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

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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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  2. 9 minutes ago

    Joe Lieberman also refers to the "IRCG" as being the terrorists in , not MEK. He means , one is to presume, but evidently details take second place to shilling for the Mojahedeen.

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  3. 30 minutes ago

    The Trump bit one can take or leave, but this boost to is gross.

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  4. Retweeted
    Jul 12

    Lebanese authorities destroying homes of Syrian refugees fleeing their BFF Asad (and Hezbollah, i.e. the Lebanese government itself). A whole new level of moral bankruptcy

    "Why are they hurting us so much?" A mother cries in as she was asked by authorities to dismantle the roof of her room.…
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    9 hours ago

    Late last night, security forces arrested leading Ingush activist, my friend Zarifa Sautieva. She is currently being held in solitary confinement in Nalchik while awaiting court proceedings. Zarifa was fired from her job several months ago for her role in the protests.

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    5 hours ago

    Pentagon: “Unilateral military action into NE Syria by any party, particularly as US personnel may be present or in the vicinity, is of grave concern. We would find any such actions unacceptable. Coordination & consultation between the US & Turkey is the only approach“

    The US military is closely watching the Syria-Turkish border due to growing concerns US troops in NE Syria will be caught up in a potential cross border Turkish military operation targeting Kurds in the coming days, defense officials tell
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    4 hours ago

    Tweeting at the enemy to try and guilt them into a coup.

    .: Do you want your legacy to be changing the FANB into the most infamous ‘death squad’ of the 21st century? Each day you stand by Maduro’s misguided actions Venezuela deteriorates further into his man-made crisis.
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  8. 5 hours ago

    Letter to UN commends 's remarkable achievements on "deradicalization" (the reeducation camps for Muslims). Signed by 37 countries, including Muslim-majority states: - Bahrain - Kuwait - Oman - Pakistan - Qatar - Saudi - (Asad's) Syria - UAE

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  9. 6 hours ago

    Picture of Talal Silo, who embarrassed the US-led Coalition in late 2017 by defecting to and publicly talking about the 's control of the []. Seems he has had cancer; his need for treatment may well have been a pressure point for Ankara.

    SDG eski sözcüsü Talal Silo'nun son yayınlanan fotoğrafı kanserle mücadele ettiğine işaret ediyor. Neden kaçarak Türkiye'ye teslim olduğunu da açıklıyor sanırım bu fotoğraf.
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    7 hours ago

    This is one reason Syrians in regime-held areas are saying corruption is increasing. Government employees can't make ends meet without taking bribes.

    A full tank of petrol in Syria now costs half a civil servants monthly wage - ⁦⁩
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  11. 7 hours ago

    "A pair of alleged car thieves were found with radioactive uranium, whiskey and a rattlesnake in their vehicle when they were pulled over ... Mr Jennings told officers he was trying to create a 'super snake' after the uranium was discovered".

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    22 hours ago

    Apparent Kurdish movement-linked far-left group claims to have started forest fires in Istanbul and Datça.

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    8 hours ago

    Turkey begins second wave of operations against PKK in Iraq

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  14. Retweeted
    16 hours ago

    Dr. Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (22 December 1930 – 13 July 1989) was the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of from 1973 until his assassination in Vienna by the agents of the Islamic Republic. His successor, Sadegh Sharafkandi, was assassinated in 1992 in Germany.

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  15. 14 hours ago

    Positively sinister, as is in general.

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    In Albania at , the settlement built in 1 1/2 yrs by the Movement
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  16. Retweeted
    22 hours ago

    Life comes at you fast

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  17. 14 hours ago

    The chronic instability of the Asad/Iran system in will not abate. Even as it attacks Idlib, the Badiya unravels and there is Deraa, "where regime security officials recently declared a state of crisis, according to an insider who spoke to me ()."

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  18. 14 hours ago

    The Asad/Iran system has moved troops to attack Idlib, the last insurgent enclave, while leaving to gain ground in the deserts of the southeast, a testament to the system's priorities - no matter how often it claims to have a common interest with the West against terrorism.

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  19. 14 hours ago

    The main openly Al-Qaeda-loyal group in has begun turning back to foreign attacks: since mid-2018, there have been, for the first time, public discussions of renewed attacks on the "far enemy", a worrying sign of the jihadists' confidence they can use Syria as a launch-pad

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  20. 15 hours ago

    Per : in Greater Idlib, only about 2% of the three million people are armed insurgents, and these 60,000 fighters divide roughly half-and-half between mainstream rebels and jihadists.

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  21. 15 hours ago

    This is a really rich piece by : central thesis is unassailable with lots of important details along the way: Assad Hasn’t Won Anything

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