Jared_Szuba

@JM_Szuba

Amman-based independent researcher and journalist. UChicago, UMich alum.

Amman, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Joined September 2017

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  1. 12 hours ago

    After a bit of a hiatus finishing up studies, I’m thrilled to join the exceptional team at . In a few days, we’ll be publishing an investigative story on Syria that you won’t want to miss.

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  2. 13 hours ago

    “Mohammed Salloum was the last in his family to flee. His plan was to keep watch over their house... but then the aerial bombardment picked up.” Great piece by on the plight of families fleeing Khan Sheikhoun as the Syrian Army closes in.

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  3. Retweeted
    Aug 15

    SDF head Mazlum Abdi: Residents of north-eastern Syria in Turkey can return. We are not against their return. This is part of the agreement and we have accepted it (1)

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  4. Aug 5

    “Russia is ‘suggesting a deal where we push the Americans out, and then they will stop the Turks,’ said [Aldar] Xelil, the Kurdish politician. ‘We told them: ‘How are we going to kick the Americans out? Did we bring the Americans here?’ ”

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    Jul 31

    Hamza Bin Laden reportedly Dead: • US has intel he’s dead; no reported DNA confirmation (NBC) • Apparent heir of father; called for attacks on US, Russia, EU, KSA • : Won’t move needle much • :A Martyrdom talking point for AQ

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  6. Jul 4

    Did Trump just say George Washington’s Continental Army took over the airports after defeating “Cornwallis of Yorktown?”

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  7. Jul 3

    Baghdad’s reform of the PMU fits into a broader plan to redeploy the militias between majority Sunni and Shia areas, but must be done carefully so as to not empower Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, ⁦⁩ writes in ⁦⁦

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  8. Jul 1

    CENTCOM confirms U.S. carried out the strike in Aleppo yesterday, which it said targeted an al-Qaeda in Syria “training facility” and “operatives responsible for plotting external attacks threatening U.S. citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians.”

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  9. Jun 23

    The Mongol invasion left Raqqa ruined and largely abandoned for centuries. Local tribesmen avoided the city at night, fearing lurking jinn. But history won’t repeat itself if the U.S. commits to this coffer of human civilization, Sam Sweeney writes.

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  10. Jun 23

    With insights from and the Syrian Democratic Council’s chief of mission in Washington, Sinam Mohamed

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  11. Jun 23

    ‘s formed six new local military councils, with several more to come, signaling a decentralization of authority that may help ease tensions with Turkey and lay groundwork for a future integration into Damascus’ security orbit.

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  12. Jun 15

    If true, the Trump administration needs to release video of this immediately.

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  13. Jun 14

    Two Western officials tell me the approved US residual force is not enough to convince Coalition allies to fill the vacuum NE . “Under Obama, we trusted what we heard,” one diplomat said. “The trust is no longer there.” As US draws down, ‘s security is deteriorating

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  14. Jun 14

    The announces the formation of the Tal Abyad Military Council

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  15. May 24

    There’s something about a journalist describing the public as “gullible” that I find very unsettling.

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  16. May 16
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  17. May 16

    Aftermath of the car bomb at Asayish al-Najda center in Manbij this afternoon. The wounded have been taken to Al-Amal hospital in the city center, I’ve been told.

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  18. Apr 30

    Again, no expert, but I bet if morale were high, would have been shaking his fist, not spending several minutes mourning the martyrs and reminding affiliates that “Muslims help the weak” (i.e., his wilayat)

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  19. Apr 29

    I am not an expert in propaganda, but in many ways this video comes across as a subtle, mournful appeal not to abandon the cause rather than a defiant call to arms. It is a meticulously rehearsed monologue, and at times Baghdadi appears to hesitate to gather his words

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  20. Apr 29

    Baghdadi says that “today’s battle is a battle of attrition,” and urges ISIS’ affiliates to “bleed [their enemies] with all their capabilities.” Text at the bottom of the screen urges followers to “double the work and intensify strikes” against Crusaders, apostates, and the like.

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