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Senior Fellow & Director of Extremism & Counterterrorism . Author of T/RT≠ endorsement

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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. 22 hours ago

    This is a good piece, but I’m not sure we can come to this definitive conclusion… at least not yet. A lot of things are being done behind the scenes to avoid a full rejection. may also have some ability to “work” the DMZ lines to make localized arrangements work.

    Al-Qaeda-linked HTS is rejecting the Russia-Turkey deal on Idlib, jeopardizing the plan & raising the question of how Turkey will handle this. By
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    Sep 21

    : Here, says the best way to protect ’s 2 million civilians (try 3m) is for a surrender. Did he miss Jamil Hassan’s statement about 3 million Syrians wanted on terrorism (i.e. death) charges? Or the mass arrest campaigns in “reconciled” areas? Seems so…

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    Sep 20

    Absolutely extraordinary. ’s air defense systems have no way to determine “friend” from “foe.” doesn’t export that tech. Within a complex & unpredictable environment, that raises the risk to civilian aircraft significantly.

    Russian defence ministry: the Syrian air defence unit that shot down the Il-20 did NOT have a IFF (identification, friend or foe) capability.
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    Sep 21

    Dahhan wrote here about the 'advantages' of systematically starving opposition held areas in Syria.

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    Sep 21

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    My goodness: here's a prime example of policy advocacy on based either on ignorance, or [hopefully not] malign intent. …
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    Sep 20

    Interesting statement by fighter, framing Ahrar al-Sham as a hostile force: - "Unfortunately, their main concern is to destroy the groups that support jihad, like Jabhat al-Nusra. They meet the regime and Jabhat al-Nusra with the same hostility.”

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    Sep 21

    My goodness: here's a prime example of policy advocacy on based either on ignorance, or [hopefully not] malign intent. This is *riddled* with inaccuracy & misinformation. says the West should force an opposition surrender in :

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  9. Sep 21

    . interviews x2 fighters in - & "Abu Yusuf" - both of whom say they've no option but to stay & fight to the death. [Behind scenes, lots of stories about the issue not being quite as black/white for many Western fighters there].

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    British armed jihadists in Idlib, Syria tell they won't lay down their weapons, even if it means risking the truce in the province. Unwanted at home - where they'd likely face terror charge…
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  10. Sep 21

    It’s just shocking that nobody wants to step up & deal with this issue. We’ll all regret it eventually. - ’s says it cannot hold 500 foreign fighters & 500 family members forever. Some have already been released/exchanged.

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  11. Sep 21

    says ’s air defense fired “dozens” of anti-aircraft missiles from several batteries across the country over the space of 40-mins… *after* planes had returned to . One took down ’s IL-20.

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  12. Sep 21

    : Next up, reveals how little he knows about the conflict in - he says surrendering rebels won’t need to be conscripted, as “the war is almost over.” The regime (& ) is absolutely **desperate** for conscripts & “stabilization” requires *many* more.

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  13. Sep 21

    : This paragraph really is something extraordinary. uses the same logic of CW truthers in asking: - "The idea that the authorities would kill civilians who return to government control makes little sense.” Do some research - it’s been the norm for years.

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  14. Sep 21

    : Next, brings forth his anti-imperialist pedigree in claiming “rebels have not given up the hope of a US-led bombing campaign on ’s headquarters in ” - They gave up on that 4yrs ago. You won’t find a single rebel who “hopes” anything of the sort.

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  15. Sep 21

    : Here, tells us that “western special forces” have worked with Ahrar al-Sham. That’s ridiculous. + Zinki works in , not . Then he repeats the line, by describing as a rebel group. That’s both false & stupendously irresponsible.

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  16. Sep 21

    : Next up, tells us that “thousands” of civilians have been displaced to from defeated opposition areas. Umm. Try more than a million. Talk about belittling the biggest forced civilian displacement in recent history. Truly shameful.

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  17. Sep 21

    : even belabors the point, seemingly praising for his generosity in allowing defeated rebels to keep their rifles (!) while they were being displaced to . Yet the strategy was to make the dumping ground. There’s nowhere to go next. So…

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  18. Sep 21

    : Here, says UK, US, France & "Gulf Arab monarchies” want ceasefires to protect rebels, not civilians. In , nothing could be further from the truth. None of those countries have *any* ties to rebel groups in , who only equal ~0.5% of the population.

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  19. Sep 21

    : says the US, UK & are “less honorable” in seeking to delay & ’s “success” in regaining territory. - They seek to enable a meaningful political process, in which there’s an opposition entity to sit at the table. I’d say that is honorable.

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