#  @Elizrael Elizabeth Tsurkov
Elizabeth Tsurkov posts on X about iran, israel, iraq, in the the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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### Top Social Posts
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"Would love to include additional folks on the lists particularly Afghans and foreigners who've conducted fieldwork in Afghanistan. Please recommend in the comments if you can think of anyone"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1427573063411982347) 2021-08-17T10:08Z 95.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Granular look at dynamics in Banyas following the Coastal Massacres. Communities are self-isolating no inter-sect dialog and extremists are gaining ground by @GregoryPWaters whom I highly recommend following. He's conducting excellent fieldwork across Syria. https://www.syriarevisited.com/p/anything-is-possible-except-in-baniyasr=1450m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false https://www.syriarevisited.com/p/anything-is-possible-except-in-baniyasr=1450m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1995435500958621781) 2025-12-01T10:11Z 95.9K followers, 13.8K engagements
"So according to Hamas legitimate targets for kidnapping are babies elderly women & peace activists. An illegitimate target of a kidnapping is a repressive dictator"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2008021602815103410) 2026-01-05T03:43Z 95.7K followers, 65.7K engagements
"Quick analysis of the agreement reached between the SDF & Syrian government: To anyone who followed the negotiations between the SDF & Damascus closely it is jarring to compare the current deal with what Damascus was willing to accept even earlier this month. In early January [----] the SDF refused a deal that would have allowed the incorporation of [--] regional divisions (spanning Hassaekh Deir Ezzor & Raqqa) + mutual control over the borders + constitutional amendments to guarantee Kurdish rights. Now they have to hand over borders and the SDF will join the Syrian Army as individuals not units."
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2012972126689796443) 2026-01-18T19:35Z 95.7K followers, 137.8K engagements
"The victims of highly oppressive regimes tend to be highly pragmatic & willing to align with anyone who may help them. By @arash_tehran https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/trump-khamenei-iran-protests/685680/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/trump-khamenei-iran-protests/685680/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2013857704087814194) 2026-01-21T06:14Z 95.7K followers, [----] engagements
"An Iraqi and a European official confirmed to CNN that the Iranian-backed Iraqi militias responsible or murdering about [---] unarmed protesters in Iraq in [----] have now crossed the border & are doing the same in Iran https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-protests-trump-01-15-26 https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-protests-trump-01-15-26"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2013989965458264128) 2026-01-21T15:00Z 95.7K followers, 14.7K engagements
"Members of Sheikh Hijri's militia assaulted the attendees a political conference in Sweidaa. The conference was seeking to form a political body to represent the governorate & revive civil society activism there. https://www.almodon.com/arabworld/2026/01/20/%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A8-%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2014173604095701130) 2026-01-22T03:09Z 95.7K followers, 34.7K engagements
"🧵 on the preparations of the Syrian Army for resumption of hostilities with the SDF if talks fail. The Syrian government is demanding that the SDF take steps to implement the deal reached on January 18th including: - Handing over heavy weapons - Providing personal info of Kurdish fighters who want to join the Syrian Army or General Security Service - Allowing entry of civilian employees of the Syrian government into Kurdish areas. A deal is the only way to spare the lives of Syrians Kurds and Arabs alike. Even if the Syrian Army acts in a disciplined manner unlike its rampages & looting"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2015119969747374427) 2026-01-24T17:50Z 95.7K followers, 20K engagements
"Reuters + Financial Times: The U.S. threats to cut off the supply of oil revenues to Iraq unless militia personalities are excluded from governance https://www.ft.com/content/f0efe030-fa70-4a3d-be2b-a92d51e234fb https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-control-oil-dollars-heaps-pressure-iraq-over-iranian-influence-2026-01-23/ https://www.ft.com/content/f0efe030-fa70-4a3d-be2b-a92d51e234fb https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-control-oil-dollars-heaps-pressure-iraq-over-iranian-influence-2026-01-23/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2015124194174894243) 2026-01-24T18:07Z 95.8K followers, 79.1K engagements
"@azelin The SDF got to this point because they made the wrong calls & insisted on maintaining a maximalist position. Abandoning prisons and calling on Kurds in Turkey to head to their areas shows their bad judgment hasn't been cured by this existential crisis"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2015210960298901886) 2026-01-24T23:51Z 95.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Israeli intelligence obtained proof & provided it to the Trump Administration that Iran did execute protesters despite Tehran's vows not to do so https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/24/us-obtained-smoking-gun-evidence-against-iran-with-israeli-help/ https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/24/us-obtained-smoking-gun-evidence-against-iran-with-israeli-help/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2015258044561559775) 2026-01-25T02:58Z 95.6K followers, [----] engagements
"A Syrian Army source tells Qussai Jukhadar: if negotiations with the SDF fail the next steps will be taking control of the border crossing to KRG cutting off Kurdish cities from one another calling on civilians to exit negotiating surrender with each town separately (not SDF leadership). This path does not entail storming Kurdish areas but would still cause suffering & hardship. There is still time to reach a deal to avoid further bloodshed. : . " " . : . " " "
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2015799353709908375) 2026-01-26T14:49Z 95.7K followers, 59.7K engagements
"al-Maliki corrupted the Iraqi Army so thoroughly that in [----] a small contingent of ISIS fighters that crossed from Syria was able to overtake a third of Iraq in [--] weeks. The soldiers & officers fled en masse. In any decent country al-Maliki would have been sentenced to life in prison for his destruction of the army mass embezzlement and sectarian policies that brought about ISIS' rise. In Iraq he was nominated for PM again by the pro-Iranian bloc in parliament. https://t.co/C55jvPsEKI https://t.co/C55jvPsEKI"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2016255877699776998) 2026-01-27T21:03Z 95.9K followers, 161.3K engagements
"My interview for the @lawfare podcast about my captivity in Iraq and the lessons U.S. policymakers can draw from how the Trump Administration got me freed with nothing given in return to the kidnappers https://open.spotify.com/episode/2aT8I4wVdGVWoIEdAPwDXgsi=TjLWVBMiRmi414zRLW7ecQ&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A1saOaypBQZQU4ER3tM0VeU https://open.spotify.com/episode/2aT8I4wVdGVWoIEdAPwDXgsi=TjLWVBMiRmi414zRLW7ecQ&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A1saOaypBQZQU4ER3tM0VeU"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2016563828792651942) 2026-01-28T17:27Z 95.9K followers, 14.3K engagements
"Excellent news. An agreement is the only way to prevent any more bloodshed in northeastern Syria. SDF commander in chief @MazloumAbdi is in Damascus to sign a comprehensive accord with Syrian President al-Sharaa SDF commander in chief @MazloumAbdi is in Damascus to sign a comprehensive accord with Syrian President al-Sharaa"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2016960102989750460) 2026-01-29T19:42Z 95.7K followers, 14.7K engagements
"Thank you so much Senator Cruz for your relentless advocacy on my behalf during my [---] days in captivity. And thank you for leading the Senates charge against Tehrans malign regional influence. Honored and grateful to meet with Elizabeth Tsurkov after her release. She was held captive by Iran-controlled Kataib Hezbollah terrorists for over [---] days. Her courage is an inspiration. https://t.co/z9rmPm66y7 Honored and grateful to meet with Elizabeth Tsurkov after her release. She was held captive by Iran-controlled Kataib Hezbollah terrorists for over [---] days. Her courage is an inspiration."
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2017013634581278756) 2026-01-29T23:14Z 95.9K followers, 37K engagements
"Thank you @RepRaskin for being a true ally in Congress for my family's struggle to release me from captivity at the hands of an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq. You were an early and persistent advocate ensuring my case won't be forgotten"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2017070582290899060) 2026-01-30T03:01Z 95.7K followers, 18.7K engagements
"@DavidHannaJr @RepRaskin You are very lucky to have someone like Rep. Raskin representing you in Congress"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2017079145411350993) 2026-01-30T03:35Z 95.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@rimzy77 @RepRaskin The "new Mongols" is such an apt description for these militias. The ruin they brought on Iraq can only be compared to what the Mongols have done"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2017240041991360838) 2026-01-30T14:14Z 95.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Thank you Sen. @CoryBooker for all you have done to fight for my freedom. You and your wonderful staffers advocated fearlessly and consistently for me throughout my [---] days in captivity"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2017299299046982038) 2026-01-30T18:10Z 95.9K followers, 12.6K engagements
"The Trump Administration warned the coalition of pro-Iranian Iraqi parties against nominating al-Maliki for PM. The coalition ignored the warning prompting Trump to threaten Iraq with sanctions al-Maliki so utterly corrupted the Iraqi Army that in [----] a small ISIS contingent was able to occupy a third of Iraq in [--] weeks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/30/iraq-iran-nouri-maliki/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/30/iraq-iran-nouri-maliki/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/30/iraq-iran-nouri-maliki/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2017326378086002782) 2026-01-30T19:57Z 95.9K followers, 15.1K engagements
"It was an honor to meet Sen. @AndyKimNJ a relentless advocate for my release during my [---] days in captivity & a long-time Iraq hand. We discussed the Iranian-backed militias in Iraq their embezzlement of Iraq's riches & sanctions busting for Tehran's benefit"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2017337088023179431) 2026-01-30T20:40Z 95.9K followers, 16.5K engagements
"Interesting. I suspect that the change in the Saudi position stems from the U.S. amassing forces in the region. At this point not acting would indeed be seen by Tehran as a victory in this showdown. A week ago with less forces in theater perceptions may have been different. 🚨Scoop: Saudi defense minister says Trump not bombing Iran would embolden the regime. @zacharybasu and I report for @axios https://t.co/8uHKkgTlhJ 🚨Scoop: Saudi defense minister says Trump not bombing Iran would embolden the regime. @zacharybasu and I report for @axios https://t.co/8uHKkgTlhJ"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2017418946874360011) 2026-01-31T02:05Z 95.8K followers, 49.4K engagements
"Such impressive solidarity between a military dictatorship that consolidated power through mass slaughter of unarmed protesters and a mili-theocracy that maintains power through mass slaughter of unarmed protesters 🥹"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2017835005746024597) 2026-02-01T05:38Z 96K followers, 35.6K engagements
"@DaHammerstein Thank you David"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2018060720169013733) 2026-02-01T20:35Z 95.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@hxhassan great to see this. I hope the official name is changed back too along with other forcible Arabized town names"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2018101319345619245) 2026-02-01T23:17Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Retired U.S. Marine colonel who led forces in battle in Iraq: IDF practices in Gaza "amount to a breakdown in the application of distinction and proportionality as those principles are normally understood and enforced in modern Western militaries." https://warontherocks.com/2026/01/gaza-and-the-conduct-of-urban-war-civilian-harm-risk-and-responsibility/ https://warontherocks.com/2026/01/gaza-and-the-conduct-of-urban-war-civilian-harm-risk-and-responsibility/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2018205569006346372) 2026-02-02T06:11Z 96.1K followers, 72K engagements
"My interview to @NewsHour's @IAmAmnaNawaz about my captivity & what I learned about the pro-Iranian militias in Iraq throughout the [---] days Kataeb Hezbollah held me https://www.youtube.com/watchv=rOamqLnQGlU https://www.youtube.com/watchv=rOamqLnQGlU"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2018500625328120158) 2026-02-03T01:43Z 96K followers, 37.5K engagements
"@SchneidermanDM @MonicaLMarks @NewsHour @IAmAmnaNawaz thank you so much Daniel"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2018517585420317089) 2026-02-03T02:51Z 95.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@GntlmnScientist @IAmAmnaNawaz @Zebaism Thank you so much David"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2018743438020116922) 2026-02-03T17:48Z 95.8K followers, [--] engagements
"US sources to Israel Hayom: Trump is setting [--] demands to Tehran: no nuke program stopping ballistic missile production stopping financing of proxy militias ending mistreatment of protesters. The Trump admin realized these goals are unattainable but engaging in the talks with Tehran is intended to build up legitimacy domestically & abroad to hitting the Iranian regime. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopolitics/article/19823163 https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopolitics/article/19823163"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2018901730084196634) 2026-02-04T04:17Z 96K followers, 77K engagements
"When Iranian officials proclaim now that their armed forces are in full readiness remember that IRGC chief Salami made the same claims on June [--] [----] hours before the war started. He didn't live to see June [--]. Iran is not a "paper tiger" rand does have real capabilities to harm neighboring countries and Israel but I can't think of any modern regime whose rhetoric and threats are so out of line with its actual very limited capabilities. This mismatch is precisely what makes the regimes current intransigence so baffling and selfdefeating. A state with virtually no functional air defenses"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2019044800075337846) 2026-02-04T13:46Z 95.9K followers, 14.4K engagements
"My interview with ABC News's @jayobtv about my captivity. I also highlight the true and main victims of these militias: the Iraqi people. The report includes never-before seen footage of the moment I met Mark Savaya who rescued me from captivity https://www.youtube.com/watchv=P9dpvyCcPT0 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=P9dpvyCcPT0"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2019060599997563070) 2026-02-04T14:48Z 96K followers, 28K engagements
"@TheSyObserver brilliant analysis from you. I hope we will see a cascade of people in charge of repression staying at home once it becomes costly to them. It seems to me that very few of them actually want to become martyrs"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2019074791878074610) 2026-02-04T15:45Z 95.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Massive looting by Arab Raqqa residents of Kurdish homes in Raqqa after Kurds fled during the government's takeover of the city. . "
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2019219242378256642) 2026-02-05T01:19Z 96K followers, 24.4K engagements
"As a broke student I only made a subscription to one paper & it was the @washingtonpost solely due to their international coverage. Their coverage of my areas of study in the Levant was richer and more nuanced than in any other daily paper. What a sad day"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2019227569552584766) 2026-02-05T01:52Z 96.1K followers, 16.9K engagements
"@LubnanAlTaghyir @washingtonpost they fired their entire Middle East team of reporters and in Ukraine"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2019237594069094521) 2026-02-05T02:32Z 95.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Relentless. Thats the only way to describe the advocacy of @AbrahamHamadeh. Thank you Congressman for refusing to give up on me. Our discussion on Syria and the regional threats from Iran made it clear: you are a leader with deep knowledge of the Middle East"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2019514649000255834) 2026-02-05T20:53Z 96.1K followers, 17.2K engagements
"In [----] during the Women Life Freedom protest movement Iranian singer Shervin released the hopeful protest song "Baraya" ("For") about why Iranians were protesting. He was sentenced for [--] years & [--] months in prison for the song a sentence that was later shortened"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2019922837935697923) 2026-02-06T23:55Z 96.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Shervin just released a new beautiful protest song "I am Iran" showing the photos of some of the thousands of protesters the Iranian regime slaughtered in January [----]. The somber tone after the mass murder is evident compared to his hopeful [----] song"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2019922983435866568) 2026-02-06T23:55Z 96.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@karim_h89 Truly"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2019975499422834731) 2026-02-07T03:24Z 95.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Interesting survey by @ETANA_Syria showing that support for the new authorities is concentrated among Sunni Arabs particularly those with primary education or below it https://etanasyria.org/survey-results-public-opinion-in-transitional-syria-one-year-into-the-transition/ https://etanasyria.org/survey-results-public-opinion-in-transitional-syria-one-year-into-the-transition/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2019978731423691001) 2026-02-07T03:37Z 96K followers, [----] engagements
"My interview with @IranIntl_En about how Western policy-making regarding Iran's threat omits the main victims of this regime: the people of the region. Any policy based on narrow definitions of national security won't solve the root cause of the problem https://www.youtube.com/watchv=_hwlxQn5br8 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=_hwlxQn5br8"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2020441504628588832) 2026-02-08T10:16Z 96K followers, 11.6K engagements
"During the July [----] massacres in Sweidaa' Syrian government forces & Bedouin tribesmen ethnically cleansed looted & torched about [--] Druze villages in the countrysides of Sweidaa'. The residents of those villages which remain under government control are only allowed to enter them for visits which require security approvals. Yesterday a General Security Service (GSS) member shot at a group of [--] Druze farmers of Metuna village who had received a permission to enter to harvest olives from their groves killing [--] of them (pictured). According to a statement by the Syrian government they've"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2020523341841305616) 2026-02-08T15:41Z 96.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@sol_0_4 @JosephDaher19 @the_amargi @elifxeyal excited to listen to anything by Dr. Joseph"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2021152641036800155) 2026-02-10T09:21Z 96.1K followers, [---] engagements
"President Trump tells @BarakRavid that 'We can reach an excellent deal with Iran. They wont have nuclear weapons; they wont have missiles. The nuclear is a no-brainer." If no deal is concluded the US will strike again. if the US indeed demands that the Iranian regime curtail/dismantle its missile program Tehran will surely reject the deal. https://www.mako.co.il/news-world/2026_q1/Article-5d96eecd2984c91027.htmutm_source=AndroidNews12&utm_medium=Share https://www.mako.co.il/news-world/2026_q1/Article-5d96eecd2984c91027.htmutm_source=AndroidNews12&utm_medium=Share"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2021331113059209255) 2026-02-10T21:11Z 96.1K followers, 20.4K engagements
"@abdo_of_syr People aren't posting due to fear of the government Or fear from pro-gov trolls Or feeling nothing will change if you post about it"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2022037615080509753) 2026-02-12T19:58Z 96.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@abdo_of_syr There are people criticizing not just ministers but a-Sharaa on state TV inside Syria. It seems to me that freedom of speech has been largely safeguarded thus far. I do fear this will change with time"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2022043396026806390) 2026-02-12T20:21Z 96.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Yanki thank you so so much for your compassion. I really am humbled by it. To be clear I wrote I won't nothing to be given in return for my release not that I want to stay captive forever and indeed this is how I came out owing to the Trump Administration which forced the kidnappers to release me without getting anything in return"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2022228378137382990) 2026-02-13T08:36Z 96.2K followers, [--] engagements
"@dunya_basol Murder is not something you can hide in Israel. Other crime could be"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2022261574132547638) 2026-02-13T10:48Z 96.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@sadriAustrali @Mu_AlSadr They asked me a whole lot about the Sadrist Movement and its leaders. These idiots are convinced that the Sadrists are agents of the Americans 🤦♀"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1986174811211530677) 2025-11-05T20:52Z 96.2K followers, 15.2K engagements
"Thank you Dr. @SebGorka for your tireless efforts in securing my release. The sophisticated understanding you and your elite team have of the militia landscape in Iraq coupled with your resolve to confront these threats is genuinely impressive. I am forever grateful"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2019864249519206642) 2026-02-06T20:02Z 96.2K followers, 113.9K engagements
"@eyalroz It's a completely different situation. The establishment of a Palestinian state will free millions of humans from foreign & violent military rule and advocating for ending this suffering is a moral duty. No one's human rights are violated by the absence of IL-LB normalization"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2022694753671000258) 2026-02-14T15:29Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Few can understand what it feels like for a former hostage to meet their savior. My first meeting with US Special Envoy for Hostage Response @aboehler was one of the most emotionally intense experiences in my life. I spent about an hour in his presence just crying on and off. My amazing sister @emma_tsurkov managed to reach Adam before President @realDonaldTrump was even sworn in and he immediately started working on my case with endless dedication traveling to Iraq and forcing his way into a meeting with the Iraqi PM to press him and to threaten my captors a pro-Iranian militia to get me"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2019895744199815312) 2026-02-06T22:07Z 96.2K followers, 93.3K engagements
"@THE_47th The truck likely has a mostly peeled-off sticker of Harash Ashdod a major truck repair shop in Ashdod Israel"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2023770565702476111) 2026-02-17T14:44Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@ariel_oseran @Mike_Wagenheim @i24NEWS_EN Al-Masri doesn't head any realm party or enjoy any popularity inside Syria. The interim constitution doesn't include the position of PM on purpose - to concentrate power in the hand of the all-powerful president"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2023095142119506112) 2026-02-15T18:00Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Israel will never admit it but I am confident that so many of the successes Israel has had vs. the Iranian axis is not due to Israeli genius but due to the stupidity of the men who make up the rank-and-file and commanders of these militias & Iranian regime. Having spent [---] days in the captivity of an Iraqi militia servicing Iran I can tell you that I've never met more ignorant people in my life. Commanders who think tracking devices can be planted in teeth but don't know white non-silver fillings exist. Commanders who think Masons rule the world. Senior commanders who are literally"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1985265487849087320) 2025-11-03T08:39Z 96.2K followers, 889.9K engagements
"@Farah_fromGaza I'm so so sorry :( Nothing will bring back what you and all Gazans lost but I hope better days are ahead. You are strong for surviving thus far and I am sure you can and will rebuild your life even if it will never be normal again"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2020974939529150813) 2026-02-09T21:35Z 96.2K followers, 100.1K engagements
"Normalization with Israel is unpopular in Lebanon and floating it as a possibility or trying to force it on Lebanon will only bolster the political force that has been the staunchest opponent to it: Hezbollah. The overwhelming majority (89%) of Lebanese oppose recognizing Israel; only 9% support it (source: Arab Opinion Index 2025; link in comments). There's this (erroneous) view among some that a majority of Lebanese Christians want to normalize with Israel. Also false. Even if the https://t.co/9YfO7Fkc0z The overwhelming majority (89%) of Lebanese oppose recognizing Israel; only 9% support"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2022671227207467469) 2026-02-14T13:56Z 96.2K followers, 72.4K engagements
"New decision by the Syrian Ministry of Local Governance granting significant authorities to governors incl. hiring & firing employees approving investments & deals. The decision is an outcome of negotiations with the SDF which asked for greater decentralization. Communities across Syria not just minorities expressed desire for greater local role in decision-making compared to the hyper-centralized Assad regime. In reality with space opening up after Assad's fall local communities are playing an outsized role in service provision and dispute resolution due to the extreme weakness of the"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2023035350243791052) 2026-02-15T14:03Z 96.2K followers, 75.9K engagements
"Muhammad Dhabban died in Gaza from a rare skin disease that cannot be treated inside the Strip. For [--] months Muhammad waited in agony for a medical evacuation before dying yesterday. Under the deal reached between Hamas & Israel to end the war only [---] people are allowed to leave Gaza daily through the Rafah Crossing. Over [-----] patients are awating medical evacuation. Sources with extremely graphic photos"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2023365328151904409) 2026-02-16T11:54Z 96.2K followers, 16.7K engagements
"@THE_47th The pressure cooker was made in France and imported to Israel via a company to Jerusalem"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2023762328270106775) 2026-02-17T14:11Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Muhammad al-Deek a Syrian Army low-ranking commander was killed on January [--] [----] while dismantling mines near Kobani. I've been friends with Muhammad for years and communicated with him throughout the recent Syrian Army offensive against Arab-majority areas under SDF control. He constantly wished for an agreement to be reached so that no more blood was spilled. Muhammad spent most of his adult life fighting and was tired of war. He lost many relatives and friends. He barely saw his wife and three young beautiful daughters. Muhammad was a former rebel forcibly displaced to northern Aleppo"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2023819416836636810) 2026-02-17T17:58Z 96.2K followers, 17K engagements
"Irresponsible public spending to buy political loyalty has left Iraq's government unable to pay salaries Public spending has reached unprecedented levels under current PM al-Sudani increasing Iraq's budget deficit https://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq-unable-to-pay-its-obligations-as.htmlm=1 https://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq-unable-to-pay-its-obligations-as.htmlm=1"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2024026851971146119) 2026-02-18T07:43Z 96.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Throughout my [---] days in captivity I reflected on this odd juxtaposition: my torturers were incredibly ignorant yet highly skilled at inflicting harm on others. I wrote the first draft of this article while still in captivity. Now it's in @TheAtlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/kidnapped-baghdad/685470/gift=9UtyZb3mDuj0SBI8F16FpwE-BYovnJIiA7dUXQGglGg https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/kidnapped-baghdad/685470/gift=9UtyZb3mDuj0SBI8F16FpwE-BYovnJIiA7dUXQGglGg"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2010407553948356796) 2026-01-11T17:44Z 96.2K followers, 777.6K engagements
"Iraq is showing mounting signs of fiscal distress as the government continues to rely on unchecked public spending to secure political loyalty. Recent developments highlight the growing severity of the crisis: * Delayed pensions: Government employees have seen their pension payments delayed by [--] days running an unprecedented lag that signals acute liquidity problems. Regular government employees also had the payment of their salaries delayed until about [--] days ago (10-day delay). * Sudden tax hikes: The government sharply increased import taxes across numerous product categories triggering"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2020832945133470117) 2026-02-09T12:11Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Israel's Finance Minister Smotrich reveals classified information that fills in gaps in prior reporting on the [--] Day War: * Lebanese Hezbollah noticed Israeli jets taking off to strike Iran and alerted their Iranian superiors. * This alert caused the leadership of the IRGC's Aerospace Force to gather in an underground HQ previously unknown to Israel. * The gathering led Israel to alter the attack plan delaying it by an hour and bomb both the underground HQ and the scientists who've worked on Iran's nuclear weapons program. This information makes the failure of the Iranian regime to prevent"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2021511068418232372) 2026-02-11T09:06Z 96.2K followers, 120.9K engagements
"One of the leading experts on Islamism in Syria Dr. @ThomasPierret offers astute analysis of Syria's new rulers. On the new Syrian state the future of Islamism and more with @ThomasPierret https://t.co/FmTnrDWB8f On the new Syrian state the future of Islamism and more with @ThomasPierret https://t.co/FmTnrDWB8f"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2022408029246001461) 2026-02-13T20:30Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"2020 . [----] . https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-fakhrizadeh-assassination-israel.html # # # https://t.co/bauFl2ofv4 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-fakhrizadeh-assassination-israel.html # # # https://t.co/bauFl2ofv4"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2023493600328487003) 2026-02-16T20:24Z 96.2K followers, 33K engagements
"Israeli media is notorious for running reports based on single sources. This is in part what allowed Qatar to plan stories in Israeli media by buying Netanyahu's military spokesman. They have a real problem reaching Syrian sources that matter because of Syrians' hostility/suspicion of Israelis which is quite understandable. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023785086320038062 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023785086320038062"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2023785086320038062) 2026-02-17T15:42Z 96.2K followers, [--] engagements
"Syria was never a "refugee crisis". It was a "brutal dictator slaughtering his people crisis". Once the root cause of the problem is removed one of its manifestations (huge refugee flows) disappears too In just over one year 41% of Syrian refugees in Jordan returned home. While the situation in Syria has improved only slightly for the most vulnerable populations what clearly changed is the hope that Assad had suffocated. The belief that tomorrow is better that Syrians https://t.co/Qwv319V35r In just over one year 41% of Syrian refugees in Jordan returned home. While the situation in Syria has"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2023716571680825580) 2026-02-17T11:10Z 96.2K followers, 28.1K engagements
": ' '. '' . . https://x.com/i/status/2017152942852223299 The weapon Khamenei spoke of the one he claimed could sink an American aircraft carrier is an American weapon: AI. https://t.co/vY7Sjsvhwl https://x.com/i/status/2017152942852223299 The weapon Khamenei spoke of the one he claimed could sink an American aircraft carrier is an American weapon: AI. https://t.co/vY7Sjsvhwl"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2024032874580586929) 2026-02-18T08:06Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@bdrhmnhrk @DavidKenner The similarities in writing are even greater. Rosh Hashana is written And Shana tova"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1039257973606871040) 2018-09-10T21:03Z 82.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@marwanhishampen I am least similar to Trump :D"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1065271568216064000) 2018-11-21T15:51Z 82.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Give me your tired your poor Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free tear gas"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1066902043820990464) 2018-11-26T03:50Z 82.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@marwanhishampen LOL. It's RT"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1129470217661362176) 2019-05-17T19:34Z 82.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@drmabon @daraconduit @CambridgeUP Yes please go on the pod"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1154349988065030144) 2019-07-25T11:17Z 95.6K followers, [--] engagements
"@marwanhishampen Turks were angry that they posted in Arabic"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1171071978935148544) 2019-09-09T14:44Z 82.3K followers, [--] engagements
"ISIS has no reason to play down its own attack obv. ISIS can undoubtedly benefit from the Turkish invasion but the group suffered significant losses & complex operations require capabilities it currently does not posses in SDF areas"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1181894890587860992) 2019-10-09T11:31Z 82.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@marwanhishampen I was not there. I conveyed information by an SDF source stationed there. The heavy firing he explained stemmed for panic - SDF believed it was besieged in the HQ"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1181900309934874624) 2019-10-09T11:52Z 82.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Hurras a-Deen (AQ in Syria) carried out [--] attacks on regime forces in the past day around Idlib: quick raid & capture of weaponry + firing rockets at Lattakia countryside. Hayat Tahrir a-Sham previously prevented such Hurras operations to keep ceasfires in place"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1259410227889397770) 2020-05-10T09:09Z 94K followers, [--] engagements
"Finally blessedly free after [---] days in captivity. Thank you President @realDonaldTrump for the decisive action that brought me home without anything given in return to the kidnappers Kataeb Hezbollah. I am deeply grateful to Special Envoy for Hostage Response @aboehler @SecRubio @StateSPEHA Mark Savaya and @MickeyBergman for securing my release. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who tried to help in any way"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1974093149325627662) 2025-10-03T12:44Z 87.5K followers, 1.1M engagements
"Elating news. Freedom is like liquid happiness that permeates every aspect of life once released from captivity. God bless every person who made this joyous liberation day possible. 🚨🎥President Trump just spoke with the families of the hostages. The hostages will come back theyre all coming back on Monday https://t.co/yQvJX31Icx 🚨🎥President Trump just spoke with the families of the hostages. The hostages will come back theyre all coming back on Monday https://t.co/yQvJX31Icx"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1976272316490449368) 2025-10-09T13:03Z 82.2K followers, 28.3K engagements
""Even if all of Gaza becomes one big cemetery Hamas will strive to run this cemetery. They won't give up their rule easily.The people don't interest them." https://archive.md/2025.10.11-035859/https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2025-10-09/ty-article-magazine/.premium/do-you-know-how-many-generations-want-revenge-now-the-future-of-hamas-and-gazans/00000199-c8b6-d198-abdb-dcf7a4720000"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1976913245136207895) 2025-10-11T07:30Z 82.2K followers, 18.8K engagements
"@IhabHassane @grok hello is this image new"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1977792263796183337) 2025-10-13T17:43Z 82.1K followers, 22.5K engagements
"The deal to end the horrific Gaza war is a blessed development but by creating a time gap between the Israeli withdrawal & introduction of the currently undetermined international force it gave Hamas the opportunity to slaughter those opposed to it whether armed by Israel or not. Since the partial Israeli pullout Hamas killed & publicly executed dozens of Gazans. Throughout the war Hamas kidnapped & tortured to death multiple peaceful dissenters who spoke up against it on social media."
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1978477593666957368) 2025-10-15T15:06Z 83.4K followers, 70.5K engagements
""Having grown up on lentils alone since the day she was born she now finds fruit and vegetables available in Gazas markets with the ceasefire. When we handed her a banana she didnt know what to do with it and tried to eat it with the peel on." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/16/gaza-lives-war-israel-safetyCMP=share_btn_url https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/16/gaza-lives-war-israel-safetyCMP=share_btn_url"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1978862336065544329) 2025-10-16T16:35Z 83.2K followers, 14.1K engagements
"Dangerous development. Both the Israeli leadership & President Trump vowed to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities again if Iran resumes work on its nuclear program. Satellite imagery taken by Maxar now Vantor and Airbus at the end of September and early October shows activity at the Esfahan tunnel entrances. As of September [--] the second of three entrances (the middle entrance) which was previously blocked by earth and rubble has been https://t.co/PskgRPfoRz Satellite imagery taken by Maxar now Vantor and Airbus at the end of September and early October shows activity at the Esfahan tunnel"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1979202682708467936) 2025-10-17T15:07Z 83.2K followers, 43.2K engagements
""The Islamic Republics tenure has amounted to a lost half century for Iran. Squandering its wealth on failed regional adventures & a nuclear program that brought only isolation all while repressing & wasting its greatest source of wealth: its people." https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/autumn-ayatollahs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/autumn-ayatollahs"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1979927942080745787) 2025-10-19T15:09Z 83.3K followers, 12.2K engagements
"Congratulations to Mark Savaya for this important appointment. Mark played an instrumental role in setting me free after [---] days in captivity by Kataeb Hezbollah an Iraqi militia serving Iran without anything given in return. This is terrible news for anyone serving Iran's interests in Iraq and seeking to undermine Iraqi sovereignty"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1980021346894553297) 2025-10-19T21:20Z 86.8K followers, 201.8K engagements
"Excellent news Joel is highly informed about the Middle East & spent years working on Iraq and Syria. His final confirmation cannot come soon enough. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced @joel_rayburn for nominations for the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. Nomination now moves to the full Senate for a vote. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced @joel_rayburn for nominations for the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. Nomination now moves to the full Senate for a vote"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1981068528292659418) 2025-10-22T18:41Z 83.5K followers, 27.5K engagements
"Concerning development. The Syrian Ministry of Social Affairs @SyMOSAAL is now applying Assad-era draconian restrictions on the activities of all NGOs & private institutions operating in Syria including requiring prior gov approval to join any associations & receive funds from foreign donors https://syriaaccountability.org/joint-position-paper-on-the-directive-from-the-minister-of-social-affairs-and-labor/ https://syriaaccountability.org/joint-position-paper-on-the-directive-from-the-minister-of-social-affairs-and-labor/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1981073428875792688) 2025-10-22T19:01Z 83.5K followers, 31.5K engagements
"According to local sources the Israeli Army is deforesting newly occupied areas in northern Quneitra to create line-of-sight for its forces but won't allow Sunni villagers from Jubatha al-Khashab & Tranjeh to at least collect the firewood but is allowing Druze villagers from Hadher to collect it"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1981079528677179644) 2025-10-22T19:25Z 94.3K followers, 117.8K engagements
"@eddyportnoy Hahahah"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1981416578483966069) 2025-10-23T17:44Z 83.2K followers, [---] engagements
"The Riyadh Metro has [--] stations along [--] lines and trains go [--] KM/hour on average. The Jerusalem Light Rail has [--] stations along [--] line goes [--] KM/hour all above ground blocking other traffic from passing there. If Jerusalemites rode camels rather than the Light Rail it would have been faster as camels can sustain speeds of up to [--] KM/hour. Smotrich's racist sense of supremacy is out of touch with reality. Israeli ultranationalist minister of finance Smotrich: "If Saudi Arabia is telling us that in return for normalization they want a Palestinian state - we will say: Friends no thank you"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1981608414791840201) 2025-10-24T06:27Z 86.8K followers, 384.1K engagements
"@DrTugrulcan Thank you"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1981722581137821730) 2025-10-24T14:00Z 83.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@QalaatAlMudiq @ajaltamimi @qunfuz2"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1982051893229605204) 2025-10-25T11:49Z 83.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Gazans describe an immense sense of loss after two years of carnage fear of Hamas violently reasserting power and desire to escape Gaza by @Haaretz https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/magazine/2025-10-23/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019a-0ae2-d44f-ab9e-9ae268880000utm_source=App_Share&utm_medium=Android_Native&utm_campaign=Share https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/magazine/2025-10-23/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019a-0ae2-d44f-ab9e-9ae268880000utm_source=App_Share&utm_medium=Android_Native&utm_campaign=Share"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1982680897280455064) 2025-10-27T05:28Z 86.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Very interesting observations from a thoughtful Iranian who visited the country after the [--] Day War as Iran is undergoing deep and fast societal changes For the second time this year I had the opportunity to go home and visit Iran. I usually dont have the opportunity to go back this frequently (I have a full time job and a life) but the [--] Day War dramatically changed my perspective on my priorities & I made it happen at the For the second time this year I had the opportunity to go home and visit Iran. I usually dont have the opportunity to go back this frequently (I have a full time job and"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1982690338507727099) 2025-10-27T06:06Z 86.4K followers, 45.9K engagements
"@thestevennabil Such a shame. His Arabic indicates the guy is educated. Because of Iraq's corrupt political class Iraq's youth can't build a future for themselves in Iraq and are forced to become mercenaries or undocumented migrants"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1982891369367777406) 2025-10-27T19:25Z 83.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@arash_tehran @RashaAlAqeedi Omg you're taller than me Arash (I'm 184)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1982927090971546018) 2025-10-27T21:47Z 83.5K followers, [---] engagements
"A list of Sudanese and folks tweeting about Sudan and documenting the RSF slaughter in al-Fasher. https://x.com/i/lists/12396618 https://x.com/i/lists/12396618"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1983929367307665678) 2025-10-30T16:09Z 86.4K followers, 11.1K engagements
"Very interesting to observe how the weakened Iranian regime has given up on enforcing the mandatory hijab or preventing gender-mixing. Esfahan #night https://t.co/pxTSEcVsVC Esfahan #night https://t.co/pxTSEcVsVC"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1984156945889276367) 2025-10-31T07:14Z 86.4K followers, 65.5K engagements
"@Ellyce_S Thank you I do plan to write about my experience but more analytical things less memoir-type. At least that's my thinking right now"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1985429143262007308) 2025-11-03T19:29Z 86.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@FalahIbtis87228 I think the Sadrist Movement differs from the militias since it isn't loyal to foreign forces unlike other parties in Iraq (Shia Sunni Kurdish). But for sure it has taken part in stealing Iraq's riches"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1985709919547297797) 2025-11-04T14:05Z 87.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The story of my kidnapping by Kataeb Hezbollah an Iraqi militia serving Iran [---] days of captivity and liberation thanks to threats of the Trump Administration By @adamrasgon @IKershner & @ronenbergman https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/world/middleeast/tsurkov-kataib-torture-kidnap.htmlunlocked_article_code=1.y08.VNkm.sS-JrofVJgVV&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/world/middleeast/tsurkov-kataib-torture-kidnap.htmlunlocked_article_code=1.y08.VNkm.sS-JrofVJgVV&smid=url-share"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1986019217427079303) 2025-11-05T10:34Z 94.8K followers, 399.6K engagements
"The @nytimes just published the report about my kidnapping period in captivity & how I was freed. The report contains graphic details about the torture Kataeb Hezbollah subjected me to in order to produce the false confessions. The reporters writing the story were respectful and considerate and did not push me to share anything I wished to keep private. Like anyone else I don't want the details about the worst moments of my life to be public. But I know that nearly all victims of the Iraqi militias cannot speak up: the militias either killed them or they are in Iraq or have family in Iraq and"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1986020818032218350) 2025-11-05T10:40Z 88.7K followers, 403.7K engagements
"@michaeldweiss @soltan Thank you dear"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1986185568519147708) 2025-11-05T21:35Z 86.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Thank you so much for speaking out about this. I knew nothing about the discourse surrounding me in Israel or "progressive"/academic circles (both hateful) while in captivity thankfully. Discovering what had happened and said has been one the most painful things since my liberation. Many orgs institutions and people I thought would stand up for me didn't whereas Jewish organizations who deeply differ from my politics rallied around me"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1986314195185348832) 2025-11-06T06:06Z 86.4K followers, [----] engagements
"This is why political violence is so destructive. It tears apart societies and communities by radicalizing formerly sane people. You're absolutely right. I don't think anyone who ever saw me as a real person would act and speak the way they did. Kylie is absolutely amazing. A true inspiration. I got to know her recently"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1986324780312572297) 2025-11-06T06:48Z 86.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Hopeless Iraqi young men are being recruited over social media to fight for the Russian regime in Ukraine And Iraq's ruling clique has failed to create opportunities for Iraq's youth driving them to take on such terrible risks https://alhurra.com/en/4836 https://thearabweekly.com/social-media-tell-stories-young-iraqis-recruited-fight-russias-war-ukraine https://alhurra.com/en/4836 https://thearabweekly.com/social-media-tell-stories-young-iraqis-recruited-fight-russias-war-ukraine"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1986417726965928355) 2025-11-06T12:57Z 87.3K followers, 19.4K engagements
"@selpak01 @OzKaterji They stole my OnePlus so had to get a new phone 😅"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1986465555256160705) 2025-11-06T16:07Z 86.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Since my release I've been flooded by kind messages from thousands of Iraqis expressing their horror about what was done to me by an Iraqi militia serving Iran. The torture I endured is nothing compared to what Iraqi captives face in the black sites of the militias. My kidnappers wanted a huge ransom in exchange for me (initially the ask was $600 million dollars) and therefore made sure not to endanger my life whereas Iraqi kidnapped by these militias are often tortured to death or executed. Iraqis are the primary victims of these militias. While I am free and safe Iraqis continue to live"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1986835024218394805) 2025-11-07T16:35Z 87.7K followers, 140.7K engagements
"The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now its almost gone. inspiring tale of popular resistance winning against a repressive unpopular and battered regime. By @arash_tehran https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2025/11/iran-hijab/684839/gift=yMNG1nWDz8TdLBAi02a-v5k-jmhTDOEDrmmgP9iGQlI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2025/11/iran-hijab/684839/gift=yMNG1nWDz8TdLBAi02a-v5k-jmhTDOEDrmmgP9iGQlI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1986914213395054671) 2025-11-07T21:50Z 87.3K followers, 17.3K engagements
"Profiles of courage. The Obama Administration refused to determine whether the military coup in Egypt (2013) was indeed a coup as that would legally force the US to cut military aid to Egypt. Similarly the Biden Administration avoided determining that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza to avoid having to cut military aid to it by @humeyra_pamuk & co. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-intel-found-israeli-military-lawyers-warned-there-was-evidence-gaza-war-2025-11-07/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-intel-found-israeli-military-lawyers-warned-there-was-evidence-gaza-war-2025-11-07/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1987041659939434765) 2025-11-08T06:17Z 87.3K followers, 50K engagements
"@qunfuz2 Icymi these two recent stories https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1987041659939434765t=U2IfT9dARw5ZinLkRy-kUA&s=19 Profiles of courage. The Obama Administration refused to determine whether the military coup in Egypt (2013) was indeed a coup as that would legally force the US to cut military aid to Egypt. Similarly the Biden Administration avoided determining that Israel is committing war https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1987041659939434765t=U2IfT9dARw5ZinLkRy-kUA&s=19 Profiles of courage. The Obama Administration refused to determine whether the military coup in Egypt (2013) was indeed a"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1987081772220260734) 2025-11-08T08:56Z 86.4K followers, [---] engagements
"The state can't even pay the salaries of its own staff. Of course doing any new initiatives would require foreign funding but I am sure many Syrian and intl NGOs would be eager to do such programming as they have been working on transitional justice for a long time. That would require cooperation on a matter that Damascus perceives as and it has resisted cooperation on such matters with NGOs before"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1987487364109730205) 2025-11-09T11:48Z 86.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Early special voting among members of Iraq's security services have begun for the Iraqi parliamentary elections. Sadrists within these organs are posting photos & videos documenting the spoiling of ballots upon the orders of the leader of Muqtada Sadr the leader of the Sadrist Current. Due to the boycott by Sadrists of the elections & popular distrust in the corrupt ruling system turnout in Iraq's elections is expected to be low. Candidates have spent billions of dollars they stole from Iraq's riches buying votes to compensate for their lack of genuine popularity."
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1987521947496751456) 2025-11-09T14:05Z 87.3K followers, 38.9K engagements
"Dozens of Sunni men protested tonight in the Seyyeda Zainab area south of Damascus against the opening of a Shia religious hall (husseyniya) changing sectarian slogans. Much of the ire of the protesters is directed at Adham al-Khatib the leader of the Shia community in Syria who has met with President al-Sharaa & serves as a liaison between the community & Damascus. This is one more example of Syria's new authorities being outflanked by popular vengeful identitarianism among Syria's Sunni majority now back in power after decades under sectarian & violent minority rule"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1987630120023314645) 2025-11-09T21:15Z 87.3K followers, [----] engagements
"The desperation of Iraq's corrupt elites is rising fearing a large-scale popular boycott of the parliamentary elections tomorrow. Accounts supporting these parties are spreading a fake fatwa by Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sistani calling on Iraqis to vote tomorrow. His website shows no such fatwa The supporters claiming that the Ayatollah called on people to vote are using the hashtag "participating upon the order of the marjaiya source of emulation" #__ https://www.sistani.org/arabic/ https://www.sistani.org/arabic/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1987910172333822435) 2025-11-10T15:48Z 87.5K followers, 19K engagements
"Today Iraq is holding its parliamentary elections. You can use this list of Iraqi journalists activists & analysts to follow the proceedings. https://x.com/i/lists/1045896745354289152 https://x.com/i/lists/1045896745354289152"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1988156789519773966) 2025-11-11T08:08Z 87.5K followers, 10.6K engagements
"The most important data point from today's elections is the real turnout rate. The figure that will be released by the Electoral Commission (IHEC) will show turnout among the [--] million Iraqis who registered to be able to vote not the [--] million eligible voters to artificially inflate the turnout. I expect the turnout to be low due to the unpopularity of the corrupt ruling system & boycott of the elections by the largest political movement in Iraq - the Sadrist Current (about one million supporters). The outcome of the elections will be largely determined not by genuine popularity but by the"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1988180838039572631) 2025-11-11T09:43Z 87.3K followers, 28K engagements
"My interview to @melanielidman of @AP about my [---] in captivity of Kataeb Hezbollah an Iraqi militia serving Iran and the road ahead https://apnews.com/article/israelirussian-researcher-iraq-tsurkov-hostage-militia-32b77a5b593a84ab82fb24bda562d0ae https://apnews.com/article/israelirussian-researcher-iraq-tsurkov-hostage-militia-32b77a5b593a84ab82fb24bda562d0ae"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1988183560847847749) 2025-11-11T09:54Z 87.3K followers, 11.8K engagements
"My interview to @melanielidman of @AP about my [---] in captivity of Kataeb Hezbollah an Iraqi militia serving Iran and the road ahead https://apnews.com/article/israelirussian-researcher-iraq-tsurkov-hostage-militia-32b77a5b593a84ab82fb24bda562d0ae https://apnews.com/article/israelirussian-researcher-iraq-tsurkov-hostage-militia-32b77a5b593a84ab82fb24bda562d0ae"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1988183855107371207) 2025-11-11T09:55Z 87.5K followers, 34K engagements
"What Entifadh is saying is absolutely right. The men who kidnapped tortured & held me captive all receive salaries from the Iraqi state either as members of an internal security organ (my kidnappers & torturers for [---] months) or the Popular Mobilization Units (those who held me for [--] months). Some of my torturers came in to abuse me wearing official state uniform. They would torture me always in the evenings nights and weekends because during work hours they are torturing Iraqis arrested by them. The brutality that @Elizrael endured the pistol stamped for official use by Iraqi security"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1988260734115917987) 2025-11-11T15:01Z 90.7K followers, 99.9K engagements
"I followed his career very closely. Jabhat al-Nusra blew up cars against regime targets in Damascus Aleppo Homs and Idlib but killed civilians too. In August [----] they invaded the Coast slaughtered Alawis and took about [---] women hostage. See And https://www.hrw.org/report/2013/10/10/you-can-still-see-their-blood/executions-indiscriminate-shootings-and-hostage https://www.hrw.org/node/267974/printable/print https://www.hrw.org/node/267974/printable/print https://www.hrw.org/report/2013/10/10/you-can-still-see-their-blood/executions-indiscriminate-shootings-and-hostage"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1988541871224668470) 2025-11-12T09:38Z 87.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@Beirutspring Very true. In general any Arab country with a somewhat representative/genuinely elected political system won't normalize because public opinion matters in such countries"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1988545048963666372) 2025-11-12T09:50Z 87.3K followers, [----] engagements
"The moment of my liberation after [---] in captivity occurred inside the Green Zone in Baghdad. Entering this highly secure zone requires security approval. The Kataeb Hezbollah car drove into a garage and the driver told me to get into a second car that was parked in parallel. The driver of the second car told me that I am safe now and in the hands of the Iraqi government. The kidnappers' car was parked alongside that of the Iraqi government for about a minute inside a secure zone yet no arrest of the kidnappers took place. This reveals the weakness of the Iraqi government vis-a-vis the"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1988668656566292483) 2025-11-12T18:02Z 87.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Analysis of the Iraqi election results from a long-time watcher and the top researcher of Iraq's militias So you know what I think Glad you asked: I think Sudani did really very well for a guy who had [--] seats last time and has [--] now. He's a smart hard-working guy: I wish he wasn't such a mean-spirited vindictive power-hungry looter. It's honestly a tragedy; an Iraqi tragedy. 🧵 So you know what I think Glad you asked: I think Sudani did really very well for a guy who had [--] seats last time and has [--] now. He's a smart hard-working guy: I wish he wasn't such a mean-spirited vindictive"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1988917601922060511) 2025-11-13T10:31Z 87.7K followers, 31.7K engagements
""MBS needs much stronger commitments directly from Israel with tangible steps on the ground in order to sell normalization to the Saudi public which has become much more anti-Israeli during the Gaza war." SCOOP: President Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a phone call last month that with the Gaza war ending he expects Saudi Arabia to move toward normalization with Israel. My story on @axios https://t.co/typFp2gJ9O SCOOP: President Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a phone call last month that with the Gaza war ending he expects Saudi Arabia to move"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1989087277184889324) 2025-11-13T21:45Z 88.1K followers, 33.6K engagements
"The past year in Iraq ahead of the elections witnessed a sharp deterioration in freedom of the media and freedom of speech. Iraqi authorities arrested journalists barred individuals and hosts from appearing on TV removed Facebook pages critical of the pro-Iranian forces dominating Iraq & filed thousands of groundless lawsuits to gag journalists. The most noteable recent target of this campaign is @adnanaltia one of the most prominent Iraqi journalists still daring to voice criticism of the militias serving Iran. This persecution of the few free voices left speaking in Iraq shows the weakness"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1989343841451663377) 2025-11-14T14:45Z 88K followers, 34.4K engagements
"Prof. Bernard Heykel who is close to the Saudi leadership: KSA isn't seeking to buy the F-35 jets but rather a US nuclear umbrella. This implies that seeking protection from Tehran Riyadh wants the deployment of US nuclear missiles on Saudi soil https://english.alarabiya.net/News/saudi-arabia/2025/11/16/what-to-expect-during-the-saudi-crown-prince-s-visit-to-the-white-house https://english.alarabiya.net/News/saudi-arabia/2025/11/16/what-to-expect-during-the-saudi-crown-prince-s-visit-to-the-white-house"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1990131259100553603) 2025-11-16T18:54Z 87.5K followers, 42K engagements
"@grok I'm looking for a tweet analyzing Iraqi election results showing the breakdown of alignment of parties pro or anti-Iran mentioning al-Mandalawi and al-Sudani"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1990155708000776598) 2025-11-16T20:31Z 87.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@MujtahidKURD The militias yes but there are many pro-Iran parties that aren't militias"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1990164182466195961) 2025-11-16T21:04Z 87.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Excellent discussion with @rayajalabi on the evolution of Iraq's militias away from resistance toward focusing on plundering the Iraqi state; followed by clear-eyed analysis by @qunfuz2 of Syria's transition since the fall of the Assad regime https://open.spotify.com/episode/7s0dSx8BMGznmZKQftDNswsi=dqLcyNRBT-eFACDvXPSJcg&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1FgnTBfUlzkeKt https://open.spotify.com/episode/7s0dSx8BMGznmZKQftDNswsi=dqLcyNRBT-eFACDvXPSJcg&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1FgnTBfUlzkeKt"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1990698775120121904) 2025-11-18T08:29Z 88.1K followers, 11.4K engagements
"Important day for Syria's transition away from an unaccountable dictatorship. Today in Aleppo trials began for men suspected of carrying out war crimes during the March [----] Coastal Massacres: loyalists of the fallen Assad regime and notably members of the new Syrian security forces. Syria's new authorities quietly arrested hundreds of members of its own security forces who are suspected of abuses in the massacres in the Coast and Sweidaa'. Accountability is the first and crucial step in building trust with minority communities. Photos of the military police preparing to secure the trail"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1990804170484355422) 2025-11-18T15:27Z 90K followers, 41.1K engagements
"Iraqi traffic cop celebrates tonight's victory of Iraq in the World Cup qualification game #__ #__ # # #_ #_ https://t.co/msYthSDCFX #__ # # #_ #_ https://t.co/msYthSDCFX"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1990891454063927478) 2025-11-18T21:14Z 90K followers, 51.3K engagements
"The right-wing incitement against Israel's independent media bears fruit. Overnight graffiti was sprayed outside the offices of Channel 13: "The blood of the traitors their death will indeed be cleared for publication" : [--] . . . . https://t.co/KSwJsNckxJ : [--] . . . . https://t.co/KSwJsNckxJ"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1991057644204012025) 2025-11-19T08:15Z 87.7K followers, 12.9K engagements
"I've been volunteering w/ @HRM_Israel since [----]. This fantastic NGO fights for the rights of the most marginalized residents of Israel: refugees migrants human trafficking victims. Join me in supporting them All donations are doubled for the next day. https://causematch.com/hotline2025-en/535310 https://causematch.com/hotline2025-en/535310"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1991140028882239509) 2025-11-19T13:42Z 88.2K followers, [----] engagements
"From personal experience I hate and do not forgive those who kidnapped & tortured me but I don't hate or fear all Arabs or Iraqis or Shia because of it. Fearing an entire group is actually one of the symptoms of PTSD as certain people smells places remind you of the trauma (for example hearing Arabic seeing Arabs)"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1991774551588397493) 2025-11-21T07:43Z 87.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Hamas documents collected by the Israeli Army during the invasion of Gaza reveal the behind-the-scene dynamics surrounding the rapproachment between the Assad regime and Hamas; and the fear of Hamas' leadership from Assad's downfall https://x.com/ItayBlumental/status/1991783250948186150 " - " https://t.co/1hx4khclGo https://x.com/ItayBlumental/status/1991783250948186150 " - " https://t.co/1hx4khclGo"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1991847455088947265) 2025-11-21T12:33Z 88.2K followers, 40.2K engagements
"@GhalebHabian I agree it's transparent but it's also interesting because basically Hamas and Israel both did not welcome and feared Assad's downfall"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1991851264045404594) 2025-11-21T12:48Z 87.5K followers, [---] engagements
"A new poll by @IDIisrael among Israeli Jews: 60.6% oppose investigating Israeli soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian detainees; 65% believe that avoiding uneccesary killings of civilians harms the ability of the IDF to carry out its missions https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopolitics/article/19298235 https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopolitics/article/19298235"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1992617255721423138) 2025-11-23T15:32Z 91.3K followers, 401.5K engagements
"Important🧵from Greg who witnessed today's outburts of violence in Homs. Bedouin enraged by the murder of [--] of their tribesmen stormed a mixed Alawi-Bedouin neighborhood & overwhelmed the General Security Forces of the Syrian government which worked to halt the violence. A thread on Homs today: 1) The Bedouin couple that was murdered lived on the edge of Mouhajireen neighborhood they had lived there for [--] years and were known by everyone. Of course their killing was intended to cause this chaos https://t.co/I8nngcphue A thread on Homs today: 1) The Bedouin couple that was murdered lived on"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1992671967242010967) 2025-11-23T19:09Z 90.5K followers, 17.4K engagements
"New UN estimate: The Gazan economy contracted by 87% in 2023-2024 (so the situation is likely worse now). Israels military operations had significantly undermined every pillar of survival https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/25/rebuilding-human-made-abyss-gaza-un https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/25/rebuilding-human-made-abyss-gaza-un"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1993344216265834814) 2025-11-25T15:41Z 90.6K followers, [----] engagements
"My analysis of the Iraqi election results & what explains the success of the pro-Iranian militias On @AlMajallaEN https://en.majalla.com/node/328431/politics/why-iran-backed-militias-did-well-iraqs-elections https://en.majalla.com/node/328431/politics/why-iran-backed-militias-did-well-iraqs-elections"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1993754931145392359) 2025-11-26T18:53Z 90.8K followers, 62.9K engagements
"One photo epitomizes the consequences of Israel's Syria policy after the fall of the regime. This photo from years ago was shared widely today by Syrians on social media. The young man in the photo is Hassan al-Saadi and was killed overnight alongside a group of men in his town Beit Jinn when they opened fire on an Israeli Army raiding force. In total [--] people were killed by Israeli gunfire and air raids including women and children. According to a friend in the town most of the residents (thousands of people) fled it after a bombing campaign that damaged dozens of home fearing further"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1994446368383897723) 2025-11-28T16:40Z 95.1K followers, 705K engagements
"@t963l This is true"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1994478308642181270) 2025-11-28T18:47Z 90.6K followers, 23.1K engagements
"A year ago today the Syrian opposition liberated Aleppo after it had fallen under regime & foreign Shia militia control back in [----]. To crush the rebellion in Aleppo the regime & its allies used chemical weapons incendiary bombs tens of thousands of barrel bombs purposeful targeting of hospitals and bakeries and finally starvation sieges. In late [----] the regime forcibly displaced tens of thousands of Aleppans and took over neighborhoods reduced to rubble. This was its victory. A year ago the opposition took over Aleppo without killing a single civilian. Video report from [----] Extensive"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1994755029241147666) 2025-11-29T13:07Z 90.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Thoughout the Syrian civil war multiple armed actors took over territory and established local governance structures: rebel factions Hayat Tahrir al-Sham foreign Shia militias the SDF ISIS the Turkish proxy factions and now Sheikh al-Hijri in Sweidaa'. All differ ideologically but have one thing in common: the authoritarian nature of their rule. #Syria "Suwayda National Guard" militia arrested [--] locals today including Raed al-Matni the militia shaved his moustache and beard in a similar way to what pro-government forces did to local Druze in July. While claims that al-Matni and other"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1994873873817637284) 2025-11-29T20:59Z 90.7K followers, 57.5K engagements
"How Israeli Ch [--] reported on the killing of [--] and 12-year-old boys in Khan Younis today. "IDF: this morning the Air Force eliminated two suspects in the south of the Strip who crossed the yellow line". Ch [--] is the most watched channel in Israel and represents the mainstream. " . " " . ""
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1994905506259853640) 2025-11-29T23:05Z 91.1K followers, 463.9K engagements
"Israel's tactics in Syria do not follow a clear vision for what it wants to achieve in the country and is counter-productive to Israel's long-term goals My interview w/ @sfrantzman https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-876852 https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-876852"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1995565419751768101) 2025-12-01T18:47Z 90.9K followers, 34.3K engagements
"Male former hostages are now courageously speaking out about the sexual abuse they endured in Hamas captivity inspiring others to break their silence. Their testimonies have led to a surge in men reaching out to Israels hotline for sexual assault survivors. They stand alongside the brave women who have already shared harrowing accounts of sexual violence during the October [--] massacres and in captivity. I know these voices have been dismissed by some critics of Israel including people who follow me. From personal experience I can tell you: no one invents such horrors. Even the most progressive"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1995831636781314513) 2025-12-02T12:25Z 91.1K followers, 88.6K engagements
"Interesting new statement from Netanyahu. According to individuals involved in the negotiations between Jerusalem and Damascus Israel's insistence in recent months on maintaining control over southern Syria which was reiterated on August [--] by MoD Katz is what blocked reaching the security agreement between Israel and Syria. The Syrian leadership conveyed to Israel its willingness to demilitarize the south to a large extent. The new statement from Netanyahu comes a day after a call with Trump & post by Trump calling on Israel not to destabilize Syria. Yesterday @BarakRavid reported that the"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1995880247762276381) 2025-12-02T15:38Z 90.9K followers, 71.9K engagements
"On this day according to autopsy reports my friend Mazen al-Hamadeh was killed by the Syrian regime in Sednaya Prison alongside other prisoners held with him. Mazen survived years of incarceration by the Assad regime and endure the most horrific forms of torture. The regime killed him as the opposition was advancing on Damascus depriving him of the right to see Syria free of Assad's torture dungeons a Syria he struggled for years to achieve. Mazen spoke about his first period in prison for the documentary "Syria's Disappeared" May the new Syria be worthy of the sacrifices of Mazen and the"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1995891933894328823) 2025-12-02T16:24Z 91.2K followers, 138.2K engagements
"The militia controlling Sweidaa' under the leadership of Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijari has killed [--] detainees in the span of [--] hours. Both were clerics critical of Hijri's sepratist line. The militia claimed that the first victim Sheikh Raed al-Metni died of an overdose of blood-pressure he was taking while in detention. This graphic video shows his boody covered in signs of torture. This is hardly surprising as many of the militiamen surrounding al-Hijri have a record of criminality and of involvement in the Assad regime's mukhabarat. The Druze of Sweidaa' are trapped in an unberable situation."
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1995953668034887928) 2025-12-02T20:30Z 90.8K followers, 27.9K engagements
"Trump told Netanyahu to "take it easy" when it comes to military action in Syria and "not provoke" the Syrian gov. "The president told Netanyahu that the new leadership in Syria is trying to make it a better place" a U.S. official said. by @BarakRavid https://www.axios.com/2025/12/02/netanyahu-pardon-trump-call https://www.axios.com/2025/12/02/netanyahu-pardon-trump-call"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1995955827375743372) 2025-12-02T20:38Z 90.9K followers, 18.2K engagements
"I was locked in solitary confinement at a militia base in Iraq yet I was rejoicing seeing Assad's brutal dictatorship crumble My new article for @newlinesmag https://newlinesmag.com/first-person/celebrating-syrias-liberation-from-a-prison-cell-in-iraq/ https://newlinesmag.com/first-person/celebrating-syrias-liberation-from-a-prison-cell-in-iraq/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1996596828251308167) 2025-12-04T15:05Z 93.4K followers, 94.3K engagements
"Hama celebrates the anniversary of its liberation from the Assad regime one year ago yesterday. In [----] the Hafez al-Assad regime massacred tens of thousands of civilians & razed entire neighborhoods to crush a small-scale uprising in the city. Video by @amjad_alsari97"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1997216505034097032) 2025-12-06T08:08Z 91.1K followers, 41.6K engagements
"Celebrations in Homs city today ahead of the one-year anniversary of Assad's fall. Featured: Dabkeh dancers and a very pliant cat. By @amjad_alsari97"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1997694437905105292) 2025-12-07T15:47Z 91.1K followers, 99.9K engagements
"Local authorities in Homs prevented the world-renowned Syrian musician @MalekJandali & his orchestra from performing a symphony in Homs' central Clock Square planned to mark the 1-year anniversary of Assad's fall. The Mufti of Homs Sheikh Sahl Jneid justified the cancellations stating that music disrespects the blood of the martyrs shed in the square. This is one in a series of decisions taken by local hardline officials in Syria over the past year. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.phpstory_fbid=pfbid02swNeNicbheX43N5CX2XUp86R6XKZaPgogwZSEnPvmXSsU1eQfvFvFscM6jBkbfkCl&id=61576777551414"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1997784268848664691) 2025-12-07T21:44Z 91.1K followers, 26.5K engagements
"Internal security officers in Aleppo's Saad Allah al-Jaberi square are asking Syrians celebrating the anniversary of Assad's fall late into the night to go home. "We have not slept in three days" Syrians started celebrating the anniversary early around the clock and under the pouring rain"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1997961429182259372) 2025-12-08T09:28Z 91K followers, 23.6K engagements
"One year ago today prisoners in Sednaya cannot believe the news that Assad has fallen. 💚 https://t.co/n5BJ6BWulL 💚 https://t.co/n5BJ6BWulL"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1998015250491121727) 2025-12-08T13:02Z 91.2K followers, 15.2K engagements
"Celebrations in Irbin on the eastern outskirts of Damascus of the fall of the Assad regime one year ago. On August [--] [----] the Assad regime targeted Irbin and nearby rebel-held towns with Sarin Gas killing over [----] Syrians. Many of those killed were children in part because because Sarin is heavier than air and hence its highest concentration is close to the ground the breathing zone of children. From 2013-2018 the regime besieged Irbin and nearby towns starving hundreds of death. Children and the elderly were a dispraportionate share of the starvation victims. https://t.co/clC8ObCo6c "
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1998039718894727208) 2025-12-08T14:39Z 91.1K followers, 22.1K engagements
"The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested activist Ahmad al-Bosh for standing in central Raqqa today with a sign "We have a right to celebrate oh SDF". He is referring to a decision issued by the SDF prohibiting any gatherings to mark the one-year anniversary of the fall of the regime. Since the fall of the Assad regime the SDF significantly increased arrests in areas under its control as locals (particularly Arabs) began expressing support for the new government in Damascus. More on this by @HasanAlkassab"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1998044475843649853) 2025-12-08T14:58Z 91.1K followers, 47.6K engagements
"My interview for the BBC's Newshour about the [---] days in captivity of Kataeb Hezbollah an Iraqi militia serving Iran & Iraq's recent parliamentary elections On Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/248CmBLS310qNTF2h0PDcnsi=Osc3w3-aSOWPQ8WDGxaoYA https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0mmhc68 https://open.spotify.com/episode/248CmBLS310qNTF2h0PDcnsi=Osc3w3-aSOWPQ8WDGxaoYA https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0mmhc68"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1998472071509324227) 2025-12-09T19:17Z 91.1K followers, 12.4K engagements
"A sign of the times. The kids in the back of the Syrian police car managed to convince the cops to give them a test drive in the new vehicles. Under the Assad regime ending up in a police/secret police car was a Syrians' worst nightmare. . https://t.co/HAnwpbIcJV . https://t.co/HAnwpbIcJV"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1998485884589715514) 2025-12-09T20:12Z 91.1K followers, 43.5K engagements
"There is a belief in Abrahamic religions that one who saves a life has saved the entire world. Well then @aboehler has saved dozens of worlds. If it were not for Adam's determination and continued engagement I'd have died in captivity https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/12/09/when-we-said-everyone-we-meant-every-single-one/ https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/12/09/when-we-said-everyone-we-meant-every-single-one/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1998754365193203958) 2025-12-10T13:59Z 91.1K followers, 27.2K engagements
"Celebrations in Damascus Homs and Lattakia tonight by Syrians after the House of Representatives abrogated the Caesar Act which was placed on the Assad regime and hindered Syria's post-war reconstruction"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1998931755827646593) 2025-12-11T01:44Z 91.2K followers, [----] engagements
"A disturbing development in Syria. A man who shared a video cursing the Syrian president & minister of health for the poor quality of hospital care provided in Syria has been arrested. Free speech must be protected by Syria's new authorities which claim to represent the [----] Revolution. That uprising called for freedom & downfall of a brutal dictatorship not to be replaced by another repressive order. The video that led to the arrest https://x.com/i/status/1999082297903939739 https://x.com/i/status/1999082297903939739"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1999491338312745225) 2025-12-12T14:47Z 91.4K followers, 80.9K engagements
"In August [----] Australia took the extraordinary step of shuttering the Iranian embassy after the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) uncovered the ties of the IRGC to [--] antisemitic attacks. Australia arrested suspects linked to the attacks & the commander of the cell Said Mussawi. According to information released by the Mossad Mussawi received instructions from the IRGC commander Sardar Ammar the head of Unit [-----] of the Qods Force who runs cells across the world tasked with executing attacks on Jews. https://www.iranintl.com/en/202510263378"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2000205791874404838) 2025-12-14T14:06Z 91.2K followers, 17.9K engagements
"Press TV the TV channel operated by the Iranian Regime served as the platform for airing "confessions" extracted through torture of innocent Iranians. This is how one of Press TV's "journalists" responded to today's deadly attack on the Hanukkah celebration in Sydney & how a Palestinian living in the occupied West Bank responded to him"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2000208309568385369) 2025-12-14T14:16Z 91.7K followers, 53.8K engagements
"The name "Ahmad" means in Arabic "the praised one" or "the most praised one". So apt. Extraordinary courage from Ahmed El Ahmad a Muslim 43-year-old father of two who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example. https://t.co/HTeLRTlbFV Extraordinary courage from Ahmed El Ahmad a Muslim 43-year-old father of two who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example. https://t.co/HTeLRTlbFV"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2000225032015134758) 2025-12-14T15:23Z 91.6K followers, 25.8K engagements
"The name Ahmad in Arabic means "the praised one" or "most praised one". So apt"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2000243470846554587) 2025-12-14T16:36Z 91.6K followers, 12.3K engagements
"According to recent UN data "while [---] million people remain in need of urgent shelter assistance for the winter. Most INGOs remain blocked from bringing in relief and nearly [----] pallets of shelter materials have been rejected." https://www.ochaopt.org/content/gaza-humanitarian-response-situation-report-no-42 A heavy rainstorm is hitting Gaza right now. Fragile tents are collapsing under fierce winds and rain. https://t.co/MTOgPH32HD https://www.ochaopt.org/content/gaza-humanitarian-response-situation-report-no-42 A heavy rainstorm is hitting Gaza right now. Fragile tents are collapsing"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2000631529823940991) 2025-12-15T18:18Z 91.2K followers, 21.3K engagements
"79% of Lebanese support disarming Hizbollah Only 12% of Lebanese support normalization with Israel Pushing the Lebanese gov toward normalization would allow Hizbollah to expand its appeal to Lebanese who oppose it presenting itself as the force standing up against the unpopular normalization. https://www.arabbarometer.org/media-news/press-release-foreign-affairs-article-how-arab-public-opinion-constrains-normalization-with-israel/ https://news.gallup.com/poll/699071/lebanese-say-army-weapons.aspx"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2000996092780142736) 2025-12-16T18:26Z 91.6K followers, 34.4K engagements
"A group of [--] Israeli policemen beat & abused an Arab citizen of Israel who worked security at a football stadium. "An Arab won't frisk me" one of them said as he started beating the guard. https://www.haaretz.co.il/sport/israel-soccer/2025-12-17/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019b-28a1-dc39-abbb-fff3cfce0000gift=34c375e010f14e0488932dcd8e6c9af5 https://t.co/2o1crADY6a https://www.haaretz.co.il/sport/israel-soccer/2025-12-17/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019b-28a1-dc39-abbb-fff3cfce0000gift=34c375e010f14e0488932dcd8e6c9af5 https://t.co/2o1crADY6a"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2001300988959858706) 2025-12-17T14:38Z 91.8K followers, 122.7K engagements
"@One_Dawah @simsimt Their Bondi Beach takes were utterly bizarre"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2001461809451274475) 2025-12-18T01:17Z 91.2K followers, [---] engagements
"The Iranian regime appears wandering into the abyss: paying the full price for uranium enrichment (sanctions) while not enriching & refusing to engage in negotiations. Instead Khamenai & the IRGC appear to be counting on weapon systems that have failed to deter or stop Israel. What's going on in Iran in the aftermath of the [--] Day War I wrote about the security calculations the power struggle -- and the scary stasis that has gripped Iran today https://t.co/qdTB6JBCfS What's going on in Iran in the aftermath of the [--] Day War I wrote about the security calculations the power struggle -- and"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2001526771343331743) 2025-12-18T05:35Z 91.3K followers, 15.5K engagements
"Iraq is facing a major budget deficit and the outgoing gov is now introducing austerity policies & signaling intention to borrow to make up for the shortfall. These austerity measures are coming after [--] years of uncontrollable spending by PM Sudani who sought to build up his own patronage networks by hiring according to his own admission [------] new state employees to an already over-bloated public sector. The outcome of this hiring bonanza was indeed beneficial for Sudani who became PM with just [--] seats in parliament and grew his clientelistic base to [--] seats in the November [----] elections."
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2001712957076787226) 2025-12-18T17:55Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"It is untrue that al-Hijri's maximalist position is supported by Israel. For example the recently outgoing Commander of the Northern Front Gen Ori Gordin stated while on the job that Israel doesn't support a Druze statelet and doesn't have budgets to support it. I know this from my own sources too. The problem is that Hijri knows he can just avoid compromising because Israel will indeed prevent any solution using force & that Damascus is refusing any real power-sharing & alterations to the authoritarian constitutional declaration. So both sides appear to be holding quite maximalist positions"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2001793099279011940) 2025-12-18T23:14Z 91.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Shocking. "A report released last week by Irans Ministry of Social Affairs said that food insecurity in Iran had been worsening since [----] as inflation has spiked noting that an Iranian adult was now [---] calories short of the minimum recommended [----] per day." Darkly comic piece on how Iran's president has basically given up ("Pezeshkian told provincial governors and local officials to imagine the central government 'did not exist'") He's being honest at least: in Iran the buck really does stop somewhere else https://t.co/axHdvjk0cL Darkly comic piece on how Iran's president has basically"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2001853588872794604) 2025-12-19T03:14Z 91.4K followers, 11.4K engagements
"I think that the widely held delusion in Israel that peace is possible with Lebanon stems from the historical legacy of the ties with the Maronites. Therefore in Syria the goal is indeed a weak fragmented state seeing Muslims as inherently hostile to Israel but this isn't the perception about what's possible in Lebanon as far as I can tell"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2001891204313813431) 2025-12-19T05:43Z 91.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The people of Sweidaa' deserve better than a dictator-cleric buttressed by renowned Assad-era criminals. They also deserve better than a central government that sends thousands of troops on tanks to solve a political dispute troops who then proceed to slaughter hundreds of civilians & refuses to even apologize for the war crimes its troops committed. #Syria: in his latest speech Hijri confirmed what has been unfolding in #Suwayda for months and that he doesn't tolerate dissident voices. He called for unity behind the "leadership" (himself) and made it clear that anyone acting independently -"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2002046603113402795) 2025-12-19T16:01Z 91.8K followers, 32.6K engagements
"The UK issued a new sanctions list for Syria w/ Assad regime elements alongside [--] Turkish-backed factions now incorporated into the Syrian Army & [--] of their commanders: @abo33amsha & @Seyfebubekir. Back in May the EU also sanctioned the same groups & commanders. The Turkish-backed factions have engaged in ethnic cleansing of Kurds large-scale looting extortion rackets and drug and human trafficking kidnappings for ransom. Since the fall of the Assad regime they participated in the March [----] massacre of Alawis in the Coast. My extensive report on these groups UK sanctions: EU"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2002463712922292368) 2025-12-20T19:38Z 92K followers, 16.2K engagements
"Excellent research into the Muslim Brotherhood in post-Assad Syria where the MB faces pressure to disband from HTS which seeks to monopolize Islamist representation. By @SyriaTransition https://www.syriaintransition.com/en/home/archive/issue-30/islamists-versus-islamists https://www.syriaintransition.com/en/home/archive/issue-30/islamists-versus-islamists"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2002628229908345137) 2025-12-21T06:32Z 91.9K followers, 13.1K engagements
"New @nytimes visual investigation into the systematic campaign of displacement & land grab in the occupied West Bank spearheaded by violent settlers enjoying state protection https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/20/world/middleeast/west-bank-settlements.htmlunlocked_article_code=1.-U8.HH02.gq0ljP7tjYu9&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/20/world/middleeast/west-bank-settlements.htmlunlocked_article_code=1.-U8.HH02.gq0ljP7tjYu9&smid=url-share"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2002939115910963510) 2025-12-22T03:07Z 92K followers, 37K engagements
"Israel urged the Trump administration to preserve certain sanctions on Damascus wishing that the remaining measures serve as leverage in Israels negotiations with the Syrian government. The Trump administration declined the requests and voided the onerous Caesar Act. " . "". @SuleimanMas1 # @AyalaHasson https://t.co/19xT2mDZFc " . "". @SuleimanMas1 # @AyalaHasson https://t.co/19xT2mDZFc"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2003012938471469111) 2025-12-22T08:01Z 92K followers, 12.1K engagements
"Over the past [--] days Iraqi social media has been dominated by jokes at the expense of the Iranian-backed militias after leaders of [--] different militias signaled their willingness to hand over their weapons to the state. These statements reflect the fear of these militias due to American and apparently Israeli threats according to a report in al-Sharq al-Awsat paper. My own release from the captivity of Kataeb Hezbollah one of these militias without anything given in return is a testament to this fear. My release occurred a week after Trump's Iraq Envoy @Mark_Savaya gave the militia a one-week"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2003174913411367174) 2025-12-22T18:44Z 91.8K followers, 10.7K engagements
""Some of the abuses that Syrians hoped would end with Assad have been revived by men working for the government that replaced him: detentions without charge or a paper trail some of the same methods of abuse and torture and deaths in custody that go unrecorded" New in-depth investigation based on over [---] interviews https://www.reuters.com/investigations/syrians-emptied-assads-prisons-theyre-filling-up-again-abuse-is-rife-2025-12-22/ https://www.reuters.com/investigations/syrians-emptied-assads-prisons-theyre-filling-up-again-abuse-is-rife-2025-12-22/"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2003195840672743694) 2025-12-22T20:08Z 92.2K followers, 17.4K engagements
"Such attacks on Palestinians are a daily occurrence in the occupied West Bank. Even when attackers don't bother covering their faces they are almost never arrested. Impunity is the norm. Watch Masked Israeli settler militias killing sheep and vandalizing Palestinian property while storming a Palestinian home in the Wadi Ijheish area east of al-Samou south of occupied Hebron. They attacked residents and damaged homes and land during the raid launched from https://t.co/lisOpZtHkV Watch Masked Israeli settler militias killing sheep and vandalizing Palestinian property while storming a"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2003293322954309750) 2025-12-23T02:35Z 92K followers, 22.8K engagements
"@rashadzali1 thank you for sharing Rashad"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2003371154141249591) 2025-12-23T07:44Z 91.7K followers, [----] engagements
"New WaPo report full of exclusive details about Israel's covert support for the Druze of Syria. What's clear from the report that Israel has no long-term strategy in Syria. Israeli officials state that the material support for the Druze is temporary and Israel has no intention to support a "Druzistan" which is what Israel's client Sheikh al-Hijri is calling for. What's the long-term goal for this policy Especially since Israeli officials admit that al-Hijri does not represent all Druze & his militiamen are engaged in criminality & drug-smuggling networks tied to Lebanese Hezbollah."
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2003518900605231142) 2025-12-23T17:31Z 92.7K followers, 125K engagements
"Israeli Police attacks Christians celebrating Christmas in Haifa's Wadi Nisnas neighborhood. On Monday evening the Police broke into a cultural center where a Christmas show was on based on a "noise complaint" destroyed musical equipment and arrested [--] participants including one dressed as Santa Clause. Sources: https://www.facebook.com/mohamed.slam.14/posts/pfbid0PDPGAek9Aa3eJxzjVqbfuWo7ow7gNWrZkm5T9YLUhfWb13Tg9JLh45fEEo5ZuVrRl https://www.facebook.com/verdi.harb/posts/pfbid02RkhzfbLrGSX3zwBdiRRLxR8oqC9U9h8YHJc1g2K6UvJeBXQivKVWZ8iks6pPmp6Jl https://www.facebook.com/reel/25044522185230839"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2003738246174625965) 2025-12-24T08:03Z 94K followers, 532.8K engagements
"@radwn19999 @OmarMuhammadAr"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2003960707399012401) 2025-12-24T22:47Z 91.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@BorgenFrey Trump seems very uneager about regime change in the Middle East after the legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan but Iranian intransigence is sure helping Israel's case"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2003981002553827446) 2025-12-25T00:07Z 91.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I completely agree with you Jihad regarding the optimal solution. Israel is using the Druze for a short-sighted policy of weakening Damascus. I fear as you do that there is no partner in Damascus even for outreach from Druze seeking integration with guaranteed protections. Syrian Druze with this approach have attempted to engage Damascus and got nothing. Instead Damascus is offering concessions to Israel on Sweidaa' because Israel unlike the Druze is powerful and threatening. And I think @levantophile should be commended for his intellectual honesty for changing his mind. It seems this has"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2003992494862946454) 2025-12-25T00:53Z 91.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@sol_0_4 @scaredycat102 @ProgPakistani @NBAFWW HTS has a history of using force repeatedly against other Syrians to subdue them by force achieving dominance & avoid sharing power. They did this to Sunnis in Idlib and Aleppo so why would the leadership hesitate about doing the same to the Druze"
[X Link](https://x.com/Elizrael/status/2004015412502262085) 2025-12-25T02:24Z 91.8K followers, [---] engagements
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"Would love to include additional folks on the lists particularly Afghans and foreigners who've conducted fieldwork in Afghanistan. Please recommend in the comments if you can think of anyone"
X Link 2021-08-17T10:08Z 95.7K followers, [--] engagements
"Granular look at dynamics in Banyas following the Coastal Massacres. Communities are self-isolating no inter-sect dialog and extremists are gaining ground by @GregoryPWaters whom I highly recommend following. He's conducting excellent fieldwork across Syria. https://www.syriarevisited.com/p/anything-is-possible-except-in-baniyasr=1450m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false https://www.syriarevisited.com/p/anything-is-possible-except-in-baniyasr=1450m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false"
X Link 2025-12-01T10:11Z 95.9K followers, 13.8K engagements
"So according to Hamas legitimate targets for kidnapping are babies elderly women & peace activists. An illegitimate target of a kidnapping is a repressive dictator"
X Link 2026-01-05T03:43Z 95.7K followers, 65.7K engagements
"Quick analysis of the agreement reached between the SDF & Syrian government: To anyone who followed the negotiations between the SDF & Damascus closely it is jarring to compare the current deal with what Damascus was willing to accept even earlier this month. In early January [----] the SDF refused a deal that would have allowed the incorporation of [--] regional divisions (spanning Hassaekh Deir Ezzor & Raqqa) + mutual control over the borders + constitutional amendments to guarantee Kurdish rights. Now they have to hand over borders and the SDF will join the Syrian Army as individuals not units."
X Link 2026-01-18T19:35Z 95.7K followers, 137.8K engagements
"The victims of highly oppressive regimes tend to be highly pragmatic & willing to align with anyone who may help them. By @arash_tehran https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/trump-khamenei-iran-protests/685680/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/trump-khamenei-iran-protests/685680/"
X Link 2026-01-21T06:14Z 95.7K followers, [----] engagements
"An Iraqi and a European official confirmed to CNN that the Iranian-backed Iraqi militias responsible or murdering about [---] unarmed protesters in Iraq in [----] have now crossed the border & are doing the same in Iran https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-protests-trump-01-15-26 https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-protests-trump-01-15-26"
X Link 2026-01-21T15:00Z 95.7K followers, 14.7K engagements
"Members of Sheikh Hijri's militia assaulted the attendees a political conference in Sweidaa. The conference was seeking to form a political body to represent the governorate & revive civil society activism there. https://www.almodon.com/arabworld/2026/01/20/%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A8-%D8%A5%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8"
X Link 2026-01-22T03:09Z 95.7K followers, 34.7K engagements
"🧵 on the preparations of the Syrian Army for resumption of hostilities with the SDF if talks fail. The Syrian government is demanding that the SDF take steps to implement the deal reached on January 18th including: - Handing over heavy weapons - Providing personal info of Kurdish fighters who want to join the Syrian Army or General Security Service - Allowing entry of civilian employees of the Syrian government into Kurdish areas. A deal is the only way to spare the lives of Syrians Kurds and Arabs alike. Even if the Syrian Army acts in a disciplined manner unlike its rampages & looting"
X Link 2026-01-24T17:50Z 95.7K followers, 20K engagements
"Reuters + Financial Times: The U.S. threats to cut off the supply of oil revenues to Iraq unless militia personalities are excluded from governance https://www.ft.com/content/f0efe030-fa70-4a3d-be2b-a92d51e234fb https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-control-oil-dollars-heaps-pressure-iraq-over-iranian-influence-2026-01-23/ https://www.ft.com/content/f0efe030-fa70-4a3d-be2b-a92d51e234fb https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-control-oil-dollars-heaps-pressure-iraq-over-iranian-influence-2026-01-23/"
X Link 2026-01-24T18:07Z 95.8K followers, 79.1K engagements
"@azelin The SDF got to this point because they made the wrong calls & insisted on maintaining a maximalist position. Abandoning prisons and calling on Kurds in Turkey to head to their areas shows their bad judgment hasn't been cured by this existential crisis"
X Link 2026-01-24T23:51Z 95.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Israeli intelligence obtained proof & provided it to the Trump Administration that Iran did execute protesters despite Tehran's vows not to do so https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/24/us-obtained-smoking-gun-evidence-against-iran-with-israeli-help/ https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/01/24/us-obtained-smoking-gun-evidence-against-iran-with-israeli-help/"
X Link 2026-01-25T02:58Z 95.6K followers, [----] engagements
"A Syrian Army source tells Qussai Jukhadar: if negotiations with the SDF fail the next steps will be taking control of the border crossing to KRG cutting off Kurdish cities from one another calling on civilians to exit negotiating surrender with each town separately (not SDF leadership). This path does not entail storming Kurdish areas but would still cause suffering & hardship. There is still time to reach a deal to avoid further bloodshed. : . " " . : . " " "
X Link 2026-01-26T14:49Z 95.7K followers, 59.7K engagements
"al-Maliki corrupted the Iraqi Army so thoroughly that in [----] a small contingent of ISIS fighters that crossed from Syria was able to overtake a third of Iraq in [--] weeks. The soldiers & officers fled en masse. In any decent country al-Maliki would have been sentenced to life in prison for his destruction of the army mass embezzlement and sectarian policies that brought about ISIS' rise. In Iraq he was nominated for PM again by the pro-Iranian bloc in parliament. https://t.co/C55jvPsEKI https://t.co/C55jvPsEKI"
X Link 2026-01-27T21:03Z 95.9K followers, 161.3K engagements
"My interview for the @lawfare podcast about my captivity in Iraq and the lessons U.S. policymakers can draw from how the Trump Administration got me freed with nothing given in return to the kidnappers https://open.spotify.com/episode/2aT8I4wVdGVWoIEdAPwDXgsi=TjLWVBMiRmi414zRLW7ecQ&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A1saOaypBQZQU4ER3tM0VeU https://open.spotify.com/episode/2aT8I4wVdGVWoIEdAPwDXgsi=TjLWVBMiRmi414zRLW7ecQ&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A1saOaypBQZQU4ER3tM0VeU"
X Link 2026-01-28T17:27Z 95.9K followers, 14.3K engagements
"Excellent news. An agreement is the only way to prevent any more bloodshed in northeastern Syria. SDF commander in chief @MazloumAbdi is in Damascus to sign a comprehensive accord with Syrian President al-Sharaa SDF commander in chief @MazloumAbdi is in Damascus to sign a comprehensive accord with Syrian President al-Sharaa"
X Link 2026-01-29T19:42Z 95.7K followers, 14.7K engagements
"Thank you so much Senator Cruz for your relentless advocacy on my behalf during my [---] days in captivity. And thank you for leading the Senates charge against Tehrans malign regional influence. Honored and grateful to meet with Elizabeth Tsurkov after her release. She was held captive by Iran-controlled Kataib Hezbollah terrorists for over [---] days. Her courage is an inspiration. https://t.co/z9rmPm66y7 Honored and grateful to meet with Elizabeth Tsurkov after her release. She was held captive by Iran-controlled Kataib Hezbollah terrorists for over [---] days. Her courage is an inspiration."
X Link 2026-01-29T23:14Z 95.9K followers, 37K engagements
"Thank you @RepRaskin for being a true ally in Congress for my family's struggle to release me from captivity at the hands of an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq. You were an early and persistent advocate ensuring my case won't be forgotten"
X Link 2026-01-30T03:01Z 95.7K followers, 18.7K engagements
"@DavidHannaJr @RepRaskin You are very lucky to have someone like Rep. Raskin representing you in Congress"
X Link 2026-01-30T03:35Z 95.7K followers, [---] engagements
"@rimzy77 @RepRaskin The "new Mongols" is such an apt description for these militias. The ruin they brought on Iraq can only be compared to what the Mongols have done"
X Link 2026-01-30T14:14Z 95.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Thank you Sen. @CoryBooker for all you have done to fight for my freedom. You and your wonderful staffers advocated fearlessly and consistently for me throughout my [---] days in captivity"
X Link 2026-01-30T18:10Z 95.9K followers, 12.6K engagements
"The Trump Administration warned the coalition of pro-Iranian Iraqi parties against nominating al-Maliki for PM. The coalition ignored the warning prompting Trump to threaten Iraq with sanctions al-Maliki so utterly corrupted the Iraqi Army that in [----] a small ISIS contingent was able to occupy a third of Iraq in [--] weeks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/30/iraq-iran-nouri-maliki/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/30/iraq-iran-nouri-maliki/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/01/30/iraq-iran-nouri-maliki/"
X Link 2026-01-30T19:57Z 95.9K followers, 15.1K engagements
"It was an honor to meet Sen. @AndyKimNJ a relentless advocate for my release during my [---] days in captivity & a long-time Iraq hand. We discussed the Iranian-backed militias in Iraq their embezzlement of Iraq's riches & sanctions busting for Tehran's benefit"
X Link 2026-01-30T20:40Z 95.9K followers, 16.5K engagements
"Interesting. I suspect that the change in the Saudi position stems from the U.S. amassing forces in the region. At this point not acting would indeed be seen by Tehran as a victory in this showdown. A week ago with less forces in theater perceptions may have been different. 🚨Scoop: Saudi defense minister says Trump not bombing Iran would embolden the regime. @zacharybasu and I report for @axios https://t.co/8uHKkgTlhJ 🚨Scoop: Saudi defense minister says Trump not bombing Iran would embolden the regime. @zacharybasu and I report for @axios https://t.co/8uHKkgTlhJ"
X Link 2026-01-31T02:05Z 95.8K followers, 49.4K engagements
"Such impressive solidarity between a military dictatorship that consolidated power through mass slaughter of unarmed protesters and a mili-theocracy that maintains power through mass slaughter of unarmed protesters 🥹"
X Link 2026-02-01T05:38Z 96K followers, 35.6K engagements
"@DaHammerstein Thank you David"
X Link 2026-02-01T20:35Z 95.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@hxhassan great to see this. I hope the official name is changed back too along with other forcible Arabized town names"
X Link 2026-02-01T23:17Z 95.8K followers, [----] engagements
"Retired U.S. Marine colonel who led forces in battle in Iraq: IDF practices in Gaza "amount to a breakdown in the application of distinction and proportionality as those principles are normally understood and enforced in modern Western militaries." https://warontherocks.com/2026/01/gaza-and-the-conduct-of-urban-war-civilian-harm-risk-and-responsibility/ https://warontherocks.com/2026/01/gaza-and-the-conduct-of-urban-war-civilian-harm-risk-and-responsibility/"
X Link 2026-02-02T06:11Z 96.1K followers, 72K engagements
"My interview to @NewsHour's @IAmAmnaNawaz about my captivity & what I learned about the pro-Iranian militias in Iraq throughout the [---] days Kataeb Hezbollah held me https://www.youtube.com/watchv=rOamqLnQGlU https://www.youtube.com/watchv=rOamqLnQGlU"
X Link 2026-02-03T01:43Z 96K followers, 37.5K engagements
"@SchneidermanDM @MonicaLMarks @NewsHour @IAmAmnaNawaz thank you so much Daniel"
X Link 2026-02-03T02:51Z 95.8K followers, [---] engagements
"@GntlmnScientist @IAmAmnaNawaz @Zebaism Thank you so much David"
X Link 2026-02-03T17:48Z 95.8K followers, [--] engagements
"US sources to Israel Hayom: Trump is setting [--] demands to Tehran: no nuke program stopping ballistic missile production stopping financing of proxy militias ending mistreatment of protesters. The Trump admin realized these goals are unattainable but engaging in the talks with Tehran is intended to build up legitimacy domestically & abroad to hitting the Iranian regime. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopolitics/article/19823163 https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopolitics/article/19823163"
X Link 2026-02-04T04:17Z 96K followers, 77K engagements
"When Iranian officials proclaim now that their armed forces are in full readiness remember that IRGC chief Salami made the same claims on June [--] [----] hours before the war started. He didn't live to see June [--]. Iran is not a "paper tiger" rand does have real capabilities to harm neighboring countries and Israel but I can't think of any modern regime whose rhetoric and threats are so out of line with its actual very limited capabilities. This mismatch is precisely what makes the regimes current intransigence so baffling and selfdefeating. A state with virtually no functional air defenses"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:46Z 95.9K followers, 14.4K engagements
"My interview with ABC News's @jayobtv about my captivity. I also highlight the true and main victims of these militias: the Iraqi people. The report includes never-before seen footage of the moment I met Mark Savaya who rescued me from captivity https://www.youtube.com/watchv=P9dpvyCcPT0 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=P9dpvyCcPT0"
X Link 2026-02-04T14:48Z 96K followers, 28K engagements
"@TheSyObserver brilliant analysis from you. I hope we will see a cascade of people in charge of repression staying at home once it becomes costly to them. It seems to me that very few of them actually want to become martyrs"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:45Z 95.8K followers, [--] engagements
"Massive looting by Arab Raqqa residents of Kurdish homes in Raqqa after Kurds fled during the government's takeover of the city. . "
X Link 2026-02-05T01:19Z 96K followers, 24.4K engagements
"As a broke student I only made a subscription to one paper & it was the @washingtonpost solely due to their international coverage. Their coverage of my areas of study in the Levant was richer and more nuanced than in any other daily paper. What a sad day"
X Link 2026-02-05T01:52Z 96.1K followers, 16.9K engagements
"@LubnanAlTaghyir @washingtonpost they fired their entire Middle East team of reporters and in Ukraine"
X Link 2026-02-05T02:32Z 95.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Relentless. Thats the only way to describe the advocacy of @AbrahamHamadeh. Thank you Congressman for refusing to give up on me. Our discussion on Syria and the regional threats from Iran made it clear: you are a leader with deep knowledge of the Middle East"
X Link 2026-02-05T20:53Z 96.1K followers, 17.2K engagements
"In [----] during the Women Life Freedom protest movement Iranian singer Shervin released the hopeful protest song "Baraya" ("For") about why Iranians were protesting. He was sentenced for [--] years & [--] months in prison for the song a sentence that was later shortened"
X Link 2026-02-06T23:55Z 96.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Shervin just released a new beautiful protest song "I am Iran" showing the photos of some of the thousands of protesters the Iranian regime slaughtered in January [----]. The somber tone after the mass murder is evident compared to his hopeful [----] song"
X Link 2026-02-06T23:55Z 96.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@karim_h89 Truly"
X Link 2026-02-07T03:24Z 95.9K followers, [---] engagements
"Interesting survey by @ETANA_Syria showing that support for the new authorities is concentrated among Sunni Arabs particularly those with primary education or below it https://etanasyria.org/survey-results-public-opinion-in-transitional-syria-one-year-into-the-transition/ https://etanasyria.org/survey-results-public-opinion-in-transitional-syria-one-year-into-the-transition/"
X Link 2026-02-07T03:37Z 96K followers, [----] engagements
"My interview with @IranIntl_En about how Western policy-making regarding Iran's threat omits the main victims of this regime: the people of the region. Any policy based on narrow definitions of national security won't solve the root cause of the problem https://www.youtube.com/watchv=_hwlxQn5br8 https://www.youtube.com/watchv=_hwlxQn5br8"
X Link 2026-02-08T10:16Z 96K followers, 11.6K engagements
"During the July [----] massacres in Sweidaa' Syrian government forces & Bedouin tribesmen ethnically cleansed looted & torched about [--] Druze villages in the countrysides of Sweidaa'. The residents of those villages which remain under government control are only allowed to enter them for visits which require security approvals. Yesterday a General Security Service (GSS) member shot at a group of [--] Druze farmers of Metuna village who had received a permission to enter to harvest olives from their groves killing [--] of them (pictured). According to a statement by the Syrian government they've"
X Link 2026-02-08T15:41Z 96.1K followers, [----] engagements
"@sol_0_4 @JosephDaher19 @the_amargi @elifxeyal excited to listen to anything by Dr. Joseph"
X Link 2026-02-10T09:21Z 96.1K followers, [---] engagements
"President Trump tells @BarakRavid that 'We can reach an excellent deal with Iran. They wont have nuclear weapons; they wont have missiles. The nuclear is a no-brainer." If no deal is concluded the US will strike again. if the US indeed demands that the Iranian regime curtail/dismantle its missile program Tehran will surely reject the deal. https://www.mako.co.il/news-world/2026_q1/Article-5d96eecd2984c91027.htmutm_source=AndroidNews12&utm_medium=Share https://www.mako.co.il/news-world/2026_q1/Article-5d96eecd2984c91027.htmutm_source=AndroidNews12&utm_medium=Share"
X Link 2026-02-10T21:11Z 96.1K followers, 20.4K engagements
"@abdo_of_syr People aren't posting due to fear of the government Or fear from pro-gov trolls Or feeling nothing will change if you post about it"
X Link 2026-02-12T19:58Z 96.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@abdo_of_syr There are people criticizing not just ministers but a-Sharaa on state TV inside Syria. It seems to me that freedom of speech has been largely safeguarded thus far. I do fear this will change with time"
X Link 2026-02-12T20:21Z 96.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Yanki thank you so so much for your compassion. I really am humbled by it. To be clear I wrote I won't nothing to be given in return for my release not that I want to stay captive forever and indeed this is how I came out owing to the Trump Administration which forced the kidnappers to release me without getting anything in return"
X Link 2026-02-13T08:36Z 96.2K followers, [--] engagements
"@dunya_basol Murder is not something you can hide in Israel. Other crime could be"
X Link 2026-02-13T10:48Z 96.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@sadriAustrali @Mu_AlSadr They asked me a whole lot about the Sadrist Movement and its leaders. These idiots are convinced that the Sadrists are agents of the Americans 🤦♀"
X Link 2025-11-05T20:52Z 96.2K followers, 15.2K engagements
"Thank you Dr. @SebGorka for your tireless efforts in securing my release. The sophisticated understanding you and your elite team have of the militia landscape in Iraq coupled with your resolve to confront these threats is genuinely impressive. I am forever grateful"
X Link 2026-02-06T20:02Z 96.2K followers, 113.9K engagements
"@eyalroz It's a completely different situation. The establishment of a Palestinian state will free millions of humans from foreign & violent military rule and advocating for ending this suffering is a moral duty. No one's human rights are violated by the absence of IL-LB normalization"
X Link 2026-02-14T15:29Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Few can understand what it feels like for a former hostage to meet their savior. My first meeting with US Special Envoy for Hostage Response @aboehler was one of the most emotionally intense experiences in my life. I spent about an hour in his presence just crying on and off. My amazing sister @emma_tsurkov managed to reach Adam before President @realDonaldTrump was even sworn in and he immediately started working on my case with endless dedication traveling to Iraq and forcing his way into a meeting with the Iraqi PM to press him and to threaten my captors a pro-Iranian militia to get me"
X Link 2026-02-06T22:07Z 96.2K followers, 93.3K engagements
"@THE_47th The truck likely has a mostly peeled-off sticker of Harash Ashdod a major truck repair shop in Ashdod Israel"
X Link 2026-02-17T14:44Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@ariel_oseran @Mike_Wagenheim @i24NEWS_EN Al-Masri doesn't head any realm party or enjoy any popularity inside Syria. The interim constitution doesn't include the position of PM on purpose - to concentrate power in the hand of the all-powerful president"
X Link 2026-02-15T18:00Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Israel will never admit it but I am confident that so many of the successes Israel has had vs. the Iranian axis is not due to Israeli genius but due to the stupidity of the men who make up the rank-and-file and commanders of these militias & Iranian regime. Having spent [---] days in the captivity of an Iraqi militia servicing Iran I can tell you that I've never met more ignorant people in my life. Commanders who think tracking devices can be planted in teeth but don't know white non-silver fillings exist. Commanders who think Masons rule the world. Senior commanders who are literally"
X Link 2025-11-03T08:39Z 96.2K followers, 889.9K engagements
"@Farah_fromGaza I'm so so sorry :( Nothing will bring back what you and all Gazans lost but I hope better days are ahead. You are strong for surviving thus far and I am sure you can and will rebuild your life even if it will never be normal again"
X Link 2026-02-09T21:35Z 96.2K followers, 100.1K engagements
"Normalization with Israel is unpopular in Lebanon and floating it as a possibility or trying to force it on Lebanon will only bolster the political force that has been the staunchest opponent to it: Hezbollah. The overwhelming majority (89%) of Lebanese oppose recognizing Israel; only 9% support it (source: Arab Opinion Index 2025; link in comments). There's this (erroneous) view among some that a majority of Lebanese Christians want to normalize with Israel. Also false. Even if the https://t.co/9YfO7Fkc0z The overwhelming majority (89%) of Lebanese oppose recognizing Israel; only 9% support"
X Link 2026-02-14T13:56Z 96.2K followers, 72.4K engagements
"New decision by the Syrian Ministry of Local Governance granting significant authorities to governors incl. hiring & firing employees approving investments & deals. The decision is an outcome of negotiations with the SDF which asked for greater decentralization. Communities across Syria not just minorities expressed desire for greater local role in decision-making compared to the hyper-centralized Assad regime. In reality with space opening up after Assad's fall local communities are playing an outsized role in service provision and dispute resolution due to the extreme weakness of the"
X Link 2026-02-15T14:03Z 96.2K followers, 75.9K engagements
"Muhammad Dhabban died in Gaza from a rare skin disease that cannot be treated inside the Strip. For [--] months Muhammad waited in agony for a medical evacuation before dying yesterday. Under the deal reached between Hamas & Israel to end the war only [---] people are allowed to leave Gaza daily through the Rafah Crossing. Over [-----] patients are awating medical evacuation. Sources with extremely graphic photos"
X Link 2026-02-16T11:54Z 96.2K followers, 16.7K engagements
"@THE_47th The pressure cooker was made in France and imported to Israel via a company to Jerusalem"
X Link 2026-02-17T14:11Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Muhammad al-Deek a Syrian Army low-ranking commander was killed on January [--] [----] while dismantling mines near Kobani. I've been friends with Muhammad for years and communicated with him throughout the recent Syrian Army offensive against Arab-majority areas under SDF control. He constantly wished for an agreement to be reached so that no more blood was spilled. Muhammad spent most of his adult life fighting and was tired of war. He lost many relatives and friends. He barely saw his wife and three young beautiful daughters. Muhammad was a former rebel forcibly displaced to northern Aleppo"
X Link 2026-02-17T17:58Z 96.2K followers, 17K engagements
"Irresponsible public spending to buy political loyalty has left Iraq's government unable to pay salaries Public spending has reached unprecedented levels under current PM al-Sudani increasing Iraq's budget deficit https://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq-unable-to-pay-its-obligations-as.htmlm=1 https://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/02/iraq-unable-to-pay-its-obligations-as.htmlm=1"
X Link 2026-02-18T07:43Z 96.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Throughout my [---] days in captivity I reflected on this odd juxtaposition: my torturers were incredibly ignorant yet highly skilled at inflicting harm on others. I wrote the first draft of this article while still in captivity. Now it's in @TheAtlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/kidnapped-baghdad/685470/gift=9UtyZb3mDuj0SBI8F16FpwE-BYovnJIiA7dUXQGglGg https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/01/kidnapped-baghdad/685470/gift=9UtyZb3mDuj0SBI8F16FpwE-BYovnJIiA7dUXQGglGg"
X Link 2026-01-11T17:44Z 96.2K followers, 777.6K engagements
"Iraq is showing mounting signs of fiscal distress as the government continues to rely on unchecked public spending to secure political loyalty. Recent developments highlight the growing severity of the crisis: * Delayed pensions: Government employees have seen their pension payments delayed by [--] days running an unprecedented lag that signals acute liquidity problems. Regular government employees also had the payment of their salaries delayed until about [--] days ago (10-day delay). * Sudden tax hikes: The government sharply increased import taxes across numerous product categories triggering"
X Link 2026-02-09T12:11Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Israel's Finance Minister Smotrich reveals classified information that fills in gaps in prior reporting on the [--] Day War: * Lebanese Hezbollah noticed Israeli jets taking off to strike Iran and alerted their Iranian superiors. * This alert caused the leadership of the IRGC's Aerospace Force to gather in an underground HQ previously unknown to Israel. * The gathering led Israel to alter the attack plan delaying it by an hour and bomb both the underground HQ and the scientists who've worked on Iran's nuclear weapons program. This information makes the failure of the Iranian regime to prevent"
X Link 2026-02-11T09:06Z 96.2K followers, 120.9K engagements
"One of the leading experts on Islamism in Syria Dr. @ThomasPierret offers astute analysis of Syria's new rulers. On the new Syrian state the future of Islamism and more with @ThomasPierret https://t.co/FmTnrDWB8f On the new Syrian state the future of Islamism and more with @ThomasPierret https://t.co/FmTnrDWB8f"
X Link 2026-02-13T20:30Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"2020 . [----] . https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-fakhrizadeh-assassination-israel.html # # # https://t.co/bauFl2ofv4 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-fakhrizadeh-assassination-israel.html # # # https://t.co/bauFl2ofv4"
X Link 2026-02-16T20:24Z 96.2K followers, 33K engagements
"Israeli media is notorious for running reports based on single sources. This is in part what allowed Qatar to plan stories in Israeli media by buying Netanyahu's military spokesman. They have a real problem reaching Syrian sources that matter because of Syrians' hostility/suspicion of Israelis which is quite understandable. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023785086320038062 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2023785086320038062"
X Link 2026-02-17T15:42Z 96.2K followers, [--] engagements
"Syria was never a "refugee crisis". It was a "brutal dictator slaughtering his people crisis". Once the root cause of the problem is removed one of its manifestations (huge refugee flows) disappears too In just over one year 41% of Syrian refugees in Jordan returned home. While the situation in Syria has improved only slightly for the most vulnerable populations what clearly changed is the hope that Assad had suffocated. The belief that tomorrow is better that Syrians https://t.co/Qwv319V35r In just over one year 41% of Syrian refugees in Jordan returned home. While the situation in Syria has"
X Link 2026-02-17T11:10Z 96.2K followers, 28.1K engagements
": ' '. '' . . https://x.com/i/status/2017152942852223299 The weapon Khamenei spoke of the one he claimed could sink an American aircraft carrier is an American weapon: AI. https://t.co/vY7Sjsvhwl https://x.com/i/status/2017152942852223299 The weapon Khamenei spoke of the one he claimed could sink an American aircraft carrier is an American weapon: AI. https://t.co/vY7Sjsvhwl"
X Link 2026-02-18T08:06Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@bdrhmnhrk @DavidKenner The similarities in writing are even greater. Rosh Hashana is written And Shana tova"
X Link 2018-09-10T21:03Z 82.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@marwanhishampen I am least similar to Trump :D"
X Link 2018-11-21T15:51Z 82.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Give me your tired your poor Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free tear gas"
X Link 2018-11-26T03:50Z 82.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@marwanhishampen LOL. It's RT"
X Link 2019-05-17T19:34Z 82.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@drmabon @daraconduit @CambridgeUP Yes please go on the pod"
X Link 2019-07-25T11:17Z 95.6K followers, [--] engagements
"@marwanhishampen Turks were angry that they posted in Arabic"
X Link 2019-09-09T14:44Z 82.3K followers, [--] engagements
"ISIS has no reason to play down its own attack obv. ISIS can undoubtedly benefit from the Turkish invasion but the group suffered significant losses & complex operations require capabilities it currently does not posses in SDF areas"
X Link 2019-10-09T11:31Z 82.1K followers, [--] engagements
"@marwanhishampen I was not there. I conveyed information by an SDF source stationed there. The heavy firing he explained stemmed for panic - SDF believed it was besieged in the HQ"
X Link 2019-10-09T11:52Z 82.1K followers, [--] engagements
"Hurras a-Deen (AQ in Syria) carried out [--] attacks on regime forces in the past day around Idlib: quick raid & capture of weaponry + firing rockets at Lattakia countryside. Hayat Tahrir a-Sham previously prevented such Hurras operations to keep ceasfires in place"
X Link 2020-05-10T09:09Z 94K followers, [--] engagements
"Finally blessedly free after [---] days in captivity. Thank you President @realDonaldTrump for the decisive action that brought me home without anything given in return to the kidnappers Kataeb Hezbollah. I am deeply grateful to Special Envoy for Hostage Response @aboehler @SecRubio @StateSPEHA Mark Savaya and @MickeyBergman for securing my release. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who tried to help in any way"
X Link 2025-10-03T12:44Z 87.5K followers, 1.1M engagements
"Elating news. Freedom is like liquid happiness that permeates every aspect of life once released from captivity. God bless every person who made this joyous liberation day possible. 🚨🎥President Trump just spoke with the families of the hostages. The hostages will come back theyre all coming back on Monday https://t.co/yQvJX31Icx 🚨🎥President Trump just spoke with the families of the hostages. The hostages will come back theyre all coming back on Monday https://t.co/yQvJX31Icx"
X Link 2025-10-09T13:03Z 82.2K followers, 28.3K engagements
""Even if all of Gaza becomes one big cemetery Hamas will strive to run this cemetery. They won't give up their rule easily.The people don't interest them." https://archive.md/2025.10.11-035859/https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2025-10-09/ty-article-magazine/.premium/do-you-know-how-many-generations-want-revenge-now-the-future-of-hamas-and-gazans/00000199-c8b6-d198-abdb-dcf7a4720000"
X Link 2025-10-11T07:30Z 82.2K followers, 18.8K engagements
"@IhabHassane @grok hello is this image new"
X Link 2025-10-13T17:43Z 82.1K followers, 22.5K engagements
"The deal to end the horrific Gaza war is a blessed development but by creating a time gap between the Israeli withdrawal & introduction of the currently undetermined international force it gave Hamas the opportunity to slaughter those opposed to it whether armed by Israel or not. Since the partial Israeli pullout Hamas killed & publicly executed dozens of Gazans. Throughout the war Hamas kidnapped & tortured to death multiple peaceful dissenters who spoke up against it on social media."
X Link 2025-10-15T15:06Z 83.4K followers, 70.5K engagements
""Having grown up on lentils alone since the day she was born she now finds fruit and vegetables available in Gazas markets with the ceasefire. When we handed her a banana she didnt know what to do with it and tried to eat it with the peel on." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/16/gaza-lives-war-israel-safetyCMP=share_btn_url https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/16/gaza-lives-war-israel-safetyCMP=share_btn_url"
X Link 2025-10-16T16:35Z 83.2K followers, 14.1K engagements
"Dangerous development. Both the Israeli leadership & President Trump vowed to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities again if Iran resumes work on its nuclear program. Satellite imagery taken by Maxar now Vantor and Airbus at the end of September and early October shows activity at the Esfahan tunnel entrances. As of September [--] the second of three entrances (the middle entrance) which was previously blocked by earth and rubble has been https://t.co/PskgRPfoRz Satellite imagery taken by Maxar now Vantor and Airbus at the end of September and early October shows activity at the Esfahan tunnel"
X Link 2025-10-17T15:07Z 83.2K followers, 43.2K engagements
""The Islamic Republics tenure has amounted to a lost half century for Iran. Squandering its wealth on failed regional adventures & a nuclear program that brought only isolation all while repressing & wasting its greatest source of wealth: its people." https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/autumn-ayatollahs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/autumn-ayatollahs"
X Link 2025-10-19T15:09Z 83.3K followers, 12.2K engagements
"Congratulations to Mark Savaya for this important appointment. Mark played an instrumental role in setting me free after [---] days in captivity by Kataeb Hezbollah an Iraqi militia serving Iran without anything given in return. This is terrible news for anyone serving Iran's interests in Iraq and seeking to undermine Iraqi sovereignty"
X Link 2025-10-19T21:20Z 86.8K followers, 201.8K engagements
"Excellent news Joel is highly informed about the Middle East & spent years working on Iraq and Syria. His final confirmation cannot come soon enough. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced @joel_rayburn for nominations for the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. Nomination now moves to the full Senate for a vote. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced @joel_rayburn for nominations for the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. Nomination now moves to the full Senate for a vote"
X Link 2025-10-22T18:41Z 83.5K followers, 27.5K engagements
"Concerning development. The Syrian Ministry of Social Affairs @SyMOSAAL is now applying Assad-era draconian restrictions on the activities of all NGOs & private institutions operating in Syria including requiring prior gov approval to join any associations & receive funds from foreign donors https://syriaaccountability.org/joint-position-paper-on-the-directive-from-the-minister-of-social-affairs-and-labor/ https://syriaaccountability.org/joint-position-paper-on-the-directive-from-the-minister-of-social-affairs-and-labor/"
X Link 2025-10-22T19:01Z 83.5K followers, 31.5K engagements
"According to local sources the Israeli Army is deforesting newly occupied areas in northern Quneitra to create line-of-sight for its forces but won't allow Sunni villagers from Jubatha al-Khashab & Tranjeh to at least collect the firewood but is allowing Druze villagers from Hadher to collect it"
X Link 2025-10-22T19:25Z 94.3K followers, 117.8K engagements
"@eddyportnoy Hahahah"
X Link 2025-10-23T17:44Z 83.2K followers, [---] engagements
"The Riyadh Metro has [--] stations along [--] lines and trains go [--] KM/hour on average. The Jerusalem Light Rail has [--] stations along [--] line goes [--] KM/hour all above ground blocking other traffic from passing there. If Jerusalemites rode camels rather than the Light Rail it would have been faster as camels can sustain speeds of up to [--] KM/hour. Smotrich's racist sense of supremacy is out of touch with reality. Israeli ultranationalist minister of finance Smotrich: "If Saudi Arabia is telling us that in return for normalization they want a Palestinian state - we will say: Friends no thank you"
X Link 2025-10-24T06:27Z 86.8K followers, 384.1K engagements
"@DrTugrulcan Thank you"
X Link 2025-10-24T14:00Z 83.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@QalaatAlMudiq @ajaltamimi @qunfuz2"
X Link 2025-10-25T11:49Z 83.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Gazans describe an immense sense of loss after two years of carnage fear of Hamas violently reasserting power and desire to escape Gaza by @Haaretz https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/magazine/2025-10-23/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019a-0ae2-d44f-ab9e-9ae268880000utm_source=App_Share&utm_medium=Android_Native&utm_campaign=Share https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/magazine/2025-10-23/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019a-0ae2-d44f-ab9e-9ae268880000utm_source=App_Share&utm_medium=Android_Native&utm_campaign=Share"
X Link 2025-10-27T05:28Z 86.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Very interesting observations from a thoughtful Iranian who visited the country after the [--] Day War as Iran is undergoing deep and fast societal changes For the second time this year I had the opportunity to go home and visit Iran. I usually dont have the opportunity to go back this frequently (I have a full time job and a life) but the [--] Day War dramatically changed my perspective on my priorities & I made it happen at the For the second time this year I had the opportunity to go home and visit Iran. I usually dont have the opportunity to go back this frequently (I have a full time job and"
X Link 2025-10-27T06:06Z 86.4K followers, 45.9K engagements
"@thestevennabil Such a shame. His Arabic indicates the guy is educated. Because of Iraq's corrupt political class Iraq's youth can't build a future for themselves in Iraq and are forced to become mercenaries or undocumented migrants"
X Link 2025-10-27T19:25Z 83.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@arash_tehran @RashaAlAqeedi Omg you're taller than me Arash (I'm 184)"
X Link 2025-10-27T21:47Z 83.5K followers, [---] engagements
"A list of Sudanese and folks tweeting about Sudan and documenting the RSF slaughter in al-Fasher. https://x.com/i/lists/12396618 https://x.com/i/lists/12396618"
X Link 2025-10-30T16:09Z 86.4K followers, 11.1K engagements
"Very interesting to observe how the weakened Iranian regime has given up on enforcing the mandatory hijab or preventing gender-mixing. Esfahan #night https://t.co/pxTSEcVsVC Esfahan #night https://t.co/pxTSEcVsVC"
X Link 2025-10-31T07:14Z 86.4K followers, 65.5K engagements
"@Ellyce_S Thank you I do plan to write about my experience but more analytical things less memoir-type. At least that's my thinking right now"
X Link 2025-11-03T19:29Z 86.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@FalahIbtis87228 I think the Sadrist Movement differs from the militias since it isn't loyal to foreign forces unlike other parties in Iraq (Shia Sunni Kurdish). But for sure it has taken part in stealing Iraq's riches"
X Link 2025-11-04T14:05Z 87.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The story of my kidnapping by Kataeb Hezbollah an Iraqi militia serving Iran [---] days of captivity and liberation thanks to threats of the Trump Administration By @adamrasgon @IKershner & @ronenbergman https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/world/middleeast/tsurkov-kataib-torture-kidnap.htmlunlocked_article_code=1.y08.VNkm.sS-JrofVJgVV&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/world/middleeast/tsurkov-kataib-torture-kidnap.htmlunlocked_article_code=1.y08.VNkm.sS-JrofVJgVV&smid=url-share"
X Link 2025-11-05T10:34Z 94.8K followers, 399.6K engagements
"The @nytimes just published the report about my kidnapping period in captivity & how I was freed. The report contains graphic details about the torture Kataeb Hezbollah subjected me to in order to produce the false confessions. The reporters writing the story were respectful and considerate and did not push me to share anything I wished to keep private. Like anyone else I don't want the details about the worst moments of my life to be public. But I know that nearly all victims of the Iraqi militias cannot speak up: the militias either killed them or they are in Iraq or have family in Iraq and"
X Link 2025-11-05T10:40Z 88.7K followers, 403.7K engagements
"@michaeldweiss @soltan Thank you dear"
X Link 2025-11-05T21:35Z 86.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Thank you so much for speaking out about this. I knew nothing about the discourse surrounding me in Israel or "progressive"/academic circles (both hateful) while in captivity thankfully. Discovering what had happened and said has been one the most painful things since my liberation. Many orgs institutions and people I thought would stand up for me didn't whereas Jewish organizations who deeply differ from my politics rallied around me"
X Link 2025-11-06T06:06Z 86.4K followers, [----] engagements
"This is why political violence is so destructive. It tears apart societies and communities by radicalizing formerly sane people. You're absolutely right. I don't think anyone who ever saw me as a real person would act and speak the way they did. Kylie is absolutely amazing. A true inspiration. I got to know her recently"
X Link 2025-11-06T06:48Z 86.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Hopeless Iraqi young men are being recruited over social media to fight for the Russian regime in Ukraine And Iraq's ruling clique has failed to create opportunities for Iraq's youth driving them to take on such terrible risks https://alhurra.com/en/4836 https://thearabweekly.com/social-media-tell-stories-young-iraqis-recruited-fight-russias-war-ukraine https://alhurra.com/en/4836 https://thearabweekly.com/social-media-tell-stories-young-iraqis-recruited-fight-russias-war-ukraine"
X Link 2025-11-06T12:57Z 87.3K followers, 19.4K engagements
"@selpak01 @OzKaterji They stole my OnePlus so had to get a new phone 😅"
X Link 2025-11-06T16:07Z 86.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Since my release I've been flooded by kind messages from thousands of Iraqis expressing their horror about what was done to me by an Iraqi militia serving Iran. The torture I endured is nothing compared to what Iraqi captives face in the black sites of the militias. My kidnappers wanted a huge ransom in exchange for me (initially the ask was $600 million dollars) and therefore made sure not to endanger my life whereas Iraqi kidnapped by these militias are often tortured to death or executed. Iraqis are the primary victims of these militias. While I am free and safe Iraqis continue to live"
X Link 2025-11-07T16:35Z 87.7K followers, 140.7K engagements
"The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now its almost gone. inspiring tale of popular resistance winning against a repressive unpopular and battered regime. By @arash_tehran https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2025/11/iran-hijab/684839/gift=yMNG1nWDz8TdLBAi02a-v5k-jmhTDOEDrmmgP9iGQlI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2025/11/iran-hijab/684839/gift=yMNG1nWDz8TdLBAi02a-v5k-jmhTDOEDrmmgP9iGQlI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"
X Link 2025-11-07T21:50Z 87.3K followers, 17.3K engagements
"Profiles of courage. The Obama Administration refused to determine whether the military coup in Egypt (2013) was indeed a coup as that would legally force the US to cut military aid to Egypt. Similarly the Biden Administration avoided determining that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza to avoid having to cut military aid to it by @humeyra_pamuk & co. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-intel-found-israeli-military-lawyers-warned-there-was-evidence-gaza-war-2025-11-07/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-intel-found-israeli-military-lawyers-warned-there-was-evidence-gaza-war-2025-11-07/"
X Link 2025-11-08T06:17Z 87.3K followers, 50K engagements
"@qunfuz2 Icymi these two recent stories https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1987041659939434765t=U2IfT9dARw5ZinLkRy-kUA&s=19 Profiles of courage. The Obama Administration refused to determine whether the military coup in Egypt (2013) was indeed a coup as that would legally force the US to cut military aid to Egypt. Similarly the Biden Administration avoided determining that Israel is committing war https://x.com/Elizrael/status/1987041659939434765t=U2IfT9dARw5ZinLkRy-kUA&s=19 Profiles of courage. The Obama Administration refused to determine whether the military coup in Egypt (2013) was indeed a"
X Link 2025-11-08T08:56Z 86.4K followers, [---] engagements
"The state can't even pay the salaries of its own staff. Of course doing any new initiatives would require foreign funding but I am sure many Syrian and intl NGOs would be eager to do such programming as they have been working on transitional justice for a long time. That would require cooperation on a matter that Damascus perceives as and it has resisted cooperation on such matters with NGOs before"
X Link 2025-11-09T11:48Z 86.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Early special voting among members of Iraq's security services have begun for the Iraqi parliamentary elections. Sadrists within these organs are posting photos & videos documenting the spoiling of ballots upon the orders of the leader of Muqtada Sadr the leader of the Sadrist Current. Due to the boycott by Sadrists of the elections & popular distrust in the corrupt ruling system turnout in Iraq's elections is expected to be low. Candidates have spent billions of dollars they stole from Iraq's riches buying votes to compensate for their lack of genuine popularity."
X Link 2025-11-09T14:05Z 87.3K followers, 38.9K engagements
"Dozens of Sunni men protested tonight in the Seyyeda Zainab area south of Damascus against the opening of a Shia religious hall (husseyniya) changing sectarian slogans. Much of the ire of the protesters is directed at Adham al-Khatib the leader of the Shia community in Syria who has met with President al-Sharaa & serves as a liaison between the community & Damascus. This is one more example of Syria's new authorities being outflanked by popular vengeful identitarianism among Syria's Sunni majority now back in power after decades under sectarian & violent minority rule"
X Link 2025-11-09T21:15Z 87.3K followers, [----] engagements
"The desperation of Iraq's corrupt elites is rising fearing a large-scale popular boycott of the parliamentary elections tomorrow. Accounts supporting these parties are spreading a fake fatwa by Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sistani calling on Iraqis to vote tomorrow. His website shows no such fatwa The supporters claiming that the Ayatollah called on people to vote are using the hashtag "participating upon the order of the marjaiya source of emulation" #__ https://www.sistani.org/arabic/ https://www.sistani.org/arabic/"
X Link 2025-11-10T15:48Z 87.5K followers, 19K engagements
"Today Iraq is holding its parliamentary elections. You can use this list of Iraqi journalists activists & analysts to follow the proceedings. https://x.com/i/lists/1045896745354289152 https://x.com/i/lists/1045896745354289152"
X Link 2025-11-11T08:08Z 87.5K followers, 10.6K engagements
"The most important data point from today's elections is the real turnout rate. The figure that will be released by the Electoral Commission (IHEC) will show turnout among the [--] million Iraqis who registered to be able to vote not the [--] million eligible voters to artificially inflate the turnout. I expect the turnout to be low due to the unpopularity of the corrupt ruling system & boycott of the elections by the largest political movement in Iraq - the Sadrist Current (about one million supporters). The outcome of the elections will be largely determined not by genuine popularity but by the"
X Link 2025-11-11T09:43Z 87.3K followers, 28K engagements
"My interview to @melanielidman of @AP about my [---] in captivity of Kataeb Hezbollah an Iraqi militia serving Iran and the road ahead https://apnews.com/article/israelirussian-researcher-iraq-tsurkov-hostage-militia-32b77a5b593a84ab82fb24bda562d0ae https://apnews.com/article/israelirussian-researcher-iraq-tsurkov-hostage-militia-32b77a5b593a84ab82fb24bda562d0ae"
X Link 2025-11-11T09:54Z 87.3K followers, 11.8K engagements
"My interview to @melanielidman of @AP about my [---] in captivity of Kataeb Hezbollah an Iraqi militia serving Iran and the road ahead https://apnews.com/article/israelirussian-researcher-iraq-tsurkov-hostage-militia-32b77a5b593a84ab82fb24bda562d0ae https://apnews.com/article/israelirussian-researcher-iraq-tsurkov-hostage-militia-32b77a5b593a84ab82fb24bda562d0ae"
X Link 2025-11-11T09:55Z 87.5K followers, 34K engagements
"What Entifadh is saying is absolutely right. The men who kidnapped tortured & held me captive all receive salaries from the Iraqi state either as members of an internal security organ (my kidnappers & torturers for [---] months) or the Popular Mobilization Units (those who held me for [--] months). Some of my torturers came in to abuse me wearing official state uniform. They would torture me always in the evenings nights and weekends because during work hours they are torturing Iraqis arrested by them. The brutality that @Elizrael endured the pistol stamped for official use by Iraqi security"
X Link 2025-11-11T15:01Z 90.7K followers, 99.9K engagements
"I followed his career very closely. Jabhat al-Nusra blew up cars against regime targets in Damascus Aleppo Homs and Idlib but killed civilians too. In August [----] they invaded the Coast slaughtered Alawis and took about [---] women hostage. See And https://www.hrw.org/report/2013/10/10/you-can-still-see-their-blood/executions-indiscriminate-shootings-and-hostage https://www.hrw.org/node/267974/printable/print https://www.hrw.org/node/267974/printable/print https://www.hrw.org/report/2013/10/10/you-can-still-see-their-blood/executions-indiscriminate-shootings-and-hostage"
X Link 2025-11-12T09:38Z 87.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@Beirutspring Very true. In general any Arab country with a somewhat representative/genuinely elected political system won't normalize because public opinion matters in such countries"
X Link 2025-11-12T09:50Z 87.3K followers, [----] engagements
"The moment of my liberation after [---] in captivity occurred inside the Green Zone in Baghdad. Entering this highly secure zone requires security approval. The Kataeb Hezbollah car drove into a garage and the driver told me to get into a second car that was parked in parallel. The driver of the second car told me that I am safe now and in the hands of the Iraqi government. The kidnappers' car was parked alongside that of the Iraqi government for about a minute inside a secure zone yet no arrest of the kidnappers took place. This reveals the weakness of the Iraqi government vis-a-vis the"
X Link 2025-11-12T18:02Z 87.3K followers, [----] engagements
"Analysis of the Iraqi election results from a long-time watcher and the top researcher of Iraq's militias So you know what I think Glad you asked: I think Sudani did really very well for a guy who had [--] seats last time and has [--] now. He's a smart hard-working guy: I wish he wasn't such a mean-spirited vindictive power-hungry looter. It's honestly a tragedy; an Iraqi tragedy. 🧵 So you know what I think Glad you asked: I think Sudani did really very well for a guy who had [--] seats last time and has [--] now. He's a smart hard-working guy: I wish he wasn't such a mean-spirited vindictive"
X Link 2025-11-13T10:31Z 87.7K followers, 31.7K engagements
""MBS needs much stronger commitments directly from Israel with tangible steps on the ground in order to sell normalization to the Saudi public which has become much more anti-Israeli during the Gaza war." SCOOP: President Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a phone call last month that with the Gaza war ending he expects Saudi Arabia to move toward normalization with Israel. My story on @axios https://t.co/typFp2gJ9O SCOOP: President Trump told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a phone call last month that with the Gaza war ending he expects Saudi Arabia to move"
X Link 2025-11-13T21:45Z 88.1K followers, 33.6K engagements
"The past year in Iraq ahead of the elections witnessed a sharp deterioration in freedom of the media and freedom of speech. Iraqi authorities arrested journalists barred individuals and hosts from appearing on TV removed Facebook pages critical of the pro-Iranian forces dominating Iraq & filed thousands of groundless lawsuits to gag journalists. The most noteable recent target of this campaign is @adnanaltia one of the most prominent Iraqi journalists still daring to voice criticism of the militias serving Iran. This persecution of the few free voices left speaking in Iraq shows the weakness"
X Link 2025-11-14T14:45Z 88K followers, 34.4K engagements
"Prof. Bernard Heykel who is close to the Saudi leadership: KSA isn't seeking to buy the F-35 jets but rather a US nuclear umbrella. This implies that seeking protection from Tehran Riyadh wants the deployment of US nuclear missiles on Saudi soil https://english.alarabiya.net/News/saudi-arabia/2025/11/16/what-to-expect-during-the-saudi-crown-prince-s-visit-to-the-white-house https://english.alarabiya.net/News/saudi-arabia/2025/11/16/what-to-expect-during-the-saudi-crown-prince-s-visit-to-the-white-house"
X Link 2025-11-16T18:54Z 87.5K followers, 42K engagements
"@grok I'm looking for a tweet analyzing Iraqi election results showing the breakdown of alignment of parties pro or anti-Iran mentioning al-Mandalawi and al-Sudani"
X Link 2025-11-16T20:31Z 87.5K followers, [----] engagements
"@MujtahidKURD The militias yes but there are many pro-Iran parties that aren't militias"
X Link 2025-11-16T21:04Z 87.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Excellent discussion with @rayajalabi on the evolution of Iraq's militias away from resistance toward focusing on plundering the Iraqi state; followed by clear-eyed analysis by @qunfuz2 of Syria's transition since the fall of the Assad regime https://open.spotify.com/episode/7s0dSx8BMGznmZKQftDNswsi=dqLcyNRBT-eFACDvXPSJcg&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1FgnTBfUlzkeKt https://open.spotify.com/episode/7s0dSx8BMGznmZKQftDNswsi=dqLcyNRBT-eFACDvXPSJcg&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1FgnTBfUlzkeKt"
X Link 2025-11-18T08:29Z 88.1K followers, 11.4K engagements
"Important day for Syria's transition away from an unaccountable dictatorship. Today in Aleppo trials began for men suspected of carrying out war crimes during the March [----] Coastal Massacres: loyalists of the fallen Assad regime and notably members of the new Syrian security forces. Syria's new authorities quietly arrested hundreds of members of its own security forces who are suspected of abuses in the massacres in the Coast and Sweidaa'. Accountability is the first and crucial step in building trust with minority communities. Photos of the military police preparing to secure the trail"
X Link 2025-11-18T15:27Z 90K followers, 41.1K engagements
"Iraqi traffic cop celebrates tonight's victory of Iraq in the World Cup qualification game #__ #__ # # #_ #_ https://t.co/msYthSDCFX #__ # # #_ #_ https://t.co/msYthSDCFX"
X Link 2025-11-18T21:14Z 90K followers, 51.3K engagements
"The right-wing incitement against Israel's independent media bears fruit. Overnight graffiti was sprayed outside the offices of Channel 13: "The blood of the traitors their death will indeed be cleared for publication" : [--] . . . . https://t.co/KSwJsNckxJ : [--] . . . . https://t.co/KSwJsNckxJ"
X Link 2025-11-19T08:15Z 87.7K followers, 12.9K engagements
"I've been volunteering w/ @HRM_Israel since [----]. This fantastic NGO fights for the rights of the most marginalized residents of Israel: refugees migrants human trafficking victims. Join me in supporting them All donations are doubled for the next day. https://causematch.com/hotline2025-en/535310 https://causematch.com/hotline2025-en/535310"
X Link 2025-11-19T13:42Z 88.2K followers, [----] engagements
"From personal experience I hate and do not forgive those who kidnapped & tortured me but I don't hate or fear all Arabs or Iraqis or Shia because of it. Fearing an entire group is actually one of the symptoms of PTSD as certain people smells places remind you of the trauma (for example hearing Arabic seeing Arabs)"
X Link 2025-11-21T07:43Z 87.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Hamas documents collected by the Israeli Army during the invasion of Gaza reveal the behind-the-scene dynamics surrounding the rapproachment between the Assad regime and Hamas; and the fear of Hamas' leadership from Assad's downfall https://x.com/ItayBlumental/status/1991783250948186150 " - " https://t.co/1hx4khclGo https://x.com/ItayBlumental/status/1991783250948186150 " - " https://t.co/1hx4khclGo"
X Link 2025-11-21T12:33Z 88.2K followers, 40.2K engagements
"@GhalebHabian I agree it's transparent but it's also interesting because basically Hamas and Israel both did not welcome and feared Assad's downfall"
X Link 2025-11-21T12:48Z 87.5K followers, [---] engagements
"A new poll by @IDIisrael among Israeli Jews: 60.6% oppose investigating Israeli soldiers suspected of abusing Palestinian detainees; 65% believe that avoiding uneccesary killings of civilians harms the ability of the IDF to carry out its missions https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopolitics/article/19298235 https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopolitics/article/19298235"
X Link 2025-11-23T15:32Z 91.3K followers, 401.5K engagements
"Important🧵from Greg who witnessed today's outburts of violence in Homs. Bedouin enraged by the murder of [--] of their tribesmen stormed a mixed Alawi-Bedouin neighborhood & overwhelmed the General Security Forces of the Syrian government which worked to halt the violence. A thread on Homs today: 1) The Bedouin couple that was murdered lived on the edge of Mouhajireen neighborhood they had lived there for [--] years and were known by everyone. Of course their killing was intended to cause this chaos https://t.co/I8nngcphue A thread on Homs today: 1) The Bedouin couple that was murdered lived on"
X Link 2025-11-23T19:09Z 90.5K followers, 17.4K engagements
"New UN estimate: The Gazan economy contracted by 87% in 2023-2024 (so the situation is likely worse now). Israels military operations had significantly undermined every pillar of survival https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/25/rebuilding-human-made-abyss-gaza-un https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/25/rebuilding-human-made-abyss-gaza-un"
X Link 2025-11-25T15:41Z 90.6K followers, [----] engagements
"My analysis of the Iraqi election results & what explains the success of the pro-Iranian militias On @AlMajallaEN https://en.majalla.com/node/328431/politics/why-iran-backed-militias-did-well-iraqs-elections https://en.majalla.com/node/328431/politics/why-iran-backed-militias-did-well-iraqs-elections"
X Link 2025-11-26T18:53Z 90.8K followers, 62.9K engagements
"One photo epitomizes the consequences of Israel's Syria policy after the fall of the regime. This photo from years ago was shared widely today by Syrians on social media. The young man in the photo is Hassan al-Saadi and was killed overnight alongside a group of men in his town Beit Jinn when they opened fire on an Israeli Army raiding force. In total [--] people were killed by Israeli gunfire and air raids including women and children. According to a friend in the town most of the residents (thousands of people) fled it after a bombing campaign that damaged dozens of home fearing further"
X Link 2025-11-28T16:40Z 95.1K followers, 705K engagements
"@t963l This is true"
X Link 2025-11-28T18:47Z 90.6K followers, 23.1K engagements
"A year ago today the Syrian opposition liberated Aleppo after it had fallen under regime & foreign Shia militia control back in [----]. To crush the rebellion in Aleppo the regime & its allies used chemical weapons incendiary bombs tens of thousands of barrel bombs purposeful targeting of hospitals and bakeries and finally starvation sieges. In late [----] the regime forcibly displaced tens of thousands of Aleppans and took over neighborhoods reduced to rubble. This was its victory. A year ago the opposition took over Aleppo without killing a single civilian. Video report from [----] Extensive"
X Link 2025-11-29T13:07Z 90.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Thoughout the Syrian civil war multiple armed actors took over territory and established local governance structures: rebel factions Hayat Tahrir al-Sham foreign Shia militias the SDF ISIS the Turkish proxy factions and now Sheikh al-Hijri in Sweidaa'. All differ ideologically but have one thing in common: the authoritarian nature of their rule. #Syria "Suwayda National Guard" militia arrested [--] locals today including Raed al-Matni the militia shaved his moustache and beard in a similar way to what pro-government forces did to local Druze in July. While claims that al-Matni and other"
X Link 2025-11-29T20:59Z 90.7K followers, 57.5K engagements
"How Israeli Ch [--] reported on the killing of [--] and 12-year-old boys in Khan Younis today. "IDF: this morning the Air Force eliminated two suspects in the south of the Strip who crossed the yellow line". Ch [--] is the most watched channel in Israel and represents the mainstream. " . " " . ""
X Link 2025-11-29T23:05Z 91.1K followers, 463.9K engagements
"Israel's tactics in Syria do not follow a clear vision for what it wants to achieve in the country and is counter-productive to Israel's long-term goals My interview w/ @sfrantzman https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-876852 https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-876852"
X Link 2025-12-01T18:47Z 90.9K followers, 34.3K engagements
"Male former hostages are now courageously speaking out about the sexual abuse they endured in Hamas captivity inspiring others to break their silence. Their testimonies have led to a surge in men reaching out to Israels hotline for sexual assault survivors. They stand alongside the brave women who have already shared harrowing accounts of sexual violence during the October [--] massacres and in captivity. I know these voices have been dismissed by some critics of Israel including people who follow me. From personal experience I can tell you: no one invents such horrors. Even the most progressive"
X Link 2025-12-02T12:25Z 91.1K followers, 88.6K engagements
"Interesting new statement from Netanyahu. According to individuals involved in the negotiations between Jerusalem and Damascus Israel's insistence in recent months on maintaining control over southern Syria which was reiterated on August [--] by MoD Katz is what blocked reaching the security agreement between Israel and Syria. The Syrian leadership conveyed to Israel its willingness to demilitarize the south to a large extent. The new statement from Netanyahu comes a day after a call with Trump & post by Trump calling on Israel not to destabilize Syria. Yesterday @BarakRavid reported that the"
X Link 2025-12-02T15:38Z 90.9K followers, 71.9K engagements
"On this day according to autopsy reports my friend Mazen al-Hamadeh was killed by the Syrian regime in Sednaya Prison alongside other prisoners held with him. Mazen survived years of incarceration by the Assad regime and endure the most horrific forms of torture. The regime killed him as the opposition was advancing on Damascus depriving him of the right to see Syria free of Assad's torture dungeons a Syria he struggled for years to achieve. Mazen spoke about his first period in prison for the documentary "Syria's Disappeared" May the new Syria be worthy of the sacrifices of Mazen and the"
X Link 2025-12-02T16:24Z 91.2K followers, 138.2K engagements
"The militia controlling Sweidaa' under the leadership of Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijari has killed [--] detainees in the span of [--] hours. Both were clerics critical of Hijri's sepratist line. The militia claimed that the first victim Sheikh Raed al-Metni died of an overdose of blood-pressure he was taking while in detention. This graphic video shows his boody covered in signs of torture. This is hardly surprising as many of the militiamen surrounding al-Hijri have a record of criminality and of involvement in the Assad regime's mukhabarat. The Druze of Sweidaa' are trapped in an unberable situation."
X Link 2025-12-02T20:30Z 90.8K followers, 27.9K engagements
"Trump told Netanyahu to "take it easy" when it comes to military action in Syria and "not provoke" the Syrian gov. "The president told Netanyahu that the new leadership in Syria is trying to make it a better place" a U.S. official said. by @BarakRavid https://www.axios.com/2025/12/02/netanyahu-pardon-trump-call https://www.axios.com/2025/12/02/netanyahu-pardon-trump-call"
X Link 2025-12-02T20:38Z 90.9K followers, 18.2K engagements
"I was locked in solitary confinement at a militia base in Iraq yet I was rejoicing seeing Assad's brutal dictatorship crumble My new article for @newlinesmag https://newlinesmag.com/first-person/celebrating-syrias-liberation-from-a-prison-cell-in-iraq/ https://newlinesmag.com/first-person/celebrating-syrias-liberation-from-a-prison-cell-in-iraq/"
X Link 2025-12-04T15:05Z 93.4K followers, 94.3K engagements
"Hama celebrates the anniversary of its liberation from the Assad regime one year ago yesterday. In [----] the Hafez al-Assad regime massacred tens of thousands of civilians & razed entire neighborhoods to crush a small-scale uprising in the city. Video by @amjad_alsari97"
X Link 2025-12-06T08:08Z 91.1K followers, 41.6K engagements
"Celebrations in Homs city today ahead of the one-year anniversary of Assad's fall. Featured: Dabkeh dancers and a very pliant cat. By @amjad_alsari97"
X Link 2025-12-07T15:47Z 91.1K followers, 99.9K engagements
"Local authorities in Homs prevented the world-renowned Syrian musician @MalekJandali & his orchestra from performing a symphony in Homs' central Clock Square planned to mark the 1-year anniversary of Assad's fall. The Mufti of Homs Sheikh Sahl Jneid justified the cancellations stating that music disrespects the blood of the martyrs shed in the square. This is one in a series of decisions taken by local hardline officials in Syria over the past year. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.phpstory_fbid=pfbid02swNeNicbheX43N5CX2XUp86R6XKZaPgogwZSEnPvmXSsU1eQfvFvFscM6jBkbfkCl&id=61576777551414"
X Link 2025-12-07T21:44Z 91.1K followers, 26.5K engagements
"Internal security officers in Aleppo's Saad Allah al-Jaberi square are asking Syrians celebrating the anniversary of Assad's fall late into the night to go home. "We have not slept in three days" Syrians started celebrating the anniversary early around the clock and under the pouring rain"
X Link 2025-12-08T09:28Z 91K followers, 23.6K engagements
"One year ago today prisoners in Sednaya cannot believe the news that Assad has fallen. 💚 https://t.co/n5BJ6BWulL 💚 https://t.co/n5BJ6BWulL"
X Link 2025-12-08T13:02Z 91.2K followers, 15.2K engagements
"Celebrations in Irbin on the eastern outskirts of Damascus of the fall of the Assad regime one year ago. On August [--] [----] the Assad regime targeted Irbin and nearby rebel-held towns with Sarin Gas killing over [----] Syrians. Many of those killed were children in part because because Sarin is heavier than air and hence its highest concentration is close to the ground the breathing zone of children. From 2013-2018 the regime besieged Irbin and nearby towns starving hundreds of death. Children and the elderly were a dispraportionate share of the starvation victims. https://t.co/clC8ObCo6c "
X Link 2025-12-08T14:39Z 91.1K followers, 22.1K engagements
"The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested activist Ahmad al-Bosh for standing in central Raqqa today with a sign "We have a right to celebrate oh SDF". He is referring to a decision issued by the SDF prohibiting any gatherings to mark the one-year anniversary of the fall of the regime. Since the fall of the Assad regime the SDF significantly increased arrests in areas under its control as locals (particularly Arabs) began expressing support for the new government in Damascus. More on this by @HasanAlkassab"
X Link 2025-12-08T14:58Z 91.1K followers, 47.6K engagements
"My interview for the BBC's Newshour about the [---] days in captivity of Kataeb Hezbollah an Iraqi militia serving Iran & Iraq's recent parliamentary elections On Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/248CmBLS310qNTF2h0PDcnsi=Osc3w3-aSOWPQ8WDGxaoYA https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0mmhc68 https://open.spotify.com/episode/248CmBLS310qNTF2h0PDcnsi=Osc3w3-aSOWPQ8WDGxaoYA https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0mmhc68"
X Link 2025-12-09T19:17Z 91.1K followers, 12.4K engagements
"A sign of the times. The kids in the back of the Syrian police car managed to convince the cops to give them a test drive in the new vehicles. Under the Assad regime ending up in a police/secret police car was a Syrians' worst nightmare. . https://t.co/HAnwpbIcJV . https://t.co/HAnwpbIcJV"
X Link 2025-12-09T20:12Z 91.1K followers, 43.5K engagements
"There is a belief in Abrahamic religions that one who saves a life has saved the entire world. Well then @aboehler has saved dozens of worlds. If it were not for Adam's determination and continued engagement I'd have died in captivity https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/12/09/when-we-said-everyone-we-meant-every-single-one/ https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/12/09/when-we-said-everyone-we-meant-every-single-one/"
X Link 2025-12-10T13:59Z 91.1K followers, 27.2K engagements
"Celebrations in Damascus Homs and Lattakia tonight by Syrians after the House of Representatives abrogated the Caesar Act which was placed on the Assad regime and hindered Syria's post-war reconstruction"
X Link 2025-12-11T01:44Z 91.2K followers, [----] engagements
"A disturbing development in Syria. A man who shared a video cursing the Syrian president & minister of health for the poor quality of hospital care provided in Syria has been arrested. Free speech must be protected by Syria's new authorities which claim to represent the [----] Revolution. That uprising called for freedom & downfall of a brutal dictatorship not to be replaced by another repressive order. The video that led to the arrest https://x.com/i/status/1999082297903939739 https://x.com/i/status/1999082297903939739"
X Link 2025-12-12T14:47Z 91.4K followers, 80.9K engagements
"In August [----] Australia took the extraordinary step of shuttering the Iranian embassy after the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) uncovered the ties of the IRGC to [--] antisemitic attacks. Australia arrested suspects linked to the attacks & the commander of the cell Said Mussawi. According to information released by the Mossad Mussawi received instructions from the IRGC commander Sardar Ammar the head of Unit [-----] of the Qods Force who runs cells across the world tasked with executing attacks on Jews. https://www.iranintl.com/en/202510263378"
X Link 2025-12-14T14:06Z 91.2K followers, 17.9K engagements
"Press TV the TV channel operated by the Iranian Regime served as the platform for airing "confessions" extracted through torture of innocent Iranians. This is how one of Press TV's "journalists" responded to today's deadly attack on the Hanukkah celebration in Sydney & how a Palestinian living in the occupied West Bank responded to him"
X Link 2025-12-14T14:16Z 91.7K followers, 53.8K engagements
"The name "Ahmad" means in Arabic "the praised one" or "the most praised one". So apt. Extraordinary courage from Ahmed El Ahmad a Muslim 43-year-old father of two who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example. https://t.co/HTeLRTlbFV Extraordinary courage from Ahmed El Ahmad a Muslim 43-year-old father of two who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example. https://t.co/HTeLRTlbFV"
X Link 2025-12-14T15:23Z 91.6K followers, 25.8K engagements
"The name Ahmad in Arabic means "the praised one" or "most praised one". So apt"
X Link 2025-12-14T16:36Z 91.6K followers, 12.3K engagements
"According to recent UN data "while [---] million people remain in need of urgent shelter assistance for the winter. Most INGOs remain blocked from bringing in relief and nearly [----] pallets of shelter materials have been rejected." https://www.ochaopt.org/content/gaza-humanitarian-response-situation-report-no-42 A heavy rainstorm is hitting Gaza right now. Fragile tents are collapsing under fierce winds and rain. https://t.co/MTOgPH32HD https://www.ochaopt.org/content/gaza-humanitarian-response-situation-report-no-42 A heavy rainstorm is hitting Gaza right now. Fragile tents are collapsing"
X Link 2025-12-15T18:18Z 91.2K followers, 21.3K engagements
"79% of Lebanese support disarming Hizbollah Only 12% of Lebanese support normalization with Israel Pushing the Lebanese gov toward normalization would allow Hizbollah to expand its appeal to Lebanese who oppose it presenting itself as the force standing up against the unpopular normalization. https://www.arabbarometer.org/media-news/press-release-foreign-affairs-article-how-arab-public-opinion-constrains-normalization-with-israel/ https://news.gallup.com/poll/699071/lebanese-say-army-weapons.aspx"
X Link 2025-12-16T18:26Z 91.6K followers, 34.4K engagements
"A group of [--] Israeli policemen beat & abused an Arab citizen of Israel who worked security at a football stadium. "An Arab won't frisk me" one of them said as he started beating the guard. https://www.haaretz.co.il/sport/israel-soccer/2025-12-17/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019b-28a1-dc39-abbb-fff3cfce0000gift=34c375e010f14e0488932dcd8e6c9af5 https://t.co/2o1crADY6a https://www.haaretz.co.il/sport/israel-soccer/2025-12-17/ty-article-magazine/.premium/0000019b-28a1-dc39-abbb-fff3cfce0000gift=34c375e010f14e0488932dcd8e6c9af5 https://t.co/2o1crADY6a"
X Link 2025-12-17T14:38Z 91.8K followers, 122.7K engagements
"@One_Dawah @simsimt Their Bondi Beach takes were utterly bizarre"
X Link 2025-12-18T01:17Z 91.2K followers, [---] engagements
"The Iranian regime appears wandering into the abyss: paying the full price for uranium enrichment (sanctions) while not enriching & refusing to engage in negotiations. Instead Khamenai & the IRGC appear to be counting on weapon systems that have failed to deter or stop Israel. What's going on in Iran in the aftermath of the [--] Day War I wrote about the security calculations the power struggle -- and the scary stasis that has gripped Iran today https://t.co/qdTB6JBCfS What's going on in Iran in the aftermath of the [--] Day War I wrote about the security calculations the power struggle -- and"
X Link 2025-12-18T05:35Z 91.3K followers, 15.5K engagements
"Iraq is facing a major budget deficit and the outgoing gov is now introducing austerity policies & signaling intention to borrow to make up for the shortfall. These austerity measures are coming after [--] years of uncontrollable spending by PM Sudani who sought to build up his own patronage networks by hiring according to his own admission [------] new state employees to an already over-bloated public sector. The outcome of this hiring bonanza was indeed beneficial for Sudani who became PM with just [--] seats in parliament and grew his clientelistic base to [--] seats in the November [----] elections."
X Link 2025-12-18T17:55Z 96.2K followers, [----] engagements
"It is untrue that al-Hijri's maximalist position is supported by Israel. For example the recently outgoing Commander of the Northern Front Gen Ori Gordin stated while on the job that Israel doesn't support a Druze statelet and doesn't have budgets to support it. I know this from my own sources too. The problem is that Hijri knows he can just avoid compromising because Israel will indeed prevent any solution using force & that Damascus is refusing any real power-sharing & alterations to the authoritarian constitutional declaration. So both sides appear to be holding quite maximalist positions"
X Link 2025-12-18T23:14Z 91.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Shocking. "A report released last week by Irans Ministry of Social Affairs said that food insecurity in Iran had been worsening since [----] as inflation has spiked noting that an Iranian adult was now [---] calories short of the minimum recommended [----] per day." Darkly comic piece on how Iran's president has basically given up ("Pezeshkian told provincial governors and local officials to imagine the central government 'did not exist'") He's being honest at least: in Iran the buck really does stop somewhere else https://t.co/axHdvjk0cL Darkly comic piece on how Iran's president has basically"
X Link 2025-12-19T03:14Z 91.4K followers, 11.4K engagements
"I think that the widely held delusion in Israel that peace is possible with Lebanon stems from the historical legacy of the ties with the Maronites. Therefore in Syria the goal is indeed a weak fragmented state seeing Muslims as inherently hostile to Israel but this isn't the perception about what's possible in Lebanon as far as I can tell"
X Link 2025-12-19T05:43Z 91.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The people of Sweidaa' deserve better than a dictator-cleric buttressed by renowned Assad-era criminals. They also deserve better than a central government that sends thousands of troops on tanks to solve a political dispute troops who then proceed to slaughter hundreds of civilians & refuses to even apologize for the war crimes its troops committed. #Syria: in his latest speech Hijri confirmed what has been unfolding in #Suwayda for months and that he doesn't tolerate dissident voices. He called for unity behind the "leadership" (himself) and made it clear that anyone acting independently -"
X Link 2025-12-19T16:01Z 91.8K followers, 32.6K engagements
"The UK issued a new sanctions list for Syria w/ Assad regime elements alongside [--] Turkish-backed factions now incorporated into the Syrian Army & [--] of their commanders: @abo33amsha & @Seyfebubekir. Back in May the EU also sanctioned the same groups & commanders. The Turkish-backed factions have engaged in ethnic cleansing of Kurds large-scale looting extortion rackets and drug and human trafficking kidnappings for ransom. Since the fall of the Assad regime they participated in the March [----] massacre of Alawis in the Coast. My extensive report on these groups UK sanctions: EU"
X Link 2025-12-20T19:38Z 92K followers, 16.2K engagements
"Excellent research into the Muslim Brotherhood in post-Assad Syria where the MB faces pressure to disband from HTS which seeks to monopolize Islamist representation. By @SyriaTransition https://www.syriaintransition.com/en/home/archive/issue-30/islamists-versus-islamists https://www.syriaintransition.com/en/home/archive/issue-30/islamists-versus-islamists"
X Link 2025-12-21T06:32Z 91.9K followers, 13.1K engagements
"New @nytimes visual investigation into the systematic campaign of displacement & land grab in the occupied West Bank spearheaded by violent settlers enjoying state protection https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/20/world/middleeast/west-bank-settlements.htmlunlocked_article_code=1.-U8.HH02.gq0ljP7tjYu9&smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/20/world/middleeast/west-bank-settlements.htmlunlocked_article_code=1.-U8.HH02.gq0ljP7tjYu9&smid=url-share"
X Link 2025-12-22T03:07Z 92K followers, 37K engagements
"Israel urged the Trump administration to preserve certain sanctions on Damascus wishing that the remaining measures serve as leverage in Israels negotiations with the Syrian government. The Trump administration declined the requests and voided the onerous Caesar Act. " . "". @SuleimanMas1 # @AyalaHasson https://t.co/19xT2mDZFc " . "". @SuleimanMas1 # @AyalaHasson https://t.co/19xT2mDZFc"
X Link 2025-12-22T08:01Z 92K followers, 12.1K engagements
"Over the past [--] days Iraqi social media has been dominated by jokes at the expense of the Iranian-backed militias after leaders of [--] different militias signaled their willingness to hand over their weapons to the state. These statements reflect the fear of these militias due to American and apparently Israeli threats according to a report in al-Sharq al-Awsat paper. My own release from the captivity of Kataeb Hezbollah one of these militias without anything given in return is a testament to this fear. My release occurred a week after Trump's Iraq Envoy @Mark_Savaya gave the militia a one-week"
X Link 2025-12-22T18:44Z 91.8K followers, 10.7K engagements
""Some of the abuses that Syrians hoped would end with Assad have been revived by men working for the government that replaced him: detentions without charge or a paper trail some of the same methods of abuse and torture and deaths in custody that go unrecorded" New in-depth investigation based on over [---] interviews https://www.reuters.com/investigations/syrians-emptied-assads-prisons-theyre-filling-up-again-abuse-is-rife-2025-12-22/ https://www.reuters.com/investigations/syrians-emptied-assads-prisons-theyre-filling-up-again-abuse-is-rife-2025-12-22/"
X Link 2025-12-22T20:08Z 92.2K followers, 17.4K engagements
"Such attacks on Palestinians are a daily occurrence in the occupied West Bank. Even when attackers don't bother covering their faces they are almost never arrested. Impunity is the norm. Watch Masked Israeli settler militias killing sheep and vandalizing Palestinian property while storming a Palestinian home in the Wadi Ijheish area east of al-Samou south of occupied Hebron. They attacked residents and damaged homes and land during the raid launched from https://t.co/lisOpZtHkV Watch Masked Israeli settler militias killing sheep and vandalizing Palestinian property while storming a"
X Link 2025-12-23T02:35Z 92K followers, 22.8K engagements
"@rashadzali1 thank you for sharing Rashad"
X Link 2025-12-23T07:44Z 91.7K followers, [----] engagements
"New WaPo report full of exclusive details about Israel's covert support for the Druze of Syria. What's clear from the report that Israel has no long-term strategy in Syria. Israeli officials state that the material support for the Druze is temporary and Israel has no intention to support a "Druzistan" which is what Israel's client Sheikh al-Hijri is calling for. What's the long-term goal for this policy Especially since Israeli officials admit that al-Hijri does not represent all Druze & his militiamen are engaged in criminality & drug-smuggling networks tied to Lebanese Hezbollah."
X Link 2025-12-23T17:31Z 92.7K followers, 125K engagements
"Israeli Police attacks Christians celebrating Christmas in Haifa's Wadi Nisnas neighborhood. On Monday evening the Police broke into a cultural center where a Christmas show was on based on a "noise complaint" destroyed musical equipment and arrested [--] participants including one dressed as Santa Clause. Sources: https://www.facebook.com/mohamed.slam.14/posts/pfbid0PDPGAek9Aa3eJxzjVqbfuWo7ow7gNWrZkm5T9YLUhfWb13Tg9JLh45fEEo5ZuVrRl https://www.facebook.com/verdi.harb/posts/pfbid02RkhzfbLrGSX3zwBdiRRLxR8oqC9U9h8YHJc1g2K6UvJeBXQivKVWZ8iks6pPmp6Jl https://www.facebook.com/reel/25044522185230839"
X Link 2025-12-24T08:03Z 94K followers, 532.8K engagements
"@radwn19999 @OmarMuhammadAr"
X Link 2025-12-24T22:47Z 91.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@BorgenFrey Trump seems very uneager about regime change in the Middle East after the legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan but Iranian intransigence is sure helping Israel's case"
X Link 2025-12-25T00:07Z 91.8K followers, [---] engagements
"I completely agree with you Jihad regarding the optimal solution. Israel is using the Druze for a short-sighted policy of weakening Damascus. I fear as you do that there is no partner in Damascus even for outreach from Druze seeking integration with guaranteed protections. Syrian Druze with this approach have attempted to engage Damascus and got nothing. Instead Damascus is offering concessions to Israel on Sweidaa' because Israel unlike the Druze is powerful and threatening. And I think @levantophile should be commended for his intellectual honesty for changing his mind. It seems this has"
X Link 2025-12-25T00:53Z 91.8K followers, [----] engagements
"@sol_0_4 @scaredycat102 @ProgPakistani @NBAFWW HTS has a history of using force repeatedly against other Syrians to subdue them by force achieving dominance & avoid sharing power. They did this to Sunnis in Idlib and Aleppo so why would the leadership hesitate about doing the same to the Druze"
X Link 2025-12-25T02:24Z 91.8K followers, [---] engagements
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