Sam Heller

@AbuJamajem

Senior Analyst, Non-State Armed Groups, . Looking at jihadism, one eye still on Syria. Jamajem means ☠️☠️☠️. Contact:

Beirut, Lebanon
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    Sep 18

    New statement: “Syria’s Idlib Wins Welcome Reprieve with Russia-Turkey Deal”

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  2. 18 minutes ago

    . ( و)، "ارتباك في صفوف الفصائل السورية المعارضة مع اقتراب تطبيق اتفاق ادلب" فيها تعليقاتي

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  3. 24 minutes ago

    HTS-backed Salvation Government announces (in English and Arabic) that it will halt all fees on humanitarian convoys, starting today (1 October), and insists fees were used exclusively for road repair. Comes after U.S. and UK halted relief shipments via Bab al-Hawa crossing.

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  4. 34 minutes ago

    .'s and , "Confusion among Syria rebels as Idlib deadline nears" Includes my thoughts.

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  5. 4 hours ago

    What how is Josh Groban the one

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    As alarms get louder around Lebanon's macroeconomy, it's a good time to revisit 's breakdown of the banking sector

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  7. 6 hours ago

    2. Rather, document is a memorandum of meeting and a set of negotiating demands from the camp's notables, to be delivered to Damascus and discussed at a subsequent meeting. Signatories include representatives of Bani Khaled and al-'Ammour clans, plus al-Qaryatein, Tadmor, Mhein.

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  8. 6 hours ago

    1. Rukban camp notables meet with Syrian government representative to discuss terms including voluntary "reconciliation" of some residents: Contrary some characterizations, though, the signed document is not an agreement endorsed by both sides... (cont.)

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  9. 7 hours ago

    4. Misc.: • Blames constitutional committee's lack of progress on "Small Group," which is affecting de Mistura's work "negatively." • Western governments preventing refugee return with "fearmongering." • Diplomatic atmosphere on international and Arab 👀 levels "positive."

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  10. 7 hours ago

    3. Damascus's definition of "terrorists" is expansive. If Idlib's "terrorists" are expected to exit the country, that raises more questions about whether Damascus actually wants a substantial section of Idlib's residents to exist inside Syria, and what it intends to do with them.

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  11. 7 hours ago

    2. Disconcertingly, though, Moallem also says Idlib "terrorists" entered through Turkey and will leave through Turkey: "When you take a road from one city to another and you want to return, you take the same road."

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  12. 7 hours ago

    1. Syrian Foreign Minister Moallem says Idlib deal positive step towards reestablishing Syrian state control, creates conditions for peaceful solution as with previous successful "reconciliations," even as state retains legitimate right to use other means.

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  13. 9 hours ago

    If the mission is ISIS's "enduring defeat", but no one knows how to enduringly defeat it – does a stable, post-ISIS Syria need inclusive governance? an end to Iran's presence? – then "enduring defeat" can justify involvement of any scope and duration:

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    15 hours ago

    Bahrain's foreign minister defends his friendly hug-and-greet with Walid al-Moallem, saying it's not their first meeting and that Damascus should control the whole country, because "the Syrian government is Syria's government."

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  15. 9 hours ago

    National Liberation Front spokesman: In Idlib discussions with Turkey, NLF rejected Russian presence in demilitarized buffer, Turks promised it won’t happen.

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    18 hours ago

    ما التداعيات طويلة الأمد للتوافق الروسي- التركي على ؟، ، ، يجيبون.

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  17. 21 hours ago

    6. That highlights the ambiguities and grays of militant group attribution and control, particularly when we're looking at these groups' more far-flung manifestations. "What exactly is al-Shabaab?" should be asked the same way we should be asking, "What exactly is al-Qaeda?"

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  18. 21 hours ago

    5. The report also explains how al-Shabaab has plugged into local militancies – variously forging relationships with local organizations or supplanting them outright, in ways that seem to parallel how al-Qaeda has networked jihadist militants globally.

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  19. 21 hours ago

    4. Still, the report shows how these networks have provided needed safe haven and recruiting grounds and – as al-Shabaab in Somalia has come under pressure, and evidently in order to juice recruiting and fundraising – been electrified and used towards attacks beyond Somalia.

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  20. 21 hours ago

    3. It doesn't make sense to generalize across all cases – a key point of the report is the diversity and specificity of these al-Shabaab manifestations, in keeping with these countries' various political circumstances, which also discourages cookie-cutter, catch-all solutions.

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  21. 21 hours ago

    2. The report focuses in particular on al-Shabaab's ex-Somalia networks, which reach through Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique, and highlights how those networks – originally logistical and support roots for the Somali struggle – have mutated and adapted under pressure.

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