Sam Heller

@AbuJamajem

Senior Analyst, Non-State Armed Groups, . Looking at jihadism, one eye still on Syria. Jamajem means 🏴‍☠️. Contact:

Beirut, Lebanon
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Joined September 2011
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 29

    My latest, for : What global threat does a "de-territorialized" Islamic State pose, post-"caliphate"? A detailed look at planned attacks in Lebanon last year can help demystify the group's non-territorial external operations capability:

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  2. 10 minutes ago

    In 's March report on Idlib's armed factions, we noted that Hayat Tahrir al-Sham's leadership has seemingly gotten the whole group to zig, while marginalizing more doctrinaire individuals who insisted on zagging:

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  3. 26 minutes ago

    Abu Talha originally joined Hayat Tahrir al-Sham alongside controversial fellow Egyptian Abu al-Yaqadhan al-Masri, who, despite his outsized media profile, was edged out of HTS earlier this year with few evident implications for the group's integrity:

    Seemingly the definitive word on Abu al-Yaqadhan al-Masri's relationship now with Tahrir al-Sham, from Abu al-Yaqadhan himself in interview with 's :
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  4. 42 minutes ago

    HTS expels Egyptian cleric Abu Talha al-Masir () for “repeated failure to adhere to group policy”; comes after he sharply criticizes Salvation Government for publicly reuniting kidnapped boy with Yezidi family he calls “apostates” ().

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    2 hours ago

    The Stockholm agreement in is faltering while Huthi/Saudi cross border attacks risk triggering a regional conflict Our new report on what to do about both 👇

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    3 hours ago

    The latest issue of Global Policy has a collection of free-access essays, "New Diplomacy for New Conflicts," edited by Bill Zartman and Siniša Vuković. It includes my paper, "The MENA Region's Intersecting Crises: What Next?" Happy reading!

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    7 hours ago

    Here is our new EU . With entries on and vs U.S.

    The EU can make significant contributions toward a more stable and peaceful world. The second update to ’s …
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  8. Retweeted
    Jul 17

    It is a last year article of general Alexander Dvornikov who led Russian operation in in the very beginning in 2015.He stressed importance of informational influence and eliminating economic resources of the enemy.His team uncompromisingly bombed oil sales channels

    If you have it you to run this article through google translate (if you dont read Russian), very interesting article on the strategy of the Russian army in Syria.
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  9. Retweeted
    Jul 15

    Iraq has "deported" 33 Russian children whose parents came to Iraq to join Isis, foreign affairs ministry says. Nearly 500 foreign children have been repatriated, the ministry adds. I hope "terrorist children" is bad translation...

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  10. Jul 16

    After Pres. Erdogan says Turkey is “following closely” events in Israel, Egypt, Libya, Algeria and Tunisia (), official in Algerian foreign ministry reiterates solidarity with Syria, condemns Turkish intervention in Idlib:

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    Jul 16

    lol this guy owns

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  12. Jul 16

    Smart notes from on the Islamic State's prospects in Iraq, speaking to :

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  13. Retweeted
    Jul 16

    It’s rare for to sign open letters But w/the risk of war w/Iran as great & stakes so high, we decided to add our name to this one, asking that language enjoying bipartisan support & prohibiting such a war w/out Congressional approval be included in the NDAA

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  14. Jul 16

    Huh, an Egyptian action take on “Seven Samurai” featuring Mike Tyson and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (“The Mountain”):

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  15. Jul 16

    . interviews a German Hurras al-Din fighter, who describes operating under the thumb of a more powerful, resourced Hayat Tahrir al-Sham:

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    Jul 15

    The failed coup “marked a turn in relations with Russia” because many Turks believe “that the West turned a blind eye during the coup (attempt) but that Moscow was more supportive.”

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    Jul 15

    The Syrian military’s victory in depends on politics that are bigger than just , says Sam Heller ().

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    Jul 15

    “Idlib’s armed opposition may not be able to win an open battle for the northwest, but they can make a Syrian military victory terribly costly, maybe intolerably so.”

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    Jul 14

    Stability of EU’s neighborhood is EU own stability. Pleased to see EU stepped up support for Iraqi leadeship “active neutrality” = diplomatic engagement to effectively create the conditions for neutrality

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    Jul 14

    Even without territory / can and has pursued international attacks. We knew that already and other groups do it too, but this - case gives useful insight into some operational aspects - by -

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  21. Jul 14

    Profile says 2005 Naivasha Agreement was the moment that made clear the falseness of the Sudanese government's claims of Islamic legitimacy and the key inflection point in modern Sudanese history, implies it prompted Abu Asem to translate his radicalism into active militancy.

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