Sam Heller

@AbuJamajem

Senior Analyst, Non-State Armed Groups, . Looking at jihadism, one eye still on Syria. Jamajem means 🏴‍☠️. Contact:

Beirut, Lebanon
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Joined September 2011
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    Oct 22

    My latest, for : A Hayat Tahrir al-Sham video release shows how the group defines and makes sense of Syria’s war in terms of its own jihadist frame of reference – and highlights the challenge of extricating the group from its Syrian context:

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    3 hours ago

    The and its cruelty began in the camp near border, and the high prices of fuel and the lack of the means available to everyone to buy, makes the living situation very poor for hundreds of families in the camp.

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    5 hours ago

    . has been unjustly detained in China calls for his immediate release

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  4. 10 hours ago

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    "I just try to stay away from numbers" 's says when asked about how fighters are left "The numbers have been all over the place...It's not numbers. It's capabilities," which he says are "significantly degraded"
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    11 hours ago

    IS is militarily defeated. Its return as a rural insurgency is, most probably, inevitable. Think that has more to do with how insurgencies work, rather than anything unique to the group. Its time to stop treating IS as global head choppers & view them as prototypical insurgents

    "I just try to stay away from numbers" 's says when asked about how fighters are left "The numbers have been all over the place...It's not numbers. It's capabilities," which he says are "significantly degraded"
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    11 hours ago

    AQIM’s leader confirms death of Almansour Ag Alqassem, but denies Amadou Kouffa’s death. That’s extremely noteworthy.

    Dans un nouvel enregistrement vocal: Abou Mousaab Abd al-Wadoud Amir annonce officiellement l'assassinat du Chef Manssour Ag Al-Gassem de au , et nie la nouvelle de l'assassinat du Amir Massina Mohamed Kouffa. …
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    17 hours ago

    Specifically, Moscow's interventions in Ukr '14 & Syr '15 were not driven by lack of perceived US willingness to oppose Rus interests. Rather, Russia's obsession with Western 'hybrid war' makes it hypersensitive to perceived or actual US support to "illegal armed formations."

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    17 hours ago

    Due to the explosion of our podcasts over the last couple years - with more to come - we have set up . This channel will be dedicated to our audio content. Watch this space

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  9. Retweeted
    15 hours ago

    Lebanon's Berdawni River turns black, after turning red earlier this year. I...don't think that's better?

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  10. 16 hours ago

    This is a misreading of an estimate (230,000 is the absolute high end of 's 100,000-230,000 estimate) that is itself flawed analytically and unhelpfully alarmist.

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    19 hours ago

    Counter-terrorism police in Hatay launched operations targeting alleged AQ members in İskenderun, Kırıkhan and Belen districts of Hatay province, 17 people were detained.

    Hatay'da El Kaide operasyonu
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  12. 17 hours ago

    . argues it doesn't make sense to argue about America's supposed inaction in Syria's civil war – rather, we should be grappling with America's actual intervention, and how it invited a reaction with far-reaching implications:

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    21 hours ago

    If you were wondering what's going on with the Lebanese economy, here's a stark message from MP Sami Gemayel, head of the Kataeb party: "today the economy is dying.”

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    21 hours ago

    Useful site for checking on parallel market exchange rate has recently started quoting rates in along with Damascus and Aleppo.

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    22 hours ago

    I will be leaving the amazing in about a month, so my job (North Africa Project Director) is up for grabs. Few opportunities around to do such intellectually stimulating work on North Africa. See details here:

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    22 hours ago

    Do you want to work with as our new North Africa Project Director, replacing the almost irreplaceable ? And work with such ace analysts as and Michael Ayari? Here is the job description.

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    22 hours ago

    The new issue of provides views on Europe and its relations with the US; German foreign policy; and -- from me -- a short comment on the EU and reconstruction in .

    73% of Germans say relations with US are "(somewhat) bad" (up 17% from 2017) 72% of Germans favor greater foreign policy independence from US …
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    22 hours ago

    The ban comes about a week after Jordanian farmers protested the influx of Syrian produce

    Jordanian Agriculture Ministry bans import of "protected" products from Syria that are "available in surplus quantities" inside Jordan: citrus, olive oil, tomato, cucumber. Still allows import of grapes, apples, carrots.
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  19. 22 hours ago

    More detail on new Salvation Government cabinet, in which ministers for local administration and the economy have been made special deputies to the prime minister.

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  20. 22 hours ago

    Jordanian Agriculture Ministry bans import of "protected" products from Syria that are "available in surplus quantities" inside Jordan: citrus, olive oil, tomato, cucumber. Still allows import of grapes, apples, carrots.

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    23 hours ago

    For the first time that I can recall, summit communique coming out of Riyadh on Sunday dedicated a full section to Gulf- relations, an indication of the growing strategic interests at play. Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti all get mentions.

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