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Thoughts On Southern Syria
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi The remaining rebel-held areas of Deraa and Quneitra are currently witnessing the beginning of a military campaign by the Syrian government to retake those areas, with heavy...
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America’s Failure – and Russia and Iran’s Success – in Syria’s Cataclysmic...
America’s Failure — and Russia and Iran’s Success — in Syria’s Cataclysmic Civil War By Joshua Landis interviewed by John Judis for TPM, where this was published on January 10, 2017 By JOHN JUDIS –...
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Quwat Dir’ Al-Qalamoun: Shifting Militia Links
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Emblem of Quwat Dir’ al-Qalamoun. The emblem includes a Qur’an quotation: “If God supports you, no one can overcome you” [3:160]. That many armed groups have shifted their...
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Liwa Al-Jabal: A New Loyalist Militia Unity Initiative In Suwayda’
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Emblem of Liwa al-Jabal. Unity initiatives of various kinds among armed groups are foremost associated with the rebels in Syria. Despite some attempts to argue to the...
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The rise and fall of a CIA-backed rebel commander in Syria – by @ErikaSolomon
This is a wonderful and important article by Erika Solomon. @ErikaSolomon for the Financial Times. I have cut out sections, marked with a “….” The rise and fall of a CIA-backed rebel commander in...
View ArticleA Response to Roy Gutman’s “Have the Syrian Kurds Committed War Crimes?”
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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Yes, Syrian Kurds Have Committed War Crimes – Roy Gutman Responds to Aymenn...
Roy Gutman Responds to Aymenn al-Tamimi on “Have the Syrian Kurds Committed War Crimes?” By Roy Gutman – @Roy_Gutman For Syria Comment – February 12, 2017 Any journalist covering a controversial topic...
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Why the U.S. Should Team Up with the Kurds & Not Turkey to Take Raqqa and...
Why the U.S. Should Team Up with the Kurds & Not Turkey to Take Raqqa and Destroy the Islamic State By Joshua Landis For Syria Comment – March 18, 2017 The problem with letting the Turks take Raqqa...
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Revenge 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...
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Trump’s Iran Policy is More about Rollback Than Nukes; It Will Cause More...
Trump’s Iran Policy is More about Rollback Than Nukes; It Will Cause More Failed States by Joshua Landis Syria Comment – Oct 14, 2017 The renewed US offensive against Iran is not so much about its...
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