Olivier Guitta

@OlivierGuitta

Ranked in the Top 250 of Experts,Top 500 . Managing Director of GlobalStrat, a &GeoPolitical Risk firm for governments &corporations

London
Joined August 2013

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    I was on last night to talk about the potential western strikes on the regime that took place today.

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  2. Why the wants to withdraw : "We're spending 100's M$ on a force that has not been able to turn the tide. It's not even a case of whack a mole. For all that we're spending, we're not getting much out of it," said a senior official.

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  3. resists international pressure to halt fighter flow to . said military personnel are being sent to Libya to train local fighters to support .

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  4. A 32 year-old jihadist, an asylum seeker from , was sentenced in to five years and four months in prison for planning a serious terror attack on a shopping center, involving explosives.

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    A story missed in all the chaos in : -backed militiamen kidnapped two journalists working for the on Tuesday. They were released Thursday morning, likely because they were not Americans as the attackers initially thought.

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  6. The leader of the cell is an jihadist that was granted asylum in in 2015 and was on the main terror watchlist. They were planning to target in the military arsenal along with the Chinese New Year festivities.

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  7. A possible kidnapping: Four members of a Christian NGO, three French nationals and one -i, have been missing in since Monday. Recently French nationals were kidnapped in Iraq but were quickly freed.

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    The most senior Muslim delegation to visit any Nazi death camp held prayers alongside Jewish leaders

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    's Ministry of Defense received its first batch of French fast interceptor vessels in the Eastern Province. —

  11. A radical from linked to has been sentenced to only five years in jail for terrorism. Not only did he boast about carrying out assassinations and kidnappings but he was also planning another assassination.

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  12. is discussing the possible repatriation of 660 citizens with alleged links to terrorism — foreign fighters and dozens of their family members — who have been detained abroad, with the majority in and .

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  13. Another good piece on 's growing influence in .

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    The Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó spent most of his time at Davos answering questions about why he had not succeeded in toppling the country's repressive president Nicolás Maduro

  15. If you want to know what's wrong with politicians in , just watch the ex-FM Gebran Bassil mumbling explanations about his trip to , first saying he paid out of his pocket then acknowledging he was "invited".

  16. to arm civilians to help ‘understaffed’ military fight extremist groups. Deaths from attacks have risen dramatically in the last few years, from about 80 in 2016 to more than 1,800 in 2019. , the and are helping BF with CT.

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  17. has asked the to remove from its list of terror organisations. It won't happen overnight; Sudan will have to go through the hurdles and prove its good faith that it has changed its stripes for good.

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    I was interviewed by on : I don't agree with the contention with Marshall is to be blamed for everything and is all innocent.

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  19. In a CT operation in , , security services arrested a 48-year-old jihadist that wasn't only on the terror watchlist but was also just out of jail. They found explosives in his home. Yet again, a case of a released radical that remains a major danger for society!

  20. At least six -an soldiers have been killed in a jihadist attack near the border with .

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    Christian pastor is beheaded by Islamists in Nigeria days after begging for his life in a Boko Haram video

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    Turkey asks Greece to demilitarize 16 Aegean islands near Turkey it claims were illegally armed, a move that may exacerbate strains in the countries’ relations

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    8- If a ceasefire is enforced and the or sends troops to observe that it is respected, it is likely they will become targets, something I am not sure can muster... 9- Back to the Drawing Board and getting ready for a future meaningless conference on .

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    6- 's very aggressive recent involvement with sending -n mercenaries, Turkish military advisors, Turkish radars to , is not going to stop overnight because of the . 7- None of the two sides & their patrons have intention to stop fighting.

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    5- Likelihood of foreign powers respecting the declaration of an embargo on weapons is close to 0 from both sides actually. They have openly circumvented resolutions: receiving weapons from & from , , .

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    3- Like in , the two -n parties the & the did NOT meet in . Last time they met in an international-sponsored conference was in under the leadership of President . 4- Telling that the photo-op did not include any Libyans

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    My Two cents on on : 1- Interesting that a major player, , was not invited, while it was instrumental in the accords of . 2- Invited though: , and , countries favourable to the .

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  28. To know more about the nefarious role of in , please read my article here.

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  29. It seems that and its associates along with supporters and are getting a free pass in the media while the - backed has boosted about receiving weapons from against the resolutions.

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    Foreign ministers of states neighbouring are to meet Thursday in as part of international efforts to reach a political settlement to the country's conflict

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    Upon returning from , I just wrote a piece for on 's major opportunity in : a topic for now ignored in all the noise about the of and the of Marshall Haftar fighting.

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  32. Another jihadist attack in has caused the death of 36 civilian victims in two villages.

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  33. A --n woman jailed in has said she rejected an offer from to become a spy. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a lecturer at Melbourne University, has been in jail since September 2018, serving 10 years for espionage.

  34. : 16 people working for the intelligence services have been fired for radicalisation since 2014. Incredible or not really. Islamists will try to penetrate the various government services.

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  35. : Though the messenger, the MEE, is basically - that supports the and its component- it is still a logical assessment that is unhappy with Marshall and would envision a change of leadership.

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  36. Kudos to these countries in Latin America to designate terror proxy as a terrorist entity. to follow suit with the designation of the political wing? Not holding my breath sadly.