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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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    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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  2. 15 minutes ago

    The word "scrutinise" is the British equivalent of what "norms" has become in the US: the cover for anti-democratic liberals to present their hardball political tactics as merely a matter of procedure.

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    The Withdrawal Agreement is bad for our economy, and all Northern Irish MPs have warned it infringes on the Good Friday Agreement. The Letwin amendment has allowed Parliament time to scrutinise it properly while…
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    1 hour ago

    Is it possible that wearing a turban, running a militia, and wagging your index finger incessantly doesn't place you above the Lebanese fray?

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    “All of them means all of them, Nasrallah is one of them” These were the chants in central Beirut when the Hezbullah leader spoke earlier …
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  4. 1 hour ago

    Reason has completely drained out it this discussion. Emotion and political messaging is all that is left.

    US officials tell me ALARM BELL RINGING among diplomats in DC that U.S. could one day be held responsible for Crimes Against Humanity for ethnic cleansing of Syrian Kurds by opening the door to it, watching it, encouraging it (Trump's tweets and statements) and not stopping it.
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    2 hours ago

    Direct Russian strike near Taftanaz, Idlib, today, on a civilian home. The strike killed a married couple and injured three of their children.

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    الصاروخ نزل بنص البيت... انتبهوا يا شباب شظايا.... لحظة قصف الطيران الحربي الروسي أطراف بلدة…
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  6. Retweeted
    Oct 18

    I saw a guy at Starbucks today. No iPhone. No tablet. No laptop. He just sat there. Drinking coffee. Like a Psychopath.

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  7. 3 hours ago

    The problem with elements of 's Arab proxies is not really ideological; it is that they are the most brutalized and desperate remnants of the armed rebellion, those still on the battlefield after eight years of /'s genocidal rampage and those who need money.

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  8. 3 hours ago

    There is projection in / claim that is working with former people. PKK has directly co-opted IS governance structures and operatives in eastern - any number of whom remained loyal jihadists, fed disinfo that got civilians killed.

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  9. 3 hours ago

    The / has to call its proxy opponents "jihadists" and claim they are former members for Narrative purposes, of course. Their whole Western image is secular values-sharers resisting the Islamist hordes. Fine. It's not especially useful analytically.

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    More jihadists, including former ISIS members dressed up in ISIS uniform, have been deployed to Syrian-Turkish border this morning in preparation of new attacks on border towns despite the announced cease-fire.…
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    4 hours ago

    The thugs of Nabih Berri and Sewage Dweller Nasrallah are already sharing videos of themselves getting their weapons ready in .

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    احتضان المتظاهرين بأبهى حلله.
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    4 hours ago

    After 8 years of not knowing the whereabouts of my uncle after he was abducted and thrown in Seydnaya prison (Syria’s slaughterhouse) by Assad. We have received the news of his passing earlier today, he was tortured to death. Please keep my uncle and my family in your prayers.

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    4 hours ago

    Sociopaths.

    The most horrific thing about this is that tens of thousands of actual children have been forced from their homes bc of his decision. How can anyone enable this? How does anything make this worth it?
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    3 hours ago

    Rasulayn’da devam eden arama-tarama faaliyetleri sırasında terör örgütü PKK/YPG’ye ait büyük miktarda silah ve mühimmatın bulunduğu cephanelik ele geçirildi.

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    3 hours ago

    Just received some updates from : "More Regime military presence there than when we were there, also much Sutoro/Assyrian Security and YPG. Already more Bashar posters than last week, shops are closed, everyone sitting at home. The situation is very worrisome."

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    5 hours ago

    It seems that there is no ceasefire, and the battles continue between Turkey's factions and N/E . The video is dared today, according to the fighter who filmed it. The fighters belong to al-Sultan division.

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    11 hours ago

    Apparently YPG doesn’t want to withdraw from Ras al-Ayn. They tried to capture a neighbourhood from opposition’s SNA over night with a fresh offensive. Frankly I’m not surprised. PKK had been like that for the last three decades

    Heavy fighting in according to YPG and(!) SNA sources. The ceasefire totally collapsed. YPG/SDF does not withdraw a meter and the only thing Turkish-led…
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  17. 12 hours ago

    He is not actually wrong 🤷🏼‍♂️

    Susan Rice, who was a disaster to President Obama as National Security Advisor, is now telling us her opinion on what to do in Syria. Remember RED LINE IN THE SAND? That was Obama. Millions killed! No thanks Susan, you were a disaster.
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    Oct 18

    I am so proud to be a son of . My heart is trembling and I just can't express how much love I have for my province. Let's hope that we will be able to topple and build a government for all .

    This is really cool .. A protester from Al-Shaitat raise a banner read: "Your dream of coming to our region is similar to satan's…
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  19. 13 hours ago

    Perhaps called The MacArthur Option.

    I hope Quentin Tarantino’s 10th and final movie is a revisionist history of post-war China in which the Taiwan-based ROC defeats the communists and parades Mao’s head through the streets of Peking.
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    Oct 18

    This is really cool .. A protester from Al-Shaitat raise a banner read: "Your dream of coming to our region is similar to satan's dream to enter paradise.

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    17 hours ago

    excellent analysis by the US former CT coordinator

    My latest in Politico: What Trump’s Syria Debacle Means for ISIS. As you might guess, it’s not great news. via
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