Ryan O'Farrell

@ryanmofarrell

Non-state actors, institutions and failing states MA Levant / DR Congo / Elsewhere

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Joined March 2014
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  1. 1 hour ago

    Footage from the morning after matches

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  2. 3 hours ago

    Speculating, but an interesting compound built on the western outskirts of Barisha, Idlib last spring, especially the bottom building

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  3. 6 hours ago

    Looking at martyrdom postings, Faylaq al-Majd is recruiting from west Aleppo, but also IDPs from southern Idlib and as far away as Deraa; sadly very common to see IDPs join these factions, men as young as 19 with few prospects

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  4. 6 hours ago

    Kataib Ahrar Darat Izza joining Faylaq al-Majd likely occurred alongside remnants of Nur al-Din al-Zenki that managed to escape the HTS offensive to Afrin; they rebranded as the "Third Brigade" and joined Faylaq al-Majd in March 2019

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  5. 6 hours ago

    The specific subfaction that captured Cicek Kobane, Kataib Ahrar Darat Izza, was a small local faction that joined Faylaq al-Sham for protection during HTS's fight against Nur al-Din al-Zenki, but was expelled from Darat Izza two days later anyway

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  6. 6 hours ago

    Major Yasser then became Faylaq Majd's military commander in November 2018, and has participated directly in Operation Peace Spring (picture 2 is Yasser, Taljo, Int Gov President Abdulrahman Mustafa and SNA Defense Minister Salim Idris)

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  7. 6 hours ago

    Major Yasser was expelled from leading Faylaq al-Sham N Aleppo sector in February 2018, however, due to his role in delivering the body of Russian pilot Roman Filipov - who had been shot down in Idlib - to Turkey, which then repatriated Filipov to Russia

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  8. 6 hours ago

    He also served as a member of the opposition's military delegation to Astana in May 2017, where he berated the Iranian delegation

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  9. 6 hours ago

    In November 2018, Major Yasser Abudelrahim became Faylaq Majd's military commander, had been a prominent rebel commander from Faylaq al-Sham, leading the Fateh Halab operations room in Aleppo city before the city fell

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  10. 6 hours ago

    The group conducted patrols in Afrin alongside Turkish soldiers, and staged a goofy propaganda video at Maydanki dam north of Afrin city

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  11. 6 hours ago

    The group participated in Operation Olive Branch, which seized Afrin from the YPG and expelled most of the Kurdish population in January-March 2018; faction was later accused of forcibly expelling IDPs from houses in order to turn them into military bases

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  12. 6 hours ago

    Faylaq al-Majd initially comprised around a dozen small battalions in N Aleppo, Idlib & Latakia, with N Aleppo units immediately joining the "Shamiya Block", which served as one of the predecessor coalitions to SNA's "legions" before the SNA was officially established in Dec 2017

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  13. 6 hours ago

    The group was established by Yamen Talgo "Abu Harith" () in Sept 2017; Talgo had been affiliated (in some capacity) with Jaysh al-Islam, hosting Zahran Alloush in his visit to JaI's "northern sector" units in summer 2015

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  14. 6 hours ago

    Quick thread on Faylaq al-Majd (), the SNA 3rd Legion faction that captured YPJ fighter Cicek Kobane in Mishrafa village, south of Ras al-Ayn/Serekaniye

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  15. Oct 24

    "The intent [was] that they would be part of the future of Syria, whatever that entailed, and truthfully we didn't have a solid plan for how it would end" - this is a huge part of this disaster and shouldn't be forgotten amid Trump and Jim Jeffrey

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  16. Oct 21

    Ahead of the purported "final offensive" against ISCAP-ADF announced by Pres Tshisekedi during his visit to Beni earlier this month, FARDC increases its troop presence in Beni from 11,000 to 21,000; this constitutes around 1/5 of the entire Congolese army

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  17. Oct 16

    Naturally did this better and faster

    geolocation of this airstrike in Ras al-Ayn/Serêkaniyê
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  18. Oct 16

    Location of 10/13 Turkish airstrike on military/civilian aid convoy in Ras al-Ayn/Serekaniye that killed 14 people [10 civilians, 4 fighters] and a journalist: ;

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  19. Oct 16

    Video of SNA fighter getting shot by a sniper appears to show that SNA have cut the road from Ras al-Ayn/Serekaniye to Tal Tamr, effectively besieging the city, unless they were pushed back later

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  20. Oct 16

    Extensive street covers installed throughout Ras al-Ayn/Serekaniye by the SDF between March and July to cover movements; Turkey has bombed vehicles underneath them, including the convoy with journalists on October 14

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