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Aron Lund
Aron Lund
Aron Lund
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Aron Lund

@aronlund

I write mostly about Syria and the Middle East. In English: The Century Foundation, The New Humanitarian, SIPRI. På svenska: Expressen, UNT, Eskilstuna-Kuriren.

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Joined December 2011

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  1. Frédéric Pichon‏ @Fred_Pichon Dec 4

    Frédéric Pichon Retweeted Aron Lund

    #Syrie L'évaporation mystérieuse des "rebelles modérés" et leur remplacement soudain, aux mêmes endroits, par des djihadistes est une prouesse de la physique. "Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme" disait pourtant Lavoisierhttps://twitter.com/aronlund/status/1202294504260325381…

    Frédéric Pichon added,

    Aron Lund @aronlund
    Truly one of the great mysteries of the Syrian war how all the FSA rebels suddenly disappeared in October 2019 and were replaced by Turkey-backed militants who coincidentally sit in their bases, obey their commanders, and use their names, flags, and tanks. …
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    Aron Lund‏ @aronlund
    Replying to @Fred_Pichon

    They're not "jihadis." The whole point of what I wrote was that in so far as these factions (as factions, with exceptions among individual members) have a common history, it's that they were part of the "FSA" camp that was beaten by HTS/IS and ended up as Ankara's mercenaries.

    12:19 PM - 4 Dec 2019
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