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Senior Fellow & Director of Extremism & Counterterrorism . Author of

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    11 Dec 2017

    ’s armed conflict is evolving apace. Want to learn about how we got here? … My book, The Jihad, was called: - : “indispensable” - : “authoritative” - : “magisterial” - : “definitive guide” - : “required reading”

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  2. 30 minutes ago

    Meanwhile, the / in has also taken to showing off their Iranian Safir jeeps equipped with self-propelled guns. (These have only ever been used by -backed Shia militia in the past)

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  3. 43 minutes ago

    BIG - / has downed a helicopter, which went down inside Turkey, in southern province. Video issued by media. has confirmed.

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    : Video reportedly shows the moment the Turkish helicopter was downed by militants.
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  4. 4 hours ago

    : For a worthless drone to have been dispatched from T4 AB to the suggests an intentional pro-regime attempt to draw into a planned ambush - perhaps in which a single jet was targeted by overwhelming wave of SAMs. However it happened - this changes everything.

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  5. 4 hours ago

    : It’s no secret that has been increasingly exasperated at ’s growing capabilities & infrastructure in - escalation in strikes makes sense. BUT an F-16 shoot-down raises big questions. Some reports say S-125 was responsible (missile wreckage in picture).

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  6. 4 hours ago

    : After that wave of escalator incidents, has launched a second mass wave of airstrikes in - 6+ allegedly located near ’s presidential palace. *All* Army & pro-regime facilities have reportedly been placed on red alert.

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  7. 4 hours ago

    BIG NEWS overnight - struck x12 military targets across (4+ directly controlled by ). - dispatched drone to (from T4 AB); downed by . - In subsequent “ambush,” one Israeli F-16 was shot down by Syrian air defenses; landed in Galilee.

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  8. 18 hours ago

    The more of these the Turks create, the harder it’s going to become for to justify going along with it while remaining internally unified. This is an intrinsic part of ’s strategy - going back to Oct 2017, as I explained here:

    Tonight, is establishing the 4th of 14 planned de-escalation observation posts in NW - this one in Tel Touqan, 20km south of Al-Eis. Big step towards blocking any regime move towards .
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  9. 19 hours ago

    Tonight, is establishing the 4th of 14 planned de-escalation observation posts in NW - this one in Tel Touqan, 20km south of Al-Eis. Big step towards blocking any regime move towards .

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  10. 19 hours ago

    "Averting Disaster in ’s Province” - Excellent report by , which actually embraces [necessary] nuance rather than glossing over it. Well worth reading.

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  11. 23 hours ago

    has expanded chemical attacks in 2018, despite U.S. punitive strike in 2017. -> admin is now hoping will prevent their further use. “Good luck with that,” says .

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  12. Feb 8

    Just unbelievable… **1,450+** casualties in in x4 days of regime bombing. - 237 dead - 1,250+ wounded NOTE: This is taking place *in* a “de-escalation zone."

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    Feb 8

    This is harrowing. A father stands over the body of his dead child: "I only left you for 2 seconds. Just 2 seconds". This is , this is what Assad and Russia have wrought.

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    "In East Ghouta you daren't turn your back on a loved one, for even a moment." Our report on the fresh horrors in Syria. The war isn't ending; it's getting worse.
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  14. Feb 8

    Wow. U.S. response to pro-regime pre-meditated attack in Deir ez Zour lasted 3hrs & included use of: - AC-130 gunships - F-15s - F-22s - Apache helicopter gunships - Marine Corps artillery = 100+ enemy killed. [via ]

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  15. Retweeted
    Feb 7

    's policy was feckless, naive & dangerous - it set up everything the U.S. has faced since. Trump’s cessation of *all* opposition support as introduced de-escalation was not a coincidence - it directly abetted a strategy that reinforced /. Fact.

    Watch, as Congressman zooms in on my testimony, saying: - “That is one of the most powerful, cogent critiques of the approach to that I’ve ever heard.”
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  16. Feb 8

    Another horrendous day in East , as jets continue to ravage the besieged area with non-stop bombings. Reports: 56+ killed, 180+ wounded today, so far.

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  17. Feb 8

    Crucially important statistic here - vital context for considering the shape of ’s political future & ’s sustainability.

    .: 80% of refugees are Sunni; most will never return. Country's demographic makeup permanently changed in ways that benefit regime (and also ).
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  18. Feb 7

    I testified to yesterday & made clear that pro- attacks would inevitably seek to probe/test US/ lines... I said strong but defensive airstrikes should follow. Good to see US standing it’s ground; this must continue next time, as there will be a next time.

    BIG NEWS - Pro- forces & mercenaries attacked US-backed *and* US SOF personnel outside Deir ez Zour earlier today. US responded with air & artillery strikes. Important defensive response by US - must continue asserting agreed territorial delineations.
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  19. Feb 7

    BIG NEWS - Pro- forces & mercenaries attacked US-backed *and* US SOF personnel outside Deir ez Zour earlier today. US responded with air & artillery strikes. Important defensive response by US - must continue asserting agreed territorial delineations.

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    Feb 7

    ICYMI you can watch yesterday's Committee Hearing "Syria: Which Way Forward?" w/ & Mara Karlin

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    Feb 7

    : which way forward? | Testimony by at yesterday's hearing

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