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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Joined September 2011
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    Oct 22

    My latest, for : A Hayat Tahrir al-Sham video release shows how the group defines and makes sense of Syria’s war in terms of its own jihadist frame of reference – and highlights the challenge of extricating the group from its Syrian context:

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  2. 38 minutes ago

    . reports on Tahrir al-Sham raid, which came after days of Syrian military bombing of opposition-held territory in the area. Syrian military responded by escalating shelling.

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  3. 46 minutes ago

    . quantifies rise in price of staple goods in Syria's south, as Jordanians cross through newly opened Nasib to take advantage of relatively cheap Syrian prices. For subsidized goods like gasoline, reports shortages.

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  4. 1 hour ago

    On separate messaging channel, Tahrir al-Sham says attack was “in response to enemy forces’ bombing of the northern Hama and southern Idlib countryside.”

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  5. 3 hours ago

    Hayat Tahrir al-Sham claims surprise attack against Syrian military position in east Idlib, killing 10, and threatens more “special operations.” | Photo release doesn’t seem to show weapons prohibited in Idlib demilitarized area, but HTS presence is per se a violation.

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  6. 3 hours ago

    FINALLY 🏴‍☠️

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  7. Retweeted
    17 hours ago

    Key point is that the numbers of returnees in these stories are minuscule, tho the headlines give impression "refugees are going back." Nothing resembling a widespread movement of 5 million refugees to go home.

    Lebanon's General Security says it is facilitating the return of more refugees back to Syria today. Key questions: who is actually going back, and why? Many caught between a rock and a hard place, given conditions in exile.
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  8. 15 hours ago

    It is news

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    I honestly thought this was news
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  9. Retweeted
    19 hours ago

    Today the SAA found Grad rockets hidden in a shallow lake in al-Qunitra. Such rockets pose a serious security threat. The SAA will continue its security operations in southern Syria to secure the region, regardless of the opposition propaganda.

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  10. 15 hours ago

    BIG

    BREAKING: New Carly Rae, everybody lose it
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  11. 15 hours ago

    BREAKING: New Carly Rae, everybody lose it

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    Oct 29

    Sam Heller of delves into the entanglements between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Syrian opposition and how HTS “translates its ideological worldview into the language of Syria’s war” for a piece in .

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  13. 20 hours ago

    . colleague Naysan Rafati warns U.S. campaign of pressure on Iran may instead crack an already fractured region:

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    20 hours ago

    The choice of as new UN Special Envoy for Syria could not have been better. He will be a great defender of humanitarian principles & protection of civilians in the new phase of this cruel war. is only one of our unresolved challenges.

    . Secretary-General announces appointment of Geir O. Pedersen as his Special Envoy for . He reiterates deepest gratitude to Staffan de Mistura for his concerted efforts and contributions to…
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  15. Oct 31

    Joint statement also weakens Small Group push for immediate progress on formation of constitutional committee, undercuts U.S.-led effort to invent deadlines to inject urgency into political process and pin blame for obstruction on GoS/Russia.

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  16. Oct 31

    If this is the sophistication of your understanding of Iranian influence in Syria, how effective do you expect you'll be in excising that influence?

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  17. Oct 31

    This seems like a real choice by the editor.

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  18. Oct 31

    😳

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  19. Oct 31

    U.S. theory of change on Idlib, from Amb. Jim Jeffrey:

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    Oct 29

    nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's haunted nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon's haunted

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  21. Retweeted
    Oct 30

    Context: Since Russia deployed in Sep 2015 in Syria, Netanyahu repeatedly easily secured meeting Putin with notice of a few short days. A month and a half since the downing of the Russian airplane in Syria Putin continues to makes Netanyahu sweat and wait.

    Russian President Vladimir Putin’s agenda for his November 11 visit to Paris does not include a bilateral meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but the two leaders may hold a brief conversation during the day’s events, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
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