Aron Lund

@aronlund

I write about Syria and the Middle East. I mån av tid även böcker, politik, idéer. 🇬🇧 TCF, The New Humanitarian, SIPRI 🇸🇪 Expressen, UNT, Eskilstuna-Kuriren

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    Jun 24

    I worked all winter and spring to ruin your summer holiday: • A comprehensive report on the Syrian war • Russian Middle East policy • 75 years of Russian-Syrian relations For /. Read!

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    7 hours ago

    ...This comes after we asked the SDF to dismantle all obstacles and pull back from the border, in the promise that this would stop a Turkish intervention. In fact, it appears to have enabled one....

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  3. 52 minutes ago

    SDF reaction in full.

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  4. 1 hour ago

    Whatever the thinking – or lack of thinking – on the U.S. side, the SDF certainly seems to feel it's been thrown to the wolves.

    Despite the deal and following destruction of fortifications, US forces did not fulfill their responsibilities and began withdrawing from border, leaving the area to turn into a war zone. But SDF is determined to defend NE Syria at all costs.
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    1 hour ago

    Of all the raining right now, I'm surprised that not more of a fuss is being made about the fact that the Turkish read out of the call mentions a Erdoğan-Trump meeting for November and the White House read out mentions no such thing.

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  6. 1 hour ago

    Oops, this piece was not just , credit also to and .

    Typically muddled U.S. statement: how large of an area? Officials tell 100-150 troops will pull back but not exit Syria altogether. Hawar: forces have started moving out of the Tell Abiad/Ras al-Ain border region. …
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  7. 2 hours ago

    If it doesn't seem to make sense, one reason might be it doesn't: part of this could be Trump lashing out in anger or even counter-bluffing, telling Erdogan that if you want Syria, okay, fine, have fun with al-Hol. Similar signaling in WSJ a few days ago:

    U.S. officials fear mutual distrust and poor communication—and, one is tempted to add, irreconcilable interests—might lead Turkey to make a hasty move in N/E Syria, pulling the rug from under their feet and triggering fresh mayhem.
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  8. 2 hours ago

    So a limited incursion in the border region between Tell Abiad and Ras al-Ain, which is what Turkey has been toying with for a long time, is likely what's happening? But the US also spoke about handing over al-Hol, which is over on the other side of everything, near Iraq.

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  9. 2 hours ago

    Typically muddled U.S. statement: how large of an area? Officials tell 100-150 troops will pull back but not exit Syria altogether. Hawar: forces have started moving out of the Tell Abiad/Ras al-Ain border region.

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  10. 2 hours ago

    The White House says U.S. forces will pull out of northern Syria and let Turkey take over.

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  11. 16 hours ago

    "Source close to decision-making circles in Damascus" lays out the government's understanding of how the Constitutional Committee will work to Russia Today, in Arabic: . Slightly abridged English translation by :

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  12. 16 hours ago

    Iraqi PM pledges reforms to calm angry protests

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  13. 16 hours ago

    Upbeat comments from Syria's state fuel company, which says cooking gas is now widely available as domestic production covers about a third of needs, the privatization of imports helped end shortages, and the new smart card system has curtailed corruption.

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  14. 17 hours ago

    After losing EU funding, Syrian opposition authorities in the North Aleppo region have informed teachers that they will henceforth have to work on a voluntary basis, no pay. EU aid to the education sector in Idlib has also been cut.

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  15. Oct 5

    Saudi Arabia's best option is to deescalate and seek a nonaggression arrangement with Iran, argues . Relatedly, and report on discreet, indirect Saudi-Iranian feelers via Iraq and Pakistan.

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  16. Oct 5

    “What are you going to do, subpoena Hezbollah? Walk into Syria and bring down the regime, or compel senior officers to show up?” on the collective shrug that greeted yet another Special Tribunal for Lebanon indictment:

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  17. Oct 5

    And, in another example of how Turkish-controlled northern Syria is being integrated with Turkey, Erdogan just approved the opening of Gaziantep University branches in Azaz, al-Bab, and Efrin. via

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  18. Oct 5

    Short report on Turkish policy in northern Syria, by and Jan van Leeuwen.

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  19. Oct 5

    Syria Study Group member and former special envoy makes his case for more expansive U.S. engagement in Syria, insisting that Assad's removal must be the long-term goal.

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  20. Oct 4

    The NLF and SNA merger will give SNA a structure of 7 corps [فيلق], incl. 3 in North Aleppo/Efrin—presumably the existing SNA. Led by Interim Government Defense Minister Salim Idriss as SNA chief of staff, with Adnan al-Ahmed as deputy for N. Aleppo/Efrin.

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  21. Oct 4

    Great two-part report from Iraqi Kurdistan and Kirkuk, two years after the independence referendum, by .

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