Alexander McKeever

@AKMcKeever

Independent researcher/MA student , . contributor. Syria: Opposition/Afrin. OSINT. 🏴.

Queens, NY
Joined March 2016
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    Jul 11

    My new piece for investigating cases of desecration and destruction inflicted on shrines and other cultural sites in post-Olive Branch Afrin

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  2. 11 hours ago

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  3. 11 hours ago

    more on this topic soon

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  4. 11 hours ago

    While I have not yet geolocated the video, judging by terrain it is almost definitely within the Afrin river valley, btw Jandaris and Afrin city. This area is also partially controlled by Ahrar al-Sham ally and fellow NLF member Faylaq al-Sham. (10/10)

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    موازرات القوات الخاصه لا حركه احرار الشام من جنديرس القوات الخاصه
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  5. 11 hours ago

    As the group has not published any media on Afrin themselves, and journalism is repressed by Turkey/its allies in the region, these reports are hard to verify. However I have been able to find a photo and video showing a small convoy of the group in the Jandaris area. (9/10)

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  6. 11 hours ago

    More recently, the group's been reported on in the town of Kura/Kuran/كوران just north of Jandaris, such as in Feb 2019 when they, in conjuction with the Military Police, dismantled IEDs planted on the road nearby. (8/10)

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  7. 11 hours ago

    Ahrar al-Sham also maintains a presence in Jandaris, one of the bigger towns in the region, close to both the Turkish border and Idlib. For example in December 2018, one of their commanders' car was targeted with an IED in December 2018. (7/10)

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  8. 11 hours ago

    Within Afrin city itself, the group has been involved in multiple incidents of infighting, such as this June 2018 episode with Furqat al-Sultan Murad (6/10)

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  9. 11 hours ago

    In the village of Kurzêlê/قرزيحل/كرزيلة (due to transliteration btw Kurdish + Arabic names get spelled multiple ways) Ahrar al-Sham has been reported to have arrest civilians and alleged militants on at least three occasions, from May 2018-Jan 2019 (5/10)

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  10. 11 hours ago

    Since the capture of Afrin city on March 18 2018, opposition media has reported on incidents involving Ahrar al-Sham in four towns/cities located in the region's southermost subdistricts/nahiyaat, on the Idlib border. (4/10)

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  11. 11 hours ago

    This 'dual membership' can be explained by al-Jabhah al-Shamiyah having recently absorbed Ahrar al-Sham's 'Northern Sector,' active in northern Aleppo, in late 2017. I believe proper Ahrar al-Sham only showed up in Afrin post-OB, from Idlib. (3/10)

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  12. 11 hours ago

    The only mention of Ahrar al-Sham I've been able to find during OB occurred on March 11th, when accounts affiliated with the group announced the death of a Mohammed Abu 'Abdoul, both a deputy official of AaS and a Shura member of al-Jabhah al-Shamiyah. (2/10)

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  13. 11 hours ago

    THREAD: While not one of the factions (officially) involved in Operation Olive Branch, Turkish-backed hardline Islamist group Ahrar al-Sham has been mentioned in reports on Afrin since at least May 2018. I've pieced together the little I could on their presence below (1/10)

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    Sep 26

    Elizabeth Warren V. Palestine: This is a thread on Elizabeth Warren's major (but not comprehensive) history and current stance on Palestine, in 14-points. Please share widely.

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  16. Sep 26

    ....(from Brinkley Messick’s The Calligraphic State)

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    Sep 26

    Little has been written about the Border Guard in either Arabic or English. The Border Guard, also known as Hajjane, traces its origins back to the founding of the Syrian state when camel-riding bedouins were paid to patrol Syria’s borders.

    In my latest piece I look at the |n Border Guards - Their history, losses & early defections, structure & strength, & current areas of deployment.…
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    Sep 25

    Props to for being the only ones to grasp how big and insidious this story is, which every other national and political outlet just didn’t recognize

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  20. Sep 25

    Some important points from the conclusion of Andrew Rathmell’s “Secret War in the Middle East: The Covert Struggle for Syria, 1949-1961”

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    Sep 24

    cool cool, announcing mass human rights violations on the floor

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