Dana Stroul

@dstroul

Senior Fellow ; recovering Hill and Pentagon staffer; focused on all things MENA

washingtoninstitute.org
Joined August 2010

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  1. 4 hours ago

    My ⁦⁩ colleague ⁦⁩ raises alarm that U.S. is one strike short of making it impossible for Iraqi leaders to continue supporting partnership with United States

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    Overall, no real news in . Regional allies will scratch head at lack of strategy re: (what's our goal?) and absence of sense of common purpose (eg " is leading a grand coalition that includes states & , who share common threat of ").

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  3. 23 hours ago

    This is a complete change from testimony given to Senate Foreign Relations Committee last year. Insistence from Administration witnesses that DoD does NOT track.

    In his testimony, still ongoing, General Votel confirmed the US military has access to a database of all Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen. It suggests the US can tell whether its bombs are used in any particular airstrike, including those that kill civilians.
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  4. 24 hours ago

    The specific U.S.-origin system discussed in the CNN report is MRAPs. If Iran can reverse engineer or exploit vulnerabilities, this will be huge force protection issue for U.S. military in Iraq and other war zones where it faces Iran-sponsored proxies.

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  5. 24 hours ago

    The only new I see here is the suggestion that U.S.-origin weapons made it into hands of Houthis and possible tech transfer issues with Iran in permissive environment of Yemen awash in arms.

    This has been happening for quite some time, the has reported on it. I find it hard to believe US officials didn't know about this prior to the CNN story
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    Feb 5

    Ahead of CENTCOM Chief Gen. Joseph Votel’s final senate hearing this morning, Warren asks for public clarification on the activities of Saudi and UAE warplanes in Yemen refueled by the Pentagon.

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  7. Feb 5

    9. Concluding view on Syria conflict: It’s a kind of conflict where the kindling is sufficient for it to burn for decade after decade and continue to be an engine of jihadism and instability for the entire region and beyond until there is a political settlement.

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  8. Feb 5

    8. Caveated response to a Q on the 20-mile safe zone: "U.S. takes Turkey’s security concerns into account...and we’re going to continue through the course of the various discussions to promote as stable and secure a security arrangement for northeast Syria as possible."

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  9. Feb 5

    7. In response to Q on ISIS' defeat, briefer differentiates 'territorial defeat of caliphate' vs. 'enduring' defeat. Enduring defeat not yet achieved, and will be worked through coalition partners and "other local forces."

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  10. Feb 5

    6. In response to this Q: is "Iraq seen as the sort of military hub then after Syria and to be used – in what way to be used?"... references the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement. (Distancing from Trump's remarks in interview with on )

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  11. Feb 5

    5. U.S. concerned that foreign fighters detained in Syria under SDF custody could "change" in "very fluid space of northeast Syria."

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  12. Feb 5

    4. State briefer insists 3 U.S. objectives have not changed: enduring defeat of ISIS, exit of all Iranian-commanded forces from the entirety of Syria, and a political settlement of the conflicts under UNSCR 2254.

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  13. Feb 5

    3. representing Saudi Arabia at ministerial level. (i.e. new Saudi government reshuffle not fully implemented yet)

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  14. Feb 5

    2. A Syria small group meeting will be held. Focus of political settlement is still Security Council Resolution 2254.

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  15. Feb 5

    1. The Feb 6 D-ISIS Ministerial is focused on next stage of campaign to include stabilization and security assistance. But briefers say this is not a pledging conference. And U.S. froze stabilization assistance in Syria last year.

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  16. Feb 5

    Highlight a few interesting nuggets: Senior State Department Officials Previewing the Ministerial Meeting of the Coalition To Defeat ISIS (from )

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  17. Feb 4

    Thrilled to join this panel last week with my colleagues and

    Reports from Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Capitol Hill - Middle East Policy Forecast for 2019 -⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩
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  18. Feb 4

    Constitutional proposals could allow Sisi to stay in power till 2034: document - Reuters

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  19. Feb 4

    US arms sold to Saudi Arabia and UAE end up in wrong hands -

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    Feb 2

    Rosneft has signed a 20-year deal to manage an oil storage facility in Lebanon. Among other things, it could use the site to mask sanctioned fuel supplies going into Syria.

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