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    Aug 3

    NEW: “The Urgency of : The Impending Regime Offensive & the Delicate Balancing Act in ’s Northwest” My latest, in-depth look at , for :

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  2. 15 hours ago

    is indeed AQ's greatest safe-haven since 9/11. I and others have written about it for yrs. But we’re not looking at the AQ of 2001 - the challenges posed in countering this threat are qualitatively different. Military means alone will only fuel AQ's survival, not defeat.

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  3. 16 hours ago

    As we consider ’s next move in , take a look at my recent article with - looking in-depth at ’s self-presentation… Raw data shows propaganda material has been deeply locally-focused -- to prepare for today’s challenges:

    NEW - Amid an impending assault on its heartland, ’s propaganda doubled-down on *local* messaging. …
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    19 hours ago

    When the US & EU finally noticed the disinfo wave coming from Russia, my first advice was that they would be shocked by the scope and scale. Putin had invested billions for years.

    WOW. - In the aftermath of 's April 2017 chemical attack on , created 1,000s of…
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  5. 17 hours ago

    How low can one go? Seriously… In fear of a chemical attack, people in have taken desperately to making homemade gas masks using plastic bags & cups (right). While sat comfortably in the U.S., one “journalist” has chosen to ridicule them (left). Sickening.

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    17 hours ago

    Special Representative for Engagement, Ambassador James Jeffrey, delivers a statement at the Security Council meeting.

    Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Syria
    The U.S. Special Representative for Syria Engagement, Ambassador James Jeffrey, delivers a statement at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East. - U.S. Department of State
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    18 hours ago

    Downing of Russian plane highlights Syrian regime's incompetence & dangerous new realities; DMZ deal could prevent feared humanitarian disaster in Idlib, but big obstacles ahead responds to latest news out of Syria

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  8. 18 hours ago

    Given those realities mentioned in , the proposed “demilitarized zone” *does* indeed look to be [best case] a permanent ceasefire and [worst case] a further step towards opposition & jihadi surrender and/or defeat. Extremely hard to see this working cleanly, if at all.

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  9. 18 hours ago

    From a strictly military/insurgent perspective, a buffer zone brings critical weaknesses too: - Deployability of is almost totally negated, given distance of 'no-mans land’ to traverse - Stand-off attacks severely curtailed; even advanced 122mm Grads barely in range.

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  10. 18 hours ago

    ’s main point of objection is: - Withdrawing from the buffer zone = a slippery slope, opening up the core region to a slow/methodical regime advance with de facto international backing. As has shown, points to the Agreement as a warning here.

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  11. 18 hours ago

    In 24hrs, there's been a unanimously negative response from to the - “demilitarized zone” agreement for . Long-time irreconcilables *and* the “pragmatist” wing are 100% against withdrawing from any territory. That’s in public; private discussion is key.

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    21 hours ago

    Our coverage of the latest in Idlib, with and Saleh Hawa from Kafl Nabl and Haritan, and from Washington

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    Russia and Turkey today made an agreement that seems to save the Syrian province of Idlib from a military assault. reports.
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    Sep 17

    The corpses of 80 “reconciled” former rebels from were delivered to their families last week by authorities, who said they’d died in a “mine explosion” Same story used for 40 others in . This is what surrendering in looks like.

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    Sep 17

    WOW. - In the aftermath of 's April 2017 chemical attack on , created 1,000s of automated accounts on that churned out active disinformation. - 16-20% of *all* counter-narrative tweets worldwide were directed by .

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    Sep 16

    A new piece by & for : local messaging in HTS’s propaganda

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    Sep 17

    Assad regime is detaining and murdering "reconciled" former rebels.

    The corpses of 80 “reconciled” former rebels from were delivered to their families last week by authorities, who said they’d died in a “mine explosion”…
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  17. 22 hours ago

    Worth also bearing in mind the complex dynamic between & : - The “glue” is the - relationship, but the IDF/IAF - RuAF dynamic is a fragile one, based on deconfliction, not friendship. This challenges both that dynamic & the - one.

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  18. 22 hours ago

    Downing of ’s IL-20 in was a result of regime/SAA incompetence. - Failed to distinguish friend/foe - SAA SAMs took so long to activate, (1) jets were already gone & (2) ’s IL-20 had arrived Humiliating for ; hence climbdown.

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  19. 22 hours ago

    Overnight, we got yet another example of how - in this case, it’s MoD & state media - spout disinformation & conspiracy to distract from the truth. No, did not down a RuAF plane. No, did not fire missiles at . For context:

    WOW. - In the aftermath of 's April 2017 chemical attack on , created 1,000s of…
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  20. Sep 17

    Tonight’s developments vis-a-vis & Russia are a pretty big deal. It would seem may have acted without giving prior warning = big challenge to their prior arrangement. Or, did know, but got attacked by their errant ally in = humiliating.

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  21. Sep 17

    Mabrouk - your invincible air defenses shot down an aircraft! ... a IL-20 reconnaissance plane was shot down over tonight - amid airstrikes in .

    The US military believes that Syrian anti-aircraft artillery accidentally shot down a Russian maritime patrol aircraft Monday while the Syrian regime was attempting to shoot down a barrage of Israeli missiles targeting locations in Latakia, a US official tells CNN
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