Dareen Khalifa
@dkhalifa
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An Arab mom and a Senior Advisor, International Crisis Group. Associate Fellow, the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, Kings College, London.
Joined May 2009
Upcoming Webinar 📢 As Syria opens a new political chapter through elections, reconciliation efforts, and renewed international engagement, its path toward reconstruction and integration continues to take shape. Join @dkhalifa @hxhassan @OmerOzkizilcik @KilicKanat for a timely
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It was a real pleasure meeting with H.E. El Khureiji and Dr.Rayed alongside @CrisisGroup Vice President @atwoodr and Crisis Group Gulf Director @YasFarouk in Riyadh.
#Riyadh | Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. @W_Elkhereiji received Mr. Richard Atwood, Executive Vice President of the International Crisis Group.
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The mediators announce that tonight an agreement was reached on all the provisions and implementation mechanisms of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which will lead to ending the war, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and the entry of aid.
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I truly hope the ceasefire holds and more substantive talks resume. My main concern is that both parties have historically not been disciplined enough in reining in groups operating under their banners. These clashes could very quickly escalate into something that would be hard
President Ahmad al-Sharaa met in Damascus with US Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack and US Central Command Chief Admiral Brad Cooper, in the presence of Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, Minister of Defense Murhaf Abu Qasra, and other senior officials. Talks focused on the
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I’m glad Van Jones apologized for his sick joking about dead kids in Gaza. But the problem goes deeper: he spread Netanyahu propaganda that the mass killings of civilians in Gaza—including 20K+ kids—is Iranian fake news. It’s not the students and young people who are fooled.
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One of the many cases in which Trump has been able to use US leverage in ways his predecessors were never able to.
Finally, blessedly, free after 903 days in captivity. Thank you President @realDonaldTrump, for the decisive action that brought me home without anything given in return to the kidnappers, Kataeb Hezbollah. I am deeply grateful to Special Envoy for Hostage Response @aboehler,
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Woho! She’s back ❤️ الف حمدالله على السلامة
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An excellent breakdown by @sewella "How Syria's first elections since autocrat Assad's ouster are expected to unfold"
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Syria is holding parliamentary elections for the first time since its autocratic former president, Bashar Assad, was unseated in December.
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But do Israel and AIPAC agree? I do not think Israel will win this battle in the long run because I am not sure they know what they want or how to get there. Their toolbox is broad, ranging from lobbying sanctions to land grabs to military strikes, but the goals and how to get
17 Members of Congress, Democrats and Republicans, have already joined @RepJoeWilson's bill to fully repeal the Caesar sanctions on Syria. Senator @LindseyGrahamSC is pushing amendments to tighten Caesar sanctions on Syria. The Senate must reject these efforts and support the
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NEW VIDEO | Mapping Conflict: Russia’s Growing Influence in Africa In this new episode in our “Mapping Conflict” series, Pauline Bax unpacks how Moscow is using military assistance and manipulating social media to ramp up its influence in Africa. https://t.co/RgLuowjfxN
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Brilliant! We are also very happy that Trump "ended the war between Egypt and Ethiopia. "
Albanian PM Rama to Macron: You should congratulate Ilham Aliyev and me. Trump has ended the conflict between us.
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The US -- accounting for the actual power dynamics-- is exercising the kind of leverage the Biden admin claimed they've never had. "Trump told Bibi in no uncertain terms: 'Take it or leave it. And leave it means we walk away from you" ...""Netanyahu knew what he had to do...
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Behind the scenes of how Trump's plan came together over three chaotic weeks.
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We might never know why Trump is so adamant that Erdogan “took over Syria” or what he means by“he’s been trying to do it for 2000 years” but two things are clear; he might never think otherwise, and this belief seems to hold little significance for either of them. Let’s just hope
Trump to Erdogan: He took over Syria. Nobody knows he took over Syria. It was him. I said congratulations. He didn’t want to talk about it. They’ve been trying to do it for 2,000 years.
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As President Al Sharaa said to us last week “ It might not be logical but nothing about our story is…” More surreal turns from Syria..
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Thankfully diplomacy and the voice of reason did.
Guess who won
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واجب التصحيح ان الرئيس الشرع لم يلمح باحتمالية عملية عسكرية تركية وشيكة. هو تحدث عن الهواجس التركية واكيد نحن نعلم ان الخيار العسكرى بالنسبة لأنقرة وارد ولكنه لم يقل انه وشيك ولم يهدد به بل كان ايجابى وقال "ان حقوق الأكراد غير قابلة لمساومات" و اكد الاتزام الدولة باتفاقية ١٠
🔹إذا واصلت "قسد" المماطلة في ملف اندماجها ضمن الدولة السورية، فقد تكون عملية تركية ضدها وشيكة إذا لم يُنفّذ الاتفاق بحلول ديسمبر، بحسب ما لمّح إليه الرئيس أحمد الشرع خلال لقائه مجموعة من الصحفيين والباحثين. - الشرع أقنع تركيا بعدم شنّ عملية عسكرية ضد "قسد" مباشرةً بعد سقوط
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Numerous important insights emerged from our discussion with President Sharaa regarding his vision for the transition; however, his measured optimism concerning a forthcoming security or de-escalation agreement with Israel represents a significant change. It appears that there
In a meeting in Damascus Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa says we can’t rule out possibility of reaching a de-escalation agreement with Israel in coming weeks. Plenty of potential obstacles, but also progress. Damascus is serious about this.
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