Alexander McKeever

@AKMcKeever

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

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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    18 hours ago

    how is this a real person

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  3. 3 hours ago

    These next 6 correspond with pro-rebel/Turkish media reports of coordinated COIN ops in the Rajo area: Ciwan Boşat: Shadiya, Rajo, 7/6…
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  4. 3 hours ago

    I think the latter two are more likely - no recent insurgent activity in the area, unlike fires last year in July, further north on Jebel Hawar

    extensive fire damage on Jebel Hawar
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  5. 3 hours ago

    Unclear what actually caused the fire, I've seen it blamed on Turkish security measures, rebels (Liwa Samarkand) burning wood in order to create charcoal to sell, or by accidentally by people living nearby in tents (presumably IDPs).

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  6. 3 hours ago

    Jandaris Local Council shared photos/video of the attempts to put the fire out, apparently went into the night

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  7. 3 hours ago

    Here's video of the fires from a couple km away

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    Forests on mount Qaziqhli in occupied Afrin has been set on fire by Turkish army and its jihadists proxies. Turkey and allied groups have continuously set fire to forests in Afrin under security pretexts since its occupation in…
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  8. 3 hours ago

    One can make out the fire damage using images location:

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  9. 3 hours ago

    You can see the May 16th fire on Afrin's Jebel Qaziqhli in this gif

    Fires in Syria in May
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    4 hours ago

    Explore new heights of civil society clampdown - of surveillance and imprisonment of human rights defenders. Discover

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    4 hours ago

    Suffering from impostor syndrome but for shitposts

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    6 hours ago

    Fascinating article on how missionaries' creation of written scripture for the Luba people in northern Katanga served to mold ethnic identities into something more rigid than existed in pre-colonial era, paving the way for a very modern sort of nationalism

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    9 hours ago

    Visually confirmed Assad's regime armor losses in May 2019 so far: T-72: 3 tanks (type unknown): 9 BMP: 5 MT-LB: 1 ARV: 1 ------------ total: 19

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    May 21

    I learned a lot from 's remarkable long read about Muslims in early America. (thread)

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  16. 8 hours ago

    does anyone know if you actually have to be smart to be a neurosurgeon? feeling more and more like it’s just a lot memorizing and good hand eye coordination and the “neuro” bit fools people

    OH, REO! Thanks, . Enjoying a few post-hearing snacks. Sending some your way!
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  17. 13 hours ago

    my two favorite photographs

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    May 21

    HTS SVBIED used during the assault on Kafr Naboudah this morning, where fighting is still ongoing inside the western half of the town; areas in green were captured by HTS

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  19. 15 hours ago

    in this house we stand for two things...

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    May 21

    Reality is that these people are not arguing in good faith. Nothing can be done to placate them. The weight of evidence is overwhelming, the consensus among independent experts and bodies rock solid - this "scepticism" is reminiscent of climate change denial or 9/11 trutherism.

    Replying to @aaronjmate @PatrickHilsman
    Cheryl Rofer, who more years experience in relevant fields than Ted Postol and Partisangirl combined, had this to say about their work, so I assume you'd take Cheryl Rofer's word over theirs:
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    May 20

    [montage of spreadsheets] in the city of new york [clickety clack sound from printing calculators] you can eat pizza, but also, [digital rain from The Matrix] you can have sushi, if you want,

    Kinda feel like the NYC food scene has become underrated. I don't really know how to compare it to other places, just think there are a lot of opportunities to eat really good food across a wide variety of cuisines, neighborhoods, price points etc and that gets taken for granted.
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