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Senior Fellow & Director of @MEI_Syria & @MEI_CTE programs at @MiddleEastInst . Sanctioned by Russia, PNG’d by Syria & Iran, & wanted by ISIS & AQ.
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I had to remove & edit a photo in this thread -- but that's broken the chain.
For simplicity's sake, you can now read the whole stream of tweets detailing my trip to NE
#Syria
with
@CENTCOM
here:
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Wow, I’m speechless.
An old lady, with head uncovered, walks through the city of Rasht in northern
#Iran
chanting “death to Khamenei.”
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NEW -
#UK
’s
@BWallaceMP
announces that Star Streak anti-aircraft systems will soon be provided to
#Ukraine
️.
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On Sept 12, 2001 -- 24hrs after 9/11 -- Queen Elizabeth ordered the U.S. national anthem be played at the Changing of the Guard outside Buckingham Palace.
Nothing like that had occurred in 600 years.
🇺🇸🇬🇧
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BREAKING - State Dept dissent memo published, condemning
#Trump
’s
#MuslimBan
as “counterproductive” -
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WHAT.
A Dutch researcher managed to log into
@realDonaldTrump
's Twitter account by guessing his password ("maga2020"), which had no 2-step verification.
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NEW -- S-300 air defense systems have been sent into
#Ukraine
, by U.S. or
#NATO
allies -- per
@RepMcCaul
, the top Republican in the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
(stock image)
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Last week, a boat carrying ~750 desperate refugees sank off the coast of
#Greece
-- only 104 survived.
Today, a search is on for a submersible carrying 5 wealthy individuals in the Atlantic.
Both are tragedies, but one achieved hour-to-hour media coverage.
Guess which...
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This is utterly bizarre.
This clearly shows a basement in a
@WHO
-run hospital was being used as a bomb shelter -- but the presence of toilets, showers, diapers & chairs becomes "evidence" of hostage storage.
The "hostage list" at the end is a calendar w. nothing but days/dates.
Special footage from the Rantisi hospital in Gaza - on the basement floor, a room was found with signs indicating hostages were held there, underground headquarters and a room full of weapons inside the hospital:
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Next month,
#Russia
will be given Presidency of the
@UN
Security Council.
No, it won't be April Fools.
It's like making a burglar a bank manager -- yet another mockery of an outdated & often illogical UN system.
@JeffSonnenfeld
&
@SergiyKyslytsya
:
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Stunning exchange at Senate Intel:
Q: GOP Sen - ‘Why do
#Russia
active measures work?
A:
@selectedwisdom
- “Because
#Trump
embraces them."
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2 Syrian painters displayed their solidarity with
#GeorgeFloyd
in the only - & best - way they know.
A powerful mural on the ruins of a destroyed home in
#Binnish
,
#Idlib
, by art duo Aziz Asmar & Anis Hamdoun.
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"I promise
#Russia
's forces... that I will not spare them & I'll make mountains of Russian tanks & armor, which I will destroy as soon as I enter
#Ukraine
."
@suheilhammoud
, aka "Abu TOW," arguably the world's most experienced ATGM operator:
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The U.S. has given
#Ukraine
7,000 Javelin ATGMs in recent months -- which is 1/3 of the entire American stock & will take 1+yr to replace.
Also 2,000 Stingers -- 1/4 of the U.S. inventory, which'll take 5yrs to replace.
Is this supply sustainable?
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NEW - Barack
#Obama
will address the nation today at 5pm EST, regarding
#GeorgeFloyd
& protests across
#America
.
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With an open invitation to the
@WhiteHouse
, these images of Gen. Mazloum (real name: Sahin Cilo) are a bit problematic.
1. Swimming as a teenager w.
#PKK
founder/leader, Abdullah Ocalan, in
#Latakia
,
#Syria
2. Sat next to
#PKK
leader Duran Kalkan, wanted by
@StateDept
for $3m.
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NEW - U.S. DOD official says "more sophisticated" air defense systems will soon be sent to
#Ukraine
.
A step above shoulder-fired MANPADS.
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Let's be completely honest here -- if an incident like this happened in
#Russia
,
#Syria
,
#Iran
etc., the media coverage would be utterly visceral, instantly alleging "war crimes," a "massacre" and more.
Drone strikes & tank shells were fired on people desperately seeking aid.
At least 100 killed and 700 injured in chaotic incident where IDF opened fire as people waited for food in Gaza, Palestinian officials say
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#Assad
killed 500,000 of his own people & disappeared 130,000 more, dropped 82,000 barrel bombs, conducted 340 chemical attacks & he runs a narco state worth tens of billions of dollars.
So of course, let’s give him a seat at the
#ArabLeague
! That’ll resolve everything.
Arab League set to readmit Syria as relations with Assad normalise
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Genius protest outside
@RussianEmbassy
in
#London
— washable paint “spilled” onto the road, for cars to drive through & create a massive
#Ukraine
flag for all to see.
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WOW -- 6,000 bombs in 6 days, in 365 km2
#Gaza
.
For comparison, the international anti-
#ISIS
coalition dropped an average of ~2,500 bombs **per month, across 46,000 km2 in
#Syria
&
#Iraq
.**
#Gaza
's death toll is now 1,420+, including 447 children & 248 women.
Dozens of fighter jets and helicopters attacked a series of terrorist targets of the Hamas terrorist organization throughout the Gaza Strip.
So far, the IAF has dropped about 6,000 bombs against Hamas targets.
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#Argentina
just elected a new President -- who says he met his 1st dog while he was a gladiator in
#Rome
2,000yrs ago & that he now communicates with his 5 cloned dogs though a mystic.
Oh, and he also wants to legalize the organ trade, amongst lots of perfectly sane ideas.
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In case anyone missed it:
A U.S. fighter jet shot down a Turkish drone over NE
#Syria
earlier today -- I've had that confirmed by a senior U.S. official.
That's a VERY rare NATO-on-NATO clash.
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NEW - reports of a rocket attack & targeting the U.S. consulate in
#Erbil
just now. Large explosions heard.
Several fighter jets now heard in the skies, per locals.
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The rolling eyes & the smirk say it all here -- the moral indifference & cold dismissal of calls to protect human life is nothing short of sickening.
There was a time when being liberal meant something truly good -- but some of the left has gone off the deep end in recent years.
JC:"They're stealing Ukrainian children. 500 just yesterday were shipped to Russia. & this is why we should be supporting them. We cannot allow this kind of evil to go unchecked...Don't you agree with me on that?"
BG: "I'm sorry, I don't. And here's why."
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300 days ago, my friend Elizabeth Tsurkov (
@Elizrael
) was kidnapped by Kataib
#Hezbollah
in
#Baghdad
,
#Iraq
.
Amid the
#MiddleEast
's many spiraling crises, Liz's case must not be forgotten.
She must be released.
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NEW -- the
#Biden
admin is considering designating
#Russia
's Wagner Group as a terrorist organization, per
@DanielPFlatley
&
@StephaniBaker
.
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Two DOD insider sources told me today that the
#Biden
White House has placed (in the words of one) “every possible handcuff” on the DOD’s ability to respond to
#Iran
proxy attacks.
The scale & scope of these attacks are unprecedented — and we’re just taking the hits. Dangerous.
New tonight: An hours-long firefight involving U.S. commercial vessels in the Red Sea this weekend has left some U.S. officials frustrated by what they see as the Biden administration’s deliberate downplaying of a major threat to American forces.
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If
#Russia
had conducted x3 consecutive precision strikes on deconflicted & clearly-marked aid vehicles as they traveled 2.5km along a 'safe route' in
#Ukraine
,
#Syria
or anywhere else, the
#Biden
admin would come down on them like a ton of bricks.
Hypocrisy, at its worst.
#Biden
admin -- no evidence
#Israel
intentionally targeted the
@WCKitchen
vehicles, nor that
#Israel
has violated any humanitarian law since October.
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#Assad
joined the
#ArabLeague
"emergency" meeting on
#Gaza
today, hosted by
#Saudi
.
Little mention of his year-long starvation siege of the Palestinian Yarmouk Camp; the 5,000+ Palestinians killed by regime shelling or the ~4,000 Palestinians still in
#Assad
's torture prisons.
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BREAKING --
#Turkey
has officially blocked [
#Russia
] military ships from accessing/traversing the
#Bosphorus
&
#Dardanelles
.
That's a big deal -- in part for
#Ukraine
, but especially for the crisis in
#Syria
.
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One of
#Russia
's most advanced naval vessels, the Flota Kasatonov -- a Gorshkov-class stealth frigate equipped with Kalibr cruise missiles -- was blocked from crossing the
#Bosphorus
this past weekend, en route to take part in the war on
#Ukraine
.
Per
@FT
.
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“Follow the trail of dead Russians… more dropping dead in last 3months linked to our investigation”
-
@selectedwisdom
today to Senate Intel
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Very bad idea
@elonmusk
--
@Twitter
is an invaluable source of material relevant to war crimes investigations around the world, much of it from accounts dating back to 2010-on.
Simply "purging" such a wealth of evidence would materially weaken the long-term pursuit of justice.
We’re purging accounts that have had no activity at all for several years, so you will probably see follower count drop
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The White Helmets are absolute heroes. Every single one of them.
This extraordinary video played out dozens, hundreds of times throughout NW
#Syria
this week — the
@SyriaCivilDefe
deserve every accolade out there.
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First you destroy the city, “cleansing” it of your opponents — then you take you family to walk amid its rubble.
The cold, evil exemplified in this image from
#Aleppo
is chilling.
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Bravo
@mattczeller
.
- "I feel like I watched a different speech than the rest of you guys. I was appalled" -- on
#Biden
's
#Afghanistan
's speech.
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Some updates:
- Not rockets, but tactical ballistic missiles;
- U.S. injuries confirmed;
- 15+ U.S. Patriot missiles were launched to intercept, but some missiles still got through -- meaning attack was BIG;
-
#Iran
-directed "Islamic Resistance in
#Iraq
" claimed responsibility.
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NEW - massive explosions being reported in
#Ukraine
’s capital
#Kyiv
, as well as
#Kramatorsk
&
#Odessa
.
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BREAKING --
@NBCNews
&
@DecisionDeskHQ
have both declared
@JoeBiden
President Elect!!
273 electoral college votes.
WE DID IT!!
Let's do this
#America
!
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The mass grave toll at Nasser Hospital is now 310 -- some with hands & feet tied up, showing signs of field execution.
#Israel
left the hospital 2 weeks ago & a further 400 people who'd been there are still missing.
Over the past 48hrs news has clarified around the discovery of mass graves, containing 210+ bodies -- many women & children -- outside Nasser Hospital in
#KhanYounis
in
#Gaza
.
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WOW -
#Iran
’s infamous Evin Prison is burning tonight, amid an alleged riot inside.
This 6 seconds tells a powerful story.
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Let that sink in:
U.S citizens killed in war since *1775* = 1.2 million
U.S citizens killed domestically by guns from *1963* = 1.6 million
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Make no mistake — this isn’t going to irreversibly defeat
#Hamas
. What we’re watching play out now are the ingredients for
#Hamas
2.0 & a new, coming wave of terrorism in the
#MiddleEast
& likely further afield.
Oct 7 & since = a generational trigger.
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Very concerning chatter about an escalating crisis between
#Iran
&
#Pakistan
tonight, as:
- Both militaries mobilize on the border
- Pakistani fighter jets buzz the Iranian border
- Hurried Chinese mediation breaks down.
All since
#Iran
’s Jan 16 missile attack on
#Balochistan
.
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A shame Sarandon wasn't given the same treatment years ago when she claimed chemical weapons attacks in
#Syria
had been faked & presented
#Assad
as the victim of Western regime change policies, rather than the 21st Century's most notorious war criminal.
Susan Sarandon has been dropped by her talent agency UTA after being vocal about the ongoing genocide happening in Palestine at a pro-Palestinian rally.
(Source: Deadline)
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#Putin
’s police arrested a 76yr old woman today in
#StPetersburg
- for protesting against the invasion of
#Ukraine
.
How brave & patriotic of them!
Yelena Osipova survived the Siege of Leningrad from 1941-44.
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This is desperate behavior — and abhorrent rhetoric.
In a bid to win extreme nationalist votes,
@kilicdarogluk
says “10 million refugees” need to be urgently expelled from
#Turkey
in order to save the country
#Syria
refugees (3.5m, not 10m) just can’t catch a break.
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#Russia
“decimated” & “smashed to smithereens” the village of Yakivlivka overnight — “for no obvious reason,” per
@danriversitv
:
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NEW -- a
#Romania
Mig-21 has vanished from radar off the coast of the Black Sea.
A Puma rescue helicopter sent on a search mission has since vanished too.
A 2nd rescue missile is underway.
The cause of their disappearance (or crash) is unknown.
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Attention
@TulsiGabbard
:
23,863 children have been killed in
#Syria
.
90.81% of them killed by
#Assad
&
#Russia
.
Get your priorities right
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Northwestern
#Syria
—
#Idlib
&
#Aleppo
in particular — have suffered 12yrs of brutal conflict. More than 65% of the basic infrastructure of the area is destroyed or heavily damaged.
Tonight’s earthquake couldn’t have hit a more vulnerable region.
An absolute disaster.
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This *simple* chart shows all states of hostility currently being played out on
#Syria
’s territory
#IntractableWar
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In addition to USS Donald Cook, the U.S has now dispatched USN Carrier Strike Group 8 to the Mediterranean/
#Syria
:
- USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier
- Carrier Air Wing VII
- USS Hué City missile cruiser
- x6 Arleigh Burke-class Destroyers
- x1 Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
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At my count, the
#Taliban
have captured 30+ districts across
#Afghanistan
in 48hrs -- 100s of
#ANA
forces have surrendered & handed over bases, arms depots, weapons & vehicles.
The pace of the
#Taliban
's advance since the U.S. withdrawal announcement is shocking.
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NEW --
#Biden
says U.S. will provide
#Ukraine
with:
- 800 short & long-range anti-aircraft systems
- 9,000 anti-tank systems
- 7,000 small-arms
- 20 million rounds of ammunition
- "Drones"
Unclear what the latter refers to -- reports implied a possible Switchblade supply.
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@selectedwisdom
at Senate Intel:
- ‘
#Russia
bots push conspiracy theories when
#Trump
is clearly online, tagging him & hoping for traction'
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#Ukraine
MP & political party leader. This is what it's come to.
Bravery personified.
I learn to use
#Kalashnikov
and prepare to bear arms. It sounds surreal as just a few days ago it would never come to my mind. Our
#women
will protect our soil the same way as our
#men
. Go
#Ukraine
! 🇺🇦
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"Safe corridors" & "ceasefires."
#Russia
'agreed' to plenty of these in
#Syria
-- & abided by few, if any.
On occasion,
#Russia
bombed the aid passing through the "safe corridors" & covered for
#Assad
regime attacks amid the "ceasefires." Watch where the corridors pass, too.
BREAKING: Ukraine says it has reached a tentative agreement with Russia to organize safe corridors for civilians to evacuate and for humanitarian supplies to be delivered. Under the agreement, cease-fires would be observed where safe corridors are created.
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