#Syrian

Michael Press

MichaelDPress

University of Helsinki's ‘Changes in Sacred Texts and Traditions’ celebrates a new book publishing al-Yahudu tablets -- ignoring that they were likely looted & smuggled out of wartime Iraq (in

Caleb Weiss

Weissenberg7

Latest @LongWarJournal: The veteran jihadist group, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, dissolved itself in Syria. While it once had branches throughout the Middle East, those have long been inactive and it

Ephemeral Elegance

drapedinhistory

THREAD 1/: Extraordinary image via @DrexelUniv of Dr. Anandabai Joshee of India, Dr. Kei Okami of Japan, and Dr. Tabat M. Islambooly of Syria, classmates at the Woman’s Medical College

UNHCR United Kingdom

UNHCRUK

Why are increasing numbers of asylum-seekers crossing the channel?Asylum-seekers are more likely to resort to desperate measures to reach the UK when the legal routes to protection – such as

Zahra Hankir

ZahraHankir

THREAD. Some of you have been asking how you can help people in #Lebanon during this brutal economic crisis.I've put together a thread of resources and organisations to donate

Joshua Landis

joshua_landis

1. Are the U.S. and France headed for conflict over policy in the Mediterranean & Middle East?Read the thread: https://twitter.com/joshua_landis/status/1293741681473454080 2. France has historically claimed primacy in the Mediteranean r

ambree 🕷

brincessbreee

here is some information of what’s going on in lebanon right now i think everyone should take some time to educate themselves https://lebanonscrisis.carrd.co/ https://helplebanon.carrd.co/ http://lebanoncrisis.carrd.co h

Elizabeth Tsurkov

Elizrael

Interesting article by former senior Russian diplomat, Alexander Aksienionok, who served in Syria under Hafez’ regime, criticizing both the Syrian leadership, painting the regime as economically fragile & having a

Faytuks News Δ

Faytuks

BREAKING - There are reports of serious clashes between Azerbaijan & Armenia. Multiple casualties, including civilian. The Armenian ministry of defense says that they have shot down two helicopters and

Christiaan Triebert

trbrtc

There are at least two F-16s at Ganja International Airport in Azerbaijan, our analysis of an Oct. 3 @planetlabs satellite image shows. The fighter jets are likely operated by the

Matina Stevis-Gridneff

MatinaStevis

#Moria was not meant to be a decent temporary home, and it really wasn’t. No one will miss it. I walked through burned rats in the rancid pile of mess

Panther 62, CBRN OC/T, NTC

andrewhuntsman1

The Combined Arms Breach. Probably one of the busiest days for our Sidewinder team. The engineer effort during breach operations is rightly the primary maneuver support effort, but what is

Omer Sayadi

MENAsymbolism

Thanks to a question @salhbdwi asked me some time ago on the notable similarities of the #Qajar flag and the flag of #Kurdistan, we're going to take a look at

Aya F Chamseddine

AyaFatimaC

Here's a thread from my first real job experience. A little story about how #Hezbollah abused NGO aid, & about how NGOs generally suck. I made sure I wasn't breaching

The Catholic Linguist

Vlinguist

You’ll see it in the headlines from time to time. It’s usually some variant of “which language did #Jesus speak?” or “is ISIS exterminating the language of Jesus?”. Scholars –

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

THREADThis will be a long one, so come back later.I'll talk about Syria.  I’ve already written about Libya.Obama did enough REAL things; this is fantasy. All that matters is that @realDonaldTrump has