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@Qattouby

The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others. RT/follow ≠ endorsement. Political Science . Fellow

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    2 Aug 2017

    They won't. RIP

    They can't stop us
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  2. 53 minutes ago

    Damascus proposed these arrangements 18 months ago as a first step of a multiple-phase plan: 1- Control borders & reconnect with governing institutions 2- Oil fields & military bases are returned 3- SDF will take part in governing & military + constitutional rights

    Importantly, he says all the areas liberated from ISIS will continue to be under the SDF control. We also discussed operations to expel Turkey from the areas around Jarablus (Euphrates Shield).…
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  3. 1 hour ago

    It is hard to see how things are over considering how SAA reinforcements look like. Without real military deployment (tanks, armors, ammunition, ATGMs, machine guns) SAA is still not in control of anything even if they’re present

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    Video purported to show 150 men of the Syrian Arab Army arriving near Raqqa. Not exactly a force to be reckoned with
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    20 hours ago

    There was a better way: gradual transition in NE Syria ensuring stability, protection of civilians, & containment of ISIS threat. It required more patience from Turkey. It required more engagement by US & EU to address Turkey's border security concerns. Instead we have war.

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    18 hours ago

    Results of , election (w sweeping & very large majority) of ,a shy & discreet academic/constitutional lawyer. 2 main (& positive so far!) take-aways: •Populism as political recepy (still) not an unavoidable fate. •Tunisia keeps its transition promises.

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  6. 18 hours ago

    Dear SDF: Putting civilians on a military convoy heading to a frontline is an active use of “Human Shield” not a “Protest”. Spare civilians your useless wars.

    We joined a mixed military/civilian convoy heading towards Ras al Ayn. We did not go all the way. As they entered the front line town a Turkish airstrike hit. I don’t know how many of these people survived.
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    Oct 6

    Amazing the ‘shock’ on Twitter.. as if we did not know US was going to eventually pull out.. Turkey will never allow a PKK dominated NE Syria entity all across its borders.. And as if PKK/PYD/YPG leaders and fighters did not know this and were not already engaging Assad, Russia..

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    22 hours ago

    ٤ مستشفيات خلال ١٢ ساعة، يعني مشفى أو منشأة مدنية كل ٣ ساعات، يعني: - ٣٤٨٨ منشأة خلال ٤٣٦ يوما منذ التدخل العسكري الروسي (٣٠/٩/٢٠١٥) حتى تهجير حلب (١١/١٢/٢٠١٦) - ٤٧٢ منشأة خلال ٥٩ يوما ضمن حملة الغوطة الشرقية (٢/٢٠١٨- ٤/٢٠١٩) عدا عن استهداف النظام. نهر دم، يغرق الأخضر واليابس.

    Russia's military support of President Bashar Al Assad was a turning point in the Syrian conflict as superior air power was used against civilian targets. Now, it's clear that hospitals were among those under attack. Watch our full investigation for more:
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    Oct 12

    It’s getting exhausting watching Obama aides that are suddenly *now* calling for an American President to do something about the murder of innocent women and children in Syria.

    This is murder. How can the US actively support the slaughter of innocent women and children? And our President is busy golfing.
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    Oct 12

    OK France, now do Saudi Arabia

    France announces it is suspending arms exports to Turkey after Ankara launched a military offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria. …
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    Oct 12

    اللغة التي تستخدم من قبل المتطرفين العرب والكرد ، خاصة في هذه الأجواء الهيستيرية، تساهم في تفاقم خطاب الحقد والكراهية. هكذا خطاب لن يخدم أبدا مشروعنا الوطني السوري. علينا الصبر وضبط النفس والبحث عن الحلول بحكمة العقل وليس بهيجانات العواطف.

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    Oct 12

    I removed a post I recently made with a child that seemed to be deceased in her mothers arms. However, this longer clip shows the child is alive, although clearly in need of medical assistance. A lesson to us all to quadruple check sources to make sure we don't spread fakes.

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    check It
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    Oct 12

    The narratives about 's decision to allow Turkey to invade Syria have many serious flaws. A false dichotomy between bad guys & good guys. Here is the full picture of what is going on. I say this not just as an analyst but also as someone from that area.

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    Oct 12

    Serious question to editors and journalists, is circulating a video like this ethical? I’ve seen pictures and videos taken in these IDPs camps published and spread without ensuring these are actually ISIS members, not to speak about the fact they include children.

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    20. Latest development according to the SDF is that this group of women were caught trying to flee the al-Hol camp, currently holding 70,000 people, most of them relatives of ISIS members. ISIS understands that the…
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  15. Oct 11

    The US policy to support to YPG in 2014-2015 emboldened PKK to abandon the peace process, push AKP towards the ultra-right nationalists, and get us where we are today.

    35- PKK refused to listen to Ocalan’s call for disarmament while AKP was losing the narrative war to the ultra nationalists who were making huge gains taking away from AKP votes. Meanwhile, HDP under Salahaddin Demirtas became Erdogan’s main headache.
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  16. Oct 11

    This point is very critical in understanding the conflict today. Same countries condemning Turkey today were implicit in supporting much worse oppressive policies towards the Kurds before AKP in the 1990s and before.

    47- PKK is lucky that it is fighting Erdogan and say not another figure like Ecevit because they would get zero sympathy. And Kurds are lucky because of not for the anti-Erdogan alliance, they would have been killed in silence. But both Erdogan and Kurds are losers in this fight.
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  17. Oct 11

    Very good analysis of the Turkish policies today and the Western reaction to it

    1- There is a very important point which is central to everything I am saying and I want every Kurd, Turk and other audiences understand: The world has no problem with Turkey, they have a problem with Erdogan (a version of Erdogan more accurately). What does this mean? …
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    Oct 11

    There is no excuse for universities to send students to authoritarian states. Not only are students ill prepared but there is no policy to ensure they are protected from violations to their human rights

    Two Edinburgh University students have been arrested in Egypt while on a year abroad - Edinburgh Live
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    Oct 10

    No, we were busy looking for our families and friends buried in mass graves he denied existed.

    Have you read any books by 2019 Literature Laureate Peter Handke?
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    Oct 11

    It looks like Lebanon is in a recession.

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    Oct 11

    Why did European peoples kill each other for centuries? Why did Far Eastern people kill each other for centuries? Why do the people of the Indian subcontinent fight each other toll today? This is the story of humanity, and its quest for an egalitarian pluralism

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    Why do Middle Eastern people kill each other?
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