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@Charles_Lister

Senior Fellow & Director of & programs at . Author of & more. American-British in DC.

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    Mar 14

    NEW -- 's invasion of has killed diplomacy & will trigger an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. To adapt to this challenge, I propose a bold new approach -- "Freeze and Build" -- focusing more strategically on aid/stabilization:

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  2. 8 hours ago

    was set for a food & price crisis in 2022, but has put that on steroids. In NE -- 's "breadbasket" -- bags of bread are selling for x6 the price they're technically set at -- and animal feed is now x12 the price it was 18 months ago. Just the start.

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  3. 8 hours ago

    "النهج الدولي الحالي تجاه السياسة لا يعمل, ومع ذلك هناك طريقة أخرى: وهو نهج يركز على تجميد خطوط السيطرة عبر الشمال والابتعاد عن المساعدة الإنسانية الطارئة وتبني نهج أكثر استراتيجية لتحقيق الاستقرار وإعادة الإعمار المستهدف عبر المناطق التي لا يسيطر عليها النظام."

    "إعادة التعامل مع النظام يعني التغاضي عن جرائم الإبادة الجماعية التي ارتكبها رغم أن المدعين الدوليين لديهم أدلة أكثر مما تم جمعه ضد والحزب في محاكمات نورمبرغ." - مقالتي الجديدة ، في
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  4. 8 hours ago

    "إعادة التعامل مع النظام يعني التغاضي عن جرائم الإبادة الجماعية التي ارتكبها رغم أن المدعين الدوليين لديهم أدلة أكثر مما تم جمعه ضد والحزب في محاكمات نورمبرغ." - مقالتي الجديدة ، في

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    Apr 4

    الباحث البريطاني تشارلز ليستر المختص بالشأن السوري: مناطق النظام ستشهد مجاعة غير مسبوقة هذا العام، وأن برنامج الغذاء العالمي لا يمكنه التدخل للتخفيف من هذه المجاعة لأن إمداداته من القمح قادمة من أوكرانيا التي دمرتها الحرب.

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    Apr 4

    الباحث البريطاني تشارلز ليستر المختص بالشأن السوري: الاجتياح الروسي لأوكرانيا قضى على جميع المبادرات الدبلوماسية بشأن سوريا وتسبب في موجة جديدة من الكوارث المعيشية المتصاعدة

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  7. Apr 4

    Earlier today, 4 children were killed by pro- shelling as they walked home from school in Marat Nasaan, in . Rescue workers took away their belongings, in bags.

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  8. Apr 4

    5yrs ago today, 89 civilians were killed & 540+ were wounded when Sarin nerve gas was dropped by forces on in . The helicopters behind the attack took off from Shayrat Airbase, where forces had a sizeable presence. Don’t forget.

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    Apr 3

    Russia is drawing from the playbook it used for Crimea & Aleppo: forced to defend the indefensible (here, the Bucha atrocities), Russia is calling a Security Council meeting so it can feign outrage & call for accountability. Nobody is buying it.

    The first step in this direction will take tomorrow at the meeting of the UN Security Council initiated by Russia.
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  10. Apr 3

    ’s penchant for brutality & criminality continues — what a powerful, heartbreaking story from , focused on just one victim of ’s war on . Watch here:

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    Desperately sad story from just outside Kyiv, about a woman called Iryna whose son was killed by Russian soldiers. We were the first outsiders she'd seen since the Russians left her village on Friday. Shot and edited by . Produced by
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  11. Apr 2

    NEW - large explosion reported at a night club in , , with multiple casualties reported and substantial destruction along the surrounding street.

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  12. Apr 2

    500,000 dead, 100,000 missing, industrialized torture, chemical weapons, mass graves, prison crematoriums, barrel bombs… ’s list of war crimes - as perpetrator & facilitator - in is extensive, but Western policy weakened over time. Hope is different.

    These Russian mass graves and executions are going to change things. Watch for a shift in western policy now.
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  13. Apr 1

    Ramadan Kareem to all of those celebrating!

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  14. Apr 1

    retreating from positions around & just recaptured . Images from the last 24hrs show an extraordinary scale of losses -- convoys and fixed positions routed by . Staggering.

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  15. Apr 1

    I joined my colleague on the 's latest podcast, to discuss 's war on & lessons to be drawn from the many parallels with . Listen in, here:

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  16. Apr 1

    As makes clear, grasping an accurate picture of in requires *much* more than simply counting public claims of responsibility on social media. Reality is far deeper -- and concerning.

    ISIS has carried out at least 30 small arms ambushes, 20 mine/IED attacks, & 6 attacks of unknown type in central Syria since they last claimed an attack there on November 13, 2021. A reminder for those who trying to assess ISIS strength/trends purely from their own claims.
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    Mar 31

    Read more on this approach, which includes prioritizing the freezing of conflict lines and more strategic use of aid, stabilization, and targeted rebuilding in areas free of Assad regime rule in a new report by .

    ACS Senior Advisor and CEO of , , writes for on the importance of focusing on the stabilization and cooperation between NE and NW Syria.
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  18. Apr 1

    Is it possible that is exploring possible recruitment of Syrians to fight in ? Yes, absolutely. Would it be doing so in search for "elite" capabilities? No. Have we seen any actual, proven evidence for (a) recruitment or (b) arrivals in Ukraine? Not yet.

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  19. Apr 1

    Several red flags in this piece -- and still no evidence of fighters headed to , just unsubstantiated claims. Fwiw: - Select SAA units receive regular training stints in , particularly the Tiger Forces. - The 16,000 number was announced publicly weeks ago.

    NEW: A contingent of at least 300 Syrian fighters have traveled to Russia en route to Ukraine. Across the country, thousands more have signed up to go, hoping to earn more as mercenaries abroad than they ever could at home. W/
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    Mar 31

    NOTE -- after 5 weeks: - No evidence of any Syrians in . - No evidence of organized, contractual recruitment of Syrians for . - No evidence of removing heavy weaponry from or to . Unproven, biased social media claims ≠ evidence.

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    Mar 31

    علق الباحث البريطاني الأمريكي , على الغزو الروسي لأوكرانيا بالقول: “لو دعمت المعارضة في ما كنا لنرى عربدة في ”.

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