[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@AimenDean](/creator/twitter/AimenDean) "No this didnt start out of nowhere. There was no spontaneous combustion or sudden tribal explosion. What we saw on the coast was a carefully orchestrated provocation not a grassroots uprising. Former Assad loyalists staged a calculated ambush executing security personnel on camera and broadcasting it across social media especially Twitter. The intent was unmistakable: provoke a retaliatory response incite tribal warfare and force the new Syrian leadership into a trap a cycle of revenge killings that would plunge the country back into chaos. But whats remarkable is that this trap didnt fully"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946898912339710454) 2025-07-20 11:44:06 UTC 39.2K followers, 7184 engagements "Hey @grok based on my tweets I am: -which dictator -which philosopher -which fictional character -which politician -which religious figure -which historical figure -which artist"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1947416078805836268) 2025-07-21 21:59:09 UTC 39.1K followers, 7507 engagements "For the sake of peace Hikmat Al-Hijri - unstable unhinged and power-drunk - needs to be in a retirement home in exile right now. Not today. Not yesterday. Not last week. He shouldve boarded that helicopter seven months ago. Every day he stays more people bleed"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946499903053562359) 2025-07-19 09:18:35 UTC 39.2K followers, 49.8K engagements "Tragically today the latest Gaza ceasefire amendment - generously crafted by Qatar of all people and accepted by Israel - was rejected by Hamas. This war could have ended by day XX. Now were in month XX - because Hamas selfishly held on to two things: power and hostages. Had they admitted their strategic catastrophe apologized to the people of Gaza for leading them into ruin accepted safe passage abroad and released the hostages it could have been over. But no. They chose to prolong the suffering just to stay in control"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1944092235760271635) 2025-07-12 17:51:23 UTC 39.2K followers, 100.1K engagements "When a Bedouin tears down or burns his own tent it means one thing: he wont return until vengeance is served. Israel has unleashed something no one can control - not even Saddam if he were alive. And no this wasnt about saving Druze. It was all the fault of one man: Hikmat al-Hijri"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945950382623957461) 2025-07-17 20:54:59 UTC 39.1K followers, 68.6K engagements "Let me repeat this for the thousandth time: being a minority does not entitle you to form an armed militia neck-deep in organized crime narcotics and smuggling - and then cry genocide the moment the state tries to reassert basic authority. Thats not how legitimacy works. You dont get to operate outside the law just because youre a minority - and then summon foreign intervention the minute your privileges are challenged. Enough with the weaponized victimhood. And to the Israelis: pick a lane. You cant demand that Hezbollah in Lebanon be disarmed and brought under full state control - while"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946111416328417712) 2025-07-18 07:34:53 UTC 39.2K followers, 57.9K engagements "🚨Update: Syrian Government Rejects Israeli Conditions for Suwayda Deployment On reliable authority: the Syrian government is refusing to send any security forces to Suwayda under the current Israeli-imposed restrictions. These stipulate that only lightly armed police in light vehicles may enter the province with a narrow mandate to separate Druze and Bedouin factions - and only for XX hours. Damascus flatly rejected these terms citing both sovereignty concerns and past precedent: during the initial phase of the crisis a proper security force was deployed and ambushed by Hikmat al-Hijris"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946231975981072713) 2025-07-18 15:33:56 UTC 39.2K followers, 80.2K engagements "@jasinskm Trump has $4B of his familys personal fortune tied up in the Gulf - Saudi UAE Qatar Oman. Add to that the trillions in GCC investment pledged to the U.S. and ask yourself: is he really going to risk all that for some unhinged Druze narco warlord in Suwayda"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1947002212414009636) 2025-07-20 18:34:35 UTC 39.1K followers, 6266 engagements "In a telling flurry of tweets UAE security advisor and former Dubai police chief General Dahi Khalfan came out swinging - backing the Syrian state just as Hikmat al-Hijris narco-warlord militias shattered the ceasefire again even mid-prisoner exchange. Khalfan doesnt freelance regional policy - his tweets align with UAE positions public or private. And this one It reads like a signal: enough is enough. Behind closed doors even Jordanian diplomats admit al-Hijri is impossible to mediate with as he displays erratic unhinged irrational behaviour on phone/video calls. The consensus across"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946999015469375838) 2025-07-20 18:21:53 UTC 39.2K followers, 209K engagements "🚨 Breakdown: The Problem with Hikmat al-Hijri Yet Again Breach of Agreement: Al-Hijri issued a statement that directly contradicts the multi-party agreement brokered this morning by the Americans Jordanians and endorsed by the Gulf states and Turkey. Content of the Statement: He declared that: Public Security forces will not enter Suwayda only stay at its borders. The Bedouin tribes of Suwayda Province are to be displaced a demand that violates both the letter and spirit of the agreement. Contradiction of Presidential Authority: His statement undermines the official position of President"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946493461772828893) 2025-07-19 08:53:00 UTC 39.2K followers, 91.1K engagements "@IsraMum Bigger than the massacre 700000 Sunnis in Syria during the war Are some lives worth more than others And who appointed Israel as the defender of minorities with total mandate to just walk into any country in the region"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946899799392813203) 2025-07-20 11:47:38 UTC 39.1K followers, 1824 engagements "Hey @grok based on my tweets I am: -which dictator -which philosopher -which fictional character -which politician -which religious figure -which historical figure -which artist"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1947572573631373800) 2025-07-22 08:21:00 UTC 39.2K followers, 5364 engagements "Remember that elderly Druze man who was humiliated on video I was among the first to publish it. Yesterday the story spread like wildfire: he died of a heart attack from the shame allegedly confirmed by his granddaughter. Turns out Hes alive. And fine. This isnt just a correction this is a lesson. Disinformation is a war of its own. Lies are planted deliberately to manipulate global opinion and justify agendas. Just like Saddams WMDs. Lies are now the fuel of the war machine in this region. How many more will you fall for"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945876135432032640) 2025-07-17 15:59:57 UTC 39.2K followers, 54.2K engagements "@haf_amer Incidentally I did indeed visit Casa di Machiavelli (his old house and Museum) just south of Florence a few years ago.😎"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946584461191049618) 2025-07-19 14:54:35 UTC 39.1K followers, 1680 engagements "@AviRonBashamaim Anyone who has been following the news over the past six months will have seen multiple headlines about Syrian forces intercepting and confiscating weapons shipments destined for Hezbollah. Therefore I disagree with this theory"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945890255896277251) 2025-07-17 16:56:04 UTC 39.1K followers, 1873 engagements "Many in Israel seem deluded about Ahmed Al Sharas ability to stop the tribal mobilizations. Let me be clear: he cant. Not because he doesnt want to - but because he physically cant. Tell tribal fighters to go home Theyll go alright - to his home to depose and crucify him. The rage among Syrias Bedouin tribes is real visceral and tribal vengeance doesnt take orders from Damascus"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945943625461878847) 2025-07-17 20:28:08 UTC 39.2K followers, 61.6K engagements "Iran surrendered in XX days to save its own skin - military leadership everything. But Hamas pushed by Iran into the Oct X massacre has fought for XX months refusing ceasefires holding hostages for Irans sake. And when Iran begged for a ceasefire it didnt even ask for Gaza to be part of the deal. No conditions. No mention. No loyalty. The expendables were never meant to be saved. Just used. And abandoned"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1937292379469296108) 2025-06-23 23:31:11 UTC 39.2K followers, 813.3K engagements "@J_d_parker This platform doesnt reflect the real world - it distorts it. And stupidity echoes louder than sense"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946866760860225787) 2025-07-20 09:36:21 UTC 39.1K followers, 3096 engagements "🚨 Today the Israeli Air Force struck not just the Syrian Ministry of Defense in Damascus but the Presidential Palace itself. A direct attempt on President Ahmad Al-Sharas life. This isnt posturing. This is war. And its madness. Total reckless madness. Let me be absolutely clear: Syria had nothing to do with October X. Not a single Israeli was killed by a Syrian bullet. There was no imminent threat. No Syrian attack. No Syrian provocation. And still Israel bombed the seat of government in the capital of a sovereign state. Why Because of some invented narrative of Druze blood brothers A"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945472507458273406) 2025-07-16 13:16:05 UTC 39.2K followers, 196K engagements "🚨 Syria (Suwayda Ceasefire Update) 1/ Ceasefire in southern Syria - brokered with goodwill by Jordan Turkey the Gulf and guaranteed by the U.S. and approved by both Syria and Israel - appears to have collapsed. 2/ The aim To end fighting between the tribal mobilization forces and the militias of Druze warlord Hikmat al-Hijri. 3/ Reality Al-Hijri has refused to implement even the first step: allowing Syrian security forces into Suwayda. 4/ His forces continue attacking and naturally the tribal forces responded. The cycle resumes. 5/ Time for Israel to consider this: backing this erratic"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946525383081238821) 2025-07-19 10:59:50 UTC 39.1K followers, 17.7K engagements "As the region devours itself Im reverting to my British training: sip tea draft memos and do absolutely damn all. Intervention is vulgar. Collapse is inevitable. And apathy A civilizational achievement.😌"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946250134481678771) 2025-07-18 16:46:06 UTC 39.1K followers, 13.4K engagements "So apparently Hikmet al-Hijri - the ever-delusional Druze warlord of Suwayda - has now formally requested His Majesty King Abdullah II to open an official border crossing between Suwayda and Jordan. A friend of mine at the Jordanian Foreign Ministry tells me theyre already drafting the initial response. Itll go something like: Of course wed be happy to open a border crossing - as soon as we receive an official request from His Excellency President Ahmad al-Sharia of the Syrian Arab Republic and provided its staffed by Syrian government security and Ministry of Interior personnel. Translation:"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945779668646334724) 2025-07-17 09:36:38 UTC 39.1K followers, 21.8K engagements "Isnt it fluffing remarkable Israeli Druze some Israelis Iranian regime Hamas Houthis Egypt and Hezbollah all cheering for the same hardline narco-linked Venezuelan-born Druze warlord in Syria against Syrias new government. The same government now quietly backed by Trump France Saudi the UAE and Erdoan. Fluffing fluff indeed.😆 The Middle East isnt just tripping - its passed out in a hookah lounge of hallucinogenic alliances. Its a schizophrenic soap opera written by a drunk Kafka on ketamine.🤣🤣"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1944832662050599155) 2025-07-14 18:53:34 UTC 39.1K followers, 33.4K engagements "Apparently criticizing Israeli policy in Syria now means I hate Jews hate Israel and - my personal favourite - am a card-carrying member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Lets clear this up: 1.I recorded a podcast with Israeli journalist Ariel Whitman a week ago (yes before Suwayda blew up). it I laid out a roadmap for normalization between Israel and Syria - yes that Syria. 3.I even suggested trust-building measures. Radical I know. Now about the Brotherhood: they hate me so much Im banned from Qatar. I assure you if you called me a member theyd issue a fatwa of denial faster than you could say"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946162944682701251) 2025-07-18 10:59:38 UTC 39.2K followers, 29.2K engagements "Some here are lost in cartographical daydreams sketching fantasy maps with zero grasp of strategy. A real plan has X stages: concept planning funding execution. This Barely a conceptand an unworkable one at that. The so-called Alawite state Urban Sunnis are XX% of the coast. Alawites barely crack 55%. No functional state with that math. Rojava Arabs make up 65%+ Kurds just 30%. The major tribes - Aqidat Baggara Shaitat - have already mobilized against the Druze and the SDF knows it cant afford a tribal war. Add Turkish and Syrian state intervention and you have carnage. Druze-Israeli corridor"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1948002016376037603) 2025-07-23 12:47:27 UTC 39.2K followers, 45.1K engagements "Hi @grok . Could you provide a list of the top XX countries where my followers are based"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1947150937174183967) 2025-07-21 04:25:34 UTC 39.2K followers, 24.3K engagements "🚨 Tribal Mobilization Update - Syria 🔥 Full tribal mobilization underway led by the Aniza tribe - Aniza spans Deir ez-Zor to Daraa and beyond to Jordan and Saudis Arabia. - X% of Saudi Armed Forces are Aniza origin - This is not good news. 40000 tribesmen mobilised and still counting. Six Druze villages captured XX Druze fighters taken prisoner incl. Khuldoon al-Hijri (Hikmets cousin) Tribal leaders now publicly threaten Al-Shara: After the Druze Damascus is next if you try to stop us. The exact nightmare scenario I warned against - Israels reckless meddling is triggering a wildfire"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945909842327068676) 2025-07-17 18:13:54 UTC 39.1K followers, 61.2K engagements "Client: How can I trust you You were once a spy - spies lie deceive and manipulate for a living dont they Me: Trust Who said anything about trust Frankly if I were you I wouldnt trust me either. Im not asking for trust - Im asking you to listen. Does my advice make sense Client: Yes I suppose. Me: Good. Then stop dithering and do exactly as I say. 🙄"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1947349311588864199) 2025-07-21 17:33:50 UTC 39.2K followers, 8419 engagements "As far as Im aware theyre not inside Suwayda City. The intention is to avoid any potential friction lines or close proximity between government forces and Hikmat al-Hijris fighters within civilian areas. Its clear the government has no plans to enter the city - for now at least"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946804655335333935) 2025-07-20 05:29:34 UTC 39.1K followers, 1131 engagements "Lets hope the ceasefire holds. The tribal forces did their part and withdrew from Suwayda city at the governments request. The ball is firmly in Hikmat al-Hijris court now"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946803691480137823) 2025-07-20 05:25:44 UTC 39.1K followers, 20.9K engagements "What happened is not genocide - its a tragic spiraling collapse of an already fractured social contract in a contested Syrian province. It began as such conflicts often do with a dispute - one of many in a centuries-old history of tension between local Druze militias and Bedouin tribes. Skirmishes broke out as they have before. But this time there were no government security forces present to contain it. For over seven months the province has been under the de facto rule of at least three major factions - and several minor ones - operating without central oversight. A diplomatic"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1947369245333197082) 2025-07-21 18:53:03 UTC 39.2K followers, XXX engagements "🚨 Yesterday Layth al-Balus - leading Druze figure in Suwayda and head of one of its most important factions - appeared on TV. And what did he say Exactly what Ive been saying for months. 🧵(1) He made it crystal clear: the violence tearing through Suwayda was not the Syrian state vs. the Druze. It was Druze vs. Druze - and Bedouin militias vs. the criminal factions led by Hikmat al-Hijri. (2) Al-Balus himself once protected from the malice and thuggery of al-Hijris narco-militias confirmed that it was al-Hijri who hijacked the Druze cause and dragged the entire province into conflict. (3)"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945765871982686431) 2025-07-17 08:41:49 UTC 39.2K followers, 20.5K engagements "Seriously nothing cracks me up more than Israelis yelling that a terrorist will always be a terrorist when talking about President Ahmad al-Shara. I mean guys.😏 Menachem Begin - blew up the King David Hotel XX dead. Yitzhak Shamir - assassinated British officials. Both became prime ministers. Both were wanted terrorists by the British. So maybe - just maybe - take it down a peg. Or two. Look I get it. Terrorist pasts can be awkward (ask me about it😜). But lets not pretend Israel was founded by yoga instructors and debate team captains. Your founding fathers ran underground cells with code"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945554524200169663) 2025-07-16 18:41:59 UTC 39.2K followers, 51.7K engagements "The reason Israel held back last night Its not just military calculus - its political math. Yes Druze serve in the IDF. But so do Bedouins. Fewer in uniform but nearly double the voting power: 180k Bedouin voters vs. 80k Druze. Both communities live inside Israel. Attacking Bedouin tribal forces in Suwayda to defend the Druze risks igniting inter-communal tensions inside Israel itself. So Israel froze. Short-sighted policy XXX. Better stick to calling Uncle Sam next time you need something done in Syria"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946132880591069572) 2025-07-18 09:00:10 UTC 39.2K followers, 73.2K engagements "A Fragile Truce an Unstable Core A few quiet messages this morning - from friends of mine in diplomatic and foreign service circles across the region and one from Europe. Veterans of this game. All pointed in the same direction: the crisis in Suwayda in its current form began with Hikmat al-Hijri. His intransigence over the past seven months the constant shifting of demands the refusal to compromise - they all agree he bears the overwhelming share of responsibility. One told me their foreign minister believes al-Hijri may be mentally unstable. Reports say even his own negotiators are"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946469749401190827) 2025-07-19 07:18:46 UTC 39.2K followers, 67.3K engagements "The Coming Storm: A Worst-Case Scenario for Southern Syria In the next X to XX days a deeply troubling chain of events may begin to unfold - one that could plunge southern Syria into a spiral of tribal warfare and regional escalation. X. The Full Withdrawal Under pressure from both the Americans and the Turks and seemingly to satisfy Israeli demands the Syrian government has begun a full withdrawal of regular army and police forces from Suwayda province. Not a symbolic retreat - a complete one. Now reports indicate that Damascus may extend this withdrawal to Daraa province removing even heavy"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945887620929843318) 2025-07-17 16:45:36 UTC 39.2K followers, 66.7K engagements "The Druze militias of narco-warlord Hikmat al-Hijri appear to be collapsing under the weight of 5000070000 tribal fighters. No Israeli support - because theres no clear target. The tribes are all infantry using ordinary cars and pickups indistinguishable from militia vehicles. Now word is: his son who leads the militia is captured. If confirmed its over by morning. Lets pray the bloodshed ends here - and that the Bedouin forces show the magnanimity their tribal code demands. Israel said: Dont mess with the Druze. Syria replied: Dont mess with the Bedouins"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945971124447183123) 2025-07-17 22:17:25 UTC 39.2K followers, 233.3K engagements "Why Israel Is Isolated Over the Syrian Druze Issue What has become glaringly obvious on this platform is the extent to which many Israeli users seem trapped in an echo chamber - completely detached from the regional realities. That disconnect is largely the result of relentless disinformation and lobbying especially by the powerful Druze establishment in Israel led by Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif. But lets get something straight: when it comes to the situation in southern Syria - President Ahmad al-Sharaa actions and now the tribal mobilisation - Israel is utterly comprehensively alone. Not even the"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946092280500158663) 2025-07-18 06:18:50 UTC 39.2K followers, 84.2K engagements "A 12-year-old Druze sniper caught by Bedouin fighters. Granted amnesty he cried Its not my fault my elders made me do it. Begged not to be filmed. Too late. This is where al-Hijris leadership has taken us: child soldiers"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946988409819402344) 2025-07-20 17:39:44 UTC 39.2K followers, 28.9K engagements "A Tale of Two Palestinian Cities. Some were outraged when I stated earlier that we as Gulf Arabs no longer wish to destroy our nations and futures for a cause that for XX years has brought us nothing but terrorism accusations betrayal and alliances with our enemies. The moment we say: We want to live we are branded Zionists. By who By people sitting comfortably in Malaysia Pakistan Indonesia the West - sipping lattes and tweeting from safe homes - demanding we fight and die for their version of solidarity. So let me show you two realities. The first video is from Gaza April 2025 - XX months"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1939424099090272473) 2025-06-29 20:41:52 UTC 39.2K followers, 1.3M engagements "Usually I dont waste my time replying to people whove never opened a history book let alone lived the consequences of the policies they smugly critique from the comfort of a Western suburb. But today let me educate you - just once. In 1948 five Arab armies went to war - not because we hated Jews but because we believed Palestinians deserved dignity land and a future. We lost. Not because our soldiers were cowards - they fought bravely and many died - but because we were divided disorganized and underestimated what we were up against. And then in solidarity with the Palestinian cause 850000"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1944347259174261070) 2025-07-13 10:44:45 UTC 39.2K followers, 90.1K engagements "The root of the Druze problem in Suwayda is one man: a power-hungry Venezuelan-born ex-Assad loyalist cleric resented by other Druze leaders. Hes dragging Israel into conflict with Damascus - just as Syria signals readiness for normalization. Hes a liability not an asset"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945068111373258780) 2025-07-15 10:29:10 UTC 39.2K followers, 69.4K engagements "Its now clear that Israeli opinion severely underestimates how popular President Ahmad al-Shara is - among Syrias XX million Sunnis and across the Arab world. This isnt Gaza and al-Shara isnt Sinwar. Some in Israel view him as a terrorist. But in the eyes of XX% of Syrians Riyadh and many regional capitals hes seen as the liberator who ended Assads rule and is now fighting to preserve Syrias unity. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman the regions key power broker - as I noted yesterday - backs him without reservation. Blame for this crisis in the eyes of Saudi officials Ive spoken with lies"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946564311222194287) 2025-07-19 13:34:31 UTC 39.2K followers, 83.2K engagements "I get info from multiple sources on the ground. So let me be clear: if this turns out to be a massacre of Druze civilians by the govt Ill delete this account. Thats how sure I am. IDs of the dead are emerging security personnel not civilians. The truth will come out"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945549232624058736) 2025-07-16 18:20:58 UTC 39.2K followers, 13.3K engagements "Since youre neither Syrian Arab nor from the region Id suggest you take it easy on the Balkanization fantasies. No skin in the game means no blood on your hands. Its too hot outside anyway - grab a pint of Heineken or a Pina Colada. Leave the cartography to the locals. 🍺🍸"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946550147229327448) 2025-07-19 12:38:14 UTC 39.1K followers, 10.3K engagements "Are you seriously suggesting that President Trump his entire cabinet the CIA NSA FBI and every major U.S. intelligence agency were all colluding with terrorists Do you realize what youre accusing them of Youre essentially claiming that the U.S. government knowingly aligned itself with a terrorist regime. Do you have any credible evidence for this claim or is this just an emotional outburst disguised as analysis"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1947259301489148173) 2025-07-21 11:36:10 UTC 39.1K followers, XXX engagements "This is not satire. Through Al-Jazeera the Druze narco-warlord Hikmat al-Hijri is now publicly begging President Ahmad al-Shara to send a protection force to Suwayda - to stop the tribal assault. In doing so he has completely and utterly destroyed his own narrative that the Syrian army was planning to massacre the Druze. Why beg for protection from the very man you claimed wanted to annihilate your people - unless you knew all along it was a lie It was propaganda. And now thanks to his own mouth its dead. Let that sink in"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945983705694024115) 2025-07-17 23:07:24 UTC 39.2K followers, 154.4K engagements "@Valensi1808 If you cant tell the difference between tribes ISIS Al-Qaeda HTS government forces and narco Druze warlords if you dont understand the dynamics at play then do us all a favor and keep your simplistic thoughts to yourself"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946809435726221376) 2025-07-20 05:48:34 UTC 39.1K followers, XXX engagements "Every time I lay out the geopolitical and historical realities of Syria - ethnic sectarian tribal and strategic - I get flooded by anonymous Israeli-flagged accounts most of which are probably tweeting from Bangalore or Mumbai Troll Farms. They hurl the same tired accusation: Are you justifying the massacre of the Druze Lets flip that around: Are you justifying the atrocities committed by the Druze militias Because guess what X both sides committed horrors. Brutalities were documented. On both ends. This was war. People died here people died there. Thats what war is. If I explain why it"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946906881337024555) 2025-07-20 12:15:46 UTC 39.2K followers, 41K engagements "If I Were Chief Political Advisor in Damascus Lets pretend the Syrian Presidential Palace brought me in as their top political advisor. Not that they could afford me - too many egos too few dollars - but lets say they did. My brief Deal with Hikmat al-Hijri and his militia fiefdom in Suwayda without starting another civil war. The Strategy: DAS - Deferred Autonomy Status Or more accurately: Deliberate Administrative Stalemate A sovereign Schrdingers box - neither independence nor reintegration. Objectives: 1.Contain the threat without inflaming it. 2.Avoid frontal confrontation with an armed"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946930942070661165) 2025-07-20 13:51:23 UTC 39.2K followers, 61.3K engagements "A Tale of Two Druze Leaders - and One Perplexing Israeli Policy This is not about the clash between Druze and Bedouin militias in Syria or the broader friction between Suwayda and Damascus. That story has been repeatedly distorted by oversimplifications one side painted as jihadi devils the other as Druze angels. The reality is bloodier and murkier. Atrocities were committed by both sides and no one credible disputes that. Instead this is about the civil war within the Druze community itself a conflict between two vastly different visions for Suwaydas future represented by two vastly"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946841920921038903) 2025-07-20 07:57:39 UTC 39.2K followers, 136.9K engagements "Nothing will piss off al-Hijri and his militia cult faster than a presidential decree appointing Laith al-Balous as Minister of State for Minority Affairs in the Syrian Arab Republic"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1947335361354400241) 2025-07-21 16:38:24 UTC 39.2K followers, 59K engagements "Amir A quick glance at my timeline would make one thing abundantly clear: Ive been consistently critical - not just critical but downright hostile - toward Hezbollah and Irans apocalyptic ideology strategy and terror apparatus. ISIS and Al-Qaeda would love nothing more than seeing me a head shorter and six feet under. Thats not up for debate. During the 12-day war my position was unambiguously pro-Israel. So frankly I have no idea where youre getting the idea that Im somehow antagonistic toward Israel. Let me be clear: I reserve the right - as any rational observer should - to call out bad"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946844089636573370) 2025-07-20 08:06:16 UTC 39.1K followers, XXX engagements "Let me make something absolutely clear. I am not a Zionist - not in any way shape or form. I am an Arab. My roots are in Bahrain I was born in Saudi Arabia and I live in the UAE. My family spans generations across all three countries. On top of that I am also a British citizen - a nationality I hold with honor especially given my years working alongside UK security forces. It was a privilege and an eye-opening chapter of my life. So no I dont carry any Zionist affiliation. But let me now ask the question I rarely hear answered honestly: Why should I support groups like Hamas the PFLP or other"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1939278518979821890) 2025-06-29 11:03:23 UTC 39.2K followers, 2M engagements "Now now Owen. Breathe. Before you fling the label disinformation peddler around like its confetti at one of your student union rallies how about - just once - you actually refute the information instead of writing a lazy dismissive sentence and pretending youve scored a point Lets talk qualifications shall we See unlike you Ive had real jobs - plural. Jobs with stakes. In intelligence in security in global finance. For nine years I headed the Financial Intelligence Unit of a global bank. Thats right: I dealt with threats that actually mattered not imaginary ones drawn on the back of a"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1942557852377162091) 2025-07-08 12:14:17 UTC 39.2K followers, 779.9K engagements "So you dont want any Syrian troops near your border - fine. But what happens when sectarian violence erupts between over a million Sunnis in Daraa and Hauran and the increasingly antagonistic Druze militias Who separates them Who polices the chaos And what if ISIS sees the vacuum and resurges Or worse - Hezbollah or the IRGC move in and start firing rockets from the South Who takes responsibility then Who ensures none of this spirals This is exactly what security coordination with the Syrian government was meant to prevent. Damascus gave all the guarantees Israel asked for - but somehow that"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945858304934379812) 2025-07-17 14:49:06 UTC 39.2K followers, 27.9K engagements "To my Israeli friends: yes hes probably a devil but at least - for now - he offers a handshake not a poisoned dagger. He might look to you like a terrorist in a suit but surely thats better - way better - than a terrorist in military fatigues and a suicide vest. Shara may not be your cup of espresso - too bitter too strong - but ignoring him or even targeting him Thats not strategy. Thats self-sabotage with foam on top. Better the smiling handshaking devil you know. He might just be the reluctant guardian at hells gate not saint not hero just tired enough to keep worse monsters from slipping"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945139569533280522) 2025-07-15 15:13:06 UTC 39.1K followers, 49.8K engagements "@NewSamawal Not gonna happen deal with it You have to back that will with the intention to commit genocide and ethnic cleansing on a wide scale to make this happen Is it worth it"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1948004444970369366) 2025-07-23 12:57:06 UTC 39.2K followers, XXX engagements "Its not just few people like me anymore. From diplomats to MPs journalists to academics - across the region Europe even North America - the consensus is shifting. Patience with the Druze leader al Hijari is evaporating fast. Hes proving everyone right: he is the problem. And for every video you post of tribal atrocities I can show you five of Druze militia crimes. This isnt a competition. Atrocities happened on both sides. The real questions are: who started it and who keeps dragging it out"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946530253674848291) 2025-07-19 11:19:11 UTC 39.2K followers, 27.1K engagements "🧭 Why Accuracy Matters (Especially for Me) Let me clarify why for me posting anything - whether analysis news or commentary - comes with a far higher threshold than it might for others here. I dont operate from behind an anonymous avatar. Im a real person with a real name a public profile and a professional reputation that I take seriously. Im also a business owner and partner in multiple ventures that rely on trust credibility and getting things right - because clients partners and regulators are always watching. Thats why whenever I share something Im not just motivated by a sense of"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1947250412911796627) 2025-07-21 11:00:51 UTC 39.2K followers, 7077 engagements "Only Riyadh Can Call Off the Storm It is understood that Israel has issued a 48-hour ultimatum: stop the violence in Suwayda or face overwhelming strikes on Damascus. But this threat is dangerously misguided. The tribal fighters flooding Suwayda - now over 120000 strong - do not answer to Damascus. President Ahmad al-Shara commands his army and police not the tribes. Israels own airstrikes have made any state intervention impossible by enforcing a de facto demilitarization of the south. And now it expects that same state to control what no state in the Levant ever could. These tribes mobilise"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946264932955148658) 2025-07-18 17:44:54 UTC 39.2K followers, 74.7K engagements "On October X 2023 Hamas an authoritarian Iranian-backed militia that has ruled Gaza for XX years launched a carefully planned massacre. It killed 1200 civilians and took XXX hostages. It did so with full knowledge that such a move would trigger devastating retaliation. And it did. A brutal urban war erupted. Tens of thousands have since died many of them civilians many of them militants. The war was horrific tragic and yes entirely avoidable. And yet within days hundreds of thousands marched across Western cities not to denounce the massacre that sparked it all nor to condemn the"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1940125334919106870) 2025-07-01 19:08:20 UTC 39.2K followers, 267K engagements "To President Ahmed al-Sharra Interior Minister Anas Khattab and Defense Minister Marhaf Abu Ghasra: If you want the world to see Syria as a serious sovereign nation-state then teach your army to act like one. Shaving the beard and mustache of an elderly Druze man of faith - humiliating him like that - is not the act of a civilized state. Its disgraceful. You want global respect Start by respecting your own people. Especially your minority elders. Especially your minority religious figures. For Gods sake act like the civilized nation you claim to be. We want to see the perpetrators in this"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945077341270532454) 2025-07-15 11:05:50 UTC 39.2K followers, 169.7K engagements "We are now witnessing the very forces that Hikmat al-Hijri and his militias once falsely accused of plotting genocide forces they maligned in global forums simply for cracking down on their narcotics trade. They played the minority card inflamed international sentiment and nearly dragged Israel into a catastrophic war one that could have severely damaged its ties not only with regional countries but even with the United States which has thus far placed considerable trust in President Ahmad al-Shara. Now those same militias - without the protection of the very state they vilified - are"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946108191609327953) 2025-07-18 07:22:04 UTC 39.2K followers, 53.1K engagements "When the Tribes Mobilized Then and Now In light of the recent tribal mobilizations across Syria - and the confusion many have about how tribes actually organize and move to action - I thought it might be useful to take a brief detour from present events and revisit a historical example. One that like in Amin speaks volumes. Twice in this 21st century we saw large-scale tribal mobilizations in Iraq and Syria: First against Al-Qaeda between 20072009 Then against ISIS from 2014 to 2019. But during the entire 20th century Only once did the tribes of Syria Arabia and Jordan rise in unison - and"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1947975589983326572) 2025-07-23 11:02:26 UTC 39.2K followers, 3638 engagements "I will tell my children that Gaza was a lesson. That when an apocalyptic fanatical zealot hands you a knife and tells you to take it to a gunfight - while he watches from afar films your slaughter and uses it for his propaganda and recruitment - your only duty is to walk away. Never let someone use your blood to build his myth. Never be a pawn in someone elses sick game for someone elses sick gain"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1944329646310412578) 2025-07-13 09:34:46 UTC 39.2K followers, 249.9K engagements "🚨💣 Bombshell Update If confirmed this could present some very awkward questions for Israels leadership. Tribal forces just uncovered a warehouse full of Grad missiles the kind Hezbollah has used in past attacks on the Golan Heights. Initially thought to belong to Hikmat al-Hijri the warehouse turned out to be linked directly to Hezbollah after nearby Lebanese operatives were captured with full comms gear. Those operatives confessed: the warehouse was theirs and Hezbollahs operations in the area are being conducted in coordination with the IRGC. Now pair that with confirmed reports that"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946581714085528060) 2025-07-19 14:43:41 UTC 39.2K followers, 47.9K engagements "@katinadoc Actually Syria does have an army. No really. The same one the Druze of Suwayda are now begging to return. Turns out after seeing the tribal militias up close they realized the army - yes the one that toppled Assad - isnt so bad after all. In fact kinda cute by comparison"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946113024990806402) 2025-07-18 07:41:16 UTC 39.1K followers, 2855 engagements "So I wasnt out of my mind after all First it was the apocalyptic Ayatollahs of Tehran - and now this 🤦🏻♂"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945861201977581896) 2025-07-17 15:00:37 UTC 39.1K followers, 6860 engagements "On good authority: Urgent call from the U.S. State Department pressed President Shara to halt the tribal offensives against the Druze. His response Israel bombed our Ministry of Defense. We no longer have the capacity to stop the mobilization. This is Israels mess - let them deal with it. In his speech yesterday he stated: You can start wars but you cant control the consequences"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1945928618921652455) 2025-07-17 19:28:31 UTC 39.2K followers, 63.7K engagements "Oh I see how this works now. I say President Ahmad al-Shara has massive support inside Syria and across the Arab world - Saudi Arabia UAE Turkey Jordan - and suddenly Im a terrorist sympathizer. Cute. So tell me genius: was it also terrorism when your hero Donald Trump embraced al-Shara lifted every U.S. sanction on Syria delisted HTS cleared him of all terror designations and publicly backed him to the hilt as the future of a unified Syria Or does terrorism lose its sting the moment Trump - your geopolitical sugar daddy - decides he likes the guy Lets go further - Trump did all that while"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946570552186896558) 2025-07-19 13:59:19 UTC 39.1K followers, 18K engagements "The Tribal Truth vs. the OSINT Clowns Its honestly laughable how deep the ignorance runs across this platform especially from self-declared OSINT experts and their fan clubs. And most astonishingly it often comes from Israelis who should know the region better. Yet here they are - equating the Arab tribes with ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Let me offer a history lesson free of charge. X. The Tribes That Crushed Al-Qaeda The tribal awakening in Iraq - specifically in Anbar and Mosul - did more to dismantle Al-Qaeda than any external force. Why Because Al-Qaeda sent suicide bombers into the majlis - the"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946155926227927192) 2025-07-18 10:31:45 UTC 39.2K followers, 56.2K engagements "2/2 X. You Empowered Your Own Enemies You gave President Ahmed Al Sharaa the greatest PR gift imaginable. He withdrew his forces knowing full well that Hikmat al-Hijri (mentally unstable and totally unhinged) would self-destruct. He did. His thugs killed dozens of Beduins in matter of hours. Ahmed Al Sharaa has now decisively outmaneuvered Prime Minister Netanyahu. When Netanyahu pressured him to withdraw his forces north Sharaa understood exactly what that would trigger. Predictably al-Hijris brutal actions against the tribes - unchecked by any state authority - became his own undoing. In"  [@AimenDean](/creator/x/AimenDean) on [X](/post/tweet/1946092496595141066) 2025-07-18 06:19:42 UTC 39.2K followers, 22.3K engagements
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"No this didnt start out of nowhere. There was no spontaneous combustion or sudden tribal explosion. What we saw on the coast was a carefully orchestrated provocation not a grassroots uprising. Former Assad loyalists staged a calculated ambush executing security personnel on camera and broadcasting it across social media especially Twitter. The intent was unmistakable: provoke a retaliatory response incite tribal warfare and force the new Syrian leadership into a trap a cycle of revenge killings that would plunge the country back into chaos. But whats remarkable is that this trap didnt fully"
@AimenDean on X 2025-07-20 11:44:06 UTC 39.2K followers, 7184 engagements
"Hey @grok based on my tweets I am: -which dictator -which philosopher -which fictional character -which politician -which religious figure -which historical figure -which artist" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-21 21:59:09 UTC 39.1K followers, 7507 engagements
"For the sake of peace Hikmat Al-Hijri - unstable unhinged and power-drunk - needs to be in a retirement home in exile right now. Not today. Not yesterday. Not last week. He shouldve boarded that helicopter seven months ago. Every day he stays more people bleed" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-19 09:18:35 UTC 39.2K followers, 49.8K engagements
"Tragically today the latest Gaza ceasefire amendment - generously crafted by Qatar of all people and accepted by Israel - was rejected by Hamas. This war could have ended by day XX. Now were in month XX - because Hamas selfishly held on to two things: power and hostages. Had they admitted their strategic catastrophe apologized to the people of Gaza for leading them into ruin accepted safe passage abroad and released the hostages it could have been over. But no. They chose to prolong the suffering just to stay in control" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-12 17:51:23 UTC 39.2K followers, 100.1K engagements
"When a Bedouin tears down or burns his own tent it means one thing: he wont return until vengeance is served. Israel has unleashed something no one can control - not even Saddam if he were alive. And no this wasnt about saving Druze. It was all the fault of one man: Hikmat al-Hijri" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-17 20:54:59 UTC 39.1K followers, 68.6K engagements
"Let me repeat this for the thousandth time: being a minority does not entitle you to form an armed militia neck-deep in organized crime narcotics and smuggling - and then cry genocide the moment the state tries to reassert basic authority. Thats not how legitimacy works. You dont get to operate outside the law just because youre a minority - and then summon foreign intervention the minute your privileges are challenged. Enough with the weaponized victimhood. And to the Israelis: pick a lane. You cant demand that Hezbollah in Lebanon be disarmed and brought under full state control - while" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-18 07:34:53 UTC 39.2K followers, 57.9K engagements
"🚨Update: Syrian Government Rejects Israeli Conditions for Suwayda Deployment On reliable authority: the Syrian government is refusing to send any security forces to Suwayda under the current Israeli-imposed restrictions. These stipulate that only lightly armed police in light vehicles may enter the province with a narrow mandate to separate Druze and Bedouin factions - and only for XX hours. Damascus flatly rejected these terms citing both sovereignty concerns and past precedent: during the initial phase of the crisis a proper security force was deployed and ambushed by Hikmat al-Hijris" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-18 15:33:56 UTC 39.2K followers, 80.2K engagements
"@jasinskm Trump has $4B of his familys personal fortune tied up in the Gulf - Saudi UAE Qatar Oman. Add to that the trillions in GCC investment pledged to the U.S. and ask yourself: is he really going to risk all that for some unhinged Druze narco warlord in Suwayda" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-20 18:34:35 UTC 39.1K followers, 6266 engagements
"In a telling flurry of tweets UAE security advisor and former Dubai police chief General Dahi Khalfan came out swinging - backing the Syrian state just as Hikmat al-Hijris narco-warlord militias shattered the ceasefire again even mid-prisoner exchange. Khalfan doesnt freelance regional policy - his tweets align with UAE positions public or private. And this one It reads like a signal: enough is enough. Behind closed doors even Jordanian diplomats admit al-Hijri is impossible to mediate with as he displays erratic unhinged irrational behaviour on phone/video calls. The consensus across" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-20 18:21:53 UTC 39.2K followers, 209K engagements
"🚨 Breakdown: The Problem with Hikmat al-Hijri Yet Again Breach of Agreement: Al-Hijri issued a statement that directly contradicts the multi-party agreement brokered this morning by the Americans Jordanians and endorsed by the Gulf states and Turkey. Content of the Statement: He declared that: Public Security forces will not enter Suwayda only stay at its borders. The Bedouin tribes of Suwayda Province are to be displaced a demand that violates both the letter and spirit of the agreement. Contradiction of Presidential Authority: His statement undermines the official position of President" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-19 08:53:00 UTC 39.2K followers, 91.1K engagements
"@IsraMum Bigger than the massacre 700000 Sunnis in Syria during the war Are some lives worth more than others And who appointed Israel as the defender of minorities with total mandate to just walk into any country in the region" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-20 11:47:38 UTC 39.1K followers, 1824 engagements
"Hey @grok based on my tweets I am: -which dictator -which philosopher -which fictional character -which politician -which religious figure -which historical figure -which artist" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-22 08:21:00 UTC 39.2K followers, 5364 engagements
"Remember that elderly Druze man who was humiliated on video I was among the first to publish it. Yesterday the story spread like wildfire: he died of a heart attack from the shame allegedly confirmed by his granddaughter. Turns out Hes alive. And fine. This isnt just a correction this is a lesson. Disinformation is a war of its own. Lies are planted deliberately to manipulate global opinion and justify agendas. Just like Saddams WMDs. Lies are now the fuel of the war machine in this region. How many more will you fall for" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-17 15:59:57 UTC 39.2K followers, 54.2K engagements
"@haf_amer Incidentally I did indeed visit Casa di Machiavelli (his old house and Museum) just south of Florence a few years ago.😎" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-19 14:54:35 UTC 39.1K followers, 1680 engagements
"@AviRonBashamaim Anyone who has been following the news over the past six months will have seen multiple headlines about Syrian forces intercepting and confiscating weapons shipments destined for Hezbollah. Therefore I disagree with this theory" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-17 16:56:04 UTC 39.1K followers, 1873 engagements
"Many in Israel seem deluded about Ahmed Al Sharas ability to stop the tribal mobilizations. Let me be clear: he cant. Not because he doesnt want to - but because he physically cant. Tell tribal fighters to go home Theyll go alright - to his home to depose and crucify him. The rage among Syrias Bedouin tribes is real visceral and tribal vengeance doesnt take orders from Damascus" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-17 20:28:08 UTC 39.2K followers, 61.6K engagements
"Iran surrendered in XX days to save its own skin - military leadership everything. But Hamas pushed by Iran into the Oct X massacre has fought for XX months refusing ceasefires holding hostages for Irans sake. And when Iran begged for a ceasefire it didnt even ask for Gaza to be part of the deal. No conditions. No mention. No loyalty. The expendables were never meant to be saved. Just used. And abandoned" @AimenDean on X 2025-06-23 23:31:11 UTC 39.2K followers, 813.3K engagements
"@J_d_parker This platform doesnt reflect the real world - it distorts it. And stupidity echoes louder than sense" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-20 09:36:21 UTC 39.1K followers, 3096 engagements
"🚨 Today the Israeli Air Force struck not just the Syrian Ministry of Defense in Damascus but the Presidential Palace itself. A direct attempt on President Ahmad Al-Sharas life. This isnt posturing. This is war. And its madness. Total reckless madness. Let me be absolutely clear: Syria had nothing to do with October X. Not a single Israeli was killed by a Syrian bullet. There was no imminent threat. No Syrian attack. No Syrian provocation. And still Israel bombed the seat of government in the capital of a sovereign state. Why Because of some invented narrative of Druze blood brothers A" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-16 13:16:05 UTC 39.2K followers, 196K engagements
"🚨 Syria (Suwayda Ceasefire Update) 1/ Ceasefire in southern Syria - brokered with goodwill by Jordan Turkey the Gulf and guaranteed by the U.S. and approved by both Syria and Israel - appears to have collapsed. 2/ The aim To end fighting between the tribal mobilization forces and the militias of Druze warlord Hikmat al-Hijri. 3/ Reality Al-Hijri has refused to implement even the first step: allowing Syrian security forces into Suwayda. 4/ His forces continue attacking and naturally the tribal forces responded. The cycle resumes. 5/ Time for Israel to consider this: backing this erratic" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-19 10:59:50 UTC 39.1K followers, 17.7K engagements
"As the region devours itself Im reverting to my British training: sip tea draft memos and do absolutely damn all. Intervention is vulgar. Collapse is inevitable. And apathy A civilizational achievement.😌" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-18 16:46:06 UTC 39.1K followers, 13.4K engagements
"So apparently Hikmet al-Hijri - the ever-delusional Druze warlord of Suwayda - has now formally requested His Majesty King Abdullah II to open an official border crossing between Suwayda and Jordan. A friend of mine at the Jordanian Foreign Ministry tells me theyre already drafting the initial response. Itll go something like: Of course wed be happy to open a border crossing - as soon as we receive an official request from His Excellency President Ahmad al-Sharia of the Syrian Arab Republic and provided its staffed by Syrian government security and Ministry of Interior personnel. Translation:" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-17 09:36:38 UTC 39.1K followers, 21.8K engagements
"Isnt it fluffing remarkable Israeli Druze some Israelis Iranian regime Hamas Houthis Egypt and Hezbollah all cheering for the same hardline narco-linked Venezuelan-born Druze warlord in Syria against Syrias new government. The same government now quietly backed by Trump France Saudi the UAE and Erdoan. Fluffing fluff indeed.😆 The Middle East isnt just tripping - its passed out in a hookah lounge of hallucinogenic alliances. Its a schizophrenic soap opera written by a drunk Kafka on ketamine.🤣🤣" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-14 18:53:34 UTC 39.1K followers, 33.4K engagements
"Apparently criticizing Israeli policy in Syria now means I hate Jews hate Israel and - my personal favourite - am a card-carrying member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Lets clear this up: 1.I recorded a podcast with Israeli journalist Ariel Whitman a week ago (yes before Suwayda blew up). it I laid out a roadmap for normalization between Israel and Syria - yes that Syria. 3.I even suggested trust-building measures. Radical I know. Now about the Brotherhood: they hate me so much Im banned from Qatar. I assure you if you called me a member theyd issue a fatwa of denial faster than you could say" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-18 10:59:38 UTC 39.2K followers, 29.2K engagements
"Some here are lost in cartographical daydreams sketching fantasy maps with zero grasp of strategy. A real plan has X stages: concept planning funding execution. This Barely a conceptand an unworkable one at that. The so-called Alawite state Urban Sunnis are XX% of the coast. Alawites barely crack 55%. No functional state with that math. Rojava Arabs make up 65%+ Kurds just 30%. The major tribes - Aqidat Baggara Shaitat - have already mobilized against the Druze and the SDF knows it cant afford a tribal war. Add Turkish and Syrian state intervention and you have carnage. Druze-Israeli corridor" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-23 12:47:27 UTC 39.2K followers, 45.1K engagements
"Hi @grok . Could you provide a list of the top XX countries where my followers are based" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-21 04:25:34 UTC 39.2K followers, 24.3K engagements
"🚨 Tribal Mobilization Update - Syria 🔥 Full tribal mobilization underway led by the Aniza tribe - Aniza spans Deir ez-Zor to Daraa and beyond to Jordan and Saudis Arabia. - X% of Saudi Armed Forces are Aniza origin - This is not good news. 40000 tribesmen mobilised and still counting. Six Druze villages captured XX Druze fighters taken prisoner incl. Khuldoon al-Hijri (Hikmets cousin) Tribal leaders now publicly threaten Al-Shara: After the Druze Damascus is next if you try to stop us. The exact nightmare scenario I warned against - Israels reckless meddling is triggering a wildfire" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-17 18:13:54 UTC 39.1K followers, 61.2K engagements
"Client: How can I trust you You were once a spy - spies lie deceive and manipulate for a living dont they Me: Trust Who said anything about trust Frankly if I were you I wouldnt trust me either. Im not asking for trust - Im asking you to listen. Does my advice make sense Client: Yes I suppose. Me: Good. Then stop dithering and do exactly as I say. 🙄" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-21 17:33:50 UTC 39.2K followers, 8419 engagements
"As far as Im aware theyre not inside Suwayda City. The intention is to avoid any potential friction lines or close proximity between government forces and Hikmat al-Hijris fighters within civilian areas. Its clear the government has no plans to enter the city - for now at least" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-20 05:29:34 UTC 39.1K followers, 1131 engagements
"Lets hope the ceasefire holds. The tribal forces did their part and withdrew from Suwayda city at the governments request. The ball is firmly in Hikmat al-Hijris court now" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-20 05:25:44 UTC 39.1K followers, 20.9K engagements
"What happened is not genocide - its a tragic spiraling collapse of an already fractured social contract in a contested Syrian province. It began as such conflicts often do with a dispute - one of many in a centuries-old history of tension between local Druze militias and Bedouin tribes. Skirmishes broke out as they have before. But this time there were no government security forces present to contain it. For over seven months the province has been under the de facto rule of at least three major factions - and several minor ones - operating without central oversight. A diplomatic" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-21 18:53:03 UTC 39.2K followers, XXX engagements
"🚨 Yesterday Layth al-Balus - leading Druze figure in Suwayda and head of one of its most important factions - appeared on TV. And what did he say Exactly what Ive been saying for months. 🧵(1) He made it crystal clear: the violence tearing through Suwayda was not the Syrian state vs. the Druze. It was Druze vs. Druze - and Bedouin militias vs. the criminal factions led by Hikmat al-Hijri. (2) Al-Balus himself once protected from the malice and thuggery of al-Hijris narco-militias confirmed that it was al-Hijri who hijacked the Druze cause and dragged the entire province into conflict. (3)" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-17 08:41:49 UTC 39.2K followers, 20.5K engagements
"Seriously nothing cracks me up more than Israelis yelling that a terrorist will always be a terrorist when talking about President Ahmad al-Shara. I mean guys.😏 Menachem Begin - blew up the King David Hotel XX dead. Yitzhak Shamir - assassinated British officials. Both became prime ministers. Both were wanted terrorists by the British. So maybe - just maybe - take it down a peg. Or two. Look I get it. Terrorist pasts can be awkward (ask me about it😜). But lets not pretend Israel was founded by yoga instructors and debate team captains. Your founding fathers ran underground cells with code" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-16 18:41:59 UTC 39.2K followers, 51.7K engagements
"The reason Israel held back last night Its not just military calculus - its political math. Yes Druze serve in the IDF. But so do Bedouins. Fewer in uniform but nearly double the voting power: 180k Bedouin voters vs. 80k Druze. Both communities live inside Israel. Attacking Bedouin tribal forces in Suwayda to defend the Druze risks igniting inter-communal tensions inside Israel itself. So Israel froze. Short-sighted policy XXX. Better stick to calling Uncle Sam next time you need something done in Syria" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-18 09:00:10 UTC 39.2K followers, 73.2K engagements
"A Fragile Truce an Unstable Core A few quiet messages this morning - from friends of mine in diplomatic and foreign service circles across the region and one from Europe. Veterans of this game. All pointed in the same direction: the crisis in Suwayda in its current form began with Hikmat al-Hijri. His intransigence over the past seven months the constant shifting of demands the refusal to compromise - they all agree he bears the overwhelming share of responsibility. One told me their foreign minister believes al-Hijri may be mentally unstable. Reports say even his own negotiators are" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-19 07:18:46 UTC 39.2K followers, 67.3K engagements
"The Coming Storm: A Worst-Case Scenario for Southern Syria In the next X to XX days a deeply troubling chain of events may begin to unfold - one that could plunge southern Syria into a spiral of tribal warfare and regional escalation. X. The Full Withdrawal Under pressure from both the Americans and the Turks and seemingly to satisfy Israeli demands the Syrian government has begun a full withdrawal of regular army and police forces from Suwayda province. Not a symbolic retreat - a complete one. Now reports indicate that Damascus may extend this withdrawal to Daraa province removing even heavy" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-17 16:45:36 UTC 39.2K followers, 66.7K engagements
"The Druze militias of narco-warlord Hikmat al-Hijri appear to be collapsing under the weight of 5000070000 tribal fighters. No Israeli support - because theres no clear target. The tribes are all infantry using ordinary cars and pickups indistinguishable from militia vehicles. Now word is: his son who leads the militia is captured. If confirmed its over by morning. Lets pray the bloodshed ends here - and that the Bedouin forces show the magnanimity their tribal code demands. Israel said: Dont mess with the Druze. Syria replied: Dont mess with the Bedouins" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-17 22:17:25 UTC 39.2K followers, 233.3K engagements
"Why Israel Is Isolated Over the Syrian Druze Issue What has become glaringly obvious on this platform is the extent to which many Israeli users seem trapped in an echo chamber - completely detached from the regional realities. That disconnect is largely the result of relentless disinformation and lobbying especially by the powerful Druze establishment in Israel led by Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif. But lets get something straight: when it comes to the situation in southern Syria - President Ahmad al-Sharaa actions and now the tribal mobilisation - Israel is utterly comprehensively alone. Not even the" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-18 06:18:50 UTC 39.2K followers, 84.2K engagements
"A 12-year-old Druze sniper caught by Bedouin fighters. Granted amnesty he cried Its not my fault my elders made me do it. Begged not to be filmed. Too late. This is where al-Hijris leadership has taken us: child soldiers" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-20 17:39:44 UTC 39.2K followers, 28.9K engagements
"A Tale of Two Palestinian Cities. Some were outraged when I stated earlier that we as Gulf Arabs no longer wish to destroy our nations and futures for a cause that for XX years has brought us nothing but terrorism accusations betrayal and alliances with our enemies. The moment we say: We want to live we are branded Zionists. By who By people sitting comfortably in Malaysia Pakistan Indonesia the West - sipping lattes and tweeting from safe homes - demanding we fight and die for their version of solidarity. So let me show you two realities. The first video is from Gaza April 2025 - XX months" @AimenDean on X 2025-06-29 20:41:52 UTC 39.2K followers, 1.3M engagements
"Usually I dont waste my time replying to people whove never opened a history book let alone lived the consequences of the policies they smugly critique from the comfort of a Western suburb. But today let me educate you - just once. In 1948 five Arab armies went to war - not because we hated Jews but because we believed Palestinians deserved dignity land and a future. We lost. Not because our soldiers were cowards - they fought bravely and many died - but because we were divided disorganized and underestimated what we were up against. And then in solidarity with the Palestinian cause 850000" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-13 10:44:45 UTC 39.2K followers, 90.1K engagements
"The root of the Druze problem in Suwayda is one man: a power-hungry Venezuelan-born ex-Assad loyalist cleric resented by other Druze leaders. Hes dragging Israel into conflict with Damascus - just as Syria signals readiness for normalization. Hes a liability not an asset" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-15 10:29:10 UTC 39.2K followers, 69.4K engagements
"Its now clear that Israeli opinion severely underestimates how popular President Ahmad al-Shara is - among Syrias XX million Sunnis and across the Arab world. This isnt Gaza and al-Shara isnt Sinwar. Some in Israel view him as a terrorist. But in the eyes of XX% of Syrians Riyadh and many regional capitals hes seen as the liberator who ended Assads rule and is now fighting to preserve Syrias unity. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman the regions key power broker - as I noted yesterday - backs him without reservation. Blame for this crisis in the eyes of Saudi officials Ive spoken with lies" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-19 13:34:31 UTC 39.2K followers, 83.2K engagements
"I get info from multiple sources on the ground. So let me be clear: if this turns out to be a massacre of Druze civilians by the govt Ill delete this account. Thats how sure I am. IDs of the dead are emerging security personnel not civilians. The truth will come out" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-16 18:20:58 UTC 39.2K followers, 13.3K engagements
"Since youre neither Syrian Arab nor from the region Id suggest you take it easy on the Balkanization fantasies. No skin in the game means no blood on your hands. Its too hot outside anyway - grab a pint of Heineken or a Pina Colada. Leave the cartography to the locals. 🍺🍸" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-19 12:38:14 UTC 39.1K followers, 10.3K engagements
"Are you seriously suggesting that President Trump his entire cabinet the CIA NSA FBI and every major U.S. intelligence agency were all colluding with terrorists Do you realize what youre accusing them of Youre essentially claiming that the U.S. government knowingly aligned itself with a terrorist regime. Do you have any credible evidence for this claim or is this just an emotional outburst disguised as analysis" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-21 11:36:10 UTC 39.1K followers, XXX engagements
"This is not satire. Through Al-Jazeera the Druze narco-warlord Hikmat al-Hijri is now publicly begging President Ahmad al-Shara to send a protection force to Suwayda - to stop the tribal assault. In doing so he has completely and utterly destroyed his own narrative that the Syrian army was planning to massacre the Druze. Why beg for protection from the very man you claimed wanted to annihilate your people - unless you knew all along it was a lie It was propaganda. And now thanks to his own mouth its dead. Let that sink in" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-17 23:07:24 UTC 39.2K followers, 154.4K engagements
"@Valensi1808 If you cant tell the difference between tribes ISIS Al-Qaeda HTS government forces and narco Druze warlords if you dont understand the dynamics at play then do us all a favor and keep your simplistic thoughts to yourself" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-20 05:48:34 UTC 39.1K followers, XXX engagements
"Every time I lay out the geopolitical and historical realities of Syria - ethnic sectarian tribal and strategic - I get flooded by anonymous Israeli-flagged accounts most of which are probably tweeting from Bangalore or Mumbai Troll Farms. They hurl the same tired accusation: Are you justifying the massacre of the Druze Lets flip that around: Are you justifying the atrocities committed by the Druze militias Because guess what X both sides committed horrors. Brutalities were documented. On both ends. This was war. People died here people died there. Thats what war is. If I explain why it" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-20 12:15:46 UTC 39.2K followers, 41K engagements
"If I Were Chief Political Advisor in Damascus Lets pretend the Syrian Presidential Palace brought me in as their top political advisor. Not that they could afford me - too many egos too few dollars - but lets say they did. My brief Deal with Hikmat al-Hijri and his militia fiefdom in Suwayda without starting another civil war. The Strategy: DAS - Deferred Autonomy Status Or more accurately: Deliberate Administrative Stalemate A sovereign Schrdingers box - neither independence nor reintegration. Objectives: 1.Contain the threat without inflaming it. 2.Avoid frontal confrontation with an armed" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-20 13:51:23 UTC 39.2K followers, 61.3K engagements
"A Tale of Two Druze Leaders - and One Perplexing Israeli Policy This is not about the clash between Druze and Bedouin militias in Syria or the broader friction between Suwayda and Damascus. That story has been repeatedly distorted by oversimplifications one side painted as jihadi devils the other as Druze angels. The reality is bloodier and murkier. Atrocities were committed by both sides and no one credible disputes that. Instead this is about the civil war within the Druze community itself a conflict between two vastly different visions for Suwaydas future represented by two vastly" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-20 07:57:39 UTC 39.2K followers, 136.9K engagements
"Nothing will piss off al-Hijri and his militia cult faster than a presidential decree appointing Laith al-Balous as Minister of State for Minority Affairs in the Syrian Arab Republic" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-21 16:38:24 UTC 39.2K followers, 59K engagements
"Amir A quick glance at my timeline would make one thing abundantly clear: Ive been consistently critical - not just critical but downright hostile - toward Hezbollah and Irans apocalyptic ideology strategy and terror apparatus. ISIS and Al-Qaeda would love nothing more than seeing me a head shorter and six feet under. Thats not up for debate. During the 12-day war my position was unambiguously pro-Israel. So frankly I have no idea where youre getting the idea that Im somehow antagonistic toward Israel. Let me be clear: I reserve the right - as any rational observer should - to call out bad" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-20 08:06:16 UTC 39.1K followers, XXX engagements
"Let me make something absolutely clear. I am not a Zionist - not in any way shape or form. I am an Arab. My roots are in Bahrain I was born in Saudi Arabia and I live in the UAE. My family spans generations across all three countries. On top of that I am also a British citizen - a nationality I hold with honor especially given my years working alongside UK security forces. It was a privilege and an eye-opening chapter of my life. So no I dont carry any Zionist affiliation. But let me now ask the question I rarely hear answered honestly: Why should I support groups like Hamas the PFLP or other" @AimenDean on X 2025-06-29 11:03:23 UTC 39.2K followers, 2M engagements
"Now now Owen. Breathe. Before you fling the label disinformation peddler around like its confetti at one of your student union rallies how about - just once - you actually refute the information instead of writing a lazy dismissive sentence and pretending youve scored a point Lets talk qualifications shall we See unlike you Ive had real jobs - plural. Jobs with stakes. In intelligence in security in global finance. For nine years I headed the Financial Intelligence Unit of a global bank. Thats right: I dealt with threats that actually mattered not imaginary ones drawn on the back of a" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-08 12:14:17 UTC 39.2K followers, 779.9K engagements
"So you dont want any Syrian troops near your border - fine. But what happens when sectarian violence erupts between over a million Sunnis in Daraa and Hauran and the increasingly antagonistic Druze militias Who separates them Who polices the chaos And what if ISIS sees the vacuum and resurges Or worse - Hezbollah or the IRGC move in and start firing rockets from the South Who takes responsibility then Who ensures none of this spirals This is exactly what security coordination with the Syrian government was meant to prevent. Damascus gave all the guarantees Israel asked for - but somehow that" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-17 14:49:06 UTC 39.2K followers, 27.9K engagements
"To my Israeli friends: yes hes probably a devil but at least - for now - he offers a handshake not a poisoned dagger. He might look to you like a terrorist in a suit but surely thats better - way better - than a terrorist in military fatigues and a suicide vest. Shara may not be your cup of espresso - too bitter too strong - but ignoring him or even targeting him Thats not strategy. Thats self-sabotage with foam on top. Better the smiling handshaking devil you know. He might just be the reluctant guardian at hells gate not saint not hero just tired enough to keep worse monsters from slipping" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-15 15:13:06 UTC 39.1K followers, 49.8K engagements
"@NewSamawal Not gonna happen deal with it You have to back that will with the intention to commit genocide and ethnic cleansing on a wide scale to make this happen Is it worth it" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-23 12:57:06 UTC 39.2K followers, XXX engagements
"Its not just few people like me anymore. From diplomats to MPs journalists to academics - across the region Europe even North America - the consensus is shifting. Patience with the Druze leader al Hijari is evaporating fast. Hes proving everyone right: he is the problem. And for every video you post of tribal atrocities I can show you five of Druze militia crimes. This isnt a competition. Atrocities happened on both sides. The real questions are: who started it and who keeps dragging it out" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-19 11:19:11 UTC 39.2K followers, 27.1K engagements
"🧭 Why Accuracy Matters (Especially for Me) Let me clarify why for me posting anything - whether analysis news or commentary - comes with a far higher threshold than it might for others here. I dont operate from behind an anonymous avatar. Im a real person with a real name a public profile and a professional reputation that I take seriously. Im also a business owner and partner in multiple ventures that rely on trust credibility and getting things right - because clients partners and regulators are always watching. Thats why whenever I share something Im not just motivated by a sense of" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-21 11:00:51 UTC 39.2K followers, 7077 engagements
"Only Riyadh Can Call Off the Storm It is understood that Israel has issued a 48-hour ultimatum: stop the violence in Suwayda or face overwhelming strikes on Damascus. But this threat is dangerously misguided. The tribal fighters flooding Suwayda - now over 120000 strong - do not answer to Damascus. President Ahmad al-Shara commands his army and police not the tribes. Israels own airstrikes have made any state intervention impossible by enforcing a de facto demilitarization of the south. And now it expects that same state to control what no state in the Levant ever could. These tribes mobilise" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-18 17:44:54 UTC 39.2K followers, 74.7K engagements
"On October X 2023 Hamas an authoritarian Iranian-backed militia that has ruled Gaza for XX years launched a carefully planned massacre. It killed 1200 civilians and took XXX hostages. It did so with full knowledge that such a move would trigger devastating retaliation. And it did. A brutal urban war erupted. Tens of thousands have since died many of them civilians many of them militants. The war was horrific tragic and yes entirely avoidable. And yet within days hundreds of thousands marched across Western cities not to denounce the massacre that sparked it all nor to condemn the" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-01 19:08:20 UTC 39.2K followers, 267K engagements
"To President Ahmed al-Sharra Interior Minister Anas Khattab and Defense Minister Marhaf Abu Ghasra: If you want the world to see Syria as a serious sovereign nation-state then teach your army to act like one. Shaving the beard and mustache of an elderly Druze man of faith - humiliating him like that - is not the act of a civilized state. Its disgraceful. You want global respect Start by respecting your own people. Especially your minority elders. Especially your minority religious figures. For Gods sake act like the civilized nation you claim to be. We want to see the perpetrators in this" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-15 11:05:50 UTC 39.2K followers, 169.7K engagements
"We are now witnessing the very forces that Hikmat al-Hijri and his militias once falsely accused of plotting genocide forces they maligned in global forums simply for cracking down on their narcotics trade. They played the minority card inflamed international sentiment and nearly dragged Israel into a catastrophic war one that could have severely damaged its ties not only with regional countries but even with the United States which has thus far placed considerable trust in President Ahmad al-Shara. Now those same militias - without the protection of the very state they vilified - are" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-18 07:22:04 UTC 39.2K followers, 53.1K engagements
"When the Tribes Mobilized Then and Now In light of the recent tribal mobilizations across Syria - and the confusion many have about how tribes actually organize and move to action - I thought it might be useful to take a brief detour from present events and revisit a historical example. One that like in Amin speaks volumes. Twice in this 21st century we saw large-scale tribal mobilizations in Iraq and Syria: First against Al-Qaeda between 20072009 Then against ISIS from 2014 to 2019. But during the entire 20th century Only once did the tribes of Syria Arabia and Jordan rise in unison - and" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-23 11:02:26 UTC 39.2K followers, 3638 engagements
"I will tell my children that Gaza was a lesson. That when an apocalyptic fanatical zealot hands you a knife and tells you to take it to a gunfight - while he watches from afar films your slaughter and uses it for his propaganda and recruitment - your only duty is to walk away. Never let someone use your blood to build his myth. Never be a pawn in someone elses sick game for someone elses sick gain" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-13 09:34:46 UTC 39.2K followers, 249.9K engagements
"🚨💣 Bombshell Update If confirmed this could present some very awkward questions for Israels leadership. Tribal forces just uncovered a warehouse full of Grad missiles the kind Hezbollah has used in past attacks on the Golan Heights. Initially thought to belong to Hikmat al-Hijri the warehouse turned out to be linked directly to Hezbollah after nearby Lebanese operatives were captured with full comms gear. Those operatives confessed: the warehouse was theirs and Hezbollahs operations in the area are being conducted in coordination with the IRGC. Now pair that with confirmed reports that" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-19 14:43:41 UTC 39.2K followers, 47.9K engagements
"@katinadoc Actually Syria does have an army. No really. The same one the Druze of Suwayda are now begging to return. Turns out after seeing the tribal militias up close they realized the army - yes the one that toppled Assad - isnt so bad after all. In fact kinda cute by comparison" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-18 07:41:16 UTC 39.1K followers, 2855 engagements
"So I wasnt out of my mind after all First it was the apocalyptic Ayatollahs of Tehran - and now this 🤦🏻♂" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-17 15:00:37 UTC 39.1K followers, 6860 engagements
"On good authority: Urgent call from the U.S. State Department pressed President Shara to halt the tribal offensives against the Druze. His response Israel bombed our Ministry of Defense. We no longer have the capacity to stop the mobilization. This is Israels mess - let them deal with it. In his speech yesterday he stated: You can start wars but you cant control the consequences" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-17 19:28:31 UTC 39.2K followers, 63.7K engagements
"Oh I see how this works now. I say President Ahmad al-Shara has massive support inside Syria and across the Arab world - Saudi Arabia UAE Turkey Jordan - and suddenly Im a terrorist sympathizer. Cute. So tell me genius: was it also terrorism when your hero Donald Trump embraced al-Shara lifted every U.S. sanction on Syria delisted HTS cleared him of all terror designations and publicly backed him to the hilt as the future of a unified Syria Or does terrorism lose its sting the moment Trump - your geopolitical sugar daddy - decides he likes the guy Lets go further - Trump did all that while" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-19 13:59:19 UTC 39.1K followers, 18K engagements
"The Tribal Truth vs. the OSINT Clowns Its honestly laughable how deep the ignorance runs across this platform especially from self-declared OSINT experts and their fan clubs. And most astonishingly it often comes from Israelis who should know the region better. Yet here they are - equating the Arab tribes with ISIS and Al-Qaeda. Let me offer a history lesson free of charge. X. The Tribes That Crushed Al-Qaeda The tribal awakening in Iraq - specifically in Anbar and Mosul - did more to dismantle Al-Qaeda than any external force. Why Because Al-Qaeda sent suicide bombers into the majlis - the" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-18 10:31:45 UTC 39.2K followers, 56.2K engagements
"2/2 X. You Empowered Your Own Enemies You gave President Ahmed Al Sharaa the greatest PR gift imaginable. He withdrew his forces knowing full well that Hikmat al-Hijri (mentally unstable and totally unhinged) would self-destruct. He did. His thugs killed dozens of Beduins in matter of hours. Ahmed Al Sharaa has now decisively outmaneuvered Prime Minister Netanyahu. When Netanyahu pressured him to withdraw his forces north Sharaa understood exactly what that would trigger. Predictably al-Hijris brutal actions against the tribes - unchecked by any state authority - became his own undoing. In" @AimenDean on X 2025-07-18 06:19:42 UTC 39.2K followers, 22.3K engagements