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As the world swallows news of an upcoming US withdrawal from #Afghanistan, one thing is certain: - The #Taliban will celebrate this moment in the same way (if not more

NEW - The 1st #Syria casualty in #Azerbaijan has been confirmed by @HousseinAk:- A former Thuwar al-Sham (#FSA) fighters previously forced from his home by #HTS. He was recruited (by

The debate over #Syria sanctions has devolved into an infantile game.Critics are right to raise humanitarian concerns (I do too, fwiw), but to imply that sanctions are the catalyst for

The intra-jihadi dynamic in #Idlib is rapidly intensifying, as #HTS is seeking to re-assert itself vis-a-vis (1) the opposition, (2) local civil society, (3) #Turkey & (4) increasingly exasperated #AlQaeda-leaning

NEW - #HTS has arrested its former senior commander Jamal Hassan Zayniya (aka Abu Malik al-Talli) - weeks after his defection & days after his faction Liwa al-Muqatileen al-Ansar helped

[email protected] wants "increased engagement" w. "societal" actors in #Assad territory "to empower Syrians to counter the worst effects of Assad’s rule."Who are they kidding?+ Using #COVID19 as cover is disingenuous;