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  1. 16 hours ago

    For the Syriac Military Council (of which the HSNB is the female wing) this has been the 2nd prominent delegation just a month after this one:

    Ok, this is quite something. Syriac Military Council had Nadine Maenza as their guest in . Maenza (elected Vice Chair of the United States Commission on International…
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  2. 16 hours ago

    had a delegation of the Danish Socialist Enhedslisten incl former MEP Søren Søndergaard as their guests. Enhedslisten is not just any unaffiliated left-wing Danish party, but does support the current center-left minority government under Mette Frederiksen.

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    20 hours ago

    Never forget that back this summer, regime military sources literally photoshopped their own checkpoint out of an HTS photoset to claim that it was destroyed before reaching its target. Remember this whenever pro-gov social media claims a failed attack.

    There's accidental misinformation, then there's "we blatantly photoshopped buildings out of a picture to make false claims about an SVBIED" misinformation.…
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  4. Dec 20

    Direct link to my thread:

    There's an section in . Amongst other things also doing military-style training. With children.
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  5. Dec 20

    Oh, you found out about Sydney's branch activities? And you found the exact same pics? Like, over 2,5 years later? Tell me more about this...

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    Dec 18

    [Thread] On city of Bani Walid in Libya. History, tribal allegation and so called "neutrality" towards LNA. Is Bani Walid key to LNA rule in Mid Libya?

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  7. Dec 17

    Nabel al-Abdallah, commander of 's mostly Christian forces, posing next to an launcher. Gives an impression of how huge these rockets actually are and what kind of devastating effect they have when fired into housing areas etc

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  8. Dec 12

    The -based, loyalist militia used a variant of the NPU's logo for quite some time. From what can be heard the latter wasn't too happy about it. Sootoro have had a second logo in use and pretty much stopped using the NPU copy at least from 2017 on

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  9. Dec 12

    The NPU are an Iaqi Christian formation who were/are active in the fight against . NPU and Khabour Guards (or any other Syrian Christian militia) aren't cooperating too openly, but it shows that apparently there's some kind of solidarity

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  10. Dec 12

    A fighter with Syriac-Assyrian Khabour Guards passes by a church. Note the |i Niniveh Plain Protection Unit () patch on his arm.

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  11. Dec 12

    on the Baath's tolerance towards Popular Front for Change and Liberation bloc. For 2014 presidential elections SSNP emphasized a "reelection" of Assad and in May it joined the NPF again - one month prior to the elections taking place. Since then it has stayed a part of NPF.

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  12. Dec 12

    SSNP (most importantly its Intifada wing [see table below]) has been quite keen on emphasizing that it is an opposition party in ; also after the start of the unrest/war. Though Haidar's SSNP in fact did leave NPF bloc 2012-2014, it had to rely

    Whoever has ever wanted to get a better overview about the three (now: two) SSNP factions active on the ground in Syria, should have a quick read of this overview (made by )
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  13. Dec 12

    , 2 Dec 2011, during the very early phase of what still was "the |n unrest" back then. Loyalist protestors are setting fire to a stylised |i flag while in the background can be seen flying

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  14. Dec 11

    It's not that this is Björn's first thread about German jihadists. Nor is it his latest. But it definitely still is the one with the funniest side note.

    6. Emde tried to lose weight by running, but after an accident - he fell from a motorbike - gave up on this. His end came also on a motorbike: He was apparently driving through the town of al-Shafaa when he was targeted…
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  15. Dec 11

    A little proportion in regarding the last point: - the two biggest cities in TFSA-held NE (Tel Abyad&Ras al-Ayn) had less than 50k inhabitants pre war - al-Hawl camp is home to ~75k, az-Zaatari to ~80k

    Key points in Erdogan’s interview: •Ankara signed a defense agreement with the Libyan government in Tripoli…
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    Dec 9

    When the Caesar Bill becomes law, it will make the current sanctions on the Assad regime seem like child's play.

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    Dec 6

    As a Syrian, Im not exactly in a position to judge 🙄

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  18. Dec 6

    In Tel Tamer a poster demands the release of Said Malke, Vice President of the Syriac Union Party - the party of which the Syriac Military Council is the armed wing. He was jailed by regime forces in 2013. Delicate issue considering those SAA forces around now pic-

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    Dec 5

    Entrance to Tell Tamer, where a small hospital staff with very limited resources treated hundreds during the first days of the offensive.

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    Dec 4

    New facts emerging on the ground on Khabur. Syrian and MFS flags flying together atop Tal Jemaa (Halmon) village water tower. Seems mostly Syrian flags around otherwise save for one big Assyrian flag. Reflects military arrangement for now, but perhaps signs of a future order?

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  21. Dec 4

    Whoever has ever wanted to get a better overview about the three (now: two) SSNP factions active on the ground in Syria, should have a quick read of this overview (made by )

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  22. Dec 4

    It remains unclear to which extent he was involved in Amana's businesses/political work, but just a couple of days thereafter, the Amana faction was officially dissolved. That there's, in fact, a link between those two incidents shouldn't be ruled out.

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  23. Dec 4

    As of now, the facebook page of the Syrian branch of the led by Joseph Sweid (so-called Amana faction) has been deactivated eventually. SSNP-Amana has had an important backer: Rami Makhlouf. He fell in disgrace this summer over accusations of corruption and defalcation.

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  24. Dec 4

    Apparently, or rather the SSNP's Nusur az-Zawba'a suffered another fighter KIA on 30 Nov near A'jaz (Sinjar subdistrict in , E of Maarat an-Numan) This casualty has not yet been officially disclosed though (uncommon, usually they are "on time") h/t

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    Dec 4

    The conflict in is leaving a significant legacy of pollution and degradation, impacting health and economic reconstruction, while States are scrambling for its natural resources such as oil, gas and minerals. Via

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  26. Dec 1

    I'm almost sure that or could ID it even further

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  27. Dec 1

    Fighters of the mostly Christian formation of Suqaylabiyah strike a pose. The man on the left presents a RPO-A Shmel thermobaric rocket launcher

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  28. Dec 1

    's Nadine Maenza also met with commander Mazloum Abdi during her stay in N

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    Nov 30

    From a refugee living in Jordan, to soap entrepreneur in Calgary 😁🇨🇦❤️

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  30. Nov 30

    Whoever might have appeared suprised by odd |n Army tactics on the battlefield during the past years: This is the wreck of a GSP-55 amphibious ferry. Disabled by or abandoned by its crew during one of the wars against . On the Golan Heights...

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    Nov 29

    Today, Londoners armed with a Narwhal tusk, a fire extinguisher and their bare hands beat off a terrorist armed with a knife. Difficult to describe how proud I am of my city right now.

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    Nov 27

    This an powerful example of why Antwerp became known as 'The City of Sudden Death' in - just one of these V2 strikes which hit the Rex Cinema during a showing of 'The Plainsman' on 16th December 1944 killed 567 (including 296 allied servicemen) in a few seconds.

    Here is a map of all the V1 and V2 hits on Antwerp )ct 44 - Mar 45.
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  33. Nov 27

    Said Abdullahad was put to rest on 22nd Nov after he had been killed 10 days earlier. 4 additional MFS fighters were killed on 15 Nov. So it seems like Maenza visited the Syriac Military Council sometime between 18th and 24th Nov

    Syriac Military Council announces a (yet unidentified) fighter killed and 3 more POW during clashes around /Hasakah today morning…
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  34. Nov 27

    Syriac Military Council did not reveal Maenza's stay in the region at the time. Date of visit remains a little unclear. She refers to the recent burial of MFS fighters fallen during skirmishes against Turkish-backed forces. Only one burial ceremony has been made public though:

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    Nov 27

    Drew released a new video interviewing the mayor/ local SSNP militia leader about defeating ISIS at Sadad Syria. He claims that was the turnning point in defeating ISIS in Syria.

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  36. Nov 27

    Ok, this is quite something. Syriac Military Council had Nadine Maenza as their guest in . Maenza (elected Vice Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom) was appointed as one of 's 9 commissioners by none other than himself

    Thanks to for hosting me in NE , the same week they buried 5 soldiers who died during the invasion. In the Self Administration of Northern & Eastern Syria, Christians worship alongside Yazidis & Muslims showing what should look like. …
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    Nov 24

    So something a little more interesting on the tours in Syria. It seems his trip was done in part with the French, pro-regime, far-right charity @OSCdOrient who seems to be using his image in their banner on Twitter. Cool.

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  38. Nov 24

    Takes a very special kind of "geopolitical analyst" to mistake a grader for a bulldozer... So does anybody really want to make a guess how real the so-called farm is? (Btw, the pic she used is from 's page)

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  39. Nov 20

    Btw, casualty figures above should be read with a grain of salt. 1) Consider a KIA-WIA ratio of roughly 1:3-1:5, a lot more fighters could be counted as casualties 2) Syriac Military Council's general command potentially does not report exact numbers -->

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