Alexander McKeever

@AKMcKeever

Independent researcher/MA student , . contributor/ guest. Syria: Opposition/Afrin. OSINT. Left politics.

Queens, NY
Joined March 2016
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    Mar 1

    My new piece for , documenting and analyzing the anti-TSK/FSA insurgency in Afrin, from March 2018 to January 2019. Big shout out to for the great maps.

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  2. 33 minutes ago

    simultaneously reports of infighting between Furqat al-Sultan Murad and Liwa al-Mu’tasim in Afrin city

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  3. 33 minutes ago

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  4. 33 minutes ago

    Reports of clashes between the Civilian and Military Police in al-Bab

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    7 hours ago

    The presenter is astonished after Libya’s Haftar (backed by UAE, & Saudi) says he often released Tunisian ISIS fighters after his forces captured them. The presenter asks if he meant hand them over to Tunisian gov., but he still said no we just let them go

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  6. 16 hours ago

    May 7th vs. May 9th, images via

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  7. 16 hours ago

    Kimar section has not, however satellite imagery shows there's been some earth moved around in the vicinity in the last day or two. Video shot from Sorhane, location here:

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  8. 16 hours ago

    Ruptly published new footage of the wall today, shows the Jalbul sections have grown

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    17 hours ago

    Turkey's investment into Idlib's power grid might be an indication of which areas they aim to hold: of HTS's Salvation Government received a $1mil contract in February to repair Idlib's grid and connect it to Turkey; map shows which lines have been repaired since then.

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  10. 17 hours ago

    pro-rebel map showing the regime having advanced past Qala'at al-Mudiq

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  11. 17 hours ago

    thread on the faint legacy of jihadists in early 90s bosnia

    THREAD Jihad in Bosnia 1) I traveled to the Islamic core of where in 1992-1995 hundreds of FFs joined El Mudžahid unit and fought along with Bosniaks, the first jihadist military presence…
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    23 hours ago

    ADD.: the 'n strategy is well deployed as targeting only and Islamic group remnants areas for now. controlled parts of N- and S- are just targeted by airstrikes. Clearly, in fact, they're attacking the weaken side of the rebellion in the area.

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    23 hours ago

    NOTE : the defeat of Qalaat al Mudiq is more symbolical : town was held since 2012. It gave hundreds of men for , Islamic groups and jihadis forces and, after years, was the entrance between regime and rebellion held areas.

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    20 hours ago

    My latest monstrous interview: w/a friend born in & originally from Sierra Leone, discussing history & status of the West African Shi'a community in . During the war some of them joined Hezbollah as part of defending Sayyida Zainab shrine

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    19 hours ago

    I remember puzzling over these cuts for ages trying to work out what had hit the car of Abu Khayr al-Masri, deputy leader of Al-Qaeda. Turns out it was a Hellfire missle with fucking swords attached to it.

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  16. May 8

    i don’t think people are looking at the fridge

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  17. May 8

    photo credit:

    Drone photos of Tel Sardam camp
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  18. May 8

    IDPs from Afrin also reside in Aleppo city, Kobane, and presumably other cities/towns under SDF control

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  19. May 8

    images from November*

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  20. May 8

    Third IDP camp in the vicinity of Deir Jamal, image from Nov 2018

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  21. May 8

    IDPs celebrating Newroz, March 2018

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