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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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    Oct 30

    Good news that , a brilliant, balanced and caring diplomat, and an old friend, has been appointed UN Syria envoy. May his efforts bear fruit in helping bring an end to the terrible suffering of the Syrian people.

    SCOOP: UN appoints Geir Pederson Envoy to succeeding Da Mistura. Guterres tells UNSC in a letter, you can read : …
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    12 hours ago

    correct. to this day JN and its descendants, including ISIS, have always rejected the 3 star flag of the revolution.

    Absolutely positively false statement. The only people that considered ISIS & JN as part of FSA where Assad and his propagandists , even JN & ISIS made sure that they were NOT considered part FSA and ISIS actively fought them from day 1
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  4. 8 hours ago

    2018, exemplified on & . Extraordinary.

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    10 hours ago

    If Landis now believes the Free Syrian Army includes al-Qaeda and ISIS, then why did he want the US to arm it with surface-to-air missiles? Almost as if he’s making shit up as he goes along:

    Landis is a Twitter troll, not a scholar
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  6. 17 hours ago

    In which a senior Professor at resorts again to . In all seriousness, this sentence could easily have come out of Bashar al-'s mouth. This is the regime narrative, exemplified.

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    18 hours ago

    . creating again, to fit a narrative. I've read this article x4 times now. The isn't even mentioned once.

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  8. 18 hours ago

    For some reason, the thought it'd be a good idea to host on its editorial page, who amongst other things, accuses the U.S govt of 'explicitly supporting' . Why? What does that add to an otherwise important debate about the ?

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  9. 18 hours ago

    Locals in say it took 30yrs of marriage for this man (on left) to have his first and only child - a boy, who he named Mohammed (on right). He was killed in today's otherwise random artillery attack on the town.

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  10. 18 hours ago

    BIG escalation in northwest , and on a of all days. - 10+ civilians killed in an artillery volley that struck the IDP-laden town of in . Several children amongst the dead. Most images too graphic to share.

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    Oct 27

    Read about how jihadist groups in used action, not abstraction, to establish legitimacy & authority in a new paper from & . Part of a great series from .

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  12. Nov 1

    : The new website includes an all-new page for the Countering Terrorism & Extremism Program, which I direct. Lots of great content, which you can search & filter through, here:

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  13. Nov 1

    . has a new look website. Check it out!

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  14. Nov 1

    As had appeared to be the case - a local media activist told that operations against in were suspended 27-28 October, several days **before** 's shelling started.

    Correction: Media activist meanwhile tells Syria Direct that SDF ground operations in Hajin against IS have actually been on hold since last weekend, when IS launched a brutal counter-offensive there and reportedly killed dozens of SDF fighters 5/5
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  15. Nov 1

    Good pic showing U.S. & MRAPs on today's first joint patrol around . & spoke today, to address , but also to pressure to cease escalatory action around & .

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  16. Nov 1

    After a day of relative quiet, jihadists resumed attacks on pro- positions in northwestern today: - An AQ loyalist ops room fired mortars in southern 's countryside (top pics) - Notably, an sub-faction raided a regime post in eastern (bottom)

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    Oct 30

    Currently sifting through this excellent report by on a key means through which Moscow is trying to project power in Syria: 'The Tiger Forces: Pro-Assad fighters backed by Russia' via

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  18. Nov 1

    My latest from yesterday - a look at a possible new strategic shift by , with big implications for security in , & . Check it out!

    “ vs. in the Levant: What’s Next?” - My latest for , looks at the possibility that has shifted, to consolidating in & enhanci…
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    Oct 30

    The Tiger Forces might be Asad's most elite unit, but that owes more to its size, a product of funding and Russian support rather than any skill, and even this unit is a patchwork of local strongmen. In-depth profile of the militia by .

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  20. Nov 1

    In , young boys are repeatedly being kidnapped, sexually assaulted & killed by pro- NDF militiamen -- grim stories here. Rape, stabbing, organs removed, dismemberment... Schools want to change their hours to avoid kids walking in the dark.

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