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Research focuses on Syria and terrorism | History digressions, particularly on the Soviet Union | Likes are just bookmarks. RTs = ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    18 Dec 2018

    The waged an undeclared war against through terrorists and rejectionist states. Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has retained alliances with such actors, notably , and sees Israel as an extension of America, the "Main Adversary".

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  2. 14 minutes ago

    Britain secretly funded Reuters in 1960s and 1970s as the news agency expanded in the Middle East and Latin America.

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    5 hours ago

    Updates on NJ shooter case from FBI: -suspects had MASSIVE bomb, materials for another in van -Had surveilled the area prior to attack and that same day -Not connected to any group or anyone else -prepared for the attack/future attacks for months

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    1 hour ago

    NEW — Now Russia officially confirms that Haftar left Moscow without signing the Libya deal

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    2 hours ago

    An American citizen died in an Egyptian jail after a sham trial and years of abusive treatment. The State Department says it's "still premature" to talk about any punitive measures against Sisi's government.

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    16 hours ago

    Iran State TV's anchor resigns saying, "It was very hard for me to believe the killing of my countrymen. I apologize for lying to you on TV for 13 years."

    مجری شبکه دو بعد از ۱۳ سال فعالیت در صدا و سیما و اشاره به در این رسانه از…
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    27 minutes ago

    Iran's President Rouhani says the operator who accidentally shot down the Ukrainian passenger plane is not the only person culpable. "Because I am somewhat familiar with the issue of air defence, I can say that one individual cannot be the only one responsible in this story"

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    14 hours ago

    : Bomb found in van of Jersey City attack suspects could have killed or maimed people up to five football fields away, US attorney in New Jersey says

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    8 hours ago

    US, Iraqi soldiers at air base ‘had nearly eight hours advance warning of Iran missile attack’

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    20 hours ago

    By and me "... the ability of some Western commentators to make any drama in the region about themselves. As each stage of the crisis has developed, they have assured us of impending consequences that suit their own agendas..."

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    12 hours ago

    Inside a US air base hit by Iranian missiles - BBC Persian correspondent Nafiseh Kohnavard gains access to al-Asad in Iraq

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    9 hours ago

    Interesting facility 30km East of Tehran with what appears to be four covered tunnel entrances. Purpose of the site is unclear.

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    9 hours ago

    AKP basically confirmed in MAY 2019 that Mamlouk & Fidan (or senior intelligence officials, anyway) were in constant contact. AKP spokesman Celik: "Our intelligence agencies and our elements in the field can hold any meeting they like at any time"

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    11 hours ago

    Turkish and Syrian heads of intelligence (Fidan and Mamlouk) met in Moscow, and discussed: • A ceasefire in Idlib • Possible coordination against Syrian Kurdish militia YPG According to a senior Turkish official speaking to Reuters

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    Jan 3

    We once again wish to ask all of you for your support. Please, help reach 1 million followers for on Jan 27, 2020. RT, spread the word, let community know about our account where every day we educate about the history of .

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    16 hours ago

    Treasury targets officials involved in illegitimate attempted takeover of the Venezuelan National Assembly

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    17 hours ago

    669 Iraqi protesters were killed, 24,488 were injured and 2,806 were arrested in the last three months of 2019, according to Iraqi Warcrimes Documentation Centre.

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  18. 16 hours ago

    "I advocated genocide: you'll never believe what happened next"

    “The idea wasn’t as well received as I had hoped.” 😂
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  19. 16 hours ago

    I agree with the sentiment and wish to God he was able to tell "imminent" from "eminent".

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    22 hours ago

    Until recently, the only details of Quds Force ops in central Africa came from uncorroborated claims and sporadic Western intelligence briefings. Now, UN investigators have pieced together the nuts and bolts of a murky plot to spread Tehran's reach into the heart of Africa /1

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    23 hours ago

    'Robert O'Brien told Axios in an exclusive interview that "it is possible" Trump will cut a deal with the Taliban this year but that even if a deal can't be struck, the president is still poised to reduce troops in Afghanistan.'

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    20 hours ago

    Despite the truce declared by the guarantor parties and , the regime forces continued yesterday their bombing on the cities of northern , targeting 15 regions, with more than 138 artillery shells, 10 rocket launchers, without recording any casualties.

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  23. 21 hours ago

    Muqtada al-Sadr has met 's militias - Kataib Hizballah, Harakat al-Nujaba (Akram al-Ka'bi personally, it seems), and Asaib Ahl al-Haq - to discuss issues surrounding the US "occupation" of , according to [a Lebanese Hizballah outlet].

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    21 hours ago

    The Nasiriyiah-based activist Hassan Hadi has been assassinated, today.

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    Jan 12

    One Russian paper today on Iran/PS752: “No matter how many fakes you come up with, journalists will always find the truth - even the ayatollahs now realise that. But in our country the authorities continue to believe in the magical power of deception.”

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    Jan 12

    Iran's only female Olympic medalist says she’s left the country because she’s had enough of being used for propaganda:

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    21 hours ago

    As expected ENKS states its demands have not been met regarding the issue of political detainees, pointing out practical steps should be taken by SDF and not only statements issued.

    SDF issued a official follow-up on the issue of the release of detainees as trust-building measurement for ENKS. Whether this is an honest report on advance in the file or the beginning of a smoke screen to shrug off responsibility is not clear yet. …
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    Jan 12

    13-Nasrallah: It all started in 1998. if you go back to 1998-1999, the apex of Hezbollah's activities in south Lebanon [against Israel.] One of main reasons was Soleimani's assistance, and he was a chief partner in the May 2000 liberation. We've never talked about this before.

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    Jan 12

    Very clear R9X (Hellfire with frikken swords) strike. As has pointed out, possibly the first use of this weapon in Afghanistan.

    Afghan MoD says a Pakistani national named Mohibullah, who it claims was financing Taliban in northeast , has been killed in an airstrike while travelling in a car.
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    Jan 12

    Khalifa Haftar and Fayez al Sarraj will meet in Moscow on Monday to agree a end to the war in Libya, a senior Western diplomat and a senior Turkish official said, and reporting

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  31. Jan 12

    Perhaps somebody will get around to asking Enes Kanter the nature of this school's connection with the Hizmet/Gulenist Islamist cult of which he is a prominent, open member.

    NBA’s Enes Kanter to open charter school in Oklahoma city for under-served minorities: report
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    Jan 12

    After days of denial, Iran admitted it shot down a civilian airliner, killing all 176 people on board. We analyzed flight data, witness videos and crash site images to paint the clearest picture yet of that disastrous seven-minute flight. Watch it here:

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  33. Jan 12

    See the thread. Either this an individual coming to a completely individual decision to leave jihadism behind, or it is the story of a skilled deception artist, and we have no way to know - yet. So, it's good that the answer will come with him on 's streets 😐

    Interview with Mazen Touma, Australia's first allegedly deradicalized jihadist, jailed for 14 years in Supermax in 2008 for sourcing weapons to "Pendennis 9" terrorism cells, only served 12 years, released on parole in 2017. …
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    Jan 12

    Fishing in Kazakhstan. This is the good content

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    Зимняя рыбалка говоришь? Да что ты знаешь о ней?))
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    Jan 12

    "The United States is curbing public charter flights to Cuba in a further effort to squeeze the Cuban government's income, the U.S. State Department said on Friday."

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    Jan 12

    He sure got around.

    Replying to @Doranimated
    Soleimani with armenian terrorist melkonian (karabagh butcher of azerbaijanis, member of ASALA which murdered 56 turkish diplomats) & with PKK YPG kurdish terror heads Cemil Bayik & others! …
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  37. Jan 12

    This "controversy" is beyond stupid. The "imminent" talking point and the four Embassies thing look to be Trumpian invention, and it does not alter the argument about killing Qassem Sulaymani by one single degree.

    When asks the defense secretary about Trump’s claim about threats to 4 US embassies 👀
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    Jan 12

    “Peace” has become the magic word to give murderers & war criminals a pass. How did we come to this?

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    The only way forward is peace.
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    Jan 12

    is currently in , received an invitation and may fly to tomorrow too. The duo is expected to sign a ceasefire agreement under 's auspices, w/ 's Agila Saleh's presence. A humiliating outcome for European & American diplomacy.

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  40. Jan 12

    The clerical regime in killed 1,500 people in November in two weeks. Trump has tweeted mean things at journalists and refused to answer questions from theatrical attention-seekers like Jim Acosta. These are exactly the same thing.

    “Let reporters roam free” says the president, who routinely refers to the US press as “enemy of the people,” to Iranian leaders.
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    Jan 12

    In the 1980s, Roger Scruton organized money and books for dissidents in Eastern Europe. I was one of the student couriers who helped smuggle them "across the iron curtain." I am still grateful for what Roger did for them, and for me.

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