Nicholas A Heras

@NicholasAHeras

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  1. 4 hours ago

    A / modus vivendi in would greatly benefit from a - peace process, but that's not a prerequisite. A prerequisite for that modus vivendi is a reversal of ethnic cleansing perpetrated by rebels in and legitimate power sharing there.

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  2. 4 hours ago

    In fact, we haven't heard much from Amb. Jeffrey's team about . A great crime was done there, and as much as has concerns about the in N/E , the has legitimate concerns about rebels perpetrating ethnic cleansing in Afrin. Worth bringing up.

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  3. 4 hours ago

    Hopefully Amb. Jeffrey's team can assuage concerns so a modus vivendi can be achieved between and the . But his team should also have a roadmap for , and real power sharing there too. Turkish-backed rebels there are a disaster.

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  4. 4 hours ago

    Amb. Jeffrey says Model will be applied to other regions in under or () control. Finding a mechanism to achieve local power sharing in this zone, to make happy, is a goal of his team now and moving forward. Is Tal Abyad next?

    جيفري: نموذج الاتفاق حول "منبج" سيُطبق على مناطق أخرى …
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    4 hours ago

    Yémen : les rebelles Houthis favorables à ce que le port d'Hodeïda soit déclaré "zone neutre"

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  6. 5 hours ago

    And with this article shows a good political sense in pointing to the brewing, and set to be fierce, foreign policy discussion within with their new majority in the House of Representatives and in the build up to the 2020 election.

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  7. 5 hours ago

    I think does a good job in this essay of explaining how Congressional action concerning the US role in the war may have crossed a wider Rubicon concerning the debate over America's role in a post-September 11, 2001 world.

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    6 hours ago

    Scoop on by me and : US Taxpayers have been footing The bill for midair refueling of Saudi warplanes—DoD finally admits to Congress Raises serious legal issues under “Antideficiency Act.” I’ll address those issues

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  9. 5 hours ago

    Follow for updates on the / campaign to force out of the last bastions of its would-be Caliphate in N/E .

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    6 hours ago

    forces refuse to leave despite pressure at peace conference

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    14 hours ago

    وضع ميناء ومطار وحصار والسماح بدخول المساعدات الإنسانية.. أهم المواضيع المطروحة للنقاش في المشاورات اليمنية في السويد

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    Dec 7

    Syrian men from the ages of 18 to 42 worry in areas under the control of Assad forces. At any moment they could be detained and arrested at checkpoints, and lists of the names of those who are wanted for military service have been issued.

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    Dec 7

    Wow. Former US official Fred Hof reveals he brought Obama administration a proposal to work on humanitarian situation with Iran . It got nixed because Obama admin wanted to focus/not risk Nuclear Deal talks.

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    Dec 7

    Stunning thread by the 's on the horrific torture techniques inflicted on Yemenis by Houthi rebels. Including journalists and a poet who criticized Houthis in a Whatsapp group.

    Monir al-Sharqi was burned so severely by acid. A family member said he was held and tortured by Houthis in Taiz for a year. Monir can't tell as he lost his memory.
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    Dec 6

    SCOOP: sought to send a high-level official to the peace talks in Sweden but was rebuffed by the Trump administration via

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    Dec 7

    "Russia wants the United States out of Syria more than it wants Turkey to leave Syria." - speaks with about the state of the ongoing conflict in Syria:

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  17. Dec 7

    It's time for the team to leverage its close relationship with leaders to see if there is a creative way, without another year of war, to achieve 's goal of preventing the from becoming a .

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    Dec 6

    The Protesters stressed on their demands that the government scrapes back the new income tax law, and protested against Razaz government policy as they consider it as a continuation to the previous governments political and economical approach.

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    Dec 5

    "I used to be upper middle class. Now I’m lower middle class." - An era of IMF-led austerity is lowering living standards for tens of millions of people in Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan & elsewhere. By me and with help from :

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    Dec 6

    Despite the cold weather and pouring rain, Jordanians are back to the streets protesting against their eroding living conditions, amendments to a cybercrime law intended to silence critics and called for the release of political detainees.

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