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Category Archives: Twitter Thread
Twitter Thread: Prominent Hezbollah Critic Lokman Slim Shot Dead in Lebanon
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.
Posted in Lebanon, Middle East, Twitter Thread
Tagged Hezbollah, Iran, Lebanon, Lokman Slim
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Twitter Thread: Biden pauses F-35 sale to UAE
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
Posted in Middle East, Twitter Thread, UAE
Tagged Abraham Accords, Biden, Blinken, F35, Israel, President Biden, UAE
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Twitter Thread: Robert Malley as U.S. special envoy on Iran?
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.
Twitter Thread: German politics
I hardly cover European politics in this blog, but I find this thread on German politics by Marcel Dirsus fascinating and worth reading
Podcast/Webinar: Radical Islamism, France, and the Atlantic Divide
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
Posted in Islam, Podcasts, Twitter Thread
Tagged France, Islamism, The New York times
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Twitter Thread: Karen Attiah-Washington Post Editor ‘s troubling pro-Islamism bias
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
Posted in Islam, Twitter Thread
Tagged Emmanuel Macron, France, Islam, Karen Attiah, Washington Post
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Twitter Thread: Another church, another sad story from Turkey
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
Twitter Thread: Italy and the Coronavirus
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
Twitter Thread: The End of Iran’s Qassem Suleimani
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
Posted in Iran, Middle East, Twitter Thread
Tagged #Iran, Donald Trump, Iraq, Qassem Suleimani, Revolutionary Guards, Trump
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Diary of Turkey’s Syria Offensive: Day 4 (Oct 12-2019)
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