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Researcher focused on Syria and terrorism (jihadists, PKK) | Digressions on history, especially the Soviet Union | Likes are just bookmarks. RTs are ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    12 Dec 2018

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

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    5 hours ago

    Feb 5th 1919: A “reliable source” claims the Bolsheviks during their reign have slaughtered 300,000 Russians of noble birth. “In one month, the Bolsheviki have sentenced to death more Russians than were executed in 24 years under the rule of the late czar."

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    11 hours ago

    Speaking to Al-Monitor in Qamishli, Aldar Khalil, a leading figure of the Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM), says that the Kurds and the Syrian regime are "basically on the same page when it comes to general principles."

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    15 hours ago

    It took a couple years to get rolling, but it seems core ISIS logistical & advisory support to West Africa during 2016-2017 was decisive. The new "Boko Haram" is a much smarter & qualitatively more sophisticated insurgency

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    11 hours ago

    According to , ISIS Central had to inform ISIS West Africa (Was Boko Haram), that "for your information, the earth is spherical" as previously the group had preached that it was flat 😂

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    16 hours ago

    New Pentagon IG Report on US withdrawal from Syria: "ISIS is regenerating key functions & capabilities more quickly in Iraq than in Syria, but absent sustained [counterterrorism] pressure, ISIS could likely resurge in Syria within 6 to 12 months and regain limited territory"

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    15 hours ago

    Intriguing that, contrary to some expectations, ISIS foreign affiliates are generally becoming more like ISIS & more active after the defeat of the caliphate in Iraq & Syria than at the height of its strength there some years ago.

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  8. 13 hours ago

    The fact that America turned some of the Soviet Union's tactics back against it in the course of resisting its global assault, and the fact Israel and others do now in resisting the Iranian revolution, doesn't and won't ever make the two sides equivalent, morally or otherwise.

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  9. 13 hours ago

    In the old days the line was that since America had spy services and engaged in dirty tricks in foreign countries and even assassinations, some of the same tactics as the Soviet Union, therefore the two sides were the same. Was wrong then, wrong now about Iran.

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  10. 13 hours ago

    Whataboutism, Soviet-style: because other states have sponsored non-state actors and used extra-terroritorial assassination, therefore 's is a normal regime.

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  11. 17 hours ago

    dissatisfied with the 's sanctions-avoidance mechanism.

    Iran's top judge says EU's preconditions for new non-dollar trade channel 'unacceptable'
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    Feb 3

    Pro-Islamic State militants in Somalia reported the death of an Ethiopian jihadist among their ranks, but the group didn’t say when/how he died. Abu Zubayr Al-Habash appeared in IS video in Dec 2017 threatening attacks on public places in Somalia. (Left - new photo. R-old photo)

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    18 hours ago

    Afghan officials warn that Moscow talks between Taliban militants and opposition betray principles of democracy, Afghanistan's best interests

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    Feb 3

    “Officials at the highest level of the Syrian government carefully planned and executed the artillery assault...for the specific purpose of killing the journalists inside" to silence their reporting of the growing opposition to Assad’s dictatorship.

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    Feb 3

    Today is 7th day since peacemaker Awfaa Alnaami, employee of & member of was arbitrary detained by in Sanaa . I’m calling for her immediate release. Local NGOs issued multiple statements. Please help us make this a public & global issue.

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    21 hours ago

    “People shouldn’t be asking why (reconstruction) is slow. They should be asking why hurry it?” Hard to imagine anything but disaster looming when the (corrupt) governor of Nineveh province says insane things like this

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  17. 21 hours ago

    "The Portuguese in India and Arabia between 1507 and 1517", by E. Denison Ross (1921).

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    Feb 3

    is a U.S. freelance photojournalist. On Aug 13, 2012, he emailed his father to say he was wrapping up his reporting in Syria. He was detained the next day and he hasn't been heard from him since. It's time to .

    #FreeAustinTice: American Journalist Still Missing in Syria
    American freelance journalist Austin Tice disappeared in August 2012 while reporting in Syria. He has not been heard from since. Tweet #FreeAustinTice to share your support.
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  19. 21 hours ago

    The Portuguese Empire defeated the alliance of the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamelukes of Cairo, and the Zamorin of Calicut (backed by Venice and the Ottomans) in a Naval battle at Diu, beginning 500 years of European domination of Subcontinental waterways.

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  20. 21 hours ago

    30+ members of and , designated terrorist groups, hold senior positions in -promoting NGOs, some of which receive funds (and political support) from the European Union and the government in South Africa.

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    22 hours ago

    Kremlin: Russia, Turkey, Iran leaders to meet in Russia on February 14 - RIA

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