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    Jul 12

    " Hasn't Won Anything" - My latest in underlines that 8yrs of brutal war has left with nothing but a chronically violent and chaotic failed state. Read here:

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  2. 2 hours ago

    : According to , the released from to was a "tourist" detained in . Perhaps this?

    Missing near Qamishli: anyone seen this guy, Sam Godwin, believed taken by regime forces from his hotel in the town yesterday. Anyone knows anything please dm me
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  3. 2 hours ago

    BREAKING - A U.S. citizen has been released from regime custody, after mediation. He is now with his family in . Identity unknown. Via

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  4. 2 hours ago

    A mysterious targeted strike appears to have killed a senior commander, "Mashour Zidan," near the line. Zidan was reportedly close to 's Samir Kuntar, who was killed near in 2015.

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  5. 2 hours ago

    : During a visit to the exhibition outside , also found an 'opposition chemical weapons lab.' One core component of this "lab" was plastic barrels. On closer inspection, they were made in a factory 50km from the exhibition! Try harder, .

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  6. 2 hours ago

    In Dec '15, 's MOD denied any use of cluster bombs in , saying such claims were "fake" & "lies." That line has continued since. And yet an exhibition outside , displaying weapons used in includes... cluster bombs.

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  7. 2 hours ago

    A very moving report by , on Monday's horrific bombing of Marat al-Numan's veg market. 7yr-old Betul & 3yr-old Ahmed survived, but their entire family was killed, along with 32+ other civilians.

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  8. 3 hours ago

    Congratulations to and to Gen. Votel, who's also a Distinguished Senior Fellow at & !

    Big CTC news!! It is an absolute understatement to say that we are thrilled to announce that GEN(R) Joseph L. Votel is now the Class of 1987 Senior Fellow at CTC! During his 39 years in the military he commanded…
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  9. 19 hours ago

    : As it happened, that late-2018 trip was cancelled (due to threats on the border), but Ilham Ahmed did come in January 2019, spoke at &, I recall, made the point then.

    It was an honor to host Executive Committee head at the today, to discuss what's next in following 's withdrawal announcement.…
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  10. 19 hours ago

    : The /'s willingness to include in their pitch wasn't especially surprising. They need long-term US support, after all. But it's also logical: I've heard from reliable sources that the is/will be 's sword in probing/weakening the .

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  11. 19 hours ago

    In late-'18, co-chair Ilham Ahmed planned a trip to & wanted to speak at . Among the 3 talking pts? - How the is "a serious obstacle to 's ambitions in ... our commitment to face is serious & we'll step it up in the future."

    EXCLUSIVE: What does a fight between the US and mean for the and Syrian , , Arabs? talked to experts and officials to find out.…
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  12. 21 hours ago

    assessment of war w. is striking: - 1,500 rockets per day "for weeks," covering all of "with many capable of evading existing capabilities, which'd likely be overwhelmed." - Cross border attacks - ops from , , "and beyond."

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  13. 21 hours ago

    ’s newly-formed “ File” is managed by Ali Musa Daqduq (L) - a vet who worked under in & led kidnap/execution of 5 US soldiers in in '07. That joined the "Southern Command," led by Munir Ali Naim Shati (R), who works "overtly" with .

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  14. 21 hours ago

    The rocket launched from into in Jan 2019 - famously spotted by skiers in Mount Hermon - was a “truck-launched” “medium-range” system fired from S. (al-Kiswah) with precision-guidance tech fitted.

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  15. 21 hours ago

    According to , is working aggressively to install precision-guidance technology on 1,000+ rockets in -- specifically Zelzal-2 & Fateh 110s, using GLONASS navigation systems & aiming for a 10m CEP. That'd add to the 129,000 unguided ones.

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  16. 21 hours ago

    Brig. Gen. Michael Herzog, IDF (ret'd) has an excellent paper out with : - " Across the Border: 's Pushback in " Some highlights forthcoming...

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  17. 22 hours ago

    Locals in 's Yarmouk Basin say authorities have just released 60 militants from prison - all have since returned to their homes.

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  18. 23 hours ago

    On trade, the re-opening of the Nassib crossing with was meant to boost flows. But authorities have upped levies from $100 to $800 per truck. Trade is now negligible.

    Short on cash, 's regime is shaking down its loyalist business community - risking the very relationships & investors the regime needs if it has any hope of beginning a [minimal] recovery.…
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  19. 23 hours ago

    Short on cash, 's regime is shaking down its loyalist business community - risking the very relationships & investors the regime needs if it has any hope of beginning a [minimal] recovery. Great reporting from & :

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  20. 23 hours ago

    Pro- journalists are being arrested & intimidated by 's intel apparatus, for crossing "red lines" -- like reporting on fuel crises, prove rises & Army conscript conditions. says "back to business" is being heard "loud & clear."

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  21. 23 hours ago

    Glad to see that met substantively with , during a recent visit in . Omar's is an invaluable resource on all things Deir ez Zour - a critical, make-or-break theater for U.S. strategy today.

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