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@rcallimachi

Correspondent for The New York Times, covering ISIS. NBC contributor. Previously, seven years in West Africa. Ex-AP bureau chief. Ex-refugee.

New York, New York
Joined April 2009

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    Apr 5

    1. Hello everyone, I wanted to share what I learned from the more than 15,000 pages of ISIS documents that my team and I unearthed over five different trips to Iraq. We recovered the records in 11 different cities and towns. First up, how we found them.

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    Days. It took just days for Assad to move into territory Trump made US troops abandon.

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    Casualties as tourist bus hit by blast near Cairo pyramids, Egyptian officials and media say

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    8 hours ago

    27 y/o woman charged with murder, war crime, membership in foreign terrorist organization : . Suspect - together with husband - allegedly 'bought' 5 y/o girl captured by in , treated her as a slave, let her intentionally die of thirst.

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    20 hours ago

    Important: France continues support for SDF forces fighting IS. "The French plan deployed in the Levant has not changed," French MoD said.

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    23 hours ago

    1) ISIS-linked media groups release video on US’ announced withdraw from , likening Trump’s assertion of ISIS being “defeated” to Bush’s “mission accomplished” gaffe and using media clips to argue that it hasn’t been defeated

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  9. Glad to see that President Trump is finally referring to the defeat of the “territorial caliphate,” rather than the defeat of ISIS. Yes the territorial caliphate in Iraq & Syria is 99% gone. No, that doesn’t mean ISIS, the terror group with members from 100 countries, is defeated

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    Dec 26

    Protest this evening against possible Turkish attack on Manbij

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    Dec 26

    Best of Investigative Reporting in 2018, compiled by . Includes "Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis" by , "The ISIS Files" by , "The Delay" by , and more

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    La cellule responsable de l’assassinat des touristes scandinaves à comprenait 18 membres dont 3 ayant des antécédents judiciaires dans des affaires de terrorisme. Ils n’avaient aucun contact avec l’ (Bureau central d'investigations judiciaires )

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    Dec 24

    SDF spokesperson calls on international community to save 4 million people living in the northeast of Syria from Turkish attacks, and called for dialogue instead of conflict (source: )

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    If you know even a little about how companies use personal data to make uncannily precise guesses about our future behavior, you know it would be child’s play to flag potential mass killers. They do it to sell soap flakes. They can do it to save lives.

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  15. Join me on near the top of the hour shortly after 3 pm to keep talking about the status of ISIS, and what happens now that American troops are leaving Syria.

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  16. With a bi-partisan outcry over the departure of , President Trump is working hard to make his former envoy look like an Obama appointee. Actually, McGurk was first appointed during the Bush administration, and just a few months ago, praised him on Twitter:

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    Dec 24

    : Turkey sends military reinforcements to Syria border: reports

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  18. Before killing 49 people in ISIS’ name, Omar Mateen fretted about whether his credit score was good enough to allow him to use a credit card to buy over $1000 worth of guns & ammunition. He needn’t have worried, ⁦⁩ reports.

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  19. Another bright and early winter morning. Heading to the NBC studio now and will be on to discuss the non-defeat of ISIS. Join me at around 7:30 am EST.

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    Dec 24

    Moroccans hold a vigil in the capital Rabat for the two Scandinavian women brutally slaughtered while hiking. They hold signs saying: "Sorry". Rest in Peace Louisa and Maren.  

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    Dec 23

    I think now it is a good time to repost this article I wrote with for back in April. "Turkey’s Double ISIS Standard" Ankara claims to oppose the Islamic State. Its actions suggest otherwise.

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