Michael A. Horowitz
RT @SimNasr: 🔴Exclusive itw of #AQIM's emir about #Algeria, #BurkinaFaso, terrorist threat in #France and its departure from #Mali, the last French hostage #OlivierDubois, the war with #IS, local alliances, negotiations & the Hattin com @abdelmassive @France24_en
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RT @SimNasr: 🔴Exclusive itw of #AQIM's emir about #Algeria, #BurkinaFaso, terrorist threat in #France and its departure from #Mali, the last French hostage #OlivierDubois, the war with #IS, local alliances, negotiations & the Hattin com @abdelmassive @France24_en
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Nuno Felix
RT @Anastasiya1451A: -No condemnation from the #UN
-No protests on the streets by the tankies
-No condemnation by the Muslim world
Because if it's #russia, HAMAS, or islamista doing the killings, raping and torturing, it's all "justified" and/or not worthy of your attention 🤷 #Mozambique #IS
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RT @Anastasiya1451A: -No condemnation from the #UN
-No protests on the streets by the tankies
-No condemnation by the Muslim world
Because if it's #russia, HAMAS, or islamista doing the killings, raping and torturing, it's all "justified" and/or not worthy of your attention 🤷 #Mozambique #IS
🏴☠️🇲🇿 IS-M reported the beheading of three Christians captured in a recent attack on the Village of Magaya in the Chiur Region of Cabo Delgado. RIP + - 🔱Atalaia95 👀👀tweet
Nuno Felix
Here we have it
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Here we have it
#Russie l’#EI revendique l’attentat de #Moscou
#Russia #IS claims the #Moscow attack - Wassim Nasrtweet
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Michael A. Horowitz
RT @AlMajallaEN: The year Qasem Soleimani died a second death
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As the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force since 1998, Qasem Soleimani oversaw a period of tumult but also of the expansion of #Iran's “area of influence"—an era that turned it into a King among ruins.
The fall of Saddam Hussein and the ensuing chaos in Iraq, the breakout of the Syrian revolution, the Arab Spring revolts (including in #Yemen), the rise of the Islamic State (#IS), and Iran’s ties with an increasingly confident Hezbollah all served as the pillars upon which Soleimani’s edifice was created.
Soleimani was the one who finalised an important land corridor as Iranian-backed militias managed to wrest control over the #Iraq-#Syria border. As a result, Iran and its allies had significant control over an uninterrupted area that went through Iraq, Syria and #Lebanon. After that, Soleimani and his allies could cross from one side of the border to the next.
After being hammered with sanctions, Iran has always sought to make sure it would have access to the world—or at least a segment of it. The land corridor was a long-term guarantee that Iran could never be isolated.
Soleimani was also the man behind another key achievement: bringing Russia into the fray. In 2015, he travelled to #Russia and convinced them to intervene in Syria. #Putin agreed, and soon enough, Russian planes were helping al-Assad and Iran's army of proxies.
In building this land corridor, Soleimani also shaped a new "Ring of Fire" around Israel without directly involving Iran. This year, this "Ring of Fire" forced Israel to fight a seven-front war, with drones and missiles coming from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and #Gaza, as Iran also continued to arm groups in the #WestBank and even decided to fire its own arsenal at #Israel.
This year, the conflict in Gaza prompted Iran and its proxies to escalate their attacks against Israel. Though Tehran was likely aware of the risks, it couldn't possibly stay on the sideline of the Gaza conflict after effectively building its own expansion partly upon the Palestinian cause.
Over the course of a few months, Iran lost some of the pillars of its deterrence, both vis-a-vis Israel but also outside powers, such as the US.
But the death of Soleimani's legacy will likely prompt a rethink as to what Iran can do. Some are predicting a mad rush towards a nuclear bomb, which is possible though risky, as Iran has also never been more vulnerable to foreign attacks.
Article by Michael Horowitz in #AlMajalla👇
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RT @AlMajallaEN: The year Qasem Soleimani died a second death
https://t.co/RBftc3oXXQ
As the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force since 1998, Qasem Soleimani oversaw a period of tumult but also of the expansion of #Iran's “area of influence"—an era that turned it into a King among ruins.
The fall of Saddam Hussein and the ensuing chaos in Iraq, the breakout of the Syrian revolution, the Arab Spring revolts (including in #Yemen), the rise of the Islamic State (#IS), and Iran’s ties with an increasingly confident Hezbollah all served as the pillars upon which Soleimani’s edifice was created.
Soleimani was the one who finalised an important land corridor as Iranian-backed militias managed to wrest control over the #Iraq-#Syria border. As a result, Iran and its allies had significant control over an uninterrupted area that went through Iraq, Syria and #Lebanon. After that, Soleimani and his allies could cross from one side of the border to the next.
After being hammered with sanctions, Iran has always sought to make sure it would have access to the world—or at least a segment of it. The land corridor was a long-term guarantee that Iran could never be isolated.
Soleimani was also the man behind another key achievement: bringing Russia into the fray. In 2015, he travelled to #Russia and convinced them to intervene in Syria. #Putin agreed, and soon enough, Russian planes were helping al-Assad and Iran's army of proxies.
In building this land corridor, Soleimani also shaped a new "Ring of Fire" around Israel without directly involving Iran. This year, this "Ring of Fire" forced Israel to fight a seven-front war, with drones and missiles coming from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and #Gaza, as Iran also continued to arm groups in the #WestBank and even decided to fire its own arsenal at #Israel.
This year, the conflict in Gaza prompted Iran and its proxies to escalate their attacks against Israel. Though Tehran was likely aware of the risks, it couldn't possibly stay on the sideline of the Gaza conflict after effectively building its own expansion partly upon the Palestinian cause.
Over the course of a few months, Iran lost some of the pillars of its deterrence, both vis-a-vis Israel but also outside powers, such as the US.
But the death of Soleimani's legacy will likely prompt a rethink as to what Iran can do. Some are predicting a mad rush towards a nuclear bomb, which is possible though risky, as Iran has also never been more vulnerable to foreign attacks.
Article by Michael Horowitz in #AlMajalla👇
@michaelh992
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