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Senior Fellow & Director of CVE & CT at . Author of . Following , armed groups, , & 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. 1 hour ago

    : UK, Dutch & Swiss intelligence coordinated their arrest earlier this year. There’s now a multinational effort underway to reveal the ’s subversive activities - within the EU & U.S. See this release by UK intel overnight:

    BREAKING: UK intel report accuses ’s of running 12+ hacking fronts, including:…
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    Dutch MOD press conference confirms x4 agents (from "Unit 26165") were arrested/deported amid a plot to hack . Sheer incompetence. They had taxi receipts from a facility in . Google map printouts. Web searches on seized phones. ID's revealed:

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  4. 12 hours ago

    BREAKING: UK intel report accuses ’s of running 12+ hacking fronts, including: - CyberCaliphate - APT28 - Pawn Storm - Sandworm - Fancy Bear - Sofacy Group For "indiscriminate & reckless” cyber attacks on targets including: - - - metro/airport

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  5. 18 hours ago

    Between March 20, 2017 & June 30, 2018, the regime lost 6,627 troops/militiamen. That = an average of 14.5 killed every day. 32.7% came from the Coast, despite containing only 8.8% of ’s population. Great work by - read:

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  6. 22 hours ago

    Great on-the-ground report by from al-Qaim, - on how the “Cold War” is “hotting up.” Oh, and after a visit there, says there are 1,000 Western troops (, & ) in al-Tanf.

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  7. 22 hours ago

    Intra-jihadi tensions are rising yet again in northwestern , amid pressure to agree to the - DMZ deal. Since the agreement in , there have been 6 assassination attacks (x4 , x1 Huras al-Din, x1 TIP). Leading regional AQ ideologues falling out too.

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  8. 23 hours ago

    Video shows ’s S-300 delivery to - appears to be a PMU-2 being offloaded. will allow 3 months training for its operators. In the interim, reports suggest *-operated* S-300V4s will cover western & .

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  9. Oct 2

    The doesn’t have a website! Also: - The hasn’t been “a group” since 2013 - it’s an umbrella/ brand. - groups defeated & forced it out of 4 of ’s 12 provinces in early-2014, *before* the West-backed effort using the /.

    Dutch MP says that the only goal of the FSA is to fight Assad, not ISIS. Based on the website of FSA and his conversation with a FSA commander.
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    Oct 2

    DMZ questions: 1. Where are the DMZ lines drawn? 2. Does the DMZ include regime & opposition areas, or only the latter? 3. Who patrols the DMZ? Turkey &/or ? 4. Do ’s observation posts stay, or get removed? 5. If agrees to abide by the deal, what then?

    Given stakes involved, it’s kind of shocking that the specific terms of the DMZ “agreement” have still not been determined by the 2 stakeholders: & . …
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  11. Oct 2

    has completed delivery of S-300s to , following the downing of its IL-20 2-weeks ago -- will probably retain at least partial command of these for some time. - which has trained against S-300s in for years - will still strike targets.

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  12. Oct 2

    Concerning reports surrounding the apparent disappearance of critic shortly after a visit to the consulate in . - says he left the facility; Khashoggi’s wife says he never came out. Already, disparaging hashtags are spreading online…

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  13. Oct 2

    Looking forward to this one - congrats for finally getting it through. Now we just have to wait till Feb 2019!

    I have some amazing news to share. After three years, a lawsuit, and meetings with the CIA, DOD, and NSA, my book has been cleared for publication! Thank you to all the people who supported me…
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  14. Oct 2

    Given stakes involved, it’s kind of shocking that the specific terms of the DMZ “agreement” have still not been determined by the 2 stakeholders: & . Perhaps it wasn’t meant to work in the first place - setting up for failure & hostilities?

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  15. Oct 2

    The U.S.-backed (political umbrella for //) confirms it’s ended political negotiations with . But it’s just a coincidence that this happened after confirmed an “indefinite” military presence in .

    Negotiations with Damascus did not stop because of US pressure but the limited path set by the regime which was not enough to achieve any progress. The U.S is an important partner in the fight against terrorism and its role will be significant in the future of…
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  16. Oct 2

    بيان من ممثل وزير الخارجية الخاص للتواصل بشأن ، السفير جيم جيفري، والمبعوث الخاص لسوريا، جول رايبورن، حول اجتماعات الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة والعملية السياسية السورية.

    New U.S. statement on , from Amb. Jeffrey & Col. Rayburn: - No military solution; only political one…
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  17. Oct 2

    New U.S. statement on , from Amb. Jeffrey & Col. Rayburn: - No military solution; only political one - Reinvigorate & 2254 - Accelerate constitutional committee formation - , & responsible for "chaos, death & destruction" - No reconstruction aid

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  18. Oct 2

    : Why the far-left & conservative right continue to frame the issue as “Assad or AQ/” I have no idea - it was never such a binary choice. If you accept that narrative, you’re empowering the regime’s “Assad or we burn the country” argument.

    Dutch MP "What would you choose Assad or Al-Qaida?"
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  19. Oct 2

    To be frank, Dutch MP has no idea what’s she talking about. Last week, she told the FA committee that the most anti-AQ group in northern - Ahmed Saoud’s 13th Div. - was empowering Al-Qaeda. Her skewed claims might have something to do with her loyalties.

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  20. Oct 2

    BREAKING - intelligence investigation finds “without a doubt” that ’s VAJA Ministry of Intelligence was behind the planned June 2018 bomb attack on an rally in . That’s a major allegation. Via

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