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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 9

    Why did Syrians celebrate Soleimani's assassination? I interviewed some of his victims, whose voices have largely been ignored in the heated debate following the U.S. strike

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    2 hours ago

    : forced depopulation of W. countryside continues. Civilians fleeing |n & Assad's bombardment are heading to Turkish border.

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  3. 1 hour ago

    Video showing Syrian fighters, speaking in several regional dialects, apparently from the Turkish-backed "National Army," en route to fighting in Libya against Haftar's forces.

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  4. 2 hours ago

    واحد من فصائل درع الفرات دخل مجموعة لمقاتلي ومؤيدي الهيئة 😂

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  5. 3 hours ago

    Surreal. Poll shows that almost 85% of Turks believe their country, not Syria, suffered the most as a result of the Syrian civil war.

    While Turkish and Syrian government reps. met in Moscow on Monday, in the first official contact in years according to Syrian news agency SANA, we wanted to look back at our August survey which showed majorit…
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    17 hours ago

    Reports of several dead and wounded around Baghdad's Sinek Bridge after security forces fired on protesters who tried to cross.

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    5 hours ago

    Key benefit of occupation is getting to make up the rules as you go. As non-citizens of the state that rules over them, Palestinians have no meaningful legal recourse or means of accountability.

    A Designer Villa With a Sprawling View of the Occupation - story of the expansion of a veteran settlement highlights West Bank reality: if Israel/settlers decide they want a piece land, laws/rules re Palestinian ownership mean nothing . …
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    Jan 17

    Mohammad bin Zayed is the world's leading Islamophobe. He is the embodiment in the flesh of the colonial idea that natives of the MENA are savages who should never be allowed agency and should always be ruled by the whip. His whip.

    Quite sympathetic profile of a leader offering a vision of endless repression to the peoples of the Middle East, whom he perceives as intrinsically radical & dangerous
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  9. 13 hours ago

    Mass flight of civilians from the western Aleppo countryside toward the Turkish border after the regime & Russia began bombing these densely populated areas that were previously spared their fire

    لهم أوطانهم، وَ وَطَني أنتَ يا أبي.. من نزوح آهالي ريف الغربي اليوم دوّار سرمدا 17\01\2020
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  10. 22 hours ago

    On "secular" authoritarians in the Middle East

    Replying to @Elizrael
    His problem with ME people is not so much that they're radical, it's rather that they're people at all. UAE/KSA fear mass politics, whatever its colour. If Lib Dems-like parties were on the rise in the region, they would freak out just as much.
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    Jan 17

    Young protestors everywhere love to be talked to like this by billionaire octogenarians.

    THREAD: Khamenei had some barbs re: domestic politics:…
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  12. Jan 17

    The many faces of Benjamin Netanyahu excellent piece by

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  13. Jan 16

    "He started beating us with a stick and iron tubes," one boy tells me. "He said to confess or he would kill us." on his investigation into Kataeb Hezbollah, one of Soleimani's Iraqi militias

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  14. Jan 16

    Ahrar al-Sharqiya took over the base of Division 20 in Mabrouka, Hassakeh. Due to tribal ties between some of the fighters & imbalance of power, fighters in Hassakeh defected from Division 20. Convoys of Ahrar attackers passed unhindered through Turkish checkpoints.

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    Jan 16

    517 individuals including 371 children have died in Hol Camp in 2019 - primarily those who arrived with severe malnutrition, plus diarrhoea with dehydration and pneumonia. At 18.75 per 1000 residents, the camp has a worse mortality rate than any nation-state in the world.

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  16. Jan 16

    Ahrar al-Sharqiya has also overrun the HQ of Division 20 in Suluk, Raqqa. Division 20 was established in 2018 with Turkish support by fighters who were defeated by ISIS in Deir Ezzor, fled to the Qalamoon Mountains, then were defeated by the regime & bussed to northern Syria.

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  17. Jan 16

    Protest today in Sweidaa, southern Syria, against living conditions as the prices of basic goods skyrocket. One man chants "we want to call for freedom" & the rest interrupt him. Protesters don't want to be seen as political. They just want to be able to feed their families.

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    هتف أحدهم: بدنا نادي حرية أخذو منه المايكرفون ومنعوه من الهتاف ثورة جياع مسموحة لكن ثورة كرامة ممنوعة في ديار…
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  18. Jan 16

    Syria TV also reporting that the Russia isn't interested in a new ceasefire in Idlib & is seeking a "decisive military settlement." Turkey reportedly asked the US to renew weapons provision to the Syrian opposition, but hasn't received a response

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  19. Jan 16

    Hayat Tahrir al-Sham keeps trying to get civilians in to join its ranks. In this event in the Aleppo countryside before dozens of children & men, they managed to get 2 to join. More on rebel recruitment challenges in Idlib

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    Jan 16

    Important thread on the systematic persecution of the Turkmen community by the Ba’ath regime

    On this day, 40 years ago, Saddam Hussain's brutal regime executed prominent Iraqi Turkmeni figures. After days of torture, Abdullah Abdurrahman, Necdet Koçak, Riza Demirci, and Adil Serif were executed.
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    Jan 16

    Iranian Hardliners in Full Panic Mode. Senior clerical hawk -- Ahmad Alamohoda -- says students who refused to walk on American/Israeli flags are "fifth columnists" engaged in treason. Also, calls for the "dismemberment" of the UK Ambassador.

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    سفیر آمریکا در برلین با توییت سخنان امام‌جمعه…
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    Jan 16

    "If the situation in Syria could get worse, it will get worse" A year ago I came up with this law. Since then, it has been proven to be accurate.

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  23. Jan 16

    Turkish intelligence told commanders of the National Liberation Front, the rebels they support in Idlib, that the regime & Russia are determined to occupy Idlib & are unwilling to accept a ceasefire

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  24. Jan 16

    Ahrar al-Sharqiya took over the bases of Division 20 in al-Bab & Efrîn after clashes between the 2 Turkish-backed factions. Tensions have been brewing between them for months & today's car bomb attack, unlikely to have been deployed by Division 20, is being used as a pretext.

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  25. Jan 16

    Conditions in al-Hawl will likely deteriorate in the coming year due to the Russian veto at the UN on providing cross-border aid to NE Syria. The Kurdish Red Crescent, reliant on cross-border aid, is the major health-care provider at the camp.

    All UN aid to NE Syria has now been cut off via Russian veto. Local officials say this means:…
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  26. Jan 16

    66% of al-Hawl residents are children under the age of 12. Whatever you think of their parents, these children are blameless and should be taken out asap.

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  27. Jan 16

    Shocking, unacceptable statistic: During 2019, 517 humans, 71% of them children, died in al-Hawl camp, housing ISIS-linked families. Malnutrition, lack of heating & proper medical care are the main causes.

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  28. Jan 16

    Ahrar al-Sharqiya arrested Division 20 fighters (both are Turkish-backed Syrian factions), in Efrîn. Ahrar accused the Division 20 of being behind a car bombings today in Suluk, Raqqa, which killed Ahrar & Division 20 fighters & Turkish officers. Tensions in al-Bab & Suluk too.

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    Jan 15

    All UN aid to NE Syria has now been cut off via Russian veto. Local officials say this means: - 60-70% reduction in aid to Hol camp - 50% reduction to areas liberated from ISIS (Raqqa, Deir-ez-Zor) - Severing of aid to Kurdish Red Crescent & IDPs displaced by Turkish invasion

    The lifeline of cross-border UN aid from Iraq into North and East Syria is about to be cut off, with all aid for Syria to be routed through Damascus.…
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  30. Jan 16

    Rumors have been circling about a looming regime offensive on western Aleppo, an area hosting hundreds of thousands of displaced civilians

    Russian warplanes targeted Ainjara and Kafr Naha towns in western countryside while regime artillery hit Khan al-Asal and Kafr Daal, the area was relatively calm for months and host large numbers of IDPs, the airstrikes could prove regime's plan to attack W Aleppo
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    Jan 16

    for the second day protesters gathered in front of the Governor's Office in city demanding better services and living conditions

    locals in Swayda city and Shahba town in Swayda province protesting against the recent increase in food and fuel prices in addition to the absence of services and security in the city under the slogan "we want to live…
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    Jan 15

    Three interlocking shifts in Lebanon: protests turn to rioting for lack of any response in months; the mobilization encompasses activists and the sectarian thugs who would previously beat them up; and the police is now repressing blindly, via sweeping arrests often without basis

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  33. Jan 16

    Quite sympathetic profile of a leader offering a vision of endless repression to the peoples of the Middle East, whom he perceives as intrinsically radical & dangerous

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    Jan 15

    (1/3) Lebanese state marks a new unprecedented wave of police violence, probably due to a political decision to end protests. . More than 100 detainees in the last 2 days. 45 still being held since 48 hours. Most of detainees last night showed signs of bodily injuries and beating

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    Jan 15

    Shia & Sunni against sectarianism. This is what protesters are chanting in Mar Elias area tonight

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  36. Jan 15

    Protest today in Sweidaa, a city nominally under Assad regime control but in reality enjoys a degree of autonomy. They chant "we want to live" and "robbers! thieves!" at government officials. Syrian Pound his all-time low today. $1=SYP 1155

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  37. Jan 15

    2 major far right parties, Jewish Home and the New Right, will be running together in the March elections in Israel to avoid being erased by the electoral threshold. The fascist Jewish Power will run on its own (& is thus unlikely to cross the threshold).

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    Jan 15

    25 different opposition armed groups were responsible for more than 500 against the people in : While the fate of half of them is still unknown. By

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    Jan 15

    Syrians humor always glamour in the darkest days: in Idlib, locals used leaflets dropped by regime helicopters to wrap the Shaibiyat sweets on social media, Syrians saying Dollar became full HD as it reached 1080 SYP made fun of Assad's aid who said economy now better than 2011

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  40. Jan 15

    At least 17 killed in airstrikes by a Su-23 jet (regime & Russia use it) against a popular market & nearby neighborhood in Idlib city. Among those killed in Civil Defense employee Muhammad Shadi al-As'ad

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    Jan 15

    Or more recently, the Yazidis

    Try telling Bosnians or Kosovars that humanitarian intervention is a "contradiction in terms"
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