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Turkish-backed, rebranded Al-Nusra Front (Al-Qaeda in Syria), Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) terrorist organization is holding up aid meant for Syria & sent in the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit the 🇸🇾 on Monday, a UN spokesperson told Reuters.
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The HTS terrorist organization is preventing aid from making it to those in need under the pretext of the need for "approval", according to the #UN, days after the catastrophic #earthquake hit the country.
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Northwestern #Syria — #Idlib & #Aleppo in particular — have suffered 12yrs of brutal conflict. More than 65% of the basic infrastructure of the area is destroyed or heavily damaged.
Tonight’s earthquake couldn’t have hit a more vulnerable region.
An absolute disaster.
Tonight’s earthquake couldn’t have hit a more vulnerable region.
An absolute disaster.
Utterly horrific reports coming from all across NW #Syria - every town I’ve heard from has dozens of buildings flattened. People stuck under the rubble.
Any many, many casualties — including children.
@SyriaCivilDefe will be heroes tonight, working amid heavy rain & sleet.
Any many, many casualties — including children.
@SyriaCivilDefe will be heroes tonight, working amid heavy rain & sleet.
I’ve heard from x3 hospitals in #Idlib & N. #Aleppo — all are full, every bed taken by emergency cases following tonight’s earthquake.
As rescuers & civilians seek to extract people & belongings from rubble, there’s mass panic about aftershocks.
@SyriaCivilDefe stretched thin.
As rescuers & civilians seek to extract people & belongings from rubble, there’s mass panic about aftershocks.
@SyriaCivilDefe stretched thin.
Yesterday saw an intriguing incident outside al-Bab in northern #Aleppo:
- A prominent member of a pro-#HTS [semi-breakaway] wing of Ahrar al-Sham, Saddam al-Mousa (Abu Uday) was killed outside his home in what was described as a "drone strike."
- A prominent member of a pro-#HTS [semi-breakaway] wing of Ahrar al-Sham, Saddam al-Mousa (Abu Uday) was killed outside his home in what was described as a "drone strike."
NEW - #ISIS announce the death of leader Abu al-Hassan al-Qurashi -- "killed in action," but no details as to when or where.
His replacement is named as Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini.
His replacement is named as Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini.
#BreakingNews
After taking control of #Afrin, #HTS is trying to advance to the city of #Azaz in the northern countryside of #Aleppo.
After taking control of #Afrin, #HTS is trying to advance to the city of #Azaz in the northern countryside of #Aleppo.
The Levant Front and Jaysh al-Islam send military reinforcements to confront #HTS+ Farfa al-Hamza + Suleiman Shah Division on the Kafr Jannah axis in the northern countryside of #Aleppo.
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1/8 "#Ethereum only operated at 1.1 MGps...@Hedera wanted to do something more on the order of 15MGps...It's like 400 tps just on the #smartcontracts...For comparison, if you wanted to use #HTS natively, they can do 10,000 tps" $HBAR
@shemnon @hyperledger
@shemnon @hyperledger
2/ "#Hedera has a very rich and complex fee schedule and they make sure to charge you exactly for what you're using...We're introducing the notion of state rent...Something that's probably gonna ship in early 2023...It's gonna have a positive effect on the EVM integrations" 16:25
ICYMI -- for the 1st time since 2011, #Idlib's Christian community gathered on Sunday at the Church of St. Anna in al-Yacoubiya, near Jisr al-Shughour, #Idlib to celebrate the Orthodox St. Anna's Day.
#HTS leader Jolani met with the Church's Bishop Luay al-Bisharat in July.
#HTS leader Jolani met with the Church's Bishop Luay al-Bisharat in July.
Since #Jolani's visit to al-Yacoubiya in July, rumors have swirled around #HTS's agenda for #Idlib's Christian minority.
There are reports that #HTS has communicated with Syrian Christians in #Germany, inviting residents/property owners to return & re-assume property ownership.
There are reports that #HTS has communicated with Syrian Christians in #Germany, inviting residents/property owners to return & re-assume property ownership.
Until now, no discernible 'return' has been noted in al-Yacoubiya & nearby al-Jadida & al-Quniya -- but some say Sunday's celebration at St. Anna's was a "confidence building measure" (i.e. a test).
Bishop Bisharat has suggested more announcements may be forthcoming.
Bishop Bisharat has suggested more announcements may be forthcoming.
Mehmet Ali Çelebi ve büyük yalan…
1-Şimdi gelelim son günlerde kendisini milletvekili yapan kitleye adeta ihanet ederek #AKP’ye geçme hamlesi yapan Mehmet Ali Çelebi’nin cep telefonuna başka bir kişinin telefonundaki numaraların yüklenme meselesine…
1-Şimdi gelelim son günlerde kendisini milletvekili yapan kitleye adeta ihanet ederek #AKP’ye geçme hamlesi yapan Mehmet Ali Çelebi’nin cep telefonuna başka bir kişinin telefonundaki numaraların yüklenme meselesine…
2- Mehmet Ali Çelebi tutuklandığında daha yeni mezun olmuş yirmi yaşlarda bir genç askerdi.
3- Fakat bağlantıları ve #telefon trafiği oldukça ilginçti bu bağlantıların gündemden düşmesi gerekiyordu.
Heartbreaking scenes from the village of Al-Jadidah in western #Idlib today, as #Russia airstrikes hit a farm, killing 7 civilians, 5 of them children under 10.
We’re in the 12th year of #Syria’s crisis & this continues to happen — with total impunity.
Enough now.
We’re in the 12th year of #Syria’s crisis & this continues to happen — with total impunity.
Enough now.
"The Age of Political Jihadism"
- This is an excellent in-depth look at #HTS by @azelin, a group that's changed markedly over the past 5-7yrs & represents an entirely different challenge than its #AlQaeda-aligned predecessor.
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- This is an excellent in-depth look at #HTS by @azelin, a group that's changed markedly over the past 5-7yrs & represents an entirely different challenge than its #AlQaeda-aligned predecessor.
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@azelin I've been studying #HTS (& JFS & Nusra before it) closely for 11yrs & as @azelin makes clear, it's existed in its current form for longer than its previous, #AlQaeda-aligned Nusra days.
That evolution dates back to at least early-2015, when I wrote this:
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That evolution dates back to at least early-2015, when I wrote this:
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#ISIS's choice of NW #Idlib as a hiding point for leaders raises complex analytical Qs.
What it does not suggest, is that #Idlib's de facto governing actor, #HTS, is in some way complicit in harboring #ISIS. That's simply factually illogical, given years of open hostility.
What it does not suggest, is that #Idlib's de facto governing actor, #HTS, is in some way complicit in harboring #ISIS. That's simply factually illogical, given years of open hostility.
Something big is going down in NW #Syria -- (a) U.S. helicopter gunships firing on a target in the #Jinderes area of #Afrin & (b) a possible SOF raid targeting Tauqir Sharif, a [former] #UK citizen in the Atmeh area of #Idlib.
Personally, I'd be amazed if such an operation was launched at Tauqir Sharif (Abu Hossam al-Britani) -- while his #UK citizenship was revoked, the cause for doing so never seemed more than tenuous.
#Turkey-#Iraq coordinated #ISIS raid in #Syria.
I suspected this would have been the case -- #Turkey's (MIT) been tracking #ISIS senior movements between NW-NE #Syria in recent months.
Some #HTS (SSG) raids on #ISIS in #Idlib have (I'm told) been conducted on MIT intelligence.
I suspected this would have been the case -- #Turkey's (MIT) been tracking #ISIS senior movements between NW-NE #Syria in recent months.
Some #HTS (SSG) raids on #ISIS in #Idlib have (I'm told) been conducted on MIT intelligence.
I'm seeing some credible claims that al-Juburi was captured *by* #Turkey in NW #Syria, brought north onto Turkish soil & then handed over to ISF for deportation to #Iraq.
Not confirmed, but would shake things up if true... and raise Qs about whether #HTS played a role too?
Not confirmed, but would shake things up if true... and raise Qs about whether #HTS played a role too?
#ISIS leader "Jasim was in northwestern #Syria when he was caught with help from local security forces", per @Reuters.
That can only realistically mean #HTS &/or its Salvation Government's General Security Service (GSS).
Fascinating new details.
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That can only realistically mean #HTS &/or its Salvation Government's General Security Service (GSS).
Fascinating new details.
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Update #Syria :
- Syr. Armee und Idlib-Gruppierungen führen gegenseitigen Beschuss.
- Luftangriffe dauern an.
- Türkei verlegt Truppen nach Idlib.
- Angriffe auf russ. Kampfheli über #Idlib und die Basis #Hmeimim scheitern.
- Erdogan verhandelt morgen mit Putin.
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- Syr. Armee und Idlib-Gruppierungen führen gegenseitigen Beschuss.
- Luftangriffe dauern an.
- Türkei verlegt Truppen nach Idlib.
- Angriffe auf russ. Kampfheli über #Idlib und die Basis #Hmeimim scheitern.
- Erdogan verhandelt morgen mit Putin.
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Die Lage in der syrischen Provinz #Idlib bleibt extrem angespannt.
Es wird mit einer neuen syrischen Offensive auf die Terrorhochburg gerechnet.
Syrische Truppen und die bewaffneten Gruppierungen führen bereits jetzt gegenseitigen Beschuss mit Artillerie.
#Syria #Syrie
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Es wird mit einer neuen syrischen Offensive auf die Terrorhochburg gerechnet.
Syrische Truppen und die bewaffneten Gruppierungen führen bereits jetzt gegenseitigen Beschuss mit Artillerie.
#Syria #Syrie
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Die russischen Luftangriffe auf die Gruppierungen halten ebenfalls weiter an.
Praktisch die gesamte Frontlinie in #İdlip wird durchgeäckert. Man will offensichtlich alle Befestigungen, die die Gruppierungen zuletzt an der Trennlinie eingerichtet haben, vernichten.
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Praktisch die gesamte Frontlinie in #İdlip wird durchgeäckert. Man will offensichtlich alle Befestigungen, die die Gruppierungen zuletzt an der Trennlinie eingerichtet haben, vernichten.
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Aboe Maria al-Qahtani van HTS (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham), die onder bescherming van #Erdogan staat in Idlib, Noord-Syrië:
'We hebben de mogelijkheid om een islamitische as op te richten tussen #HTS, #Taliban, #Pakistan en #Turkije.'
'We hebben de mogelijkheid om een islamitische as op te richten tussen #HTS, #Taliban, #Pakistan en #Turkije.'
Qahtani: 'HTS, Taliban, Pakistan en Turkije zetten in tegenstelling tot de Arabische seculiere regimes de islamitische politiek & jihad op hun verdiende plaats.'
Terwijl veel Arabieren afstand nemen van hun uitvinding de #islam, omarmen de Pashtun, Turken, Perzen, ... de islam.
Terwijl veel Arabieren afstand nemen van hun uitvinding de #islam, omarmen de Pashtun, Turken, Perzen, ... de islam.
Ze streven allemaal naar islamisering en een strenge shariastaat, maar #Taliban, #AlQaeda, #TTP (Pakistaanse Taliban), #Hamas, #Qatar, #MoslimBroederschap zitten in een concurrentiestrijd met #ISIS.
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1. US invaded #Afghanistan after #Taliban refused to hand over Bin Laden after 9/11 attacks.
2. US invaded #Iraq based on tortured “confession” of Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi that AQ was working with #Saddam to get WMDs.
3. But, just like AQ, there no WMDs in Iraq - until invasion.
2. US invaded #Iraq based on tortured “confession” of Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi that AQ was working with #Saddam to get WMDs.
3. But, just like AQ, there no WMDs in Iraq - until invasion.
4. Abu Musab al-#Zarqawi left Afghanistan to set up AQI in Iraq to fight US.
5. His tactics were so brutal than even AQ central tried to curb them.
6. Shia and Sunni groups who’d both fought occupiers turned on each other while US back one against the other.
5. His tactics were so brutal than even AQ central tried to curb them.
6. Shia and Sunni groups who’d both fought occupiers turned on each other while US back one against the other.
7. Abu Ghraib abuse images shocked the world but Enhanced Interrogation Techniques (#torture) first used in Kandahar, Bagram and #CIA ‘black sites.’
8. Alleged AQ & Taliban captives sent to #Guantanamo where General Geoffrey Miller applied US approved torture methods.
8. Alleged AQ & Taliban captives sent to #Guantanamo where General Geoffrey Miller applied US approved torture methods.
The #US has lost control of the airport in Kabul because desperate people flooded the airfield to try to avoid being abandoned to the Taliban by the US. #Afghanistan
The messaging from this administration and its surrogates would be laughable if it wasn't being used to kill thousands of people and rebirth a jihadist regime that threatens us all
Amrullah Saleh, whatever else we have to say about him, consistently tried to get the world to understand that what was happening in his country was a foreign attack from #Pakistan. And he has remained in #Afghanistan, incidentally, whether that is wise
NEW: Just released @UN report warns of "heightened threats emerging" from #ISIS #alQaida affiliated groups worldwide
"This is especially true in parts of West and East #Africa" per the report, based on member state intelligence
"This is especially true in parts of West and East #Africa" per the report, based on member state intelligence
#BLACKLISTED from the #Crumbling #Empire,
Sneeked through its #Feeble #Censoring.
#Imperial #Cohorts Under Constant #Rain of #Fire In Both #Syria & #Iraq by the Middle-East #Resistance.
They stepped on a #Hornet's nest:
👉archive.ph/rtTIX👈from #SouthFront via Archive🤫
Sneeked through its #Feeble #Censoring.
#Imperial #Cohorts Under Constant #Rain of #Fire In Both #Syria & #Iraq by the Middle-East #Resistance.
They stepped on a #Hornet's nest:
👉archive.ph/rtTIX👈from #SouthFront via Archive🤫
#BLACKLISTED from the #Crumbling #Empire,
Sneeked through its #Feeble #Censoring.
An Explosive Week For The #Imperial #Cohorts in the Middle East.
July 7th, 17 rockets by the #Resistance targeted Ain al-Asad Air Base:
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Sneeked through its #Feeble #Censoring.
An Explosive Week For The #Imperial #Cohorts in the Middle East.
July 7th, 17 rockets by the #Resistance targeted Ain al-Asad Air Base:
👉archive.ph/7Htgy👈from #SouthFront via Archive
#BLACKLISTED by #Crumbling #Empire #Media,
Bypassing its #Feeble #Censoring.
#Turkey is to improve the security of #HTS #Terrorists in Greater #Idlib by pushing towards #Manbij + attempting to capture that #Syrian town.
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Bypassing its #Feeble #Censoring.
#Turkey is to improve the security of #HTS #Terrorists in Greater #Idlib by pushing towards #Manbij + attempting to capture that #Syrian town.
👉archive.ph/NGTjy👈from #SouthFront via Archive
.@frontlinepbs's documentary on #HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani begins at 10pm EST tonight -- it's already caused shockwaves in the jihadist world.
I've been studying #HTS (& its predecessors) & Jolani's leadership for 10yrs -- the story has profound analytical implications.
I've been studying #HTS (& its predecessors) & Jolani's leadership for 10yrs -- the story has profound analytical implications.
@frontlinepbs Few could have imagined in 2012-13 that Jolani's Jabhat al-Nusra would years later have a new name & be speaking in quasi nationalist tones; running a semi-technocratic "govt"; proactively engaging w. international NGOs & media; & seeking to establish dialogue w. Western govts.
@frontlinepbs The path between '12 Nusra & '21 #HTS is complex & strewn with inter-factional conflict; vicious internal strife; geopolitical manipulation; and above all, the impact of #Syria's nationwide uprising.
In breaking from #AlQaeda, #Jolani sparked a massive intra-jihadist debate.
In breaking from #AlQaeda, #Jolani sparked a massive intra-jihadist debate.
With the #Biden administration settled in, there's a clear trend emerging in certain circles to swat away long-standing, complex foreign policy challenges -- and #Syria appears to be low-hanging fruit.
'#Syria doesn't matter,' some say... 'It was just never that important.'
'#Syria doesn't matter,' some say... 'It was just never that important.'
This is great by @jeromedrev & @patrickhaenni -- #HTS has come to represent something uniquely challenging.
After violently achieving domination (vs. #FSA, #AQ & #ISIS), it's now pursuing a policy of "gradual opening & mainstreamisation," giving concessions & seeking acceptance.
After violently achieving domination (vs. #FSA, #AQ & #ISIS), it's now pursuing a policy of "gradual opening & mainstreamisation," giving concessions & seeking acceptance.
@jeromedrev @patrickhaenni The U.S, #Europe & #Turkey should press #HTS to address concerns & "define clear benchmarks which (if met) could enable HTS to shed its “terrorist” label," argue @dkhalifa & @NoahBonsey.
Doing so would symbolize a new diplomacy+military approach to CT.
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Doing so would symbolize a new diplomacy+military approach to CT.
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@jeromedrev @patrickhaenni @dkhalifa @NoahBonsey Following yesterday's public revelation of #HTS hosting @FrontlinePBS (& others) in #Idlib, my thread below details how the former #AlQaeda affiliate has adapted in recent yrs & created new realities & challenges/dilemmas we'll have to deal w. eventually:
Very, very interesting.
#HTS & its leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani have just finished hosting @frontlinepbs's @Martin28Smith in #Idlib for 3 days.
How times change -- quite a difference from 2014/15.
#HTS & its leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani have just finished hosting @frontlinepbs's @Martin28Smith in #Idlib for 3 days.
How times change -- quite a difference from 2014/15.
@frontlinepbs @Martin28Smith #pt: It's no secret that #HTS has been pushing hard behind-the-scenes for opportunities to improve its image abroad -- first in outreach to researchers/institutes & more recently giving top access to highly-regarded media outlets.
And fwiw, PBS is one of several.
And fwiw, PBS is one of several.
@frontlinepbs @Martin28Smith #pt: That #HTS is pushing this shouldn't come as a surprise -- the ingredients were put in place as far back as 2015, when a prolonged internal debate regarding the right path for Jabhat al-Nusra began. Clerical "lobby groups" got involved & then #JFS was created; then #HTS.
