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Senior research fellow, . Columnist & NYT Bestselling Author . Nonresident senior fellow, . hassanPOE [@]

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    Sep 6

    NEW paper, for : "Rural insurgency is not an afterthought for ISIS and other jihadis who are currently on the defensive. Rather, it is a strategy that they have long thought about and planned for."

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  2. 7 hours ago

    The above reporting by can be corroborated with open sources, both flights were tracked: → HZSK1 Riyadh to Istanbul (Oct 2)…
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    7 hours ago

    This picture — spread via WhatsApp — allegedly shows walking into the Saudi consulate at 13:14 local time. (H/t / for sharing). Geolocation shows it is indeed the north entrance of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, .

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  4. 7 hours ago

    The commanders he’s referring to include two key former desert dwellers trained by ex-Baathists. The Wilayat he served in produced a video not long ago that made the same point. Mentioned in this old paper:

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  5. 8 hours ago

    Another ladder offered to the Saudis to climb down from: that this operation could have done by rogue/unofficial elements. This Turkish source has proved to be misleading at best.

    As notes, in this interview, Erdogan advisor appears to describe a possible off-ramp for the Saudis in the Khashoggi affair, saying that the "Saudi state" is not accused and alluding to Turkey's experiences with its own "deep state." …
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    19 hours ago

    The day after won the , I spoke again with Omar Jabar, who saved her from Mosul. He said he had no news from Nadia. He lives alone, in limbo in Germany having escaped ISIS himself. .

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  7. 9 hours ago

    Everyone is naturally conditioned by the first claims that Jamal Khashoggi was killed. Again, that was speculation at best: Check this thread: I’m convinced he’s still alive, or at least was still alive days after the consulate visit.

    Same report also says Turkish police is investigating another possibility, that Khashoggi was abducted alive in a black Vito. …
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  8. 9 hours ago

    Hugely important details

    New details from another report on Jamal Khashoggi investigation. The tale of two Saudi jets which visited Istanbul…
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  9. 10 hours ago

    Fascinating comments here by a top ISIS commander (now in Iraqi jail) about ISIS’s desert strategy. The core comments are almost to the letter as I write in the paper 👆

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    1/5 Detained ISIS Strike Force Commander Abu Abd Al-Haq Al-Iraqi: We Lost Mosul Even Though Our Forces Were More Or Less Equal to Those of The Iraqi Army
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    14 hours ago

    A jihadi’s take on disappearance of : AQ leader in Syria Bilal Khuraysat warns against joining those “crying” over fate of “secularist with a Muslim Brotherhood scent,” opponent of Taliban and supporter of Turkish model & many of MbS’s reforms

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  11. 15 hours ago

    Our panel tomorrow from 11:15-12:30.

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    Oct 7

    "Two months ago I saw Khashoggi, intact and eating a salmon benedict for breakfast in London." on what the disappearance of the Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi portends:

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  13. 16 hours ago

    AKP advisor: “We still hope that is alive.”

    أقطاي: مازلنا نأمل أن يكون على قيد الحياة
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  14. 17 hours ago

    “The message are the missiles themselves. No longer are the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps missile testing—they are now firing on another state. Iran has crossed an invisible but very meaningful line.”

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  15. 18 hours ago

    A big catch fog Egypt 👇

    Hisham Eshmawy captured in Libya. He had kept security services guessing about role and location. Turns out he was in Derna.
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    Oct 7

    مقالي في العربي الجديد عن نادية مراد وجائزة نوبل للسلام.

    "ربما لم يتشوه جسدها، مثل النساء اللواتي عالجهن ماكويغي، ولكن روحها وشخصيتها واجهت صدمةً هائلةً كأي امرأةٍ شرق أوسطية تخضع لمحنة السبي والاغتصاب" …
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  17. Oct 7

    Europe has hardened its defenses against jihadists: by via

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    Oct 7

    I've known for decades. In August he said he feared for his life. I thought he exaggerated. Turkey now claims he was murdered in the consulate. In , I collect warnings he's given me in the past about the kingdom.

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  19. Oct 7

    The absence of American leadership could be felt everywhere in the world. Not just under Trump, it began earlier.

    Stunning move by Chinese Communist Party — it announces it has detained Interpol president Meng Hongwei.
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  20. Oct 7

    In the space of three days, this account (many experts/reporters often defer to) has reported near certain reports of what happened to , and each time it proves to be wrong. Either he has extensive, diverse & insider sources, misled, or he’s making things up:

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  21. Oct 7

    The core of of story is still that Saudi authorities kidnapped JKh, and his fate is unknown. The other story, that he was killed, is the one unconfirmed. Poor reporting by mainstream media, given the sourcing was extremely thin (even the leak was based on ‘initial’ suspicion).

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