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War reporter turned IR PhD student, aspiring shepherd. Interests: nationalism, ethnic conflict & revolution in theory & practice. Author of REBELS (2014)

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    Oct 11

    Me for on Turkey's invasion of northeast Syria, the pan-European condemnation for Erdogan, and America's looming moral culpability for ethnic cleansing:

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  2. 3 hours ago

    I have yet again done my most cringeworthy thing I always do with London’s Albanian demi-monde which is inform them of my medieval Albanian ancestry and get embroiled in a long & heated conversation about late medieval South-Central Albanian demography

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  3. 7 hours ago

    Trump is 100% a good thing for Europe, not just for being inept in himself but in revealing how incapable and unworthy all the DC lanyard-wearers serving him are, who presume to rule us; and at delegitimising our local satraps who subject us to their rule

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  4. 7 hours ago

    Is Macron actually based? The question roiling European politics

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  5. 10 hours ago

    The more the Jeffreys & other inept DC figures reward Erdogan, the faster American hegemony declines: in the medium to long term this is good for Europe, Russia, and China, though it’s very unfair in the short term on the people of NE Syria

    Macron is just formalising what Erdogan has already proven: in an era of rapid American imperial decline, the optimum route for a medium-tier power is playing Russia & the US against each other. Being a loyal NATO ally is a mug’s game
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  6. 10 hours ago

    Macron is just formalising what Erdogan has already proven: in an era of rapid American imperial decline, the optimum route for a medium-tier power is playing Russia & the US against each other. Being a loyal NATO ally is a mug’s game

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  7. 10 hours ago

    I always find it grating that the uniforms are completely incorrect for the period

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  8. 10 hours ago

    Early study for:

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    12 hours ago

    That's why the SDF have a crackdown on oil smugglers even blowing up boats across the Euphrates and seizing tankers. I swear these idiots need to up their propaganda game.

    Figure this out: •US is protecting oilfields owned by SDF in Syria.…
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    12 hours ago

    Serious accusation: “Turkey’s military operation in northern Syria, spearheaded by armed Islamist groups on its payroll, represents an intentioned-laced effort at ethnic cleansing,” Mr. Roebuck wrote.

    Breaking News: In a searing memo, the top U.S. diplomat in northern Syria criticized the Trump administration for not trying harder to prevent Turkey’s invasion
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    12 hours ago

    Breaking News: In a searing memo, the top U.S. diplomat in northern Syria criticized the Trump administration for not trying harder to prevent Turkey’s invasion

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  12. 12 hours ago

    I miss these

    Impressive storm strikes with 1,046 thunderbolts in a few hours
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    13 hours ago

    There are efforts by Turkey to achieve its demographic change goals in Northeast Syria through international organisations. UN head's willingness to form a team to study the proposal and engage in discussions with Turkish authorities on the issue is deeply worrying and dangerous.

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    12 hours ago

    According to Dion Chrysostomos the AD C1st Greeks that were imitating Romans by shaving their beards were abused by the Hellenists.

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    13 hours ago

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a visit to EU member Hungary repeated his threat to "open the gates" for millions of refugees eager to flee to Europe unless more international support was provided

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    12 hours ago

    The TFSA have withdrawn from all areas attacked today both east and west of Ayn Issa.

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  17. 12 hours ago

    Want

    I wrote a book! And even better: , , , , and also wrote that book—all of us together. Don't miss!…
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    17 hours ago

    There's a lot of frenzied commentary about our interview with President Macron. For anybody seeking a deeper insight into his world view, his vision of a strategic Europe and the way he thinks, I really recommend taking the time to read the full transcript

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    16 hours ago

    I know I am fighting a 70y orthodoxy and a deeply rooted common wisdom. But I am convinced that, in all areas, we are entering a new era. NATO and US presence in Europe has to be examined in this context.

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    14 hours ago

    A businessman with no history of political donations gave $1 million to the RNC and Trump's inauguration in January of 2017. Soon after, his son showed up at an RNC fundraiser with an Erdoğan-tied businessman, whom he introduced to Trump

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  21. 13 hours ago

    Flying from Qamishli?

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    Russians flying over Ain Issa while there is heavy fighting at the same place between and Jihadist groups related to
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    14 hours ago

    In this latest episode, we talk to volunteers in Syria & Alexander Norton of about their experiences and the prospects for lasting change in northern Syria. FAO

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    15 hours ago

    . getting a lot of good questions about whether US troops have the legal authority to shoot Russian/Syrian forces if they try to take the oil fields. He says: "Everyone in the region knows where American forces are... they maintain the right to self defense."

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  24. 15 hours ago

    In a nutshell:

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  25. 15 hours ago

    This leads to the absurd situation where bodies like the SIG are afforded international recognition not for their effective governance (failed) nor military success (also failed) but solely for their patronage by a regionally powerful state:

    Michael Koplovsky Director, Transition Assistance Response Team (START) meet w/ -sponsored Turkmen-led " interim govnt" in Turkey. Although team work in NE , they never met…
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  26. 15 hours ago

    Rereading Mampilly (2011) the most marked anomaly of the Syrian conflict is that the state which impedes international recognition of AANES is not the Syrian one but the Turkish one

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    16 hours ago

    Türk Ordusu tanklarla M4 uluslararası yolu kesmek için 'ya saldırıyor.

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    16 hours ago

    Judge said training with the YPG "was not, on the jury’s verdict 'noble cause terrorism': at least for present purposes, it was not terrorism at all. The force for which you were being trained was defensive force against a lethal and genocidal threat from Isis" Important remarks

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    16 hours ago

    Sumerian in cuneiform script, circa 2019: alive, subversive, powerful, on the streets.

    Cuneiform in Iraqi street art. These are the Sumerian logograms ama-gi4 𒂼 𒄄 In cuneiform texts, the term refers to a reversion to a…
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    16 hours ago

    What the opposition/s always lacked was a clear vision beyond slogans, and someone like Abdi.

    Thread: 1/An important interview for Kurdish leader of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)Mazloum Abdi () clarifying their position on talks with Damascus . A few points worth highlighting:
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    17 hours ago

    The crisis Macron describes in detail is staring us in the face, and not talking about it openly, in some vain hope that things can be stitched back together “after Trump”, is dangerously delusional, and worse—irresponsible. 3/4

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    17 hours ago

    4/Important to note that 's so-called "Operation Olive Branch" in used rebel groups under the authority of the Syrian Interim Government (SIG) and Afrin is now technically under the SIG's authority. The SIG takes advantage of an OFAC license to lobby in D.C.

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    Nov 6

    MY LATEST: 's use of Free 'n Army rebels to fight the has reopened an old debate in Washington: could we have taken down Assad—and who would it empower?

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    20 hours ago

    Previously Afrin was 92% Kurdish. Kurds no longer make up a majority, as Turkey buses in Arab militias & establishes a "Turkmen belt". In the border town of Bilbil, 340 families were brought in , almost all of whom were Turkmen. Only 15 of the original Kurdish families remain.

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    17 hours ago

    The ongoing disaster in has been swept under the rug by most of the international community. has just released a comprehensive and balanced report on the human rights abuses being done by -backed rebels there.

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    21 hours ago

    Specific example of decline of US influence in Europe: government plans to purchase -S surface-to-air systems from despite the threat of US sanctions.

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    Nov 6

    Rosoboronexport's Alexander Mikheev said that he expects Russia will complete deliveries of the Pantsir-S to Serbia "in the next few months," and that Russia is currently training Serbian air defense crews on the system. 4/

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  38. 17 hours ago

    Lickspittle DC Boomercons: we must do Erdogan’s bidding because NATO, muh Bosphorus etc Macron: Turkish invasion of NE Syria shows NATO’s “brain-dead,” has no purpose; we need strategic dialogue with Russia:

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    21 hours ago

    When you are making your Left vision but Verso says you only have 5 more minutes!

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    Nov 6

    The most beautiful tram route in Ukraine.

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    21 hours ago

    Frontex border guards will wear uniforms,carry a service weapon and will have executive powers.This means that officers will be able to perform tasks such as verifying a person’s identity and nationality,allowing or refusing entry into EU,patrolling between border crossing points

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    We are recruiting 700 border and coast guard officers! 👮‍♀️👮🇪🇺 Join us and make EU's borders more secure
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