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Focus on Syria and terrorism (jihadism, PKK, etc.) Occasional digressions on history, especially of the Cold War. Likes are just bookmarks. RTs are ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    Dec 12

    "Zionism is Making Us Stupid": The Russian Relationship with Israel from the Soviets to Putin

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    7 hours ago

    We assure you 👽👽👽 have not landed in the .

    ADVISORY: The lights you have seen throughout the city appear to have been from a transformer explosion at a Con Ed facility in Queens. The fire is under control, will update as more info becomes available. Follow …
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    8 hours ago

    Fantastic article by about crazy Rand Paul and his influence on the president

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  4. 8 hours ago

    It's orthodoxy in places now that is a "serious security challenge" in the region and is "allied" with ; sometimes it is said forms a troika with these two. In truth, Qatar and Turkey are just imperfect allies, like all the others, to be managed and mitigated.

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  5. 8 hours ago

    The blockade/boycott of split the anti- coalition at a bad time. Many accusations against Doha on terrorist hosting and propagating extremism were true. Supporting Iran's assets was less well-founded, and now looks entirely cynical as the UAE embraces Asad/Iran.

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  6. 8 hours ago

    As an addendum: the Khaleeji reconciliation with the Asad/Iran system puts the crisis in some perspective. For reasons unclear, got light touch of responsibility for its role in gas-for-gold sanctions busting. Now they're ratifying Iran's reach into the Levant.

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  7. 8 hours ago

    One can have confidence that between them the U.S. and Turkish governments will manage to mishandle any opportunities arising from the new reality in , and both will continue acting as if matters in the Levant. But it doesn't have to be this way, is all I'm saying.

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  8. 8 hours ago

    Gulf/Arab states, unable to do much kinetically, are making peace politically with the Asad/Iran system. The SDF/PKK was always entangled with the Asadists. Leaving Turkey, able to do actual heavy lifting and incentivised as at no time since 2016 against Asad, Iran, and Russia.

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  9. 8 hours ago

    The -held or -protected areas in are the ones free of 's influence. Doubtless some consider the Turkish government as bad as the Iranian revolution, but if the priority is to contain Iran this data point might be factored in.

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  10. 9 hours ago

    Even with the U.S. in the country, it never managed to eliminate / outposts from the "Syrian Kurdish" (/)-held zones. Key infrastructure like the airport was held by Asad/Iran, and PKK carried on a thriving trade with the regime coalition.

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    14 hours ago

    . Satellite imagery clearly contradicts claim of |n MoD which argued Air Defenses destroyed 14 out of 16 bombs dropped by . 4 craters are visible for 1st strike & at least 2 more wiped out a nearby ammo warehouse. .

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    20 hours ago

    Pro-regime media is reporting Bahrain will re-open its own embassy in Damascus next week

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    17 hours ago

    It would be fair to invite Iran to join the league too. They've sacrificed more than anyone else for the cause of counter-revolution in the Arab world

    Another step on Assad’s road to normalisation: Gulf nations prepare to readmit Syria into the Arab League, 7yrs after it was expelled over brutal repression of largely non-violent protests:
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  14. 18 hours ago

    JAN 1981: CIA assessment of Tudeh: has provided public support to Khomeini and intelligence on his domestic (mostly Leftist) enemies, gaining toleration. Has expanded reach, but slavish loyalty to USSR limits popular appeal [Tudeh was dismantled in 1983]

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  15. 19 hours ago

    CIA report from July 1949 on the Tudeh Party, the Soviet Union's proxy for advancing Communism in |

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    23 hours ago

    Oh man. It’s that time of year at the gym when we have to grudgingly tolerate the dabblers because they subsidise the other 11 months we come here.

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  17. 21 hours ago

    The only way this view makes any sense is if "the " are an undifferentiated mass. The moment you introduce any of the history or politics to this, the differences between the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq and the SDF/PKK in Syria make themselves manifest.

    We work closely with the Kurds in Iraq, just like we currently do in Syria. Our Kurdish partners in Iraq have every reason to question whether they’ll be abandoned if Erdogan asks us to get out of the way in Iraq just like he asked us to leave Syria. heading to you
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    22 hours ago

    Fresh from oven: an image took from our few minutes ago reveals four craters in a vehicle parking lot, within the 4th division , west to .

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  19. 22 hours ago

    FWLIW: I don't think this can be done. With the U.S. no longer behind the , and 's position in as weak as it is, it is difficult to see what needs the Kremlin for. Ankara will remain cautious for a while, though, until U.S. actually withdraws.

    • ’s challenge is now to keep the good balance between its renewed good relation with the & it’s understanding w . • Russia’s challenge is now to kep the good balance between Turkey & Iran (); while reassuring (Southern ). …
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    Dec 27

    Several Tunisian media outlets report that a plane coming from Syria will land at Monastir Airport (Tunisia's 3rd international airport) today, the first direct flight since the Syrian Embassy was closed 7 years ago.

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    24 hours ago

    Syrian Foreign Ministry: UAE Embassy is re-opening today in Damascus — Turkish media reports

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