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Researcher focused on Syria and terrorism—jihadists, PKK, etc. | History digressions | Likes are bookmarks. RTs = ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    18 Dec 2018

    The waged an undeclared war against through terrorists and rejectionist states. Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has retained alliances with such actors, notably , and sees Israel as an extension of America, the "Main Adversary".

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    12 hours ago

    You know at some point, someone's going to have to consider the possibility she says these things because she believes them.

    New post: Unrepentant Ilhan Omar suggests Jews who criticize her anti-Semitic statements are doing so because she's Muslim, revives dual-loyalty smear
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    6 hours ago

    During a two-day break in direct negotiations in Doha before they are scheduled to resume tomorrow, the Taliban have launched an attack on the Shorab base in Helmand, which is shared by Afghan army and American military.

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    6 hours ago

    At least 20 members of ANA killed in a complex attack. These are initial figures, multiple sources in Helmand province tells me.

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    12 hours ago

    According to the US State Department, Hamza bin Laden is emerging "as a leader in the AQ franchise"

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    10 hours ago

    I’m seriously considering writing an article on this, so pushback on reasons this is a less optimal alternative than the other options on the table are welcomed & appreciated. Please RT if you feel comfortable doing so. I never ask, but I’d like a variety of perspectives.

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  7. 12 hours ago

    1 NOV 1922: Caliph Mehmed VI, the final Ottoman Sultan, departing the Dolmabahce Palace just after the sultanate, an office dating back 600 years, was abolished. There would be one more caliph and then that office, too, was abolished by Atatürk on 3 MAR 1924. [HT ]

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  8. 14 hours ago

    The problem with Détente is easiest to see when you look at it from the other side: as if the Soviets ever worried that their actions would be interpreted by the Americans as prosecuting the Cold War.

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    17 hours ago

    In one of the safest areas with heavy security. Deja vu for .

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    Early footage from the University Street where the car bomb exploded.
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    19 hours ago

    “We have no idea about what they really think ... When they gave themselves up some of them told us the Islamic State group briefed them, telling them, ‘Surrender, go back home to your countries, get your strength back, and we will start again’”

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    Hundreds of foreign are being held in a camp in as the war against IS enters its final phase. 🎥 spoke with some of these women. …
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    22 hours ago

    I see Robert Fisk is taking a short break from his tireless work providing moral cover for the Assad regime in order to return to his one true love - blaming Israel for everything.

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  12. 20 hours ago

    inherited a literate, regionally prosperous country. The only state was markedly behind at the time of the revolution was , which has oil money and had just removed its last dictator (before Chavez). Socialism's effects were remarkably consistent for both.

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  13. 20 hours ago

    "At that time [when took over], Cuban GDP per capita ranked between second and fourth in Latin America depending on the source taken ... Cuban GDP level changed its trajectory [i.e. declined] mainly due to the [Communist] institutional change."

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    24 hours ago

    Abdul Baset Sarout, a soccer player turned poet who led protests in Homs, just survived an assassination attempt in Idlib. Sarout became a rebel commander in Homs & is now a commander with Jaysh al-Izza, an FSA group with close ties to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

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    Feb 27

    The Qajar dynasty in (1794-1925) arose after decades of chaos. Its founder, Agha Mohammad, is often regarded as ruthless. So he was. But he also had a genuine concern for the population and constructed a state that effectively lasts to the present.

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    Feb 27

    Been digging into the history of monarchy in recently. This is the story of the establishment of its second-to-last dynasty, the (1794-1925), who pretty much defined the boundaries of the modern state.

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    Feb 28

    President Trump says he doesn't believe North Korea's top leadership knew about what happened to Otto Warmbier: "Those prisons are rough, and bad things happen, but I really don’t believe [Kim Jong Un] knew about it.”

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    Feb 27

    My report in full on the 👇 'What implications will the ongoing developments in artificial intelligence and robotics have for remote warfare in the future?'

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    Feb 27

    Trump-Kim summit talks break up early and White House says no agreement has been reached

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  20. Feb 27

    As endures her "typical socialist implosion", it's important to note how deeply embedded is / and how very difficult it would be to eliminate their presence, even if Maduro can somehow be removed without a violent confrontation.

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    Feb 26

    Fun fact: during the Classical Ottoman period, there were so many students in the elite colleges and so few elite professorships and judgeships available that most graduates of elite colleges became brigands and bandits in Anatolia!

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