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@KyleWOrton

Independent researcher focused on Syria and terrorism | History digressions, particularly on the Cold War | Likes are just bookmarks. RTs = ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

London and Wirral, Britain
Joined April 2012

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    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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    7 hours ago

    Ukranian Cargo Alfa Air Ilyushin IL-76TD UR-COZ heading from

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    Iran has dismissed as "fabricated" reports of the seizure of a British oil tanker in the Persian/Arabian Gulf. Yet, British-flagged supertanker Pacific Voyager had come to a halt in the middle of Persian Gulf between Qatar and Iran.

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    15 hours ago

    “Despite repeatedly claiming to not collaborate with the PLA or Chinese security services, this data trove indicates a cross-over and interaction between Huawei, its staff and these very bodies." My thoughts on ⁦⁩’s excellent report.

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    16 hours ago

    Russia says its S-400s will be delivered to Turkey as scheduled in the coming days. That could trigger new US sanctions against Turkey and a new crisis in U.S.-Turkish relations.

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  6. Retweeted
    Jul 5

    German ISIS returnee Sabine S. sentenced to 5y prison term. She’s the first female German ISIS returnee to get a prison term.

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    24 hours ago

    regime & of have a strategic partnership "oil for drugs" provides the regime with the oil and the regime payback $ by selling .

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    24 hours ago

    Very interesting. "Laptops and memory sticks found with the suspects showed that they worked for a company that 'specializes in influencing elections that are to be held in several African states'"

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  9. Poor Omri, and his white supremacist "facts".

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  10. Retweeted
    Jul 5

    Qais alKhazali is trying to make Babylon about him and his gangs. That shouldn't happen. Minister of Culture is PMF-backed, but Babylon and Mesopotamia have nothing to do with these demagogues.

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    Ex-English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson found guilty of contempt of court over Facebook broadcast

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    One of Prigozhin’s operatives was caught in Tripoli; data on his flash drives had material on election influence ops:

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  13. Retweeted
    Jul 5

    Good little reminder why July 4th matters, and not just for the 'West': The Declaration Heard Around the World

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    Jul 5

    According to this formal document, Minister of and Environment Hussein Makhlouf accepted return only for 193 to -) from 312 people IDPs, and rejected 119 request for return due to a decision issued by Burea.

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    Jul 5

    Christian converts in face severe persecution. But that hasn’t stopped the spread of 1000s of underground Christian churches across the country.

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  17. Retweeted
    Jul 5

    vehicle exploded in near border with killed 2 while reports saying the cause is LPG engine exploded due to the heat

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  18. Retweeted
    Jul 4

    : A huge protest broke out in in mainland of earlier today, resulting in clashes with police and sending military tanks as a precaution.

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  19. Jul 4

    It's part of the decline in seriousness that many in the media can't tell the difference between running an op-ed by an authoritarian allied leader (a bad, not to say pointless, exercise) and giving space to semi-Bolshevik narco-terrorists like the PKK.

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    Jul 4

    Pretty explosive stuff: MoD releases photos of Marines during raid on tanker carrying Iranian oil. Iran summons British ambassador to Tehran saying seizure was 'illegal'

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  21. Jul 4

    I more or less agree on the specifics in this instance but it's impossible to take seriously: you have to stand up to 's enemies first, and then we can deal with the imperfections of her friends. It's not irrelevant that Corbyn recently took money from

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