Faysal Itani  Verified account

@faysalitani

Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council. Professor at George Washington University. Motorcyclist. Amateur parrot trainer. All views my own.

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Joined October 2012
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    11 Sep 2018

    Latest by me and on seven years of US policy in .

    NEW Issue Brief→ US Policy in Syria: A Seven-Year Reckoning by and
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  2. Retweeted
    10 hours ago

    No Walid, don’t see Trump as “the leader of the free world and their voice for justice”.

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    6 hours ago

    Turkish government if it wants to recuperate some of its lost reputation, would tell the world the condition of this prisoner of war, in whose custody she is now held and if she needed medical care whether or not she received that medical treatment after her capture.

    we know her name and we know who captured her.
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  4. 2 hours ago

    Lol.

    "This is like feeding a baby its medicine in yogurt or applesauce." How one U.S. official describes convincing Trump to keep troops in Syria by way of protecting oil fields.…
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    7 hours ago

    These are the sectarian Iranian-backed militias that comprise the "Popular Mobilization Forces" supported by the Iraqi Armed Forces with US taxpayer money & military equipment. These same militias are deployed in Syria, killing thousands of civilians there.

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    Footage shows how masked gunmen are shooting at the protesters on the rooftop of Asaib Ahl al-Haq office in Misan province on Friday. …
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    8 hours ago

    Dangerous escalation in Maysan province as Sadr's Saraya al Salam and local tribes clash with IRGC-backed militias from the PMF.

    Replying to @RashaAlAqeedi
    الوضع جدا خطر تم حرق مقر وكذلك مقر والان سرايا السلام الى جانب عشائر المتظاهرين المستشهدين يحاولون اقتحام مقر من الساعة ١١:٣٠ لكنهم يقاومون بشدة ولم ينفذ…
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  7. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    ’ 🇱🇧 target for tomorrow (Saturday): 1 million protesters. Government still in place; 9 days gone since start of upheaval.

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  8. 6 hours ago

    He fought the french too, but whatever.

    Replying to @faysalitani
    So that your great grandfather become soulness western slave
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    19 hours ago

    Looking at live feed from downtown . the riot police units are doing an excellent & professional job.

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  10. 9 hours ago

    Also didnt mean to imply that what followed the Ottoman Empire was a great deal better, but then that question can be asked by Turks and Arabs alike.

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  11. 9 hours ago

    Some odd anger by Turkish nationalists (and joy by anti-Turks) re this tweet. It was modern Turkey that ended the caliphate and instituted a militantly secular regime aimed at eviscerating its legacy. So leave my great grandfather alone :)

    This is more or less why my great grandfather decided to join the anti-Ottoman insurgency.
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  12. 10 hours ago

    I'm old enough to remember when regional powers (and global superpowers) fought their own wars against vastly inferior enemies. But I'm an incorrigible nostalgic.

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    Turkey presents itself as a force capable of taking on ISIS in Syria. These are the guys they're sending into the battlefield. A fighter from Jaysh al-Sharqiya says: "We will hit military positions of Gods' enemies, atheists, and…
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  13. Retweeted
    17 hours ago

    Nasrallah straight up adopting lines of authoritarian leaders across the Middle East. Claiming that protests will lead to civil war & destroy the country like other countries in the region. Also claims foreign hands & embassies are behind the protests.

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    10 hours ago

    Nonresident Senior Fellow quoted on the Turkey-Russia deal in : "This will doom the place to perpetual instability." via

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  15. 10 hours ago

    Yeah I'm gonna go ahead and retweet this....

    This guy was organizing the thugs in downtown Beirut. He was constantly on the phone, he’s the guy who attacked me.
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  16. Retweeted
    13 hours ago

    The playbook employed by the family for 50 years and applied with catastrophic consequences in 2011 in could be replicated by ’s ruling clique. No better time to read the book & hope spared same fate.

    الولد... او نحرق البلد....
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    11 hours ago

    You know you’ve seen it all when: Hezbollah supporters are in the streets of Beirut’s Southern Suburbs to support Hariri’s government and the Sunnis of Tripoli are in the streets demanding it be toppled 😄🇱🇧

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    17 hours ago

    Same playbook of & its proxies that we saw in & elsewhere: leader comes out to inject poison into uprising warning of conspiracies by foreign powers & followed by menhebak (we love you) rallies.

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    11 hours ago

    For over a decade involvement in Iraq convulsed US politics, but now that the DC bandwagon has moved on political turmoil in Iraq that doesn't fit any of the usual op/ed talking points barely registers in US political debate

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  20. Retweeted
    13 hours ago

    When someone shows you who they are, believe them the tenth time. - Lebanese proverb

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  21. 14 hours ago

    Omer this would be extremely out of character for and if you have credible information to the contrary you should specify it and its sources before tweeting accusations like this. I am told a lot of garbage by a lot of people about a lot of things everyday.

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