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Forever Train and Advise, Part 1: Introducing the SFAB
“It’s not forever war, it’s forever train and advise” -General Mark Milley, US Army In December 2018, the Trump administration announced its intention to withdraw half of the US’s 14,000 service members in Afghanistan by the end of …
By Séamus Malekafzali
13 April 2019
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Hajin – The Last Stand of the Islamic State
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The failure to break the YPG in Kobani was an omen of things to come. And now, as winter neared in 2018, the SDF was on the doorstep of the "capital" the remnants of IS had declared, in Hajin, a town of less than 30,000.
By Séamus Malekafzali
22 Dec 2018
Anwar al-Awlaki’s Life after Death: ISIS, al-Qaida, and a Shared L…
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There is a saying attributed to Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, regarding the …
By Séamus Malekafzali
4 Oct 2018
Anwar al-Awlaki’s Life after Death – Part I
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Crafting the Aftermath On February 5, 2002, an American-born Islamic cleric named Anwar al-Awlaki was invited to …
By Séamus Malekafzali
14 Aug 2018
The Art of Constantly Changing Narratives – Part I: Russia
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To anyone familiar with the media landscape surrounding Syria, Russia’s presence in the war has always been …
By Séamus Malekafzali
12 Apr 2018
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