Charles Lister

@Charles_Lister

Resident Fellow & Senior Consultant at TSG Track II Initiative. US-UK dual national. Author: The Syrian Jihad ()

Washington DC/London/Istanbul
Joined January 2012

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  2. PT: Reports also of v. heavy shelling on towns & villages in southern tonight. Northern heating up.

  3. Activists reporting alleged Russian air strikes tonight on Saraqeb in . Would be significant, if true.

  4. At no point does Jaish al-Islam say anything to do with chemicals. If CWs were used in Sheikh Maqsoud, evidence needs to be collected.

  5. Jabhat al-Nusra has *0* presence in N. , so it looks like is boldly lying & looking for escalation:

  6. As opp'n continues shelling Kurdish Sheikh Maqsoud, Jaish al-Islam announces punishment of commander for doing such:

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  7. PT: The scale of Ahrar al-Sham’s involvement in Al-Rai indicates that facilitated their arrival from , via Turkish territory.

  8. Interesting: Ahrar al-Sham played a significant (but largely silent) role in defeating in al-Rai, N. .

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  9. Acc to reliable source: Neither Rifai Taha nor Abu Omar al-Masri were members of Nusra or AQ, but were “independent” jihadi figures.

  10. PTs: After release from prison in '11, he appeared in high-profile protest outside US Embassy in on 9/11 2012

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  11. PTs: Taha was wanted for involvement in 1998 E. Africa Embassy bombings, the assassination of presidents & signing AQ fatwa vs. US.

  12. PT: Rifai Taha succeeded the “Blind Sheikh” Omar Abdelrahman within 's Al-Gamaa al-Islamiya & was rendered by CIA to .

  13. BIG NEWS: 2 more senior AQ leaders were killed by US drone in : - Taha Rifai (in pic) - Abu Omar al-Masri

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  14. ’s opposition is advancing vs. in north & south: - Capturing Al-Rai in N. - Captured Sahm al-Golan in

  15. As I said 10 days ago (),rising regime confidence post- will result in delays & distractions from .

  16. Unsurprisingly, UN has delayed talks again to 13 April, after previous delay from 9 to 11 April. Difficult politics behind scenes.

  17. PT: Until now, escalation was limited to 1) opposition<->YPG & 2) opposition/JN<->regime/Iran. wanted ceasefire maintained.

  18. Re-emergence of strikes vs. opposition & Nusra around is a dangerous indicator of definitive breakdown of ceasefire.

  19. 71 pro-regime deaths from fighting: - 50 Republican Guard - 11 -backed militia - 7 - 3 NDF

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