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Researcher focused on Syria and terrorism | History digressions, particularly about the Soviet Union | 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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  2. 29 minutes ago

    Correction of some details about how Noa Pothoven died.

    A decision to move to palliative care and not to force feed at the request of the patient is not euthanasia. Dutch media did not report Noa Pothoven's death as a case of euthanasia. This idea only appeared in English language pickups of Dutch reporting.
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    2 hours ago

    BREAKING: Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria say they have transferred 8 Americans to the U.S. - 2 women & 6 children, who were captured with ISIS. The transfer was requested by the US and the citizens are returning voluntarily. (corrected numbers)

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    2 hours ago

    This about-face by the TMC comes hours after US Under Secretary Hale called the Saudi Deputy Defense Minister to discuss Sudan. Seems that international pressure on the TMC works, but at this stage it comes across as the apex of cynicism from Burhan.

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  5. 56 minutes ago

    The Prime Minister of in 1963, Asadollah Alam, took charge of the situation from the and ordered the crackdown against Khomeini's first attempt to seize power.

    Anthony Parsons was the British Ambassaor in during the revolution. It was to Parsons that Asadollah Alam had confided that he took action in 1963 without the . "I had to," said Alam. "His Majesty is very…
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  6. 59 minutes ago

    5 June 1963 [56 years ago today]: in , Ruhollah Khomeini, at that time quite a junior Ayatollah, incites a rebellion against the 's government, which is swiftly checked and Khomeini is arrested. The event becomes known as the 15 Khordad uprising.

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  7. 1 hour ago

    "The remains not only belong to the first herd or family group of discovered in [], they also represent the most complete dinosaur fossil yet found preserved in opal."

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  8. 1 hour ago

    Mega thread from : though figures are often repeated, particularly by , there is in fact little certainty about /'s missile program in .

    Thread: The size of Hezbollah’s missile arsenal and its “accuracy project” in Lebanon
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  9. 11 hours ago

    Communists gonna Communist ....

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    13 hours ago

    Hi an important actor of Syrian civil society has had their account suspended. This should not be happening, please reflect on this case.

    please i want to unlock my account : step_agency Case# 0116318034 please answer to me
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    Jun 4

    Si c'était un Ministre français des affaires étrangères qui avait salué une délégation de Talibans, tous les pro-Poutine de France auraient hurlé à la "dhimmitude" mais bon...

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  12. 18 hours ago

    In the , a 17-year-old girl, Noa Pothoven, who had been raped when she was younger and was working through mental health issues, was euthanised in her living room last Sunday. People as young as 12 can be euthanized if a doctor signs-off on it

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    19 hours ago

    IS claims for the first time having a presence in , assigning the country to IS's so-called "Central Africa" branch. In a claim on 4 June, IS said it repelled an army attack on its militants in the northern Mocimboa da Praia.

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    18 hours ago

    : T4 strike (2 june 2019) aftermath: elements (not infrastructures) were targeted.

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  15. 18 hours ago

    A friend's response to Chuka Umunna announcing the creation of The Alternative:

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    21 hours ago

    I don't approve of trolling. This would have been a good opportunity to have a conversation that many journalists, analysts, and academics who work on Iran outside of the country have an open pro-Islamic Republic Reformist faction bias.

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  17. 21 hours ago

    There was a brief competition outside Parliament between the "Free, free Palestine" and "Refugees welcome" chanters. They resolved it quite quickly by combining them.

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  18. 21 hours ago

    Same as last time, the Socialist Workers' Party and other hard-Left elements are the dominant organisational core of the anti-Trump protests, handing out the placards, leading chants. The main difference (at least visually) this time is the presence of the Palestinian activists.

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  19. 22 hours ago

    Until capitalism is overthrown, everyone gotta cover the bills.

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  20. 22 hours ago

    Ran into a couple of Iranian Communists coming from the anti-Trump gathering in Trafalgar Square, who still, in a straight choice, would make common cause with the mullahs over America.

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    Jun 3

    Surreal situation in Syria. Areas under regime control & SDF will mark Eid al-Fitr on Wednesday, while areas under rebel control & Turkey will celebrate it tomorrow (Eid timing is determined by sighting of a new moon & differs between Muslim countries, sometimes)

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