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Founder and Editor in Chief, @newlinesmag.bsky.social. New York Times Bestselling Author https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1682450201/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1699110557&sr=8-1. Father of two boys
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Drug cartels from Latin America are expanding into Pacific nations like New Zealand and Australia, exploiting age-old maritime routes for this lucrative market. newlinesmag.com/reportage/tr...

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From 2020 until 2024, there has been at least a 50% increase year on year in the number of illegal Indian immigrants at U.S. borders, including those who were expelled before they could seek asylum. newlinesmag.com/reportage/mo...

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Happy St. Brigid’s day, Ireland! A lovely @newlinesmag.bsky.social piece on how saints are reappropriated - some now worship Brigid as a pagan goddess, despite the many historical records showing her as a real (and badass) 5th century woman

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Important reference tool sitting by my desk - from two outstanding journalists @michaeldweiss.bsky.social @hhassan.bsky.social

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

Turkey’s been a rising power for a long time, but it’s a entirely different level after Assad. Syria for Turkey is comparable only to Iraq for Iran after 2003. More on this in my latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

With new details & insights from experts, my piece with @michaeldweiss.bsky.social on memos from the former Syrian regime revealing a covert Israel-Russia back channel aimed at curbing Iranian & Hezbollah arms smuggling & military buildup. In @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/in...

submitted 86 days ago • 2 comments

@newlinesmag.bsky.social is doing such a good job bringing Syrians to life. Food is culture and under economic duress, Syrians struggle to keep their most delicious dishes on the table, especially for Iftar. But they know what's missing and worry it won't come back newlinesmag.com/essays/syria...

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“It’s a victory,” Ismet croaked. “They bought everyone else’s house, but they couldn’t buy mine.” The story of Tokludede’s transformation is exemplary of the erosion of traditional community bonds occurring across Turkey. newlinesmag.com/essays/the-p...

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I really hope the two sides figure out a workable formula beyond the zero sum game Turkey seems to be pushing for.

submitted 90 days ago • 4 comments

I think this is a really important message. newlinesmag.com/argument/lib...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you for your impressive reporting, @newlinesmag.bsky.social

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

From Syria's Sednaya Prison, once a fortress of silence, now a chaotic site of hope and despair. Families search for loved ones, piecing together decades of horror under the Assad regime. Aubin Eymard and Cian Ward report from the scene for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/ho...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

This is a good piece on the ideological change/evolution of jihadists in the region. Good piece by @hhassan.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/argument/wha...

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Significant. Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa: Syria “isn’t ready to enter wars & has no intentions to enter wars in the future. On the contrary the source of concern was the presence of Iran & Hezbollah.”

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments

On the Haaretz Podcast, I spoke to Hassan Hassan @hhassan.bsky.social and to Haaretz military analyst Amos Harel about what has happened - and what happens next in Syria www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Why is Israel striking Syria now? Top secret and urgent” classified documents found after Assad’s fall provide interesting insights about the “mechanism” overseen by Russia to manage Israeli-Syrian-Iranian dynamics, and Israeli military actions against Iranian & Hezbollah buildup. Thread

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Gabriel García Márquez opposed adapting his work for the big screen—despite being a prolific screenwriter and having studied film. Netflix has a new series based on his celebrated novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” Read the backstory at @newlinesmag.bsky.social. newlinesmag.com/review/one-h...

submitted 93 days ago • 3 comments

Just now, the Syrian embassy in RUSSIA raises the new flag of Syria, symbolizing the Syrian uprising - after removing the previous official one.

submitted 93 days ago • 4 comments

If you are to watch one thing about the Assad regime, make it this 55 seconds. Note: The rebels found a little kid in the same prison he’s talking about. (Full video in next post below)

submitted 93 days ago • 4 comments

No one noticed: The peaceful & orderly takeover of Syria owes much to the rebels mirroring Prophet Muhammad’s return to Mecca after exile. Down to the words used, HTS instructions to fighters mirror that: ‘Whoever stays home is safe’ ‘Enter humbly’ ‘No sacking or robbery’ ‘Don’t terrify civilians’

submitted 94 days ago • 8 comments

Areas seem to be falling before the rebels arrive. #Syria One person living in Artouz, not far central Damascus, says the army abandoned the area yesterday actually not today. The rebels reached their area 2 hours ago, and said the regime abandoned its checkpoints.

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

Syrian Uprising 2.0 is one of the greatest comebacks in modern rebellion history. Nobody thought the uprising would happen in the first place. Nobody thought it would last for over a decade. And nobody thought it could come back even stronger than before.

submitted 95 days ago • 4 comments

Russian strikes not raining on Aleppo a week ago was the sign. It was already clear Iran & Hezbollah wouldn’t be able to come to Assad’s reacue, because they couldn’t. “Assad’s old allies can’t ride to the rescue this time” me in The Telegraph a week ago. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

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#Syria: A valuable view from Hassan I. Hassan. "As a journalist born and raised in Syria. . . I believe the group’s transformation away from the brutal methods of ISIS and Al Qaeda is partly public relations, but mainly genuine." @hhassan.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/o...

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

Just two days ago it wasn’t clear if the Aleppo takeover in Syria was reversible. It’s now safe to say that the Assad regime is impossible to save.

submitted 96 days ago • 6 comments

This footage from Latakia was supposed to be a show of force, but it 1) signals the Assad regime is only hoping to protect the regime’s heartlands in the coast in that region 2) has the opposite effect of showing poorly armed force who won’t last long

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While the stabbing of Naguib Mahfouz is often seen as nothing more than a story of Islamist extremism, the original controversy around his work was also an attempt by Nasser to deflect political criticism, writes @cosenote.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social: newlinesmag.com/essays/what-...

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really good Newlines piece by @hhassan.bsky.social and @michaeldweiss.bsky.social on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and how they, and particularly their leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani have set themselves up as a potential successor regime to Assad newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

Valuable analysis of what Hayat Tahrir al-Sham actually is and what they'll do in the areas of Syria they control - and how the global war on terror reshaped jihadi political Islam. By the always-excellent analyst on Syria, @hhassan.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/o...

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Extraordinary reporting about Syria right now at @newlinesmag.bsky.social. This is the high quality writing & deep insights you can only get from people who know the society from the inside and who speak Arabic. Do read this beautifully written piece by Kamal Shahin. newlinesmag.com/first-person...

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

What is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), how is it different from Al Qaeda and how did it suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, manage to take Aleppo and Idlib? Who's backing them? Terrific analysis by global expert @hhassan.bsky.social (founder of @newlinesmag.bsky.social): newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

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Important read on HTS from @hhassan.bsky.social in @nytimes.com The HTS of today is not the HTS of 2012-2014. It has changed in ways that outsiders need to reckon with. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/o...

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

"The war on terror failed to dismantle jihadist ideology. Instead, it compelled these movements to recalibrate, moving away from cross-border terror to localized governance and insurgency" @hhassan.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/o...

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

My piece in the New York Times today on the biggest question people are asking about Syria after what really happened - i.e. what’s this group that’s causing a total regime collapse is all about. I know the group very well www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/o...

submitted 97 days ago • 3 comments