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    Aug 14

    - "Leaving won’t make things any better — for the or " After & 's pieces on , I've added my 2 cents:

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  2. 12 hours ago

    Note: this is in Hass, not Marat al-Numan. Locals report 13+ killed.

    My God. I just saw the worst video in 8+ yrs of 's conflict.…
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  3. 13 hours ago

    My God. I just saw the worst video in 8+ yrs of 's conflict. A decapitated toddler & a dead fetus attached to a shredded umbilical cord -- both pulled from the wreckage of a building in Marat al-Numan, . I didn't think I could be shocked anymore. I was so wrong.

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  4. 13 hours ago

    blocked another National Army convoy from entering this morning. However, after a long-drawn out negotiation, I understand a deployment from the 's 1st Corps has just been granted entry, to harden defensive lines in N. .

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  5. 14 hours ago

    24hrs of operations in *&* costs the US 22x less than 1 day in (2007-8). With a light footprint, by-with-through approach, the US is 6x less likely, man-to-man (proportionally) to suffer casualties than in the War. The cost is manageable & need is great

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    Aug 15

    "If the president wants to be successful in countering , he’s got to swallow the hard reality of what’s necessary & commit a lot more. And his officials have to find the courage to raise this with him and with the public." My comments, in 's latest on :

    New: The Islamic State is building Caliphate 2.0 in a Syrian camp
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    17 hours ago

    "What happens in Syria does not stay in Syria." Given the myriad local, regional, and international threats to security, calls for US forces to remain in place.

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  8. 15 hours ago

    ~25% of people in the don't know there's still conflict in , per a poll. of decries the apathy around the massacre in . "Syrians cannot afford for us to forget about them."

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    21 hours ago

    provides essential context & points, on why leaving will make things worse not better. This is about the original mission but, equally important, about other risks/benefits associated with it.

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    17 hours ago

    Leaving Syria won’t make things any better — for the US or Syria Typically excellent by ⁦⁩

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    Aug 15

    Leaving Syria won’t make things any better — for the US or Syria responds to 's "not so progressive" case for withdrawing from .

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  12. Aug 15

    Oh, except for ~6 million who've fled since 2011, the vast majority of whom were Sunni. But then again, that's only 25-30% of the pre-war population, so I guess a fairly insignificant change?

    Replying to @nabihbulos @ejbeals and 2 others
    The most consistent demographic change in Syria over the last century has been the decline of religious minority populations & increase of the Sunni majority. There is scant evidence the war has changed this trend.
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  13. Aug 15

    When did it become the job of an ** Ambassador** to back travel bans by foreign countries on **American Congress members** ??? What on earth has done to ?

    Please read my attached statement with regard to the decision of the Government of Israel to deny entry to BDS activists, Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, in accordance with its national laws.
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    Aug 14

    The debate over staying/leaving is intensifying -- but I've yet to see a single argument in favor of leaving that demonstrates how things will be any better when departs. That's key. What happens in *doesn't* stay in . We ought to know that by now.

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    Aug 14

    Worth more than 2 cents

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  16. Aug 15

    : There *may* be a hint of pragmatism in the decision by Huras al-Din's original leadership (Abu Hamam al-Suri & Oraydi) to work in N. , but it's almost certainly a result of 's control over Huras' ammunition stocks. Where Khalid al-Aruri sits is the big question.

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  17. Aug 15

    : & Sayf al-Adel, plus & others have all made clear: - Avoid at all costs any linkage with or its proxies Huras al-Din is split on the issue - [controversially] pulling some forces away from independent ops in to assist in N. .

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  18. Aug 15

    On the in side of things, what's clear above all else is how testing the current situation in the NW is for strategy & ideology: - Contribute to N. , thereby siding with 's interests or - Separate, but risk alienation &/or a -backed response.

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  19. Aug 15

    Intriguingly, as of today, we've witnessed an [apparently] increased level of coordination between Fatah al-Mubeen ( + opposition) ops room & loyalists operating within the Incite the Believers ops room. Could that be linked to this?

    Al-Qaida “General Leadership” calls on Syria’s jihadis to put aside differences and join forces to destroy and wear down enemy; also to ignore divisive and insulting voices on social media
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  20. Aug 15

    : Beyond -opposition difficulties in 's NW, loyalists willing to work on N. frontlines have complained of overly-tight [HTS] restrictions on their access to weapons & ammunition. Huras al-Din deputy Sami al-Oraydi raised this just yesterday, here:

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