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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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  2. 10 hours ago

    For 's Monday Briefing, I wrote about rising tensions across north - NW: jihadis, proxies & pro-regime forces all violating ceasefire. - NE: firing on in & ; firing back; ops paused.

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  3. 10 hours ago

    Situation in NW is escalating, both above & under the surface. Multiple attacks by pro-AQ groups over weekend, plus & retaliation for regime's Friday bombing of , which killed 10 civilians. Now, -backed pro-regime forces are preparing for ops.

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    15 hours ago

    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.

    "مسببات الصراع أسوأ الآن مما كانت في 2011" - مقالتي الجديدة ، في …
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  5. 12 hours ago

    Now that has been defeated, it's encouraging to see 's security forces devoting their time to other priorities... like killing endangered species for fun.

    Oct 29: Army killed an endangered . …
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  6. Retweeted
    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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    15 hours ago

    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:

    “ 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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  8. 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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  9. 15 hours ago

    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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  10. 15 hours ago

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

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  11. 15 hours ago

    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.

    "مسببات الصراع أسوأ الآن مما كانت في 2011" - مقالتي الجديدة ، في …
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  12. 15 hours ago

    "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."

    "مسببات الصراع أسوأ الآن مما كانت في 2011" - مقالتي الجديدة ، في …
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  13. 15 hours ago

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

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  14. 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.

    SCOOP: UN appoints Geir Pederson Envoy to succeeding Da Mistura. Guterres tells UNSC in a letter, you can read : …
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  15. Retweeted
    Nov 2

    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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  16. Nov 2

    2018, exemplified on & . Extraordinary.

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    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:

    Landis is a Twitter troll, not a scholar
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  18. 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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