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Tulsi Gabbard, Myths and Reality, a ThreadDuring the 2020 primary, countless claims were made against Tulsi, with precious little foundation.This has been bothering me. So I decided to look at
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Maajid أبو عمّار
MaajidNawaz
This is immensely significant. A HUGE victory for diplomacy and peace. CONGRATULATIONS Israel & UAE!https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53770859Next up, as I argued in 2017 (https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/maajid-op/ ) for @
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أنس الحوراني / Anas Al Horani
alhorani_t
If you're Palestinian, then your issue with Israel is an existential one, and I understand why you'd devote your life to dismantling it. A comparison is faulty, but almost the
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Joshua Landis
joshua_landis
Top Biden advisor says Democrats will continue Trump's policy in Syria.Tony Blinken says Biden would: - Keep US troops in Syria- Deny Assad oil- Keep Idlib for rebels - Refuse
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Joseph Bahout باحوط
jobahout
The rising figure to follow in #Lebanon?Intel “czar”, Gen. #Abbas_Ibrahim, reputedly close to #Hezbollah, was in the #US on a 4-day visit; he met officials from the @WhiteHouse , @StateDept,
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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
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﮼ناردونه
punicagratanum
Shakira as different dictators, a thread:(Saddam Hussein) (Vladimir Putin) (Joseph Stalin) (Adolf Hitler) (Kim Jong Un) (Ali Khamenei) (Bashar Al Assad) (Muammar Al Gaddafi) (Salva Kiir Mayardit) inspired by: quarantine.thank
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Sarah E. Parkinson
se_parkinson
Some of the underlying dynamics that McGurk refs in this thread re: Trump have a name in comparative politics, specifically the study of authoritarian politics: acting “as if.” @UChicagoPoliSci's Lisa
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Heshmat Alavi
HeshmatAlavi
#BREAKINGTHREAD1)U.S. imposes new crippling sanctions on #Iran’s financial sector, targeting the regime’s support of terrorism & other malign activities.Note: humanitarian transactions will continue. https://twitter.com/USTreasury/s
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Elizabeth Tsurkov
Elizrael
The aftermath of the Ghouta CW massacre is highly instructive. The attack was the most clear violation of Obama's "red line" on the use of chemical weapons in Syria &
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Conspiracy Watch
conspiration
Convaincu d’escroquerie, de tentative d’escroquerie et d’abus de bien sociaux dans l'affaire des kits de campagne du Front national (#FN), Frédéric #Chatillon a été condamné avant-hier à 30 mois de
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Heshmat Alavi
HeshmatAlavi
What I remember about President Obama:- Turning his back on #Iran's 2009 uprising- Allowing Assad gas innocent civilians in #Syria- Selling off America's Middle East allies- Bending over backwards to
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Dr. Zaher Sahloul
sahloul
No shortage of “theory” is invoked to justify and legitimize torture. Everything can be employed in the service of the racist scriptures: modernity; secularism; the War on Terror; even anti-imperialismhttps://www.aljumhuriya.net/en/cont
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Nizar Faysal Mohamad نزار فيصل
NizarMohamad1
Since 2011, I've noticed two main trends in my conversations with #Syria's Alawis:1) Levels of frustration/resentment among loyalists have grown exponentially2) Past dissidents, including those who served long, torturous sentences
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David Graeber
davidgraeber
Required reading for everyone who feels that "anti-imperialist principles" or realpolitik oblige them to support the Assad regime. You're just validating systematic industrial-scale rape, torture, and murder as a means
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Lloyd 🇬🇧🏴🇺🇦
Lloyd_cymru
Turkey isn't exerting a stealthy operation. For years Ankara offered various solutions to end mass flow of refugees. 1st offer to enforce no fly zone in Northern Syria was rejected
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