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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. 11 hours ago

    This is indeed interesting, but it's not the first time has operated M60s. ISIS had an M60 in the in mid-2016 & another briefly in al-Bab, , after capturing it damaged from .

    For the first time ever we see using a M60 MBT battle tank in near the border to ! Never seen before, either in or !
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    13 hours ago

    Amb. Jim Jeffrey at event acknowledging that biggest US partnerin Syria is "an offshoot of the PKK" and referring to it as "the SDF/PYD." Everybody knows this, but someone at CENTCOM is going to have a heart attack over the fact that Jeffrey said it out loud in public

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  4. 14 hours ago

    AQ-loyalist group Tanzim Huras al-Din has taken 7 fighters prisoner in , . Amid localized rising tensions there, HaD has established several new checkpoints, stopping every passing person for questioning. [image via )

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  5. 15 hours ago

    Prime Minister says the agreement has reached "exactly" what she originally sought to achieve. - "This deal secures what the people voted for & protects our interests... the people just want us to get on with it."

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  6. 16 hours ago

    Well was a great idea, wasn't it? Who could ever have predicted this wouldn't go well...

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  7. 17 hours ago

    An extraordinary read - comprehensive, riveting & analytically sound. Bravo . - "Qassem Soleimani & ’s Unique Regional Strategy"

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  8. 18 hours ago

    Even if you ignore the headline & read the article, this is still deeply misleading. The original report cited a small number of US & -supplied weapons falling to . How? The recipients lost them *while fighting* . That's war, not bad policy.

    How Did ISIS Get Its Weapons? Europe Wants to Limit U.S. and Saudi Arabia Arms Sales Because Guns Went to Militant Group
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  9. Retweeted
    Nov 14
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    The Syrian Jihad is genuinely the definitive book for people wanting to get the full story of the jihadist angle of the Syrian War. And 's Black Flag shows I'm not the only one totally obsessed with Zarqawi!

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  10. Retweeted
    Nov 14

    Completely bizarre revisionism is seemingly the new in-thing when addressing the conflict & how it evolved over the yrs. Some if it is clearly driven by pre-existing political agenda; and some of it is written by people who know nothing of the conflict, beyond top lines.

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  11. 18 hours ago

    The 's slow rapprochement with 's has been well known & talked about in analytical & policy circles for at least 4-6 months. I'm surprised hadn't heard it earlier than a week ago, when a -n banker based in "broke" the story.

    Russia’s support for UAE in Libya jives with the major story broke on UAE-Syria rapprochement.
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  12. Nov 14

    : Revisionism & retrospective analysis can be of real value, but nothing I've seen so far appears based on a *comprehensive* re-assessment of the situation. Instead, selective cases are being used in attempt to disprove something much broader/more established. = Distortion.

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  13. Nov 14

    : For example, some have questioned the validity of 2014-15 claims - based, I should say on analysis since verified by regime allies - that was losing, by appearing to suggest that today's 2018 regime 'victory' disproves that such an assessment could have been accurate.

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  14. Nov 14

    : Mixed up chronologies have been widespread in much of the recent revisionism -- worse still, some assessments critiquing 24/7 experts have used specific, limited timeframes in cynical attempts to 'disprove' or 'undermine' analysis of entirely separate timeframes.

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    Nov 14

    One month after re-opening the crossing with , 's governor in says *zero* refugees have returned -- only temporary visitors visiting family.

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  16. Nov 14

    Grateful to , for including in their list of recommended books on terrorism in the , alongside: - - - & others.

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  17. Nov 14

    The past few days have seen a rapid series of tit-for-tat escalations in NW , making continued de-escalation an increasingly distant challenge. My latest for :

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    Nov 8

    Great piece

    My article for on the huge economic divide in which has grown considerably during the war. ''s war economy exacerbates divide between rich and poor' …
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    Nov 7

    Fascinating & important insights by into the state of Assad’s Syria now that the government has won. Poverty is rampant, his supporters have deep grievances and it’s not over yet

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