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Writing on Iran in Syria, Hezbollah, illicit finance, articles w/ @thenationaluae Former Senior editor/analyst @KharonData ; Former head of @NOW_Eng newsdesk
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Front companies in Beirut own the vessels that helped Adrian Darya 1 offload its oil cargo, while another firm in Lebanon recently acquired an Iran-flagged tanker on a US watchlist 2)https://bit.ly/2qU7JqI
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Ahrar al-Sharqiya looted grain & fertilizers stored in silos in Suluk, northern Raqqa, and sold it to the Assad regime through the sanctioned Qaterji firm, according to
@EuphratesPost https://euphratespost.net/%d8%a3%d8%ad%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b4%d8%b1%d9%82%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%b9-%d9%82%d9%85%d8%ad-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ac%d8%b2%d9%8a%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%aa/ … an SNA source confirmed to me Ahrar's takeover of the silosShow this thread -
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[Thread] On Bu Saraya Tribe in Deir ez Zor. Bu Saraya tribe dwells around Deir ez Zor city. Main enclaves are As-Sulah part, Ayyash, Shumettiya (which is the clans nest) as well as Buqrus part. There is also a small group living in Raqqa district of Busaraya.pic.twitter.com/0OcOg4xueF
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Iranians buying up property in the New Aleppo district of Aleppo, near a military academy that the IRGC allegedly turned into an operations room, pro-opposition
@Sy24ria says 12)https://bit.ly/38lO6ZzShow this thread -
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says "Lebanon will affect Syria more than any other country because it's our immediate neighbor" 4)https://bit.ly/2RDjLjo
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4th Armored Division checkpoint in Hreibsha area of eastern Syria on Deir Ezzor-Palmyra road, led by Colonel Habib Ghannoum, increasing 'tolls' it's collecting,
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The Iranian rial has hit a six-month low against the dollar, as the market digests the government's meager spending proposal and questionable revenue expectations (fallout from November protests probably still putting on pressure)
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Twitter temporarily restricting account of Syrian presidencypic.twitter.com/irXSYleoDo
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So-called "Karbalai Forces" announce they will target US troops in eastern Syria, according to pro-Assad 'National Tribal Army of Syria' Facebook pagepic.twitter.com/8JiXsMWrdt
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This protester is saying that the government keeps on putting forward the same names without learning anything, that they send riot police to beat up peaceful protesters. The anger on the streets is only rising.
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More than 100 stores in
#Tripoli's old city have reportedly closed to protest the ongoing economic crisis in#Lebanon.#LebanonProtests#لبنان_تنتفضhttps://twitter.com/tripoli17oct/status/1203984663162818560…
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North Korea, Syria set to hold economic talks in Damascus: state mediahttps://www.nknews.org/2019/12/north-korea-syria-set-to-hold-economic-talks-in-damascus-state-media/…
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Syria's PM talks up potential of country's automotive sector, saying it could export (to Jordan and Iraq) 50% of the cars assembled in country, including for Chinese, Iranian, and South Korean companies as well as potential for Russian oneshttps://bit.ly/2DZj7of
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Last but not least, the event's official sponsor was Maher al-Assad's wife Manal, who, incidentally, also had the great fortune of being elected honorary president of the Syrian Equestrian Federation. What a lucky family, right? Must be the horse shoes.
https://twitter.com/aronlund/status/1204003646603702273 …pic.twitter.com/gfB5fcuKzw
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Hezbollah's leadership has worked to overcome obstacles to the export of bananas to Syria, the party's Al-Nour radio reports, as Hezbollah officials have publicly touted export of Lebanese produce to Syria and Iraqhttps://bit.ly/349d4Zb
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Infographic from pro-opposition
@Sy24ria on distribution of Iran-backed forces in Albu Kamal as well as the border crossing, where Hezbollah is reportedly supervising alongside Syrian intelligence 9) https://bit.ly/2sY3g7b pic.twitter.com/scslgS1I1e
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Syria's Transport Ministry has cancelled fees for Iraqi trucks transiting through the Albu Kamal border crossing with Iraq amid anemic traffic of good,
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Good lord. This is south Beirut after a day of rainhttps://twitter.com/NicoleHajal/status/1203984019320389632…
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After parliamentary consultations were postponed again, there were calls to block the streets & go on strike. Then it started raining & everything was shut down on its own. Video from the Lebanese University in Hadath. https://twitter.com/housseinshahro2/status/1203980853774344193?s=19 …
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IRGC has set up an 'industrial zone' southwest of eastern Syrian town of Albu Kamal, which includes workshops for repairing military vehicles and employs locals, pro-opposition
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As Hezbollah deployed to Rankos, IRGC and Badr Organization troops arrived to the area, the outlet further said 20)
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Hezbollah has deployed to Rankos in Syria near the Lebanese border, where it is setting up an ops room and a series of tunnels leading into Lebanon, pro-opposition
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Twenty-one publishing houses from Iran, Lebanon, and Syria took part in the 2nd International Exhibition of Kids' Books in Damascus last week, which was attended by Iranian diplomatic and cultural officials 12)https://bit.ly/2sXFo3z
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"The electricity was supposed to be made available in 2017 but now we are in 2019 and still have no electricity," an Aleppo textile factory owner told the Chinese news outlet 7) https://bit.ly/2PwKHyu
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Xinhua news agency profiles return of industralists to Aleppo, saying that lack of electricity styming factories from going back to full swing as owners resort to costly diesel generators 6) https://bit.ly/2PwKHyu
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Ah nice the same people that own shares in MED , BYBLOS , CREDIT LIBANAIS awesome ! Good job Nada!https://twitter.com/mtvenglishnews/status/1203956007338160130…
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With oil revenues projected to drop by almost 70% next year because of American sanctions, Iran is planning to raise taxes and cut energy subsidies, despite last month's unrest triggered by a hike in fuel prices.https://www.ft.com/content/efc55050-19b3-11ea-97df-cc63de1d73f4…
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Ship of Interest: Sanctioned by
@USTreasury for providing logistics to#Iran's Ministry of Defense & Armed Forces, Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines’ Iran flag container ship Shahr-E-Kord transited Bosphorus towards BlackSea en route from Antwerp to Constanta@BenKendim1pic.twitter.com/1TgmsP7q9Z
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Today's flight of EP-FAA, owned by IRGC-linked Qeshm Fars Air, flew from
#Tehran to#Damascus and back, as#QFZ9950 and#QFZ9951. Landing after 14:44 UTC and taking off before 16:14 UTC, it spent less than 1.5 hours on-ground. Those guys were in a hurry.#potn#avgeek https://twitter.com/Gerjon_/status/1203321223213670401 …pic.twitter.com/kMOgXD9jgM
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Khanjar might have been engaged in alleged corrupt activities for a while, but he was only sanctioned today. Apparently the US wasn't able to punish him for his alliance with Iran's friends in Iraq per se, so corruption was an adequate pretext.
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The SDF sells oil to Damascus while selectively cracking down on those same sales. The US demands an end to smuggling, bereft of any policy besides suffocating the country. Trump continues to babble about taking the oil.
@Dwilkofsky1 untangles the chaoshttps://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/11/syria-oil-smuggling-kurds-regime-united-states.html… -
Khanjar fled Jordan in 2014 while under a corruption investigation, according to a local daily that accused him of taking funds from "Arab countries" to destabilize Iraq 5)https://bit.ly/33UCZDB
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Khanjar has been accused of building his fortune "by setting up front companies for members of Saddam Hussein’s regime in the 1990s" and then "seizing his partners’ assets for himself after the 2003 invasion" 4)https://reut.rs/33VIkuj
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Khamis al-Issawi, more commonly known as Khamis al-Khanjar, is a prominent and politically influential businessman reportedly close to Qatar 3)https://bit.ly/2DYGz4V
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According to the US Treasury, Qais al-Khazali, his brother Laith al-Khazali, and Husayn al-Lami were sanctioned for "involvement in serious human rights abuse in Iraq" while Khamis Farhan al-Issawi was sanctioned "for bribing government officials" 2) https://bit.ly/36aCZ3M
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Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq leader Qais al-Khazali sanctioned by US under Global Magnitsky authority along with other PMF figures https://bit.ly/3688xax
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So Lebanon once again has to pathetically ask for outside aid, this time for necessities, because its lamentable excuse of a political leadership so plundered the country that there is not enough liquidity to secure even essential imports such as food:https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1YA15F?__twitter_impression=true…
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Syrian Industry Ministry official says efforts underway to implement roadmap for industrial cooperation between Russia and Syria, including Russian companies participating in rehabilitating General Tire Co. in Hama and Arab Cement Co. in Aleppo 10) https://bit.ly/2RrH6Vi
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Maher al-Assad's 4th Armored Division set up a checkpoint in the town of Bokros in eastern Syria between Al-Mayadin and Deir Ezzor, where goods are smuggled from SDF-controlled areas, and is imposing "taxes" on passing vehicles,
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