Aron Lund

@aronlund

I write about Syria and the Middle East. I mån av tid även böcker, politik, idéer. 🌎 The Century Foundation, TNH, SIPRI 🇸🇪 Expressen, UNT, Eskilstuna-Kuriren

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    What You Need to Know About Trump’s Syria Decision New for !

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  2. 27 minutes ago

    On a side note, it turns out that the U.S. strategist-in-chief has believed all along that the 2017 Iraqi-Kurdish conflict happened in Syria.

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  3. 41 minutes ago

    U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper's interview with makes it clear that the trigger for this broader—but still not total—pullout of troops from Syria is that the rug got pulled from under them by an SDF-Assad deal prompted by Turkey's invasion.

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  4. 1 hour ago

    Pro-Damascus television network al-Mayadeen reports that U.S. forces are leaving Manbij and Kobane, and will be replaced by the Syrian Arab Army with Russian support within 48 hours.

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  5. 1 hour ago

    And here comes the cavalry.

    SANA reporter: Syrian Arab Army units move north to confront Turkish aggression on Syrian territory
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  6. 1 hour ago

    SDF appears to have decided to hand over Kobane and Manbij to the Syrian government, backstopped by Russia. This region could have been cut off by Turkey, and it's almost certainly the same region that U.S. troops are now withdrawing from. :

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  7. 1 hour ago

    Vladimir Putin speaks at length on Russia's role in the Middle East: relations with Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, trade, OPEC+, the Iran nuclear agreement, the conflicts in Libya, Syria, and Yemen and more. English transcript and video:

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  8. 3 hours ago

    No, this isn't a full retreat at all, kindly ignore the president and the Secretary of Defense, say other U.S. officials talking to , , and . Current plan: shuffling troops around inside northern Syria, moving some out.

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  9. 5 hours ago

    U.S. leaders are bizarrely bad at expressing themselves clearly, but it sounds like maybe this is it—the Americans are giving up on the SDF and northern Syria entirely, staying at Tanf?

    BREAKING: Secretary of Defense tells the U.S. will be withdrawing 1000 troops from northern Syria.
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  10. 10 hours ago

    Using what appears to be military radio recordings, and link air strikes on Syrian medical facilities to Russia. Four targets were on the UN's no strike list, meaning their coordinates had been given to Russia so they wouldn't be bombed.

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  11. 10 hours ago

    The Pentagon worries that Turkish-Kurdish fighting in Syria will take pressure of the Islamic State, while Iraq could be distracted by protests in Baghdad and other cities. and via

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  12. 10 hours ago

    Germany and France say they will suspend all sales of arms to Turkey that could be used in Syria. by

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  13. 22 hours ago

    CNN's and  have acquired a readout of meeting between U.S. diplomat William Roebuck and SDF commander Mazloum Kobane, who says he'll have no choice but to turn to Moscow and Damascus if the United States lets Turkey enter Syria.

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  14. 23 hours ago

    ترجمت ”مؤسسة سينتيوري“ ()، وهي مؤسسة فكرية نيو يوركية تعمل في مجال التحليل السياسي والاجتماعي منذ سنة 1919، مجموعة كبيرة من التقارير المتعلقة بقضايا الهويات والحريات في الشرق الأوسط إلى اللغة العربية والكردية. حمّلها مجانا على الرابط التالي:

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  15. 24 hours ago

    The Century Foundation has released chapters from its new book on Middle Eastern struggles for citizenship and pluralism in Arabic and Kurdish translation. Great insights on regional politics, activism, religion, secularism, and identity, all for free:

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  16. Oct 12

    Excellent new report on the Islamic State portrays a weak group whose remnants struggle to overcome structural impediments in Iraq, but may find space to rebound in a Syria torn up by resurgent conflict. via

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  17. Oct 12

    Diametrically opposite view by former CENTCOM head Gen. Joseph Votel and , who worked on IS-crushing for the State Department: rebel groups proposed by Turkey were never a viable option, YPG should not be thrown to the wolves.

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  18. Oct 12

    On TRT, former U.S. State Department Syria official lays out the view of those in the U.S. government who wanted to back Syrian rebel groups (namely, those now entering with Turkey) instead of the YPG.

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  19. Oct 11

    Short reaction pieces on the Turkish invasion of northeastern Syria, by , , , , and .

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    International reactions to the Turkish incursion into northern Syria

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  21. Oct 11

    This is the best and smartest thing I have read on Syria in a very long while. Deeply researched, nuanced, insightful, and empathetic, as always with .

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