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Research focuses on Syria and terrorism | History digressions, particularly on the Soviet Union | Likes are just bookmarks. RTs = ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    18 Dec 2018

    The waged an undeclared war against through terrorists and rejectionist states. Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has retained alliances with such actors, notably , and sees Israel as an extension of America, the "Main Adversary".

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    7 hours ago

    Breaking News: America’s former Kurdish allies in Syria made a deal with Damascus — a Washington foe — after the order to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria.

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    7 hours ago

    The boost to ISIS’ fortunes in Syria are obvious, but I think is right here. Kurdish politics in Iraq are primed for disruption after the Kirkuk fiasco and prior discontent over KRG governance. The collapse of Rojava might be the spark to some very dry kindling.

    And action in Rojava will very likely have big repercussions on the KRG, not necessarily only in a humanitarian sense but also in the realm of politics as the PKK expands there:
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  4. 8 hours ago

    The rewriting, where the remnants of a rebellion defeated by indiscriminate cruelty, those most desperate and coarse elements still on the battlefield in 2019, are presented as evidence that the rebels to hand in 2012-14 were always hopeless, is cynical beyond words.

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    8 hours ago

    I mean, let's be real - this, coming from the man who (1) chose to back in , to the huge benefit of & then (2) went all-in with the in , bluffing on a self-perceived existential security threat. That's some huge success there.

    What a disgrace. knows full well what I & others proposed from the get-go -- and it *wasn't* an either/or.…
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  6. 9 hours ago

    Even in the best of circumstances the change of security architecture, one to another, from to , would give openings, but these are not the best circumstances, writes , and that's before enters the picture, as it soon will.

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  7. 9 hours ago

    's incursion into is driven by security considerations re the . To the extent there is a domestic dimension, explained it a while ago: connected to a sea change on the refugee issue as the country feels itself at breaking point.

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  8. 10 hours ago

    Standard stuff from : Putin will be in Arabia tomorrow offering himself as mediator with , and by "mediator" he means pressing for the interests of his ally (Iran in this case) and seeking to undermine and humiliate the Americans.

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  9. 10 hours ago

    A lot of nonsense from the "" chief in this article, laying it on thick about "democracy" and even "limited government" (which is a new one for the ). But he makes his point: they're ready to deal with and .

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  10. 10 hours ago

    Allowing the / system to take custody of prisoners, at Al-Hul or anywhere else, is insane. Separately, Asad and Iran have used Sunni jihadists as part of their state policy when it suited them, and they have jointly manipulated them (with ) to win this war.

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    11 hours ago

    Fled Qamishli tonight along with many others. SDF/YPG abandoned checkpoints across the city, internet cut, rumours of regime return were everywhere - even before the deal. It seemed like we were watching the Rojava experiment, whatever you make of it, collapse before our eyes

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  12. 11 hours ago

    The absence of the from the gas-for-gold/Halkbank sanctions-busting story remains one of the most perplexing things. It is treated as if was not only the main but the only actor. Saw the narrative again tonight and reminded me how odd it is.

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    13 hours ago
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    The consequences of you and your administration’s failures in dwarf everything else

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  14. 12 hours ago

    Missed this. A friend just sent it to me, given that the whole - thing is swirling around again. It's a staggeringly awful article, at least from the point of view of objectivity. As disinformation and agitprop it has more to recommend it.

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    15 hours ago

    Paid my respects today to Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (and said a prayer as well for Pres. Anwar Sadat, for granting our last monarch a final resting place). روحشان شاد

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    14 hours ago

    Had the US used locals to recapture Raqqa, Hasaka and Deir Ezzor from ISIS, the process today would not have been mere handover of areas to the Assad regime. In such a scenario, those areas would still be a formidable fight for Assad even if the US leaves. A la Idlib.

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    16 hours ago

    Very disappointing. For the first time Turkey receives delegation with illegal Crimean authorities as a part of Russian delegation.

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  18. 15 hours ago

    For the life of me I don't see how he is connecting -led forces overrunning the at Kirkuk to the current - mess in northeastern Syria. Simply can't fathom it. And "Turkey has asked [not to have sanctions imposed on her]. Stay tuned!" ... I just... 🙈🙈🙈

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  19. 15 hours ago

    The victory of the - axis in nears completion. It's a mistake to blame . He only continued 's strategy, which had this outcome deliberately baked into it by picking an instrument for "counterterrorism" that was not hostile to interests.

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    15 hours ago

    To prevent a looming Turkish-led offensive on Manbij, the SDF has agreed to surrender the town to the Assad regime. Kobanî, which survived months of ISIS siege, previously home to 2 US bases, will be handed over as well. This is according to both regime and pro-SDF media.

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    17 hours ago

    The YPG and Assad regime have been co-belligerents in Syrian war. Rather than accept Turkish control, the YPG will fold under Damascus after US pullback. Of course, Assad won’t destroy the YPG. He will sweep it under the carpet to use it against Turkey one day, as did his father

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