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Yesterday the U.S. unblocked decades long terrorism listing on the now Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa. The Trump admin continues to jump leaps and bounds in its Syria diplomacy, something difficult to have imagined the Biden folks pulling off.

Where do Turkey and the PKK go from here? My latest for the National. thenationalnews.com/opinion/commen…

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For more on this strange new era of peacemaking in DRC, listen to our latest here: crisisgroup.org/africa/great-l…

Don’t look away. Since the start of the Israel-Iran war 7 days ago, over 400 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed, many shot while seeking food. It's unconscionable that Netanyahu has not allowed international orgs to resume food delivery. The weaponization of food must end.

“I mean, you don't know that I'm gonna even do it. You don't know, I may do it, I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I'm gonna do.” Well now we know… whatever comes next this war will be Trumps legacy!

Horrific news from Syria with what seems to be an ISIS suicide attack on a church in central Damascus. Over 24 reported casualties so far . facebook.com/share/r/171MaL…

🧵to lay down first draft of my top-5 short-to-medium term (three to 12 months) scenarios about the future of the Islamic Republic and conflict in the context of the #Iran-#Israel war. The list is in order of likelihood today. Expert or well considered feedback welcomed. 1/

Syria has been maintaining strategic silence towards this war. Like most Arab conts they see Netanyahu’s free rein as a threat, but, they wldnt jeopardise their relation with their new friends in Washington over a regional adversary. Iran's attack on Qatar cld push more reactions

The Patriarch extends an invite to Pres Sharaa to visit and offer condolences to a grieving Christian community. A visit cld be greatly appreciated.Similarly, mourning Alawite families in the Coast need a high-level visit, signalling that sectarian violence wont be tolerated.

The Damascus Church Attack: Who Is Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah? - Aaron Y. Zelin (Aaron Y. Zelin), Washington Institute for Near East Policy (Washington Institute): washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysi…

It underscores the links between ISIS networks in northeast, central, & western Syria. These linkages are well-known, documented for years (here's a detailed report Dareen Khalifa & I wrote 3 years ago) Importance now is CT coordination & dealing w/ the camp crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

The title is a bit misleading. This doesn’t read as the US “revoking” Syria sanctions it’s mostly relaxing some restrictions and reassessing others. whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/20…

We’re hiring a Senior Syria Advisor 👇🏽 jobs.crisisgroup.org/o/senior-advis…

The US will revoke the terrorist designation on HTS tomorrow. This represents a historic move. The next step should be for the UNSC to lift its sanctions (preferably the UN would've come first, but better late than never).

Trump declared the new DRC-Rwanda deal a "wonderful treaty" and "glorious triumph". But is it? I discuss this and a range of other issues in the latest Crisis Group podcast with Richard Atwood 1/3 crisisgroup.org/africa-united-…

A symbolic yet significant step in the Türkiye-PKK peace process. For a summary of the steps taken and those yet to come read my short piece for The National thenationalnews.com/opinion/commen…

It is confusing why Barrack's comments denouncing federalism in Syria would attract so much criticism. Öcalan himself has abandoned the idea of federalism, and the SDF leadership have at least publicly moved away from that idea years ago.

In case you missed it, here is a direct Quote from Ocalan's February statement " a separate nation-state, federation, administrative autonomy, or culturalist solutions – fails to answer the historical sociology of the society."

As always excellent field work by Gregory Waters