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Youtube channel: @FabledCity Somewhere between Westphalia and Hobbes- Middle East, Africa, Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia
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Who was cyber truck man?

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#Greece There's trouble in paradise: serious seismic activity underneath #Santorini aka Thera www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

submitted 27 days ago • 1036 comments

The plight of the Thai hostages held by Hamas reminds us that Israel, despite claiming to be so democratically different from all of its neighbours, very much has a kafala-like system devoid of human rights not un-different to Lebanon and the Gulf states.

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

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This is the definition of vindictive. Bolton may now have to look over his shoulder a bit more. www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

This sounds as if it may have indeed been Biden's very last act in office: bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Ew York, early winter

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An elderly aid worker was kidnapped from her home by militants/bandits in Agadez region in #Niger bbc.com/news/article...

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Beauty in tragedy: www.latimes.com/00000194-4eb...

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

My past work in western #Libya for @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social was cited in this 2022 book published by @utexaspress.bsky.social

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

I've made a showreel of some of my Arabis language appearances over the years discussing Libya, Syria, Crimea etc the-war-diaries.com?p=5711

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

@thetimes.com Anthony Loyd does much needed reporting on the now prolonged struggle between the SAF & RSF from Khartoum & liberated parts of Omdurman, Sudan: youtu.be/eWxBZykwyyw?...

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At the tail end of this past year I put together a pair of showreels-this one being the English-language one -that had been on a to-do list for far too long. the-war-diaries.com?p=5706

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@azelin.bsky.social on @cnn.com talking about IS's (never really went away) au currant comeback strategy. The thumbnail is of an (guessing non-Ibadi) Omani trio, which, if you have any affinity for quietist Oman, is rather worrying. youtu.be/qk6SG36mJaU?...

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

THY is restarting flights to not only Damascus but also Aleppo: www.turkiyetoday.com/business/tur...

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Doha-Damascus flights are back online after some 13 years next week. www.businesstraveller.com/business-tra...

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@channel4news.bsky.social reports on the flight from X to @bsky.app youtu.be/pxKfRW18g2Y?...

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It is odd that both men used the same car hire app called Turo in each attack. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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www.nola.com/news/crime_p...

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India's first, and lone, Sikh PM has died. India would not be where it is today were it not for his sweeping reforms as Finance Minister beforehand. Curious how his legacy is perceived by the Khalistan movement. bbc.com/news/article...

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