The Atlantic GlobalVerified account

The coming assault in Syria's Idlib: "This is going to be far more catastrophic than anything we witnessed so far,” one expert tells @kcalamur:http://on.theatln.tc/vYA5qmv 

Germans rallied in huge numbers against the far right. But that doesn't obscure a dark and growing trend in German politics, writes @YasmeenSerhan:http://on.theatln.tc/Ndxc7zU 

Floods in the Indian state of Kerala highlighted a nationwide problem in India: the dangerous spread of disinformation on WhatsApp, @TMclaughlin3 reportshttp://on.theatln.tc/O0KX62e 

Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of the Haqqani network, was proclaimed dead on Tuesday by the Taliban. @kclamur takes a look at his life—and the time he used to be an American ally:http://on.theatln.tc/ICtfwoU 

“Other tragedies like this can happen any time in numerous museums, libraries, and archives in Brazil.” @edyong209 reports on what was lost in Brazil's museum fire—and why it could have been prevented:http://on.theatln.tc/89NCbkX 

The NAFTA talks have normalized the administration’s norm-wrecking approach to trade, argues @mattbpete:http://on.theatln.tc/BV4uyce 

Trump's plan to redefine how is a Palestinian refugee could backfire, @kcalamur writes:http://on.theatln.tc/GReYEl4 

An explosive letter calling for Pope Francis's resignation may be more of a power play than a true cry for a cleanup of the Church, argues @RachelDonadio:http://on.theatln.tc/cwQhZQY 

The U.S. ended the combat mission in Iraq eight years ago, but groups like ISIS are still a threat, @kcalamur reportshttp://on.theatln.tc/9PXzccH 

"Now—at this lower moment in U.S. history—South African mistakes could empower the most reactionary forces here, as well as impoverish South Africa itself," writes @davidfrum:http://on.theatln.tc/VBKpumh 

America has long been a fickle friend to the Syrian Kurds. That could force them to turn to Assad as the Syrian war winds down, @JoostHiltermann argues:http://on.theatln.tc/yzK7mhD 

“The goal is to ... make life there unbearable.” @DavidKenner on what the end of the Syrian war means for Israel:http://on.theatln.tc/bvkRBOS 

An adviser to South Korea's president takes @UriLF inside the divisive plan to end the Korean Warhttp://on.theatln.tc/1q1dWhq 

"Russia’s trolls and intelligence services prey on social outcasts in order to radicalize them and recruit them to wage war on their countries’ liberal institutions." @mikercarpenter on the Kremlin's co-optation of angry young men:http://on.theatln.tc/uXRzzyW 

"Those of us on the global sidelines, America’s anxious auxiliaries, know a collapse in the instruments of a nation’s power when it happens," writes @amonck:http://on.theatln.tc/KP2gmb3 

Erdoğan's quest to use the Syrian war to gain influence across the Middle East didn't quite work out, @JoostHiltermann writes:http://on.theatln.tc/8QZobYf 

Nikki Haley warns that Iran could become "the next North Korea," writes @UriLF:http://on.theatln.tc/TPEI8bK 

A UN report says Burma's military carried out genocide against the Rohingya, @kcalamur reportshttp://on.theatln.tc/uaGbBQJ