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Focus on Syria and terrorism (jihadism, PKK, etc.) Occasional history digressions, especially on the Cold War. Likes are just bookmarks. RTs are ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    Oct 26

    NEW: a deep dive into the long relationship between and al-Qaeda. v

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    "A local Labour Party branch has refused to pass a motion condemning the antisemitic attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh that left 11 people dead, according to a party activist" |

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    7 hours ago

    Soldier Killed In Kabul Had Been A Utah Mayor

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    Nov 3

    At this point I'm honestly surprised Egyptian police could find 19 human-rights lawyers and activists who weren't already in jail.

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  5. 52 minutes ago

    Arab tribes under / becoming increasingly publicly dissatisfied. Temperature has been rising in for months; seems to be spreading. Difficult to see a solution; the hope was to bring in more locals, but the PKK does not know how to share power.

    The Arab tribes of Hulisat, Vulda, Amerat and Sabkha published statements declearing their condolence to the Afadle tribe and invite other tribes to unite ranks, stop any cooperation with the SDF/YPG/PKK and to get control…
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  6. 56 minutes ago

    The nature of the Islamic Republic in was clear from the moment of inception: the Embassy seizure was a statement for all to see that its Islamist revolution intended to destroy the world order, and the regime has never wavered from that mission.

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    7 hours ago

    With banks in still unauthorised to transfer money in & out of the city, how do salaries get paid & bills settled there? The good old envelopes-stuffed-with-cash-under-the-car-seat. 's Mohammad Salim reports:

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  8. 1 hour ago

    Thread from on the advances made by , stepping up to car bombings, in and around Mosul, Kirkuk, and Hawija.

    Tracked security incidents from October signals a reemergence of VBIED-based attacks in Kirkuk and Mosul. Targeted assassinations against mokhtars and attacks on electricity infrastructure continued unabated.
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  9. 1 hour ago

    Very interesting on populism between and Steve Bannon.

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    4 hours ago

    A nice reminder about one of the Caucasian peoples who have suffered the most, but continue to persevere: the Circassians.

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    Nov 3

    JUST IN: One U.S. service member was killed & another was wounded today in ANOTHER apparent insider attack in Afghanistan, says. Would be the 5th insider attack in 4 months.

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  12. 4 hours ago

    Alternate view: EU shouldn't be trying to fund a revolutionary theocracy that carries out assassinations on its territory.

    These are Trump sanctions primarily against European companies and the sovereignty of EU in global affairs. Hostile action.
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    15 hours ago

    .: The U.S. welcomes the news that the is finally able to begin delivering aid to encampment from Damascus. This delivery is a result of pressure from the U.S., UN and UN Security Council and wider international community.

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  14. 21 hours ago

    Finally getting to a long essay (a book, really) by , published in August. The assessment of stands up rather better than some other profiles written around that time.

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  15. 22 hours ago

    A few years ago, the consensus was that Gulf and other Arab allies needed to step up and take control of their region, so they have, and without U.S. leadership they're fashioning a dangerous, authoritarian, and ultimately unstable order, says .

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  16. 23 hours ago

    relayed a message through France telling 's "government" to move against the missile factories.

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  17. 24 hours ago

    will host an peace conference on 9 November, the first major one to be attended by the Taliban's Qatar-based political office.

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  18. Nov 3

    Glory be ... 🙄

    PKK and Daesh were controlled by U.S. military officers while fighting Turkey
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  19. Nov 3

    Interview with about his experience caught up in the Trump-Russia fiasco. A lot of threads for curious minds to pull on here; what he says is testable. Either he's lying, or the story in much of the press for the last two years is upside down

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    Nov 3

    Here is a video that shows the scale of this disaster. Thousands of fish die mysteriously in province, . 😢

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  21. Nov 3

    is "less certain of the military’s good intentions" and capacity in , but so late in the hour, after Moscow has enabled to embed so very deeply, and now the options are all are that much grimmer. v

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