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Gunmen Kill 10, Including 7 Officers and Canadian Tourist, in Jordan https://t.co/WFWRxf9cw0

Gunmen Kill 10, Including 7 Officers and Canadian Tourist, in Jordan
The violence began when a patrol was sent to check on reports of a house on fire. Gunmen then attacked a police station in the city.
nyti.ms/2i3sAOz|By Rana F. Sweis

Hungry, Thirsty and Bloodied in Battle to Retake Mosul From ISIS https://t.co/laTbdZdp49

Hungry, Thirsty and Bloodied in Battle to Retake Mosul From ISIS
Up to a million people are trapped inside Iraq’s second-largest city, where the brutal urban war of attrition is proving to be tougher than expected.
nyti.ms/2hXibI7|By Tim Arango, Eric Schmitt and Rukmini Callimachi
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Turkish media is claiming that Shiite militias blew up the busses going to Foua and Kafraya. https://t.co/HNm4OwmLOO

Sabah Gazetesi on Twitter
“Şii milisler otobüsleri ateşe verdi! https://t.co/fcuY9JuDAe”
twitter.com/Sabah/status/8…|By Sabah Gazetesi

How Not to Understand Egypt’s Sectarianism https://t.co/IbB07UgdTj via @jadaliyya

How Not to Understand Egypt’s Sectarianism
Just one day before the horrifying attack upon the Botroseyya Church in Abbasiyya that took the lives of two dozen Coptic Christians, mere steps away from Cairo’s Coptic Cathedral and Papal Headquarters, Kenneth Roth, the Executive Director of Human ...
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The Situation in al-Fu'a and Kafariya - by @ajaltamimi https://t.co/RhalT6P1cY via @joshua_landis

The Situation in al-Fu’a and Kafariya
By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi The two Twelver Shi’i villages of al-Fu’a and Kafariya have come to the forefront of media attention in light of the stipulation of evacuations of rebels and c…
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. @joshua_landis @Charles_Lister @fordrs58 @rmslim & Ryan Crocker w @EdwardDjerejian at @BakerInstitute on #syria https://t.co/WBa9wwm4No

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The American Leader in the Islamic State - by Graeme Wood https://t.co/idyfhQ5pyU

The American Leader in the Islamic State
How a military brat from Texas became a devoted jihadist
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…|By Graeme Wood

What are President Putin's plans for Syria? with Marwan Kabalan - Pavel Felgenhauer - @Metin4020 on @AJEnglish https://t.co/1Yasuc0nTf

What are President Putin's plans for Syria?
With the evacuation of Aleppo under way, the Russian leader turns his attention to a political settlement.
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Ahrar al-Sham ally of Nusra blames Iran 4 holding up Aleppo evac, not Nusra which blew up busses headed to al-Foua https://t.co/8su2kyptMz

Syrian rebel group blames Iran for holding up Aleppo evacuation
Khalidi
reut.rs/2gMkmsM|By Reuters Editorial

U.N. Security Council to vote Sunday on Aleppo evacuation monitors -- by @michellenichols https://t.co/RHKfoMlrMg via @Reuters

U.N. Security Council to vote Sunday on Aleppo evacuation monitors
The United Nations Security Council is due to vote Sunday on a French-drafted resolution aimed at ensuring that U.N. officials can monitor evacuations from besieged parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo and the protection of civilians who remain.
reut.rs/2hdpIyo|By Michelle Nichols

Buses attacked, burned by Nusra on way to evacuate besieged Syrian villages: monitor, state media https://t.co/dA57lNyS1K via @Reuters

Buses attacked, burned on way to evacuate besieged Syrian villages: monitor, state media
Several buses en route to evacuate ill and injured people from the besieged Syrian villages of al-Foua and Kefraya were attacked and burned on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Syrian state television said.
reut.rs/2gOyEJI|By Reuters Editorial

"Syrian TV says evacuation deal reached for Aleppo, Shi'ite villages"-But Green Busses headed to Fua burned by Nusra https://t.co/8M1iL2Js89

Syrian rebels, government say working on deal to secure Aleppo evacuation
A new deal is being negotiated to complete the evacuation of rebel-held areas of Syria's east Aleppo which ground to a halt on Friday after demands from pro-government forces that people also be moved out of two villages besieged by insurgents.
reut.rs/2hCzD1p|By Lisa Barrington and Suleiman Al-Khalidi

Roy Gutman Responds to Ehsani2's critique of his articles arguing that Assad built ISIS by @Roy_Gutman https://t.co/tZtsg01q7j

Roy Gutman Responds to Ehsani2’s critique of his articles arguing that Assad built ISIS and Staged al-Qaida Bombings
Response to Ehsani2 By Roy Gutman – @Roy_Gutman Dear Josh, I have carefully read the letter “Ehsani2″ wrote and that you posted on Syria Comment. I would like to respond. First, I welco…
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. Ehsani22 pushes back against those who argue Assad is powerless in the face of Russian and Iranian leaders, who, in essence, occupy Syria https://t.co/cHB5EeUbX5

EHSANI2 on Twitter
“This extremely important thread will discuss relative importance of #Russia and #Iran in #Syrian war & will show why #Russia comes on top https://t.co/NocVC4nzgk”
twitter.com/EHSANI22/statu…|By EHSANI2

Hard Truth: Aleppo Rebels weren’t defeated by Main Force but b/c they alienated Syrians - by @jricole https://t.co/I7iWdEoZb0

Hard Truth: Aleppo Rebels weren't defeated by Main Force but b/c they alienated Syrians
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Syria was in a better position to attain peace last spring, …
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Would you say Gulf countries provided around 15 billion dollars to Syrian war? Turkey? West? Hard to come up with a total number? https://t.co/EM3IpGOIXW

Christopher Davidson on Twitter
“A reminder to American people of how #Qatar's military transport C17s have been used so far in #Syria/#Iraq war... (#ShadowWarsBook extract)”
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Fred Hof w his usual moral clarity: "Everyone connected with the abomination in Aleppo will pay a heavy price" https://t.co/nw3KGivXSy

Everyone connected with the abomination in Aleppo will pay a heavy price
Syrians and what remains of "the West" will be taxed at the highest rates.
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