Thomas Pierret

@ThomasPierret

Senior Researcher at CNRS-IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence. Tweet in private capacity. RT not endorsement. Header: A l'Est de Damas by Majd al-Dik & Nathalie Bontemps

Aix-en-Provence, France
Joined December 2011
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  1. 13 hours ago

    This piece is absolutely sickening

    Syria’s once teeming prison cells are being silenced by mass murder with Assad’s government doubles down on the killing of political prisoners as the civil war heads toward its conclusion.
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  2. 20 hours ago

    Mukhabarat of the world, unite!

    Breaking: Ali Mamluk, head of the Syrian National Security Bureau, made an official visit to Egypt to discuss political and security issues, according to the SANA
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  3. 23 hours ago

    Didn't ICG encourage Trump to do exactly that with Der'a and Qunaytra last summer?

    Trump gave away Syria. A bargain! A steal! To Russia, Iran & Turkey ‘twas a free meal They just went to town And gobbled it down…
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  4. Dec 21

    Once the US is out of Syria, what's left of the common ground between Turkey and Russia?

    Turkish president: Steps taken together with Russia, Iran aim to ensure regional security
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    Dec 20

    Be careful what you wish for: in

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  6. Dec 20

    Pourquoi éviter un bourbier quand on peut sauter dedans à pieds joints ?

    Syrie: après retrait US qui laisse la France seule, 1 note des services dde à Macron d'inscrire son action "dans 1 realpolitik froide d'alliance antiterroriste avec Russie Iran et Syrie, 1 telle alliance augmenterait les chances du…
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    Dec 17

    Je suis opposé au parce que je respecte le peuple: la délibération qui précède le vote est le moment le plus important de la démocratie, et c’est pour cela que la démocratie directe est le contraire de la démocratie: on ne délibère pas à 67 millions, on manipule.

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  8. Dec 18

    Those who've helped spreading Russian lies about White Helmets have blood on their hands

    In Syria, Russia's disinformation campaign has real life consequences. White Helmets rescue workers have been tortured and interrogated based on fabricated claims from Russian state bodies and media outlets.
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  9. Dec 18

    So that can't be a regime that is "fundamentally different". For 55 years Syrian regime has been a matter of personal networks, not institutions

    Top US diplomat on Syria: "We want to see a regime that is fundamentally different. It's not regime change -- we're not trying to get rid of Assad" 🧐 via …
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  10. Dec 17

    In case anyone believes current "toleration" of public expressions of discontent among loyalist constituencies is a durable feature of Syrian politics

    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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    Dec 17

    Launching this morning center, my new report on US stabilization operations in eastern Syria, with and . Noon. Come on by,

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    Dec 15
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    Nobody is saying there are *no* changes, just that they do not go in the direction of democracy. And making the youth dance so that it does not demand freedom is absolutely political.

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    Dec 14

    Darayya - once known as the cradle of Syria's uprising - is now ringed by government checkpoints, residents evicted in a 2016 surrender deal have not been allowed to return: by .

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    Dec 14

    The permanent Assad dynasty. Daughter of Bashar al-Assad Visits Chamber of Commerce - The Syrian Observer

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  15. Dec 13

    And if ISIS was really just the result of state collapse and influx of arms, then we should all immediately apologise to poor Nuri al-Maliki for treating him so unfairly in 2014

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  16. Dec 13

    Quite a take re. Iraq, not Syria. I doubt anyone would find it controversial to call Iran a "Shia country" because it has a sizeable Sunni minority.

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    Dec 13

    Short thread on future of armed forces I don't like to write my opinions but I've had a lot of people asking me what I think will happen to the - will they be merged into or disbanded, or something else? My thoughts below...

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    Dec 13

    David Mouawad, a French Jihadist who returned to France after having joined Ahrar al-Sham in 2013, is acquitted as the court in Paris believes that the organization can’t be described as terrorist as it has never incited anyone to commit acts of terrorism abroad

    David Mouawad (revenant), français ayant rejoint Ahrar Al Sham en 2013 est relaxé par la 16eme chambre du TC de Paris qui estime que l’organisation ne peut être qualifiée de terroriste, n’ayant jamais incité à commettre des actes de terrorisme à l’étranger (Info CAT)
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    Dec 13

    's current structure mapped in my latest for Also includes a brief history of the RG's role early in war & deployments & their extensive efforts to develop auxiliary units through supporting local militias.

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    Dec 13

    Expect to see the Lebanon->Cyprus/EU refugee route—covered by IRIN here—grow next year. Lebanon pressuring refugees, many can’t go home w/out structural change. Lebanon asking “if not now, then when?” as west ask them to carry burden in absence of change:

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