Aron Lund

@aronlund

I write about the Middle East, mostly for the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, IRIN News, and The Century Foundation.

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    Dec 14

    Syria's Civil War: Government Victory or Frozen Conflict? My new 79-page report for looks at the evolution of the conflict, all major internal and foreign actors, and five key questions that will determine Syria's future. Download it here:

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    6 minutes ago

    Fun lunch with Mike Pompeo coming

    We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.
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  3. 29 minutes ago

    This one-minute old article pondering the future of federalism in Syrian Kurdistan didn't age well.

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  4. 40 minutes ago

    For an extended recap of all the flipping and the flopping in Syria policy under Trump, here you go:

    The Making and Unmaking of Syria Strategy under Trump - read my new report for !
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  5. 1 hour ago

    If accurate—and unless it's just a threat to put pressure on the SDF, or on Turkey, or on I don't know whom—it's the third U.S. policy flip in less than a year. Whatever Trump ends up deciding, the consequences for Syria, and Syrians in the northeast especially, will be enormous.

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  6. 1 hour ago

    Yikes: "U.S. Military Preparing for a Full Withdrawal of Its Forces From Northeastern Syria" by via

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    5 hours ago

    By the time of the Marrakech conference, at least a dozen countries pulled out of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Our briefing on what you need to know:

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  8. 8 hours ago

    Just read the thing now, or I will have to continue plugging it.

    Syria's Civil War: Government Victory or Frozen Conflict? My new 79-page report for looks at the evolution of the conflict, all major internal and foreign…
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  9. 8 hours ago

    Non-agreement agreement on the Syrian constitutional committee.

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  10. Dec 18

    Utländska ingripanden fryser konflikten i Syrien - .

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    Dec 16

    Aleppo Has Only Enough Reconstruction Funds to Rebuild 1% of the City. Syria's national budget for 2019 is less than Jordan's or Lebanon's at $8.9 billion. 1 billion is to be spent on “investment projects in liberated areas,” but they need $400 bil

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  12. Dec 17

    Continued exegesis of the hagiography of Abu Ali al-Anbari, by , who has also translated the whole darn thing into English.

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  13. Dec 17

    Panel on how to make accountability and stabilization aid work with the U.S. Syria strategy, ft. , , , , and James Jeffrey, the U.S. special representative for Syria. Heydemann's report:

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  14. Dec 17

    Eleven fellows look back at 2018, offering short pieces on Turkey, Yemen, Libya, Iran, jihadism, the GCC, Lebanon, and more. 's bit on Syria seen below, with other contributions from , , , etc.

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  15. Dec 17

    Or both, I guess.

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  16. Dec 17

    Thick wads of data to digest in this piece on Iraq's insurgency. The pace of IS attacks suddenly fell in mid-2018, which may mean the group is even more crippled than 2009-2010 or, alternatively, made a strategic choice to conserve forces.

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  17. Dec 17

    Rare take: says Trump's new Syria policy—staying in Syria to suppress IS and frustrate Iran—is very good, but also unconstitutional.

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  18. Dec 17

    The Syrian constitutional committee will be unveiled tomorrow:

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    Dec 17

    A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath, Now Mandatory in Many States — So She Lost Her Job

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  20. Dec 17

    Syrian refugees in Lebanon are squeezed out by deteriorating economic conditions and political pressure tactics, but many can't return home, so they flee toward Cyprus and the EU. Excellent report on a terrible situation by .

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  21. Dec 17

    What do we know about the state of the Syrian army in 2018, the role of local militias and paramilitary groups, strategies to ensure military cohesion, and the influence of Russia and Iran? One of the issues discussed in this new report:

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