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Faysal Itani

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5 years

If there are no US casualties and this is the extent of Iranian retaliation, then the US does not need to escalate. Iran can fire the missiles. Killing Soleimani was a far bigger blow.

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My Twitter account was hacked today from Moscow. I am, alas, not Elon Musk. Please ignore all tweets in the last 24 hours. Thank you.

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Faysal Itani

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4 years

8 ways to divide Lebanon

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Faysal Itani

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2 years

How can there be so much injustice in the world?

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In late March, the Princeton graduate student and @NewlinesInst scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov ( @Elizrael ) disappeared in Iraq. She deserves America's every effort to bring her to safety. | @newlinesmag

Kidnapped Scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov Deserves America's Every Effort To Bring Her to Safety

The whereabouts of the Princeton University graduate student kidnapped in Iraq remain unknown

newlinesmag.com

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Faysal Itani

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5 years

Lebanon is a fun place.

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6 years

Lobbyist talking points coalescing: 1) We didn’t mean it. We feel bad, really. 2) MBS learned his lesson but is going nowhere 3) Lets put this ugly episode behind us 4) We need to protect the kingdom, #ForJamal of course.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

This is more or less why my great grandfather decided to join the anti-Ottoman insurgency.

Sarah Dadouch | سارة دعدوش

@SarahDadouch

5 years

Erodgan, talking about northeast Syria with TRT yesterday, said: "The most suitable for this area are Arabs. These areas are not suitable for the lifestyle of Kurds." Asked, in what way? "Because these are virtually desert regions." via @AliKucukgocmen

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Faysal Itani

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10 months

This Nasrallah speech was less an announcement of anything and more of a long opinionated commentary. Which will be good news to most most Lebanese who do not want a war. Operations will continue in the south so they might get one anyway, but this looks like Hamas’ war for now.

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Faysal Itani

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5 years

No this isn't what the protests in Lebanon are about. This isn't even what anyone in lebanon claims they're about. We can oppose Iranian influence in Lebanon without mischaracterizing the protests.

Mark Dubowitz

@mdubowitz

5 years

Millions of Lebanese & Iraqis are on the streets protesting against illegal occupation of their countries by the Islamic Republic, and its support for their corrupt political elites. Iranians on the streets once again against illegal occupation of Iran by the Islamic Republic.

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6 years

@mehdirhasan You're seriously objecting to his calling his jailers and torturers by a racial slur ? Cmon. That's too much.

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Faysal Itani

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6 years

Day 1 Narrative: "SDF is a multi-ethnic coalition with local legitimacy" Day 2 Narrative: "Trump abandons Kurds!" One of these is an over-simplification. Im actually at a loss at this point over which one it is.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

If an uprising breaks out in a foreign country the policy question is not whether the US should initiate regime change, but simply one of picking sides. By this point someone *inside* the place has already decided to give regime change a try. Not everything is the Iraq War.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

(1/2) Some personal news: I'm excited to join the Center for Global Policy @cglobalpolicy , focusing on geopolitics and non-state actors in the Islamic world alongside such high-calibre thinkers as @hxhassan and @kamranbokhari .

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Faysal Itani

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6 years

I’m not aware of a single serious Middle East analysis who can identify any democracies in Syria. This is activism not journalism.

Vox

@voxdotcom

7 years

The Middle East's youngest democracy is taking shape in northern Syria.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Still don't quite understand how this dude got a serious job.

Ben Rhodes

@brhodes

5 years

Admiral Bret Stephens ready to take out the entire Iranian Navy on behalf of Saudi Arabia - that great beachhead of democracy and pluralism.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

He’s not a trillionaire. His family owns a country. Similar, but different.

Fox Football

@FOXFOOTBALL

6 years

Saudi trillionaire Mohammad bin Salman has stepped up his incredible $6.8 billion takeover of Manchester United. MORE:

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7 years

My latest for the New York Times @NYTimes What Is Bashar al-Assad Thinking?

Opinion | What Is Bashar al-Assad Thinking? (Published 2017)

The White House convinced Syria’s president he could get away with anything.

www.nytimes.com

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

I've discovered that a great way to remain objective about international affairs is to immerse yourself in both sides of the online discourse. This way you remember to hate them both.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

It’s a war. It has a military solution.

Naharnet

@Naharnet

6 years

Merkel Warns 'No Military Solution' to Ukraine Conflict #World

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Faysal Itani

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5 years

@jasmineelgamal The irony is I think they're using the oil as a way to get POTUS to keep troops in Syria for non oil reasons. But try explaining that to your uncle at iftaar.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

My guess is Lindsey Graham wouldn’t shut up about Syria and eventually President Trump got bored and told him what he wanted to hear before proceeding as planned. Making Graham the 173rd official to insist he understands President Trump better than Trump does.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

My short tribute to a good man.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

This silly idea won't die. The GCC were not really confrontation states, share no border w Israel, and have a relatively low population. Their regimes are not "The Arabs". And fear of Iran does not make for an 'Islamic reformation'.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Just found my lebanese flag from the 2005 uprisings for today's protests. I think I will die of happiness.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

@mehdirhasan I do think it's silly to complain about what people say about their mortal enemies. You can bet I'd have a foul mouth if I had experienced what he did. Or anyone in conflicts like this . No I didn't dodge them. I agree so I had no objection. Relax.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Lebanon/Hezbollah thread: 1.There seems to be some surprise that hezbollah would lead/condone/encourage violence against peaceful protesters with socioeconomic grievances. I believe this is less surprising if we see Hezbollah today as a product of two trends .

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

11 months

A Polish-Ukrainian team has found a mass grave from WWII. @Michal_Kranz was there when they made the discovery and reports for @newlinesmag

A New Dig Has Revealed Bodies From a WWII Massacre in Ukraine

The recent excavation of a mass grave yields more proof of the 1943-45 campaign in which up to 100,000 Poles were killed

newlinesmag.com

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

To grasp the significance of this, consider that you are actually free to speak against hezbollah in Lebanon ... unless you're Shia. It's unthinkable to me that members of the sect would be saying this stuff publicly.

Hanin Ghaddar

@haningdr

5 years

#LebanonProtests : More Shia going after #Nasrallah and holding him responsible. This one is from #Tyre

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Faysal Itani

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5 years

'For people who think of foreign relations as Iran versus the U.S. or Putin vs. Xi Jinping, it can be hard to grasp just how little govts sometimes matter in the Middle East' by @CGlobalPolicy 's @hxhassan The Middle Eastern Problem Soleimani Figured Out

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Eight years in the White House and he managed to never stumble on geopolitics...

Ben Rhodes

@brhodes

5 years

Saudi Arabia: - Violates human rights - Oppresses women - Murders journalists - Meddles in the affairs Middle Eastern countries - Is fighting a war that endangers millions in Yemen - Has citizens who have financed / engaged in terror Why is that ok but Iran is in US crosshairs?

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

I'm getting a bit confused about HRW's mandate.

Kenneth Roth

@KenRoth

5 years

Reuters reports that Iran's supreme leader approved the attack on the Saudi oil installation so long as no civilians were hit. If true, that's far better than the Saudi crown prince's attacks in Yemen which routinely kill civilians.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

7 years

Assad must be as confused as I am.

Peter Baker

@peterbakernyt

7 years

“Those steps are underway,” Tillerson says when asked if US will lead international effort to remove Assad in Syria.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Sadly there was no scenario in which things in N. Syria would go well. These contradictions were built into a US CT policy that predates Trump. A US-Turkish war over this (which some seem to have expected?) was never happening either. Not a hot take, more like a reheated one.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Basically our relations with Turkey were substantially better *before* our president gave it permission to do what it wants. That's an achievement.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

In this piece for @cgpolicy I argue: - Killing Soleimani should be judged by its specific goals, not one's views of 'maximum pressure'. - Iran is geopolitically strong but has few wise escalation options. -The US need not retaliate - it's made its point.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

This. If Syria wasn't important enough to the US to rescue from mass murder, why is it important enough to rebuild for Assad? It makes no sense.

Wa'el N. Alzayat

@WaelAlzayat

5 years

Why do we need a way forward. Who is losing sleep right now over Assad not rebuilding the country he destroyed. His people? He killed and exiled them and those who are left cannot possibly ever benefit from whatever is rebuilt as long as he is in power.

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Faysal Itani

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5 years

Some observations from Beirut: -Uber is your friend -Mobile internet now works (regular internet still doesn't) -More Israeli drones, less Israeli jets -More English, less French -Beirut summers now officially more bearable than DC ones -Population feels like its doubled.

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Faysal Itani

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6 years

An important and timely (Arab NATO!) analysis. Pollack will get flack as a Westerner writing this but Arabs will recognize much of it as true.

The U.S. Has Wasted Billions of Dollars on Failed Arab Armies

Military cooperation with Middle East allies can work—if Washington rethinks its premises.

foreignpolicy.com

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Well, live by the gun die by the gun. Though I have more questions than answers.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

I think it's more like killing General McArthur, if he had fought a 40 year world war for the survival of the republic. Along America's borders.

Jake Tapper

@jaketapper

5 years

"From a military and diplomatic perspective, Soleimani was Iran’s David Petraeus and Stan McChrystal and Brett McGurk all rolled into one," @ExumAM writes.

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Faysal Itani

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6 years

Mohammed Bin Salman; A Prince Who Should Not Become A King. By ⁦the brilliant @hisham_melhem ⁩

Mohammed Bin Salman; A Prince Who Should Not Become A King - The DSR Network

In the fall of 1989, Saudi Arabia played acrucial role in officially ending the Lebanese Civil War that began in 1975 and almost destroyed the already brittle republic. Almost thirty years later, a...

thedsrnetwork.com

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

???

CNN

@CNN

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Fresh faces offer hope in Lebanon's first election in a decade

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

@faysal7899 @RashaAlAqeedi @ABarnardNYT I honestly believe arab deaths are just an abstraction. Unless it is either a religious minority or an ethnic one there is no way any narrative can get traction. Im saying this as an analysis not just an expression of discontent.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

7 years

The best thing I've read about Lebanon in a long while. Twelve years a ghost

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

I will miss Fred Hof, the finest man I ever worked with.

Leaving

When I joined the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center in late 2012, I had one goal: to build a Syria program that could, from outside government, do

www.atlanticcouncil.org

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Faysal Itani

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8 years

Proud to present a report I coauthored with the best and brightest minds on Syria, on Combating Al Qaeda there.

Combating al-Qaeda in Syria: A Strategy for the Next Administration - The Tahrir Institute for...

In 2017, the conflict in Syria will reach its seventh year of violence. In the past six years, we have witnessed at least 450,000 deaths in Syria.

timep.org

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Faysal Itani

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5 years

'Black Wave' by @KimGhattas is such an important and timely book. I'm glad it exists, and it should be required reading for anyone trying to understand how we (Islamic world/Middle east) got were we are. Big historical narratives and fascinating detail as well.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

Im old enough to remember when Western officials would tell me "They might take Aleppo, but they'll never take Idlib" :)

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Faysal Itani

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7 years

I testified on US policy in #Syria to the House Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, joined by esteemed colleagues @fordrs58 , @Charles_Lister , and Mara Karlin.

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Faysal Itani

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7 years

In @TheAtlantic I highlight the futility of US attempts to tiptoe around #Syria 's civil wars while fighting #ISIS .

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Faysal Itani

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5 years

Some very interesting and (to me at least) unexpected findings in this Gallup opinion poll in northern #Syria . Sure to also ruffle some feathers in an otherwise sober, balanced debate about Kurds, Arabs, and Turkey in Syria.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Nothing says 'defending christians' like robbing them blind and championing an Islamist militia.

In Defense of Christians (IDC)

@indefchristians

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Minister Gebran Bassil speaking at the #ICCP_Budapest was critical of #LebanonProtest for blocking roads. Why didn't he mention meeting the demands of the people or the violence of Hezbollah thugs?

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Faysal Itani

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6 years

Latest by me and @NateRosenblatt on seven years of US policy in #Syria .

Syria Source

@SyriaSource

6 years

NEW Issue Brief→ US Policy in Syria: A Seven-Year Reckoning by @NateRosenblatt and @faysalitani @AtlanticCouncil

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Faysal Itani

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2 years

In this landmark report, 30 leading global leading experts conclude that #Russia is in breach of the Genocide Convention. Our latest report w/ @TheRWCHR concludes there is a serious risk of genocide occurring in #Ukraine .

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

Some iffy Middle East prospects: MBS reforming Islam Turkey leaving PYD alone due to US efforts MESA Europe replacing US in Syria Sisi's economic success Kushner-esque peace Regime collapse in Iran Meaningful Arab role in Maximum Pressure LAF checking hezbollah Reform in Damascus

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Faysal Itani

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6 years

My take on #Idlib 's last-minute reprieve - how it happened, why it happened, who wins, and who loses. The Long War in Idlib

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Hezbollah and Amal gentlemen decide its a fine night for a cruise (spot the solitary Lebanese flag). #LebanonProtests

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Unpopular opinion: 1917 is a technical masterpiece. It's also a shallow movie, with superficial characters and an oddly santized depiction of war (despite the destruction etc). More than anything it felt like watching a well made video game. Happy Sunday.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Mad respect for Tripoli #لبنان_ينتفض

Ziad Nseir

@ziadfashion

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Proud of TRIPOLI #لبنان_يتنفض

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

Empirically the vast majority of sociopaths are not violent criminals, serial killers, etc. There are more lucrative paths after all.

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Faysal Itani

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6 years

In this piece for the @nytimes , I analyze how and why Assad keeps keeps violating US red lines - and getting away with it.

Opinion | Bashar al-Assad Knows What He Can Get Away With (Published 2018)

Syria’s president watches Washington carefully. He wouldn’t use chemical weapons if he thought it would endanger his regime.

www.nytimes.com

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Nope. Next.

Foreign Affairs

@ForeignAffairs

5 years

Is a grand bargain with Iran achievable?

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5 years

I have to say, she's right. And I don't like thinking about why.

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Faysal Itani

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5 years

Warning: actual research. @Elizrael

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

If the strike on Saudi Arabia came from Iran and they get away with it, we need to retire the "maximum pressure" descriptor and put some creative copywriters to work.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

Not the raised finger. Please not the raised finger

Daily Caller

@DailyCaller

6 years

Linda Sarsour Defends Rep. Omar’s Israel Comments

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

7 years

Translation: Assad stays

Conflict News

@Conflicts

7 years

BREAKING: Tillerson says Assad's 'long-term fate will be decided by Syrian people' - AFP

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Faysal Itani

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5 years

Maybe the plan is to bring down the regime through confusion...

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

8 years

Russia’s influence has risen but Iran is the real winner in Aleppo

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

I sympathize with some of this but most of the proposed alternatives are also impractical. That's partly why they've not been pursued. Its not just because everyone else is stupid.

We Can End Our Endless Wars

America should end its military involvement in conflicts in the Middle East and bring our troops home.

www.theatlantic.com

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Hassan Diab somehow manages to be a worse candidate for Lebanese PM than Saad Hariri: 1) lower international profile 2) antagonizes sunnis 3) more or less just as unqualified 4) possibly more narcissistic 5) just as unpopular among protesters Proceed.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

That annoying student from my undergrad years in Beirut has followed me to America.

Ilhan Omar

@IlhanMN

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2 years

Could this endless argument finally be settled? Oxford study sheds light on an agelong controversy. The young age of the Prophet Muhammad’s wife is not historical fact but sectarian and political stories that are historically untrue. By @DrJavadTHashmi

Oxford Study Sheds Light on Muhammad’s ‘Underage’ Wife Aisha

New scholarship suggests the story of Islam's prophet marrying a minor is baseless propaganda fabricated for political and sectarian motives

newlinesmag.com

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

This by Bilal Saab is superb. And sadly demonstrates that it sucks to be a knowledgeable Lebanon analyst.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

By far the best thing.

Hanin Ghaddar

@haningdr

5 years

The best thing about #Lebanon protests is that the Shia are burning Amal’s and Hezbollah’s posters, and the Sunnis are burning #Hariri ’s posters.

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Faysal Itani

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6 years

Im shocked by the flood of Team Obamites protesting the catastrophic impact of a withdrawal from Syria and its empowerment of Iran and Russia. Really? While I've not always agreed with them, I've respected their intellect. But this is unacceptably cynical.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Sigh.

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6 years

An excellent read from ⁦ @hxhassan ⁩

ISIS Is Ready for a Resurgence

The new recording released by the group’s leader suggested he’s looking to the past to chart a course for the group’s ultimate triumph.

www.theatlantic.com

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@faysalitani

7 years

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David Frum

@davidfrum

7 years

Chinese investors forgiving 4/5 of Kushner family debt at 666 Fifth Avenue. Expect lots of smiles when Trump receives Xi this coming weekend

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Faysal Itani

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5 years

People like to hate on Dulles Airport. But the crown jewel of awful-airports-that-you'd-expect-to-be-decent is the hellscape that is Charles de Gaulle.

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Faysal Itani

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5 years

Today's Hezbollah feels both besieged and powerful at once. Observers of middle east regimes will recognize this combination of paranoia and arrogance well. There is no scenario in which Hezbollah does not do what it takes to protect itself. END.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

As expected.

David Ignatius

@IgnatiusPost

5 years

President Trump is about to make major, consequential mistake in Syria. Sources say US is tonight informing its Syrian Kurdish allies that US is withdrawing from positions on Turkish border, abandoning so-called “security mechanism,” to allow an invasion by Turkish forces...

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I think there should be a rule. Three years in pundit jail everytime you incorrectly embrace a false reformer. Four if he's Arab. Five if he promises to reform Islam.

Amy W. Hawthorne

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5 years

It took six years, but Brett Stephens finally got it right on Sisi. Rethinking Trump’s Favorite Dictator

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Faysal Itani

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5 years

Exciting news for @CGlobalPolicy : Bassam Barabandi @BASSAMVA has joined our program on Nonstate Actors and Geopolitics, working alongside @hxhassan and I. We're lucky to have his experience, expertise, and awesome character supporting our big plans for CGP.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

I can't figure out who the intended audience of the Pompeo speech was. Surely he doesn't think Arab populations will agree with or even relate to much of what he said? A private conversation with regime leaders would have been equally efficient and less embarrassing. Strange.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

6 years

@MazMHussain His liberalism stops at the Israel-Palestine issue :)

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

That's it. I'm done.

Ilhan Omar

@IlhanMN

5 years

Trump’s move will not put an end to endless wars. What it *will* do is reward Russia, Iran, and ISIS. He’s not leading us toward peace. He’s showing the world that his political interests are more important than reliable leadership and keeping our commitments to our allies.

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Faysal Itani

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7 years

Anyone who refers to Lebanese source(s) as "Lebanon" doesn't understand Lebanon.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

2 years

If you’ve not read @newlinesinst ’s landmark report, I recommend it. An Independent Legal Analysis of the Russian Federation’s Breaches of the Genocide Convention in Ukraine and the Duty to Prevent

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Faysal Itani

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I thought the policy discourse had bottomed out with the Turkish invasion of Syria. How young and naive I was...

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7 years

My latest for @WarOnTheRocks , arguing against a half-hearted ‘push-back’ on #Iran in #Syria .

A Small-Time U.S. Mission in Syria is a Dangerous Idea - War on the Rocks

After months of fighting, ISIL-held Raqqa has fallen to U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led forces. The military campaign against ISIL as a territorial entity

warontherocks.com

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Back from a trip to Beirut. Some thoughts on a messy situation for @MiddleEastInst #LebanonProtests #Lebanon

Lebanon’s leap into the unknown

On a recent trip to my native Lebanon I looked on its ongoing, unprecedented protests with both wonder and worry. The country is a month into widespread anti-government demonstrations. The protests’...

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

7 years

Honestly, the worst part of this was the Obama administration’s refusal to prosecute due to fear of Hezbollah reprisal against the US. Only they would freely admit something like that and sincerely not see anything wrong with it.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

Why is my Twitter feed flooded with @TulsiGabbard ? I'm either following the wrong people or everything sucks.

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Faysal Itani

@faysalitani

5 years

This is, humbly, exactly my analysis but someone else did the actual work.

Wa'el N. Alzayat

@WaelAlzayat

5 years

A Recent, but Forgotten History: Syria

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