Senior Fellow @WashInstitute | Visiting Scholar @BrandeisU | Founder @Jihadology_Net | Book “Your Sons Are At Your Service: Tunisia’s Missionaries of Jihad”👇🏼
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Today is the day! I’ve been waiting for this day for sooo long. My book is finally out! 🎉
Buy it here: amzn.to/2uAZbqL
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This morning, Jordan was finally able to determine the Karak church attackers location, and special forces stormed their hideout at dawn, three days after the attack took place.
Three perpetrators are wounded. For now no further info on exact affiliations.
newarab.com/news/jordan-arre…
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Good news!!! #Serbia’s strongman leader #Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift.
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#Syrie il y a des rencontres qui sont lourdes de sens, ici entre deux compagnons de route de la première heure avant et pendant la révolution syrienne, aujourd’hui conseiller aux affaires des clans @zakorahmed0 & ministre de la justice @DrMazharAlwais, avec le chef de la sécurité d’Aïn al-Arab, Majeddine al-Cheikh
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The Russian propaganda operation begins, with American collusion
Exclusive Senior Adviser to First Lady Melania Trump Marc Beckman claims Russian kids are being kidnapped too #BothSides
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
There is no evidence that Ukraine has kidnapped Russian children.UN investigation concluded that Russia’s deportation, transfer and disappearance of Ukrainian children constitute war crimes
UN report: ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
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Well said. Christians are not immigrants in the region; they are indigenous and owe their existence to no one.
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We are in unprecedented territory here. Algeria’s deployment is not likely to *just* focus on oil facilities, though. So keep that in mind.
#عاجل | مراسل الجزيرة:
- مجلس الأمة الجزائري يصوت بالإجماع على قرار إرسال وحدات من الجيش إلى النيجر
- وحدات الجيش الجزائري المقرر إرسالها إلى النيجر ستعمل على حماية منشآت نفطية فيها
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Today, Algerian parliament voted in favor of deploying Algerian military to Niger, allegedly to defend oil facilities some of which are jointly operated by Algerian state companies. Again, unprecented, even if scope is limited,we will see where exactly they will station.
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ثمة عاصفة إقليمية تتشكّل ملامحها، وتنذر بصدمات وتحديات كبيرة، ونحن في سورية لسنا بمنأى عن تداعياتها. لذا، لا بد من الاستعداد المبكر، ولا سيما عبر تهيئة الرأي العام وتوعيته بالمخاطر المحتملة.
في المرة السابقة، لم تقم الدولة بما ينبغي، وتُرك الناس لمواجهة التداعيات بمفردهم. أما اليوم، فعلينا ألّا نكرّر الأخطاء ذاتها، وأن نستعد إعلامياً واقتصادياً بما يتوافر من أدوات وإمكانات.
والمطلوب ليس تخويف الناس، بل مصارحتهم وتعزيز ثقتهم بقدرة الدولة على إدارة الأزمات، حتى لا يتحوّل القلق الشعبي نفسه إلى أزمة إضافية تزيد من وطأة الصدمات المقبلة.
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📌 Energy Ministry sources told Levant24 that the Syrian Petroleum Company has abolished its Executive Support, Transport, and Tracking Department, transferring its employees, including department head Majed Al-Hadid, to the ministry’s payroll as part of an administrative restructuring.
📌 The restructuring comes amid scrutiny of oil contracts under former CEO Yusuf Qiblawi, following the online circulation of claims involving $110 million in potential losses. The company says the figure is an initial estimate tied to ongoing investigations, not confirmed embezzlement.
📌 The sources added that the restructuring transfers transport and fleet-tracking oversight to the ministry, potentially strengthening monitoring of fuel shipments and reducing risks of smuggling and cargo diversion.
📌 It also establishes a new Shared Services Department incorporating Technical Services and Machinery.
📌 No official statement has linked the restructuring directly to the ongoing contract investigations.
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I couldn't agree more. Israel's Syria policy is a strategic failure.
The expression I love to use describing this government policy is "when you only have a hammer, everything looks like a nail".
Netanyahu thinks that for every problem the solution is military force, where in this specific situation, diplomacy could have achieved so much more.
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Translation and overview of recent Islamic State reporting on insurgent activity in Iraq post-U.S. withdrawal, which is currently at an elevated rate though still very low in the overall picture. Still, the trend is worth monitoring aymennaltamimi.com/p/islamic…
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NEW: That Starshield that the Musk and the Trump administration throttled for Ukraine? It was paid for by the German government, with some help from other European countries—not the U.S.
My latest.
puck.news/who-really-pays-fo…
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The fact that no one on the American side wanted to claim "credit" for turning it off meant it was always going to be restored. But the damage done is unforgivable and I hope this doesn't mean the end of formal inquiries into what happened.
Monitoring systems of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence have officially confirmed the restoration of Starlink/Starshield operational speeds, with connectivity remaining stable at speeds exceeding 400 kph.
We are grateful to everyone who helped restore the service and for your important contribution to saving Ukrainian lives.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence will continue monitoring performance, as reliable Starlink/Starshield connectivity plays a critical role in intercepting Russian drones and protecting Ukrainian lives.
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Gambling has seeped so deeply into every fiber our society that people genuinely consider Polymarket and Kalshi to be media outlets. We've got to do something about it before it's too late
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Both my parents went to Laique, so we grew up hearing about its storied history and the type of thought and diversity the school’s attendees represented.
After Assad’s fall, that was something we wished we would see revived and strengthened — not suppressed.
A century ago, a French school in Damascus bet on nonconfessional, coeducational, bilingual learning. Its recent decision to separate boys and girls has Syrians asking what that wager still means.
By historian @smoubayed in @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/essays/a-cha…
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Don't understand the Israeli government's policy towards Syria since December 2024. Seemed incredibly clumsy and counterproductive.
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I said it in December 2024, Israelis were going to miss a once in two-generation opportunity and create a self-fulfilling prophecy. And now here we are. Never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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مراسل درعا 24: قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي تستأنف عمليات التجريف في حرش الشحار، الواقع جنوب غربي بلدة جباتا الخشب في ريف القنيطرة الشمالي، والمحاذي للخط الفاصل مع الجولان المحتل.
وليست هذه المرة الأولى التي تستهدف فيها قوات الاحتلال الحرش، إذ سبق أن نفذت عمليات تجريف في المنطقة ذاتها، كان آخرها في 18 آب الماضي، فيما تُقدَّر مساحة الحرش بنحو 500 دونم.
#القنيطرة #جباتا_الخشب #حرش_الشحار #تجريف #درعا24
I said it in December 2024, Israelis were going to miss a once in two-generation opportunity and create a self-fulfilling prophecy. And now here we are. Never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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Witkoff and Kushner want to “expand the problem” beyond Ukraine to encompass European security architecture (a core demand of Putin) while Rubio tries to shrink it to not even Ukraine but a piece of Ukrainian territory.
