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  1. Pinned Tweet
    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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  2. Retweeted
    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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  3. has warned the government that it must act against 's rocket facilities, to avoid military action. For more on this newly explosive risk, see my article from last week, below:

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  4. This map, by does a good job highlighting 's proxy militia presence surrounding 's northwestern "demilitarized zone." has reportedly stated its refusal to join operations *inside* , but would play a supporting, rear-guard role instead.

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  5. Excellent map by showing the presence of foreign forces across , including: - - - - - - -

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  6. إن الوضع الراهن أبعد من أن يعمل في صالح منطقة ، ولا يبدو أنه حتى مبعث قلق. فجيران فقط هم من سيعانون نتيجة لاستمرار حالة عدم الاستقرار.

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  7. إن تسارع وتيرة الدمار في ، والانقسام الحاد في المجتمع، وبقاء الديكتاتور الذي لم يترك جريمة في كتب جرائم الحرب إلا وارتكبها، واعتماده على إيران واستراتيجيتها الطائفية المناطقية، من شأنه أن يخلق بيئة خصبة للمتطرفين لسنوات كثيرة مقبلة.

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  8. "إن الاستمرار في تجاهل أسباب الصراع، سواءً بسبب حالة الإنهاك السياسي، أو بسبب الأولويات التي قد تبدو أكثر إلحاحاً في مناطق أخرى من العالم، أو بسبب القنوط من إمكانية تغيير الديناميكيات العسكرية، لن نرى نهاية له."

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  9. "مسببات الصراع أسوأ الآن مما كانت في 2011" - مقالتي الجديدة ، في

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  10. Retweeted
    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.

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  11. Retweeted
    Nov 2

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

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  13. Retweeted
    Nov 2

    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:

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  14. Nov 2

    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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    Nov 2

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

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  16. Nov 2

    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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  17. Nov 2

    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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  18. Nov 2

    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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  19. Retweeted
    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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  20. 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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