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  1. Pinned Tweet
    25 Sep 2018

    A new report by the 's on the violent takeover of eastern Ghouta is out. Co-authored by me, & others

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  2. 1 hour ago

    Excellent news from Israel

    Steady drop in marriage through the Rabbinate; Israelis increasingly choosing alternatives to this archaic, oppressive institution
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    3 hours ago

    Important thread on the of .

    1) Important: The has rejected sensible recommendations from the International Crisis Group on returning stability to so that the people can return home, rebuilding, and have…
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  4. 1 hour ago

    Idlib locals call for Turkey to intervene, as HTS capture more opposition areas in northern Syria by Includes my comments

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    4 hours ago

    ahead of Pompeo visit

    "Leading activist sentenced to 15 years in prison"
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  6. 3 hours ago

    There hasn't been any credibly reporting re: why Ankara chose to abandon the rebels it financed & armed for years. The DMZ agreement Turkey reached with Russia is totally undermined by these advances by HTS, helping Assad justify offensive on Idlib

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  7. 3 hours ago

    This is also a terrible development for residents of Efrin, a (formerly?) Kurdish-majority area now under direct Turkish control. (Arab) opponents of HTS are being displaced there, further altering the demography of the area & exacerbating Kurdish-Arab tensions there.

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  8. 3 hours ago

    This is a terrible development for civilians and civil society in Idlib and western Aleppo. Even before the latest advances by HTS, the jihadists adopted a more aggressive stance toward any perceived & even rumored opponents, jailing hundreds of activists and ordinary civilians.

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  9. 3 hours ago

    The snowball effect of surrenders and statements of neutrality means that towns and rebel groups still holding off against HTS are more likely to sign surrender agreements too. Unless Turkey & the FSA groups it backs intervene, I expect HTS to progress with little fighting.

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  10. 3 hours ago

    Fighters among the National Liberation Front and civilians expected Turkey to back them against HTS, but now many believe that Turkey is allowing HTS to take over Idlib to justify regime offensive on the area in return for Russian permission to take Manbij and Kurdish areas.

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  11. 3 hours ago

    In some ways, this pattern resembles the regime's rapid progress in Daraa in 2018. Once realizing no foreign help will come & they'll be destroyed, towns quickly surrendered to the regime & rebels chose not to fight. HTS dominance is scaring towns & rebels into submission.

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  12. 3 hours ago

    Multiple sub-factions of the National Liberation Front, the conglomeration of anti-HTS rebels (Islamists and Free Syrian Army), publicly declared their neutrality to avoid being wiped out. Statements here from units of Jaysh al-Ahrar, Suquour al-Sham, Jaysh al-Nasr & Second Army.

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  13. 4 hours ago

    The rapid collapse of Nour a-Din a-Zenki & al-Atareb, a town able to resist the domination of any outside group (regime/ISIS/jihadist rebels) for years, sent shock-waves through Idlib. Multiple towns surrendered to HTS, coming under its civilian & military control without a fight

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  14. 4 hours ago

    Quick analysis of the developments in rebel-held Idlib/western Aleppo. Following collapse of Nour a-Din a-Zenki, the group most consistently able to mobilize its fighters against HTS jihadists, HTS is rushing to expand its control. Main events:

    Sources in Idlib are telling me fighting between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadists vs. the National Liberation Front (NLF) + Turkish-backed FSA is about to escalate. Until now, most NLF & FSA did not join the fight.
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  15. 4 hours ago

    Fighting between Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army ("Euphrates Shield" factions) around Atmeh, Idlib. TFSA was able to regain some points they lost to HTS last week.

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  16. 5 hours ago

    Thank you, ! Saudi bots run wild on the platform, your own employee leaked info on dissidents to Saudi regime, and now this.

    Twitter suspended the account of Saudi father of activist Loujain @HathloulH after he tweeted about the sexual harassment and torture his daughter faced in prison.
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  17. 5 hours ago

    the girl in front of me in the lecture was watching grey’s anatomy, looked back and saw me staring so she put on the subtitles. girls support girls.
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  18. 5 hours ago

    Handover of Sahl al-Ghab region to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadist follows a pattern developed under regime "reconciliation" deals. Displacement of those refusing HTS rule, integration of local fighters willing to surrender

    .: Ahrar al-Sham in Sahl al-Ghab agrees to dissolve itself and hand medium and heavy weapons to HTS. Fighters who opt out can exit to Afrin. Others can remain unmolested or continue to serve under HTS supervision. Area to join Salvation Government.
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  19. 5 hours ago

    The Palestinian Authority is determined to economically suffocate Hamas. This follows PA withdrawal from Rafah Crossing, leading Egypt to block exits from Gaza. The victims of these punitive steps, similarly to Israel's blockade, are mostly civilians.

    [169 affiliated with Dahlan and dozens of former Palestinian security prisoners affiliated with Hamas and PIJ] Palestinian Authority Halts Payments to Hundreds of Gazans
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    22 hours ago

    'While most Americans probably never heard of BDS, our poll shows that a large number of Americans support imposing sanctions or more serious measures if Israeli settlements in WB continue to expand: 40% support such measures, including 56% of Democrats'

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  21. 10 hours ago

    Confirmation this is true, then

    : Kremlin spox: "Do not read these Israeli media reports. Russia did not interfere, does not interfere and does not mean to interfere in any elections in any country in the word"
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