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Contributing writer, . NYT Bestselling Author . Senior Fellow, . Email: hhassan@timep.org

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    Nov 12

    Al-Qaeda & ISIS are evolving into two distinct jihadi sects that'll be co-leading global jihad & appealing to different demographics. This competitiveness between these two rivals is not necessarily good news from a CT standpoint. I explain in this paper:

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  2. 6 hours ago

    Chapter Fifteen: The Communist Roots of Terrorism

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  3. 8 hours ago

    Well said:

    Clearly, the U.S. cannot & isn't going to break it relationship w. the /, but it cannot continue to sustain the status quo either. indicates a rare piece of progress, it's still far outweighed by…
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  4. 9 hours ago

    There was a possibility that the king’s emergence after Khashoggi’s murder would reset that relationship but it doesn’t look like it’ll be fixed or restored to normal, not now not in 20 years.

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  5. 9 hours ago

    When Bashar Assad opened up the system for a brief period of time after he took over (the closest analogy to what MbS tried to do initially) he didn’t get nearly as far as MbS did in disrupting the most foundational pillar of his rule.

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  6. 9 hours ago

    Intriguing development here. Exclusive: After Khashoggi murder, some Saudi royals turn against king’s favorite son | Reuters

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    15 hours ago

    "There were children dying before my very own eyes." David Beasley just returned from Yemen and gave me this harrowing report.

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    16 hours ago

    Just received hard copies of new report "Arab Horizons: Pitfalls and Pathways to Renewal." If you are in DC & want to pick one up, let me know. Or download here:

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  9. 15 hours ago

    If opportunities existed to settle the Yemen war, that was much earlier. At this point, you can’t have the same objectives you had a year ago, or two years ago for that matter. Just like in Syria. Views must evolve.

    What I worry about is now a swing to the other end of the scale: from no Yemen to only Yemen. Meaning that any strategic calculus of US interest gets thrown out of the window to make the fighting stop, even if it results in an effective Houthi/Iran win.
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  10. 15 hours ago

    Decentralization is the solution, we’ve been saying all along.

    Assad regime opening a "consulate" in U.S.-controlled part of Syria.
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    Nov 13

    That said, there are very few (public) MBS defenders left in DC, at least among those who know much about the Arab world. That's a good sign, and quite frankly it's hard to take those very few people seriously

    The fact that MBS still has some genuine defenders and apologists in the West shows the amazing resilience of the colonial mentality. People are still desperate for an inept, brutal satrap to keep everyone simultaneously backwards and contained.
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  12. 16 hours ago

    Arabic reports, citing Gulf sources, said Qatar sought to convince the Iraqi PM to appoint Sunni Muslim Brotherhood ministers. Now Sadr hints that officials within Fatah & Binaa are being paid massive money by “Sunni politicians with foreign backing” to “buy ministerial posts.”

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  13. 16 hours ago

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    My latest: Syria opens ‘consular’ office to issue documents in Hasakah
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  14. Nov 18

    Another highly-recommended essay to go with the above, from : The Meaning of Untouchable via

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  15. Nov 18

    .’s hat is tilting left.

    Just taped a great podcast with ⁦⁩ at ⁦⁩. Thanks for having me on.
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    Nov 18

    “If he is going to be the face of [KSA], I think the kingdom will have a hard time on the world stage,” Graham added. “They are an important ally, but when it comes to the crown prince, he is irrational, he is unhinged, and he has done a lot of damage.”

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    Nov 18

    Wrote a piece about one of the most disturbing documentaries I’ve ever seen; on a Salafi-Jihadist father and his children in Syria:

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  18. Nov 17

    Splendid!

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    المدينة القديمة، طرابلس. Put on your headphones and enjoy this little trip I made around the Old City, Tripoli.
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  19. Nov 17

    هيئة تحرير واشنطن بوست: "سعى ولي العهد السعودي محمد بن سلمان بكل صفاقة إلى التهرب من المحاسبة بشأن مقتل الصحفي جمال خاشقجي عن طريق الكذب، وإدارة ترامب تساعده في هذا المسعى"

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    Nov 17

    More clear indications of the divide inside the administration over the response to the murder of .

    Wow! Top White House Official Involved in Saudi Sanctions Resigns
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  21. Nov 17

    Big.

    Wow. NSC official on Gulf affairs Kirsten Fontenrose resigns
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