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@DSD_Kings @DefAcUK Fellow @KingsMiddleEast

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Check out our new al-Sabah Insights titled "The Immediate Origins of the Syrian Civil War, the Crumbling of the ‘Syrian Wall of Fear’ and the National Uprising of 2011" by our young Syrian affairs specialist, Bayan Almasri. Well done www.durham.ac.uk/media/durham...
cc @anoushehteshami.bsky.social

17.10.2025 12:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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John Bolton says he hopes to expose Trump’s ‘abuse of power’ after being indicted – US politics live Eighteen-count indictment of former Trump adviser handed down by federal grand jury in Maryland as US president calls ex-ally a ‘bad guy’ New York City’s three mayoral candidates faced off on Thursday night in the first of two televised debates, less than three weeks before voters head to the polls. On stage were Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, former governor Andrew Cuomo – now running as an independent after losing the Democratic primary to Mamdani in June – and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. Mayor Eric Adams, who dropped out of the race several weeks ago, did not participate. Continue reading...

John Bolton says he hopes to expose Trump’s ‘abuse of power’ after being indicted – US politics live

17.10.2025 09:57 — 👍 353    🔁 97    💬 34    📌 13

Check out the new al-Sabah Insights published at Durham University, "Evaluating Western Europe as a part of Qatar’s soft power
policy; focusing on France, Germany, and the United
Kingdom." www.durham.ac.uk/media/durham... cc @anoushehteshami.bsky.social

23.06.2025 11:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Arab states endorse alternative to Donald Trump’s postwar Gaza plan Proposals envisage transitional rule by Palestinian technocrats and role for UN peacekeepers in the enclave and West Bank

Arab states have adopted a plan for the postwar administration and reconstruction of Gaza in a bid to provide an alternative to President Donald Trump’s proposal for the war-shattered enclave to be emptied of Palestinians and taken over by the US. www.ft.com/content/f012...

05.03.2025 10:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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No second state visit for Trump This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

28.02.2025 22:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Keep Trump out of the UK! Shame on you, @kierstarmerpm.bsky.social for demeaning our King and inviting this vile disgusting me to step on our soil! Trump is NOT welcome here!

28.02.2025 22:06 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Putin has consistently aimed to invade Ukraine, and this substantiated by various intelligence assessments. Read Robert Woodward latest book! Thus, Trump's conduct today was childish and dismissive of the serious geopolitical implications at stake. #SupportingUkraine

28.02.2025 22:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#Kurdistan

27.02.2025 14:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ukraine war briefing: US and Russian officials to meet in Saudi Arabia without Ukrainians – reports US secretary of state Marco Rubio and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov discuss removing ‘unilateral barriers’; Trump’s Ukraine envoy suggests Europe will be excluded from negotiations. What we know on day 1,089 Continue reading...

Ukraine war briefing: US and Russian officials to meet in Saudi Arabia without Ukrainians – reports

16.02.2025 08:07 — 👍 218    🔁 101    💬 93    📌 30
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Nearly All USAID Jobs Are Said to Be Cut

Breaking News: The Trump administration is laying off nearly the entire staff of USAID, people with knowledge of the plans said. Follow live updates.

06.02.2025 22:35 — 👍 436    🔁 174    💬 145    📌 53
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The New Syria and the Regional Balance of Power The sudden fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on 8 December 2024 and the subsequent rise of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), now leading the Syrian interim government in the country, have dramatically shaped...

How is #Syria reshaping the balance of power in the Middle East?

Many thanks to the team at @iaionline.bsky.social for their help in publishing this and spreading the word

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03.02.2025 14:38 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What challenges does post-Assad #Syria face in terms of defence sector reform? In this short blog, I address this question, with a particular focus on the Syrian Democratic Forces. The Syrian National Army and the Druze factions in Suwayda remain reluctant to disarm during this transitional period

03.02.2025 14:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Americans must watch ‘Judgement at Nuremberg’ to understand fully what fascism in power is like, it becomes, it does to the innocent, how if erodes all decency and rule of law, and then ask themselves, “did I know what was going on?”. Well, yes you ALL do KNOW!

01.02.2025 14:43 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Another fantastic paper in our long running publication series. Download with our compliments and spread the word! Share! Grateful to our author and the tireless work of Dr Amjed. Enjoy!

29.01.2025 15:12 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Excited to share our latest al-Sabah insights series on the escalating tensions in the Nile Basin—where water security isn't just a policy issue but a geopolitical fault line shaping the region’s future. www.durham.ac.uk/media/durham... cc @anoushehteshami.bsky.social @dsdkings.bsky.social

29.01.2025 14:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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لقاء خاص لقناة شمس مع السيد هوشيار زيباري عضو المكتب السياسي للحزب الديمقراطي الكوردستاني
YouTube video by Shams TV لقاء خاص لقناة شمس مع السيد هوشيار زيباري عضو المكتب السياسي للحزب الديمقراطي الكوردستاني

مقابلة هشيار زيباري مع قناة شمس تحاكي الواقع الكوردي في الخيال العربي و الصورة النمطية العربية عن الكورد كمشغابين، مهددين سيادة دول او يخدمون لاجندات خارجية.. و ان الكورد هم غير ذلك و هم دعاة سلام و ان حدة الخلاف خفت مع العمل المستمر و الوضع الجديد youtu.be/LS2yFmYOou4?... #العراق #كوردستان

28.01.2025 16:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
'Speak directly!': Putin has tense exchange with his chief spy
YouTube video by Guardian News 'Speak directly!': Putin has tense exchange with his chief spy

Just sharing this famous meeting of #Putin in Feb 2022 as he was decided on his adventure to invade #Ukraine. Notice his bullying tone and humiliation of Director of Foreign Intelligence services Sergei Naryshkin. "sprak plainly"... Sergei is shaking and scared to death. youtu.be/o9A-u8EoWcI?...

26.01.2025 23:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Today's meeting in Hewler between #KDP chief Masoud Barzani and #SDF General Mazlum Abdi marks a pivotal moment not only for Kurdish unity but also a hint of possible a strategic shift towards solving the Kurdish issue not only in #Syria but also in #Turkey #Kurdistan

16.01.2025 21:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Keir Starmer hails ‘closer than ever’ partnership with Ukraine on Kyiv visit Two countries to sign deal to deepen existing defence relationship and boost economic links in non-military areas Keir Starmer has travelled to Ukraine to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the first time since he entered Downing Street, hailing a “closer than…

Keir Starmer hails ‘closer than ever’ partnership with Ukraine on Kyiv visit

16.01.2025 05:05 — 👍 379    🔁 53    💬 11    📌 5
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Isarel-Hamas ceasefire to begin on Sunday as Gaza strikes reported: Live updates US president Joe Biden says he’s ‘deeply satisfied’ for people of Israel, hostage families and innocent people of Gaza

Why Sunday if you can do it now?!!! Isarel-Hamas ceasefire to begin on Sunday as Gaza strikes reported: Live updates www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

16.01.2025 06:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Race to the gutter between Tories and charlatan Farage is on!

05.01.2025 16:30 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Pentagon denies US base at Kobani in Syria's Kurdish-led northeast Washington publicly denied rumors that US troops would establish a base in the Syrian Kurdish stronghold border town, which remains under threat by Turkey-backed rebels.

Pentagon denies US base at Kobani in Syria's Kurdish-led northeast - https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/01/pentagon-denies-us-base-kobani-syrias-kurdish-led-northeast

03.01.2025 21:28 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Howard confronts Iraq War call as documents unearthed - Michael West Australia’s decision to invade Iraq was based on wrong information, but was not malicious, John Howard says. The former prime minister defends his decision to commit troops to the 2003 US-led invasion...

Disappointing that John Howard is "disappointed" about the Iraq War .. lucky he says it wasn't his fault
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/howard-confr...

01.01.2025 03:51 — 👍 175    🔁 56    💬 35    📌 4
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Awesome Durham!

02.01.2025 15:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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