Category Archives: Twitter Thread

Twitter Thread: Prominent Hezbollah Critic Lokman Slim Shot Dead in Lebanon

Posted on February 4, 2021 by nervana111

Anti-Hezbollah publisher and documentary-maker, Lokman Slim, who predicted he would be mirdered by Hezbollah, found murdeed this morning in his car with gunshots to the head. Here is a collection of tweets on this abhorrent crime.

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Twitter Thread: Biden pauses F-35 sale to UAE

Posted on January 28, 2021 by nervana111

The Biden administration has put a temporary hold on several major foreign arms sales initiated by former President Donald Trump, including a massive $23 billion transfer of stealth F-35 fighters to the United Arab Emirates. Here is a collection of … Continue reading →

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Twitter Thread: Robert Malley as U.S. special envoy on Iran?

Posted on January 21, 2021 by nervana111

As reports emerged that Crisis Group”s Robert Malley is considered as President Biden’s new envoy on Iran. Here is why some observers see this potential choice problematic.

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Twitter Thread: German politics

Posted on January 10, 2021 by nervana111

I hardly cover European politics in this blog, but I find this thread on German politics by Marcel Dirsus fascinating and worth reading

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Podcast/Webinar: Radical Islamism, France, and the Atlantic Divide

Posted on December 20, 2020 by nervana111

I strongly recommend these podcast and webinar on what’s wrong with Anglo-American coverage of radical Islamism in France 1- What US Media Gets Wrong About France, with writers Anne-Élisabeth Moutet & Agnès Poirier https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/11-what-us-media-gets-wrong-about-france-anne-élisabeth/id1534151181?i=1000502056981 2- Webinar on Islamism: Bridging the … Continue reading →

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Twitter Thread: Karen Attiah-Washington Post Editor ‘s troubling pro-Islamism bias

Posted on December 6, 2020 by nervana111

Karen Attiah, global opinion editor at the Washington Post, wrote a very disturbing piece accusing the French president Emmanuel Macron of illiberal hypocrisies. As a Muslim, who strongly stand against the ideology of Islamism, I find her article offensive on … Continue reading →

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Twitter Thread: Another church, another sad story from Turkey

Posted on September 2, 2020 by nervana111

Last month, the Turkish president Erdogan has converted two churches in Istanbul, Hagia Sophia and Chora church, to working mosques. Now Turkish officials have demolished an ancient Greek Orthodox church in the country’s northwestern province of Bursa, after the structure … Continue reading →

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Twitter Thread: Italy and the Coronavirus

Posted on March 10, 2020 by nervana111

I hardly publish any medically related stuff on this site, however I find this testimony by Italian doctor Daniele Macchini, from the front lines of treating the coronavirus outbreak, important to document. It is translated Epidemiologist Silvia Stringhini . As … Continue reading →

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Twitter Thread: The End of Iran’s Qassem Suleimani

Posted on January 3, 2020 by nervana111

The American President Donald Trump ordered the killing of the powerful commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, in a drone strike on the Baghdad International Airport. The death of Iran’s strong man is described by many … Continue reading →

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Diary of Turkey’s Syria Offensive: Day 4 (Oct 12-2019)

Posted on October 12, 2019 by nervana111

  The Turkish assault on northeastern Syria is called Operation “Peace Spring”, but it has become clear that it is simply a horrific assault on the Kurdish people and other minorities in North Syria. I decided to chronicle the Turkish … Continue reading →

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