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    The Middle East’s counter-revolutionary bloc believes victory is well within reach but the job isn’t yet finished. This sense of progress & near-victory fuels the erratic behavior of authoritarian regimes these days across the region. New at :

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  2. 1 hour ago

    ‘If the autocrats lost control over the masses in 2011, the thinking goes, that was because they didn’t go far enough in their repression. Hosni Mubarak gave some space to the Muslim Brotherhood, political activists, and critical media. Look what happened to him.’

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    ‘To go back in time, the counter-revolutionary bloc believes the future must be more authoritarian than ever. In their own words, the dominant outlook could be summed up as follows: a heavy-handed domestic and regional approach may well carry risks, but the alternative is worse.’

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    1 hour ago

    "If the strongmen win—and they have a real chance—then the West will have to abandon its dream of a more politically open Middle East," writes :

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    By on what happened: “Prominent Raqqa tribal leader assassinated in attack claimed by IS” with comments from me

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  6. 2 hours ago

    No reference or hint whatsoever to SDF behavior. He speaks specifically to the Bu Shaaban tribe, and says cooperation should be suspended until the SDF gets to the bottom of who killed him. See thread here ()

    Pro-Assad outlets are cheering the murder of the tribal chief by ISIS, because they say he was responsible for the killing of a brigadier after the rebels expelled the regime from Raqqa in 2013. He allegedly promised him safety…
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  7. 2 hours ago

    Inaccurate translation — the man here asks the gathering that nobody should work with the SDF *until they get to the bottom of who killed Sheikh Basheer.* ISIS claimed responsibility but it’s now clear the regime might have at least have a helping hand in the assassination!

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    Arab tribes leaders at the funeral of assasinated Sheikh Bashir Faisal Faisal al-Huwaidi in Raqqa protested against YPG/SDF oppression & labelled all who cooperate with SDF/YPG as traitors. Also a team of SDF representati…
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  8. 16 hours ago

    Not just that. He said it was at that moment when ISIS began to be defeated, when Trump allied with the Muslim world against ISIS.

    My head hurts. Bannon suggests that Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia proves Trump is not an Islamaphobe. Adds that Trump visited Saudi because they’re leading an enlightenment in Islam. Dear God! Scary to think that ppl believe Saudi is at the vanguard of enlightenment in Islam. 🤯
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  10. 17 hours ago

    Good debate so far, & Steve Bannon.

    Bannon going off on ‘the elite’ on Wall Street as the problem and nemesis of the United States. This dude worked for Goldman Sachs! He gets laughed at when says Trump saved US from those elites
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    Nov 2

    The good people at have removed the paywall on this excellent collection of pieces on the Middle East, and also on mine

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    21 hours ago

    اصبح “المحور الوطني” السني من أهم الأحزاب السياسية الصاعدة بعد انتخابات 2018 والتي تحتفظ بمصادر متنوعة من القوة السياسية والاقتصادية في الداخل العراقي، ولديها قدرات إعلامية متفاوتة على التأثير في الرأي العام السني ودَفْعِه نحو التعايش أو المزيد من التنافر.

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  13. 21 hours ago

    Isis claims responsibility for the attack on Coptic civilians in Egypt, says militants attacked three buses heading to a church in Mina.

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  14. 22 hours ago

    Pro-Assad outlets are cheering the murder of the tribal chief by ISIS, because they say he was responsible for the killing of a brigadier after the rebels expelled the regime from Raqqa in 2013. He allegedly promised him safety but failed to protect him, per tribal ethos:

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  15. 23 hours ago

    MbS will soon release the women activists (as he should), people will forget the Khashoggi murder, and things will go back to normal again.

    It's maddening that someone like Ali Shihabi can peddle for years in the most disgusting, groveling apologism for *whatever* crimes his paymasters commit - up until just 48 hours ago - and then he can write a piece and then be described as "thoughtful". Is the world upside down?
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  16. Nov 2

    This is actually good. I also always noticed that people who speak in soundbites tend to speak endlessly. “Do boring speakers really talk for longer?”

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  17. Nov 2

    So sad this is happening regularly now across Iraq & Syria, and elsewhere, as a key part of ISIS strategy after its territorial defeat.

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  18. Nov 2

    More harrowing news from Egypt: Bus full of Coptic Christians attacked near site of 2017 Minya massacre:

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  19. Nov 2

    Anyone familiar with ISIS & tribes will recognize the name “Afadlah”, as one of the tribes in Raqqa that had significant numbers of its members joining ISIS in 2013-2014. ISIS now reports that it killed one of the tribe’s chiefs *inside* Raqqa. (cc )

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  20. Nov 2

    Exactly. MB channels in Turkey still use vile language to talk about the Copts, like referring to Egyptian army as "the crusader army" & claiming Egypt's deep state is controlled by the Copts. Much like blaming George Soros & globalists in the U.S., and worse.

    And no effort should be exerted to deny the sectarian discourse that *remains* from certain extremist Islamist opponents. Critique/opposition of the authorities has various genuine legitimate points: blaming Copts isn't one of them.
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