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

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    Nov 30

    I got hold of a 93-page ISIS document chronicling the life of an ISIS leader AND the jihadi landscape in 1990s-2000s Iraq. Fascinating details show that Zarqawi was not at all the creator of ISIS: via

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  2. 6 minutes ago

    This tweet will appear on the empty page right after the dedication page in future books: “We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.” — President Donald Trump, December 19, 2018.

    We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.
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    2. But, warns , ISIS is poised to make a comeback:

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  4. 2 hours ago

    Egypt faced terrible repression during the Nasser, Sadat, and Mubarak eras, but nothing like today’s sustained cruelty. from

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  5. 13 hours ago

    Spent all evening discussing all things extremism & my thesis above with the inimitable . Turns out he wrote this gem of an essay in 2006. "Zarqawi's Anti-Shi'a Legacy: Original or Borrowed?"

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  6. 14 hours ago

    Iran, Russia & Turkey: “The work of the Constitutional Committee should be governed by a sense of compromise & constructive engagement aimed at reaching general agreement of its members which would enable the outcome to receive the widest possible support by the Syrian people”🤔

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  7. 14 hours ago

    Good point — and others will be on the way I imagine!

    Saudi Arabia is paying the price for investing all its clout in Trump. The gamble failed, result: the upcoming congress will be the MOST hostile to Saudi in 70 years.
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  8. 19 hours ago

    1) “Amaq” uses semi-neutral terms, like “the Syrian regime” rather than “the Nusayris, or SDF rather than the “Kurdish infidels”, unlike other outlets 2) ISIS calls al-Qaeda outside Syraq “apostate” literally everywhere else. 🤷‍♂️

    IS is not afraid of labelling someone a 'murtadd' (apostate), essentially excommunicating them. It did that with Jabhat al-Nusra (1st image), with the Taliban (2nd image), but with al-Qaida outside of , it is more hesitant instead…
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    Dec 17

    "A Decisive Year in " - My [brief] 2018 in Review thoughts on what the last 12 months meant for , for the .

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  10. 23 hours ago

    A very important piece about post-conflict politics in Syria after the regime’s military victory in much of the country: “Syria’s Regime Has Given the Fatah Islamic Institute Influence, but at What Cost?” via

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  11. 24 hours ago

    For context, ISIS internal report was meant to be alarmist about this current & its dangers. Yet it concluded the internal threat has been contained & is minor, but that it’s important to keep an eye on it. An example of the danger of following complex issues online.

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  12. 24 hours ago

    On the positive side, many excellent books you’ll still have to pick up next time a group like IS comes up. Just from the top of my head, works by , , , , , & . The list of great journalists is endless.

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  13. Dec 18

    An example of commentary I see coming up but exaggerated, even refuted by ISIS internal docs, is the so-called internal division within ISIS. From the outside, it sounds interesting & enticing, but it’s grossly inflated & misconstrued. Here is what ISIS says about the current:

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  14. Dec 18

    There is clarity today & we all should really use that to avoid repeat of the same bad analysis: Much of the literature produced about ISIS early on proved to be more interesting than useful (apocalypse, use of Twitter etc) compared to complex/local issues that’ll remain central

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  15. Dec 18

    Remarkable repeat of recent history. There is a quote from a CIA officer that echoes some parts in the biography of Anbari, related to the perception of how Iraqi militias deal with the issue of ISI(S) versus how the US did it. “And, for a moment, it worked.”

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  16. Dec 17

    Reading & listening to this still, and it’s absolute must read for anyone interested in following what’s next in the fight against extremism & for Iraq.

    SHALLOW GRAVES My latest for on how the corruption and cruelty of the Iraqi state is laying the groundwork for the resurgence of ISIS. With stunning photos by , and support from …
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  17. Dec 17

    Wonderful discussion on the state of the Arab world these days, between & . Only after I got well into it did I realize they also discussed my recent essay with the one by Jordanian ex-FM Marwan Muashar on the subject.

    Some observers look at authoritarianism in the Arab world and see the "end of Arab history". We look at it and see that authoritarianism has kicked the can down the road and is about to run out of road. Our latest podcast episode.
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  18. Dec 17

    Harakat al-Nujaba, an Iraqi group part of the pro-government Hashd al-Shaabi/PMUs, which is active in Syria: “We’ve pledged to (Iranian supreme leader) Khamenei that praying in Jerusalem & liberating Palestine are our priorities” via

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  19. Dec 17

    A sign of what is coming in Syria 👇

    Wissam Al Tair spent 8yrs building FB's biggest pro Assad network, whitewashing Assad crimes and covering up his atrocities. 48 hours ago he was abducted by security apparatus and haven't been heard of or seen since. No one knows his whereabouts. …
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  20. Dec 17

    Afghan Taliban representatives and U.S. officials met in the United Arab Emirates on Monday, amid diplomatic moves towards establishing the basis for talks to end the 17-year-old war in Afghanistan | Reuters

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  21. Dec 17

    Since the above is now confirmed: For context, an article Bassam () & I wrote three years ago proposing the Rojava Peshmerga as part of the solution to the Turkish-US divergence over eastern Syria

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