11

    I apologise for frequency of interviews I do, but since you all like them so much I have done more & more. This new one is w/the amir of Fursan al-Din, one of the independent jihadi groups in northwest Syria. The group was founded by Turkish muhajireen

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  7. 16 hours ago

    Well, oops. Dutch prosecutors accusing the Levant Front of being a terrorist group are informed that the Levant Front was on the Dutch government's payroll.

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  8. 17 hours ago

    As the Idleb standoff continues, Turkey-backed rebels tell Ankara has resumed arms deliveries into Syria and is pulling in other client factions from Bab/Afrin.

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  9. 17 hours ago

    Damascus wants to eat southern Idleb first, argues .

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    18 hours ago

    We released our 16th mandated report to the today, which documents unprecedented levels of internal displacement, the use of chemical weapons, & other war crimes: EN: AR: Press Release:

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  11. 19 hours ago

    US bans aid workers in Turkey-Syria scam

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    Sep 11

    I spoke with for this podcast episode about my research on Syrian refugee integration in Germany

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  13. Sep 11

    Will they, won't they? I'll take your bets here.

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  14. Sep 11

    An escalation of air strikes and fears of a coming battle have led to 30,000 people fleeing in the Idleb-Hama region even before a ground offensive begins, says UN's .

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  15. Sep 11

    Al-Qaeda Won, by .

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    Sep 11

    After an August 10th oped in the NYTimes warning the West that Turkey would "start looking for new friends and allies," Erdogan pens a follow up in the WSJ calling for Western support against his new friends and allies:

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  17. Sep 11

    Confirmation of Trump's pick for the State Department's top Middle East job, David Schenker, is being held up in protest of the administration's refusal to divulge the legal basis for air strikes in Syria in 2017, write and .

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  18. Sep 11

    Syrian authorities prepare an alternative road linking Hama and Aleppo via Abu al-Duhour, in order to reduce traffic on the overburdened and unsafe Ithriya-Khanaser road. This seems to presume the M5 will remain out of reach for the foreseeable future.

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  19. Sep 11

    First Syrian-made aircraft sees the light of day. Looks sort of cute.

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  20. Sep 11

    U.S. officials tell Assad has green-lighted chlorine attacks in Idleb.

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  21. Retweeted
    Sep 3

    My three latest texts for and , about Idleb, Syria. • Political and humanitarian stakes: • The armed factions: • How Idleb fits into the war's endgame:

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