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    Mar 18

    NEW -- " Says Is Defeated. Reality Says Otherwise" - My new article for takes a look at what remains of in & ... the news isn't good.

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    Mar 23

    Trump said is defeated. Reality says otherwise | A compulsory read by

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  3. 3 hours ago

    I'm inclined to agree with this & it ties together w. what I've heard from Russians working this file. It's very delicate though. The recent re-appearance of makeshift drones vs. Hmeymim risks guaranteeing escalation. Pro-regime manpower is also an issue, plus complexity.

    No battle 4 expected imminently:1) Turkey against and might harm economic relations w in response (pipeline 2 Europe);2)refugees;3)massacre-in-waiting;4) tough battle. lunch discussion ; …
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    : Really good to see cited in 's report. I commissioned Danny to write what I believe was the first English-language account of rising loyalist discontent for back in Nov 2018. 1. 2.

    Excellent reporting by , revealing more details of deep & rising discontent within loyalist areas of .…
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    Excellent reporting by , revealing more details of deep & rising discontent within loyalist areas of . "Post-war" life has deteriorated & there's no light at the end of the tunnel; people blame the regime & corruption, not sanctions.

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    مع أن العـالم المعاصر أبعد ما يكون عن السهولة والبساطة، فإن الحقيقة الدامغة بشأن «داعش» تفيد بأن التنظيم لا يزال من أخطر التنظيمات الإرهابية في الواقع السوري والعراقي - شارلز ليستر

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  7. 3 hours ago

    "Armed forces are being withdrawn..." Amb. Jeffrey also appears to confirm that US troops *are* in the midst of a partial withdrawal from , headed "back down" to a "final number."

    "Armed forces are being withdrawn" from per 's Amb James Jefrrey "We're going back down toward what the final number will be"
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  8. 3 hours ago

    From Amb. Jeffrey's comments yesterday, an intriguing indication of plans for "deradicalization & reintegration" of some detainees in . If that reflects funded programming, good, but I've a feeling it may be driven by a lack of resources & tribal pressure.

    For members from , "There is a process underway to get those people back to and back the their |n communities for deradicalization and reintegration or in some cases punishment" per Amb Jeffrey "We're focused on that as our 1st priority"
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  9. 3 hours ago

    : Next door in , has conducted two notable attacks in the last 72hrs - one on an oilfield in Salah ad Din (late on Sunday) & another on personnel in .

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    : In the last 36hrs, has been blamed/claimed responsibility for at least 7 attacks on -linked targets in eastern - in , & Deir ez Zour governorates.

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  11. 3 hours ago

    24hrs after the US-backed proclaimed victory against , 7 of its forces were killed in an assault on a checkpoint west of last night. spokesman blamed the attack on an "sleeper cell."

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  12. 20 hours ago

    : It's going to take time for some of these activities to emerge more clearly in public, but as I've come to understand recently, authorities ( & OIR members) are well aware of the depth & continuation of some of most engrained behaviors beyond military violence.

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  13. 20 hours ago

    : As some like have pointed out, predation on some of 's vulnerable communities (1) is still ongoing but (2) few of those victimized are in a position to publicize it. Security & dependent relationships have got even more complex than in the pre-2014 era.

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  14. 20 hours ago

    While most agree that is far from over, there's a worrying blindness appearing amongst some who dismiss what they can't see out in the open see as a figment of others' creation. By design, much of 's non-military activity today is either concealed from view or blurry.

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  15. 20 hours ago

    For today's Monday Briefing, I took a quick look at the implications of 's territorial defeat in & and the [many] challenges ahead:

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    Mar 22

    In case we get carried away with IS is defeated story. From one leading expert

    : By "worse," I mean "bigger" in manpower. Just take a look at the numbers in my article - the current reality is shocking. I'm unconvinced will benefit again from a foreign fighter mobilizatio…
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    22 hours ago

    مع أن العالم المعاصر أبعد ما يكون عن السهولة والبساطة، فإن الحقيقة الدامغة بشأن «داعش» تفيد بأن التنظيم لا يزال من أخطر التنظيمات الإرهابية في الواقع السـوري والعراقي - شارلز ليستر

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    Mar 19

    ISIS is using the same pr-2014 style in Mosul: Threatening people to pay by sending a message by envelope: "Pay or Die". They have threatened businessmen, doctors, etc. Three ISIS members were arrested today in Mosul before collecting their extortion.

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    Mar 23

    Today, - with a legitimate, elected government - proclaimed victory against in July 2017. 18 months later, poses a steadily increasing terror threat in multiple provinces - it has reverted to covert, guerrilla operations & conducted 100s of attacks in 2018.

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    Mar 25

    مع أن العالم المعاصر أبعد ما يكون عن السهولة والبساطة، فإن الحقيقة الدامغة بشأن «داعش» تفيد بـأن التنظيم لا يزال من أخطر التنظيمات الإرهابية في الواقع السوري والعراقي - شارلز ليستر

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  21. Mar 25

    Interesting by , who says leader fled in Jan 2019 after fellow militants tried to kill him. In the aftermath, wanted posters sought the death of a senior commander, Abu Muath al-Jazairi.

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