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View ArticleMahdi al-Harati: a Libyan Force Multiplier
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View ArticleReconciliations: The Case of al-Sanamayn in North Deraa
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View ArticleParadise Lost: The Rise and Fall of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by Tam Hussein
By @tamhussein I entered Najiyeh, a small town of no consequence, without their permission. The town claimed to be an ISIS principality. The claim seemed ridiculous but as we drove in to the town it...
View ArticleRevenge Being Meted Out on ISIS linked Sunni Tribes of Iraq – FrontLine “Iraq...
This Front Line documentary — “Iraq Uncovered‘ — on Iraqi Sunni tribes & the revenge that is being meted out on them by Shia militias that follow behind US and Iraqi regular military is a...
View ArticleWhy the U.S. Should Team Up with the Kurds & Not Turkey to Take Raqqa and...
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View ArticleEastern Ghouta x 20, by Aron Lund
After several days of calm, the battle in Eastern Ghouta enclave seems to have picked up again as President Bashar al-Assad’s government launched a new round of air strikes on Douma, the only city...
View ArticleReply to Steven Heydemann’s “Assessing Nikolas Van Dam on Syria’s Fate” – By...
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View ArticleTrump’s Iran Policy is More about Rollback Than Nukes; It Will Cause More...
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View ArticleMahdi al-Harati: a Libyan Force Multiplier
By @tamhussein Mahdi al-Harati Sitting across Mahdi al-Harati in the hotel lobby it is difficult to see why anyone would want this quiet Libyan dead. His insulin rests on the low table alongside his...
View ArticleReconciliations: The Case of al-Sanamayn in North Deraa
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Photo from al-Sanamayn, April 2017. It is often thought that the regime has a grand strategy for suppressing the rebellion in the western half of the country that constitutes...
View ArticleParadise Lost: The Rise and Fall of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by Tam Hussein
By @tamhussein I entered Najiyeh, a small town of no consequence, without their permission. The town claimed to be an ISIS principality. The claim seemed ridiculous but as we drove in to the town it...
View ArticleRevenge Being Meted Out on ISIS linked Sunni Tribes of Iraq – FrontLine “Iraq...
This Front Line documentary — “Iraq Uncovered‘ — on Iraqi Sunni tribes & the revenge that is being meted out on them by Shia militias that follow behind US and Iraqi regular military is a...
View ArticleWhy the U.S. Should Team Up with the Kurds & Not Turkey to Take Raqqa and...
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View ArticleYes, Syrian Kurds Have Committed War Crimes – Roy Gutman Responds to Aymenn...
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By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi A recent article in The Nation by Roy Gutman has generated considerable controversy, as the article attempts to highlight what it portrays as the more unsavoury and neglected...
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