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Washington Post Beirut bureau chief covering Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and beyond. RT=Gosh, hmm or huh. Likes are my filing cabinet, not “likes”.

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    From Sudan today, an old familiar song!

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    Via , Trump is considering pushing Mattis out two months early, angry at coverage of his resignation

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    Wishing you all a happy Christmas full of tattooed trombone-playing Lebanese elves. Have a good one, friends!

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    : Netanyahu says Israel may increase its military operations against Iran in Syria after US withdrawal

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    Let me help: is the guy who had the balls to visit Iraq and Syria many times, to meet your troops, speak to your allies, forge alliances against IS... so you didn’t have to.

    Brett McGurk, who I do not know, was appointed by President Obama in 2015. Was supposed to leave in February but he just resigned prior to leaving. Grandstander? The Fake News is making such a big deal about this nothing event!
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    What will happen to hundreds of fighters held in after the withdraws its troops? explains in this must read story with amazing photos by

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    Just so I’m clear, Jamal and I are friends since 2002. Which WaPo includes. We met when I was at MEI, then consulting for Arab Thought Foundation, SAGIA, and others.

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  8. 20 hours ago

    Worryingly, an executive for the Qatar Foundation helped Jamal Khashoggi write some of his columns and the didn't know. This & other new details in this great piece by &

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  9. Dec 22

    US anti-ISIS envoy Brett McGurk follows Mattis out the door of the Trump administration. He played a giant role in US-Iraq policy, oversaw the ISIS fight since 2015 and was a huge advocate of the SDF.

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    Dec 22

    Once the last U.S. forces have left , it looks like and the will remain. What minimum commitment from would these U.S. allies need to be able to prevent 's reemergence in the theater? has a scoop...

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  11. Dec 22

    ISIS smuggled $ millions out of its collapsing caliphate and invested it in businesses around the Middle East. Great story by

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  12. Dec 22

    The US withdrawal from Syria shows that “the Americans have come to the conclusion that they can exercise power neither in Iraq nor Syria nor the entire region” - a top IRGC commander

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    Dec 19

    Someone blew up the Khamenei monument that was recently built in Diyala. Probably the first explosion that most Iraqis wont feel bad about.

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  14. Dec 21

    More on the stunning Trump-Erdogan phone call that changed the world. Erdogan repeated his complaint that the US is backing Syria’s Kurds. Trump said: “You know what? It’s yours. I’m leaving.”

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  15. Dec 21

    The US pullout from Syria was a big boost for Erdogan's stature, but it was not what he was asking for. Turkey has now lost its leverage with Iran & Russia, which was the US. It will face them alone. By the ever-insightful

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    Dec 21

    The jihadis that no one wants. Great piece by with comment from , , and myself.

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  17. Dec 21

    This story. Wow. On the phone call with Turkey's Erdogan, Trump "quickly capitulated by pledging to withdraw....Caught off guard, Erdogan cautioned Trump against a hasty withdrawal." By &

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  18. Dec 21

    Erdogan: Turkey will "wait a little longer" before launching an operation against northeast Syria, following discussions with Trump & US officials. "Obviously, this is not an open-ended waiting period."

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    On the ground in Syria, talks with the jihadists no one wants. Hundreds of foreign ISIS fighters are in Kurdish prisons in Syria. What happens when the U.S. withdraws? Photos by

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  20. Dec 20

    More from the Raqqa the US is abandoning after destroying it with air strikes. People live among the ruins, with no hope of reconstruction. These are shops

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