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Senior research fellow, . Writer, . NYT Bestselling Author . Fellow . Email: hassanPOE at

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    Oct 23

    My latest article, in ⁦, on the end of sectarianism in the Middle East:⁩ “Four decades after its dramatic rise, sectarian violence is receding throughout the Middle East.”

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  2. 10 hours ago

    When the cat’s away... “Why Turkey Is Pivoting Toward Iran and Russia in the Middle East” by

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  3. 10 hours ago

    Female jihadis are still work in progress for jihadi groups, and will be a much bigger issue in the future. So this is an essential read by :

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  4. 10 hours ago

    A wonderful piece by , with a strong message: “Unless you’re exceptionally well connected, you will be promptly forgotten if you are killed.”

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  5. 13 hours ago

    The least surprising news!

    : Senior US Officials to WaPo: Israeli PM Netanyahu & Egyptian President Sissi have reached out to senior officials in the Trump administration to express support for the crown prince, arguing he is an important strategic partner in the region
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  6. 13 hours ago

    "His infatuation with power has ruined a being once wise and beneficent."

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  7. 17 hours ago

    More on this concept, and where it comes from:

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  8. 17 hours ago

    The report also warns that, while organized ghulat are contained, secretive gatherings & other forms of extremism remain, manifested in questions related to the Islamicity of ordinary people. The extremists consider kufr to be the default state of people until re-converted 1/2

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  9. 17 hours ago

    So, as an aside, the ISIS report warns about further radicalization of these extremists in ISIS prisons. Basically says that extended periods of imprisonment without debating them renders them bitter. A lesson for governments from the horse's mouth..

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  10. 17 hours ago

    ISIS says such extremism existed before "the fight against the Sahwat" (meaning the Syrian rebels in Jan. 2014), but became visible after it. This tracks nicely with my analysis of this phenomenon, most recently here: a minor current contained by IS Core

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  11. 17 hours ago

    The report confirms some known details about this current. Importantly, it concludes that the foreigners-dominated current was contained after a campaign by the group, which led to the killing of 70 extremists, and 50 of them fled to Turkey, and some of them returned home.

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  12. 17 hours ago

    A top-level report presented by ISIS's security apparatus about the "extremist" current within it in Syria & northern Iraq, revealed & translated by . 1/2

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  13. Oct 31

    How the War in Yemen Became a Bloody Stalemate — and the Worst Humanitarian Crisis in the World

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  14. Oct 31

    Agreed, it does look like Turkey & Saudi Arabia are okay with each other:

    The Turks are playing with the story in a way that makes me (justifiably) think they're cutting a deal. Jamal was in fact interrogated and tortured for two hours before his murder.
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  15. Oct 31

    Discovered & first reported by here (again, essential reporting on why authorities are anxious about an unprecedented exodus of dissidents)

    The number of asylum-seekers from Arabia with pending cases has more than doubled since Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman began rise to power: from 575 in 2015—the year MBS publicly began his rise to power—to 1,256 in 2017, according to the UN.
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  16. Oct 31

    As mentioned before here:

    Oh yes. I never bought into this as Turkey going for the kill against Saudi Arabia or even MbS. Turkey is walking a fine line between milking a situation that’s making it look good, and not jeopardizing ties with Riyadh. Simple as that. The truth & justice are secondary.
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  17. Oct 31

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    Oh God! The continuing to embellish the story for geopolitical gains. In the end the will get way with murder.
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    Oct 31

    Read 's drill-down into an unprecedented attack and the role of women in Tunisian jihadist networks And don't forget to follow updates on his upcoming book on Tunisian jihadists here

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  19. Oct 31

    R. L. Stine Still Loves to Terrify Children - The Atlantic

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  20. Oct 31

    "Win or lose, she told me, she wants her campaign to inspire her children and the next generation." good stuff as always by

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    Oct 9

    Usually Moscow uses PMCs abroad - from Ukraine and Syria to Africa. What if mercenaries are used domestically? After weeks of research, with we found some answers. Our article was published in :

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