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Washington Post Beirut bureau chief covering Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and beyond. RT=Gosh, hmm or huh. Favorites are my filing cabinet.

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  1. 8 hours ago

    Russia: the US colludes with ISIS & has no right to be in Syria. Iran, Syria & Russia all don't want the US in Syria

    10 replies 40 retweets 23 likes
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    Jun 9

    U.S.-led forces appear to be using white phosphorus in populated areas in Iraq and Syria

    6 replies 59 retweets 27 likes
  3. 16 hours ago

    Syria & Hezbollah have blocked US troops from further advances in southeast Syria. What does the US do now?

    34 replies 67 retweets 43 likes
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    Jun 9

    When strikes the family of a terrorism .

    6 replies 70 retweets 61 likes
  5. Retweeted
    Jun 8

    Irony of all the Remainers going Labour is that Corbyn bloody hates the EU. In fact, without his foot-dragging Remain would have won

    40 replies 320 retweets 469 likes
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    Jun 8

    I think Theresa May has won own goal of the season.

    1,188 replies 31,581 retweets 70,271 likes
  7. Jun 8

    Saudi has played Trump so brilliantly. And Trump thinks his trip went well. Insights from the great

    15 replies 118 retweets 132 likes
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    Jun 7

    The broader context behind why U.S. airstrikes have hit Assad's Iranian allies in Syria twice recently.

    The US & Iran scramble to control the desert spanning Syria & Iraq. Great account by &
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    Jun 7

    Turkey's parliament has approved a resolution to deploy troops to Qatar

    5 replies 63 retweets 30 likes
  10. Jun 7

    The US & Iran scramble to control the desert spanning Syria & Iraq. Great account by &

    4 replies 27 retweets 26 likes
  11. Jun 7

    Read this thread for an alternative perspective on the spat going on in the Gulf, and the Saudi etc vs Qatar dispute

    What is happening in the has nothing to do with anti-terrorism, its about complete control and -led hegemony
    10 retweets 7 likes
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    Jun 5

    Photos of long lines, empty shelves at Carrefour grocery stores in following crisis. Qatar gets 40% of food supply by road via Saudi

    105 replies 2,570 retweets 1,643 likes
  13. Jun 4

    Arab states move to sever Qatar's links to the outside world. Trump's Arab NATO plan not going all that well

    7 replies 24 retweets 17 likes
  14. Jun 4

    The London Bridge attack rattled Trump, but not London. Another of 's great daily takes on the world

    6 retweets 10 likes
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    Jun 4

    Worth to read today: Analysis | What's going on with ?

    1 reply 18 retweets 20 likes
  16. Jun 2

    ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdad is "a blustering buffoon...Bush's intellect and Trump's temperament".

    1 reply 26 retweets 27 likes
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    May 31

    Ali Allawi on , , , 's report and 's comment on rogue elements in the

    1 reply 24 retweets 26 likes
  18. May 31
    Replying to

    This is still unconfirmed - some reports from the region say the villages were ISIS controlled, others that they were SDF.

    4 replies 9 retweets 5 likes
  19. May 31

    Icymi, this is so shocking & so sad from on the men without limbs being sent into battle in Afghanistan

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    May 31
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    They captured it from IS in coordination with PKK per Baladi news

    1 retweet 3 likes

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