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    <title>The U.S. Tied Ali Al Zaidi’s Bank to Iran Proxies. Now He’s Trump’s Choice to Run Iraq. - WSJ</title>
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    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The decision to block Al Janoob was a blow to Baghdad because the bank handled international purchases of commodities by Zaidi’s other company, Al Awees, for Iraq’s food-basket program, a monthly government distribution of flour, rice, sugar, cooking oil and other staples to the needy.

The ban especially threatened Iraq’s huge imports of rice from U.S. producers, but Treasury and Iraqi officials devised a workaround that allows Al Awees to continue to buy American rice using euros, rather than U.S. dollars.]]></description>
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    <title>US wants 'concrete actions' on Iran from next Iraqi PM</title>
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    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Resuming full support "would start with expelling terrorist militias from any state institution, cutting off their support from the Iraqi budget (and) denying salary payments to these militia fighters," the official said.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Iraq foreign_policy USG foreign_aid IranianProxy</dc:subject>
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    <title>Risky commando plan to seize Iran’s uranium came at Trump’s request - The Washington Post</title>
    <dc:date>2026-04-02T09:47:17+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/01/trump-commando-plan-seize-iran-uranium/</link>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/3/16/the-us-israeli-strategy-against-iran-is-working-here-is-why">
    <title>The US-Israeli strategy against Iran is working. Here is why | US-Israel war on Iran | Al Jazeera</title>
    <dc:date>2026-03-17T12:00:05+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/3/16/the-us-israeli-strategy-against-iran-is-working-here-is-why</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><dc:subject>Iran Attack USG Israel</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.ynet.co.il/yedioth/article/yokra14707818#?utm_source=https://www.ynet.co.il&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=general_share">
    <title>שלב הכתישה</title>
    <dc:date>2026-03-17T12:00:04+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.ynet.co.il/yedioth/article/yokra14707818#?utm_source=https://www.ynet.co.il&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=general_share</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[בצה"ל מתגבשת בימים האחרונים התרשמות ברורה מהשיחות עם גורמים בצבא האמריקאי: בוושינגטון לא נערכים בשלב הזה לסגירת המלחמה. להפך. האמריקאים נערכים להרחבתה. עוד ועוד כוחות מוזרמים לאזור, הם תוקפים ויתקפו יותר והתחושה בצה"ל היא שהמערכה רק נכנסת לשלבים עמוקים יותר בנפח התקיפות.]]></description>
<dc:subject>IDF CENTCOM USG Iran attack</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-races-to-accomplish-iran-mission-before-munitions-run-out-c014acbc">
    <title>U.S. Races to Accomplish Iran Mission Before Munitions Run Out - WSJ</title>
    <dc:date>2026-03-02T08:00:20+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-races-to-accomplish-iran-mission-before-munitions-run-out-c014acbc</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But Israel has concerns about its munitions supply as well. It is still low on Arrow 3 air-defense interceptors, another U.S. official says. Israel is also low on air-launched ballistic missiles, a weapon it used to take out Iranian missile launchers this summer and to attack Hamas leaders in Qatar last year, the official said.]]></description>
<dc:subject>Israel airDefense Iran attack USG</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.al-akhbar.com/NewspaperArticles/arab/879905/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82--%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A--%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85--%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B7-%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%A8">
    <title>رسائل تهديد متتالية إلى العراق: المالكي «يقاوم» الضغوط لسحب ترشيحه</title>
    <dc:date>2026-02-22T15:04:29+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.al-akhbar.com/NewspaperArticles/arab/879905/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82--%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A--%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85--%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B7-%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%A8</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[على أن الأزمة لا تتوقّف عند حدود الموقف الأميركي؛ إذ يكشف نائب شيعي سابق، لـ»الأخبار»، أن تصريحات المالكي الأخيرة حول «حصر السلاح بيد الدولة» أحدثت ارتباكاً داخل بعض الفصائل التي كانت تُعدّ من داعميه. فبالنسبة إلى هذه القوى، بدا الخطاب أقرب إلى محاولة إعادة تموضع سياسي أمام الغرب، وهو ما أثار خشية من تحوّل الشعار إلى سياسة فعلية إذا ما عاد الرجل إلى رئاسة الحكومة. على أن قوى «الإطار التنسيقي» تدرك أن أيّ خطوة في ذلك الاتجاه، حتى في سبيل إرضاء الولاءات المتحدة التي تضع ملف الفصائل ونفوذها في صلب مقاربتها للعلاقة مع العراق، ستنعكس على توازناتها الداخلية. ولذا، تبدو معادلة «حصر السلاح» أقرب إلى عنوان تفاوضي منها إلى برنامج قابل للتنفيذ الفوري، خصوصاً في ظلّ تشابك سياسي - أمني تراكم على مدى عقدين.]]></description>
<dc:subject>al-Maliki militia Iraq USG TrumpAdministration</dc:subject>
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    <title>Exclusive | U.S. Forces Raid Ship, Seize Cargo Headed to Iran From China - WSJ</title>
    <dc:date>2025-12-18T04:05:20+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-forces-raid-ship-seize-cargo-headed-to-iran-from-china-35a1e2ac</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The cargo consisted of components potentially useful for Iran’s conventional weapons, one official said, adding that the shipment was destroyed. The seized components were dual-use items, with both civilian and military applications, the official said.

The U.S. had gathered intelligence suggesting the cargo was going to Iranian companies that specialize in procuring components for its missile program, said the second official and the person familiar with the seizure.

The operation included special operations forces as well as conventional forces, according to the first U.S. official.]]></description>
<dc:subject>USG TrumpAdministration Iran missile ICBM China smuggling</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.mei.edu/publications/comprehensive-review-effectiveness-us-and-eu-sanctions-syria">
    <title>A Comprehensive Review of the Effectiveness of US and EU Sanctions on Syria | Middle East Institute, 2021</title>
    <dc:date>2022-08-08T06:22:44+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.mei.edu/publications/comprehensive-review-effectiveness-us-and-eu-sanctions-syria</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the most shocking discovery we made when analyzing the data on targeted individuals was the staggering number of errors uncovered during extraction from the official lists. Some mistakes raised numerous questions about the targeting strategies for this extremely important issue and just how seriously their implementation is being taken. 

]]></description>
<dc:subject>sanctions EU USG Mar15</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/magazine/nso-group-israel-spyware.html">
    <title>The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon</title>
    <dc:date>2022-07-23T10:09:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/magazine/nso-group-israel-spyware.html</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><dc:subject>USG hacking Israel surveillance</dc:subject>
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    <title>U.S. Allies Drive Much of World’s Democratic Decline, Data Shows - The New York Times</title>
    <dc:date>2021-12-25T06:34:19+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/world/americas/democracy-decline-worldwide.html?campaign_id=30&amp;emc=edit_int_20211203&amp;instance_id=46841&amp;nl=the-interpreter&amp;regi_id=80847052&amp;segment_id=75981&amp;te=1&amp;user_id=5dcbf96770ea9042b688b8fb26f46e6b</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[U.S. Allies Drive Much of World’s Democratic Decline, Data Shows
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<dc:subject>authoritarian_regime democracy USA USG</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://archive.ph/At4rC#selection-2079.0-2082.0">
    <title>The secret Uganda deal that has brought NSO to the brink of collapse | Financial Times</title>
    <dc:date>2021-12-24T14:22:23+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://archive.ph/At4rC#selection-2079.0-2082.0</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Israeli and US officials declined to confirm that the Ugandan hack directly triggered a decision to blacklist NSO. But one US official who discussed the issue with Israel’s defence ministry said: “Look at the entire sequence of events here — this is careful, not by chance.” He added that putting NSO, one of the jewels of Israel’s tech community, on a US blacklist was designed to “punish and isolate” the company.
]]></description>
<dc:subject>USG Israel surveillance hacking authoritarian_regime Uganda State_Department</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://dawnmena.org/no-strings-attached-why-aid-conditionality-just-doesnt-work/">
    <title>No Strings Attached: Why Aid Conditionality Just Doesn’t Work - DAWN</title>
    <dc:date>2021-10-11T15:25:29+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://dawnmena.org/no-strings-attached-why-aid-conditionality-just-doesnt-work/</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Intent is key to understanding how aid conditionality is supposed to work, and why it doesn't. The short answer is that the donor government—in this case, the United States—is not actually committed to any reform agenda that is nominally attached to its aid flows. In the Middle East, the U.S. goes to great lengths to overlook routine, endemic violations of the conditions attached to aid by U.S. law. Washington skirts or ignores outright those legal obligations, in the Foreign Assistance Act, the Arms Export Control Act and the so-called Leahy Laws. Even when the U.S. does withhold aid, it doesn't seem to change regime behavior.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>reform foreign_aid USG Egypt</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/opinion/afghanistan-war-economy.html">
    <title>Opinion | The War on Terror Was Corrupt From the Start - The New York Times</title>
    <dc:date>2021-09-20T00:51:24+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/opinion/afghanistan-war-economy.html</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><dc:subject>mercenaries USG Corruption Warlords Afghanistan</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://newlinesmag.com/argument/americas-middle-east-allies-are-free-riders-no-more/">
    <title>America’s Middle East Allies Are Free Riders No More | Newlines Magazine</title>
    <dc:date>2021-04-23T15:30:33+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://newlinesmag.com/argument/americas-middle-east-allies-are-free-riders-no-more/</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today, we are witnessing an intense scramble for control of the Middle East among the mostly autocratic, disparate countries of the region, creating new alignments where the fabulous wealth of small states is conjugated with countries boasting large or more powerful armies, with armed proxies and mercenaries as expendable cannon fodder in tow. There are a number of factors for this scramble, but chief among them is the realization that we are at the beginning of the end of America’s grand moment in the Middle East.

The young rulers in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, who are more assertive and reckless than their fathers, as demonstrated by the folly of blockading Qatar, the brutality visited on Yemen, and their quixotic attempts to play regional roles incommensurate with their demography and geography, understand the ramifications of these changing geostrategic conditions. To compensate for U.S. retrenchment, they are seeking new regional alignments that would give them greater freedom of action against their perceived enemies while learning how to live with a reluctant America that once battled Iran in the 1980s, then Iraq in subsequent decades, but is no longer willing to be dragged into new Middle Eastern follies.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>UAE foreign_policy mercenaries Libya Yemen intervention USG Iran Qatar Saudi-Arabia Turkey</dc:subject>
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    <title>العقوبات الأميركية تسقط الفوارق «الوهمية» بين «حزب الله» والحكومة اللبنانية | الشرق الأوسط Sep 20, 2020</title>
    <dc:date>2020-12-28T08:39:49+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://aawsat.com/home/article/2517876/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%B7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%82-%C2%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%87%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9%C2%BB-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%C2%AB%D8%AD%D8%B2%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87%C2%BB-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[وتضيف، أن المستويات الثلاثة الأخيرة تضم لائحة كبيرة نسبياً، في حين تعيين المشمولين بقانون ماغنيتسكي قد يأخذ بعض الوقت بسبب طبيعته المعقدة وحساسية مواده القانونية ودقة استخدام تعابيرها، على الرغم من وعود مساعد وزير الخارجية لشؤون الشرق الأدنى ديفيد شنكر بأن يتم تسريعها. لكن من غير المتوقع أن تعلن تلك الأسماء في هذه اللائحة قبل نهاية العام.
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<item rdf:about="https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/S1tQ4WGTv#autoplay">
    <title>מבצע הרתעה אמריקני-ישראלי חסר תקדים: צוללות ומפציצים במפרץ</title>
    <dc:date>2020-12-27T14:27:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/S1tQ4WGTv#autoplay</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[בשבועיים ומשהו האחרונים מנהלים צבאות ארה"ב וישראל מבצע הרתעה אסטרטגי משותף מול איראן שכנראה עוד לא היה כמותו בתולדות המזרח התיכון. המבצע נועד להרתיע מביצוע פעולות נקם ופרובוקציות שנועדו ללחוץ על ארה"ב להסיר את הסנקציות מעל איראן. 
במבצע הזה משתתפות לראשונה בתולדות האזור צוללות אסטרטגיות של ארה"ב ושל ישראל ומפציצים אסטרטגיים אמריקניים. המטרה היא להמחיש לאיראנים שיש יכולות צבאיות שהם לא מסוגלים להתמודד איתן, והן יופעלו אם האיראנים ו/או שלוחיהם יבצעו פעולות שיגרמו לאובדן חיי אדם או לנזקים חמורים לרכוש לארה"ב, לישראל או לבעלות בריתה של ארה"ב באזור. את המבצע תיאם ראש המטות המשולבים (הרמטכ"ל) של צבא ארה"ב, הגנרל מארק מילי, בביקורו האחרון באזור לפני שבוע. 

הצורך במבצע ההרתעה התעורר כתוצאה מהערכת מצב בפנטגון ובישראל, שלפיה איראן עשויה בסבירות גבוהה מאוד לבצע פעולה צבאית או פיגוע טרור עוד לפני השבעת הנשיא ביידן בארה"ב ב-20 בינואר. לאיראן יש שלושה מניעים: האחד הוא פעולת נקם נגד ארה"ב סביב יום השנה לחיסול מפקד כוח קודס של משמרות המהפכה, קאסם סולימאני, ב-3 בינואר; ונגד ישראל על חיסול "אבי תוכנית הגרעין", מוחסן פחריזאדה. 
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    <title>To Defeat ISIS, the U.S. Helped Destroy Old Mosul in Iraq - 2018</title>
    <dc:date>2020-12-26T18:13:16+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><dc:subject>Ninewa Iraq ISIS USG reconstruction death</dc:subject>
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    <title>«رسالة تحذيرية» من واشنطن للمنطقة: لا تضعفوا قدرتنا للضغط على دمشق | الشرق الأوسط</title>
    <dc:date>2020-12-25T11:01:55+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://aawsat.com/home/article/2702146/%C2%AB%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B0%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9%C2%BB-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%86-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%B6%D8%B9%D9%81%D9%88%D8%A7-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B6%D8%BA%D8%B7-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%82</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[fucking over the Carter Center ]]></description>
<dc:subject>USG Mar15 State_Department TrumpAdministration Sanctions trackII</dc:subject>
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    <title>Treasury Targets Syrian Regime Officials and the Central Bank of Syria | U.S. Department of the Treasury</title>
    <dc:date>2020-12-24T07:06:31+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1220</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><dc:subject>sanctions USG Mar15</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.mei.edu/publications/us-sanctions-hurt-syrian-civilians-they-need-be-worth-it">
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    <dc:date>2020-10-15T18:39:33+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.mei.edu/publications/us-sanctions-hurt-syrian-civilians-they-need-be-worth-it</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Caesar Act can be used as a clear messaging tool that the U.S. is less willing to negotiate with certain individuals, given that delisting those sanctioned under the act is harder than under an executive order. By contrast, individuals can also be targeted under executive orders to show flexibility and a possibility for future negotiation, creating an incentive to change their behavior. As current sanctions strategy stands, however, it is unclear if designees can tell the various sanctions apart or are aware of how to be delisted.

Further complicating the messaging around sanctions, the actual criteria for selecting designees for both Caesar and other Syria sanction regimes remains vague. For example, why was Karram al-Assad, who leads a small group of shabiha (pro-government militia), sanctioned instead of Samer Kamal al-Assad, who is involved with transnational drug smuggling and is a major financier of the regime? What is the significance of sanctioning Hafez al-Assad ­— Bashar al-Assad’s 19-year-old son — instead of other, more senior members of the regime? Why was Sumiaya Hamsho targeted by the recent wave of sanctions even though she is affiliated with the opposition and is mainly occupied with running her architecture firm in Qatar? And why was she quietly removed from the list some days later?

Without a clear explanation as to what specifically earns individuals a spot on the sanctions list, it is harder to make the argument that sanctions are meant to motivate a change in behavior.]]></description>
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    <title>سوريا «عالقة» بين رهانات روسية... وأميركية (تحليل إخباري) | الشرق الأوسط</title>
    <dc:date>2020-09-24T12:44:07+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://aawsat.com/home/article/2524161/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7-%C2%AB%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A9%C2%BB-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A5%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[أما بالنسبة إلى المسار السياسي. تبلغ مسؤولون غربيون بوضوح هذه المرة، رفض موسكو لمقاربة خطوة مقابل خطوة، وأن اللجنة الدستورية السورية يمكن أن تواصل العمل لسنوات، وأن لا أجندة زمنية لوصولها إلى نتائج. وقيل أيضاً، إن الانتخابات الرئاسية السورية منتصف العام المقبل، هي فرصة لعودة الدول الغربية كي تعترف بنتائج الانتخابات و«شرعية الحكومة السورية». هذه الانتخابات ستحصل بموجب الدستور الحالي لعام 2012، ولا علاقة بينها وبين الإصلاح الدستوري في جنيف وتنفيذ القرار 2254. وعليه، فإن الوقت لصالح روسيا وحلفائها. ]]></description>
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    <title>مقايضة سورية ـ ليبية على طاولة روسيا وتركيا (تحليل إخباري) | الشرق الأوسط</title>
    <dc:date>2020-09-23T13:06:36+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://aawsat.com/home/article/2514546/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%80-%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A5%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[وكانت قناعة الجانب الأميركي بأن الوضع في إدلب دخل في «الجمود الممدد» وأنه لا تطورات عسكرية قادمة، وأن همه الوحيد هو «اصطياد المتطرفين» بطائرات «درون» و«سيوف النينجا» التي تخترق سيارات متجولة لمتطرفين في الشمال السوري. أيضا، كانت قناعة أهالي إدلب، بأن الوضع استقر على هذه الصورة، فبدأوا يستعدون للتعايش مع البنية العسكرية والمدنية والاقتصادية التركية هناك.

قبل يومين، حصلت مفاجأة. جرت في أنقرة محادثات عسكرية وسياسية بين وفدي البلدين. فوجئ، الجانب التركي بمطالب روسية جديدة لتقليص وجوده: تفكيك نقاط مراقبة تقع في مناطق سيطرة قوات الحكومة بين حماة وحلب وإدلب وسحب السلاح الثقيل من نقاط تقع جنوب طريق حلب - اللاذقية. وفي الميدان، صعدت طائرات روسية من قصف مناطق في إدلب وتوقف الجيش الروسي عن تسيير دورياته مع الجانب التركي. كما بدأت وسائل إعلام روسية تحذر من «هجمات استفزازية كيماوية من إرهابيين في إدلب».

 هناك أكثر من 12 ألف جندي في إدلب وريفها. وهناك آلاف الآليات التركية. هناك حوالي 60 نقطة ومركز مراقبة، بعضها بات أشبه بقواعد عسكرية. وهناك أيضا آلاف المقاتلين السوريين الذي يخضعون لتدريبات بإشراف الجيش التركي. وعلى الحدود، هناك حوالي 50 ألف جندي تركي، مستعدون للتوغل حال اندلاع المعارك. وهناك مئات «الدرون» في أجواء الشمال.]]></description>
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    <title>المدن - عقوبات&quot;قيصر&quot;القادمة اكثر إيلاماً..وتشمل شخصيات وكيانات لبنانية</title>
    <dc:date>2020-09-05T04:27:17+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.almodon.com/arabworld/2020/9/4/%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%83%D8%AB%D8%B1-%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A4%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[وعلمت "المدن" من مصادر مطلعة أن الحزمة الرابعة المُنتظرة، ستكون الأكثر إيلاماً في الجانب الاقتصادي لنظام الأسد، لأن القائمة لا سابق لها، حيث ستشمل شخصيات غير سورية، في إجراء هو الأول من نوعه منذ سريان العقوبات، في منتصف حزيران/يونيو الماضي.

ورجّح منسق فريق عمل تنفيذ قانون قيصر الذي شكله الائتلاف السوري المعارض، عبد المجيد بركات في حديث ل"المدن"، أن تُعلن الإدارة الأميركية عن الحزمة الرابعة بعد منتصف أيلول/سبتمبر. وأضاف أن "الحزمة الجديدة، تأتي بعد إدراك الولايات المتحدة أن حشر الأسد في زاوية صعبة اقتصادياً ليس أمراً سهلاً، وأهم ما فيها أنها ستشمل شخصيات غير سورية، على علاقة بتمويل نظام الأسد".]]></description>
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    <title>Syrian Kurds hire their first Washington lobbyist to help take on Turkey - Foreign Lobby</title>
    <dc:date>2020-08-03T19:52:21+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.foreignlobby.com/2020/07/27/syrian-kurds-hire-their-first-washington-lobbyist-to-help-take-on-turkey/</link>
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    <title>US oil company signs deal with Syrian Kurds - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East</title>
    <dc:date>2020-07-31T04:51:05+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The sources told Al-Monitor that the US government had also agreed to provide two modular refineries to the autonomous administration but that these would only meet 20% of its refining needs. Delivery of the refineries have been held up by logistical hitches related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sources said.]]></description>
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    <title>Special Report: Inside the proxy battle that keeps an Iraqi city on its knees</title>
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    <title>تشكيل الهيئة السياسية في دير الزور | زمان الوصل</title>
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    <title>«الصاروخ الذكي» الأميركي إلى «حراس الدين» يبعث برسالة إلى روسيا | الشرق الأوسط</title>
    <dc:date>2020-06-28T08:19:09+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://aawsat.com/home/article/2358006/%C2%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AE-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%83%D9%8A%C2%BB-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%C2%AB%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%C2%BB-%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AB-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[«الرسالة الأميركية لروسيا هي أنه هكذا يتم اغتيال قادة إرهابيين، وليس على طريقة الأرض المحروقة التي تتضمن دماراً كبيراً في الممتلكات المدنية والبنية التحتية»، حسب مسؤول غربي أضاف أنه «كان لافتاً تزامن هذا مع اتهامات تقرير أممي لروسيا بأنها لم تساهم بحماية مستشفيات ومنشآت طبية في إدلب، رغم أنه جرى تقديم معطيات وجودها للجانب الروسي

وأبلغ مسؤول غربي «الشرق الأوسط» أن مداولات أولية في مجلس الأمن، أظهرت خلافاً في رأي بين دبلوماسيي البلدين، إذ إن الجانب الروسي يريد استعجال إدراج «حراس الدين» في قوائم مجلس الأمن، مقابل حذر دبلوماسيين أميركيين من أن يكون ذلك «ذريعة لشن عمل عسكري من قوات الحكومة السورية بدعم روسي ضد بعض الجيوب في ريف إدلب لقتال فصائل المعارضة بدل الإرهابيين». وأضاف أن المقاربة الأميركية تقوم على ضرورة التوصل إلى «تصور شامل لمحاربة الإرهاب والإجراءات المسموحة ذلك، وأن يكون التصنيف الدولي أحدها وليس الوحيد».
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    <title>ما رسالة أميركا إلى روسيا من اغتيال قائد «حراس الدين»؟ | الشرق الأوسط</title>
    <dc:date>2020-06-27T23:32:41+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[


«الرسالة الأميركية لروسيا هي أنه هكذا يتم اغتيال قادة إرهابيين، وليس على طريقة الأرض المحروقة التي تتضمن دماراً كبيراً في الممتلكات المدنية والبنية التحتية»، حسب مسؤول غربي أضاف أنه «كان لافتاً تزامن هذا مع اتهامات تقرير أممي لروسيا بأنها لم تساهم بحماية مستشفيات ومنشآت طبية في إدلب، رغم أنه جرى تقديم معطيات وجودها للجانب الروسي]]></description>
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    <title>خلاف أميركي ـ روسي في مجلس الأمن حول «حراس الدين» | الشرق الأوسط</title>
    <dc:date>2020-06-27T21:56:42+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://aawsat.com/home/article/2357886/%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A-%D9%80-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%84-%C2%AB%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%C2%BB</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[وأبلغ مسؤول غربي «الشرق الأوسط» بأن مداولات أولية في مجلس الأمن، أظهرت خلافاً في الرأي بين دبلوماسيي البلدين، إذ إن الجانب الروسي يريد استعجال إدراج «حراس الدين» في قوائم مجلس الأمن، مقابل حذر دبلوماسيين أميركيين من أن يكون ذلك «ذريعة لشن عمل عسكري من قوات الحكومة السورية بدعم روسي ضد بعض الجيوب في ريف إدلب لقتال فصائل المعارضة بدل الإرهابيين».]]></description>
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    <title>Syria is already a failed state. Will the Caesar sanctions make it more ‘fierce’? - COAR</title>
    <dc:date>2020-06-27T19:32:44+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://coar-global.org/2020/06/22/syria-is-already-a-failed-state-will-the-caesar-sanctions-make-it-more-fierce/</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Providing timely and relevant programming will become more difficult. Onerous compliance requirements will delay response times and reduce aid actors’ agility and speed. As a result, unexpected events, the rapid onset of harsh winter conditions, or military offensives may produce unforeseen needs that will be difficult to address. Few local NGOs stockpile key items necessary to respond to unanticipated emergency needs, and few, including the largest organizations, are supported by the unrestricted funding needed to plug such gaps. Even routine programming like winterization or agricultural support could be  impacted.

The localization agenda will be undermined. The Caesar sanctions will complicate humanitarian action in Syria holistically, but they will have a disproportionate impact on local partners and smaller NGOs. More stringent due diligence procedures for local and implementing partners is likely to hinder programming. The international community’s commitment to localization is already flagging. These conditions will strain it further.

Abu Bahr’s release was thought to be highly improbable, not least because it has apparently followed a prison term involving stints in two of Syria’s most infamous prisons: Sednaya and Adra. As such, Abu Bahr’s sudden reappearance raises more questions than it answers. However, the episode does point to three important realities that remain important in reconciled communities and more broadly throughout Syria. The first concerns the limitations to reconciliation as a framework for amnesty. Local sources report that Abu Bahr was arrested after multiple legal cases were filed by community members over his activities during the opposition period. This occurrence highlights an implicit gap in reconciliation: although the process does square an individual’s status with central authorities, it does not eliminate civil liability with the community. Second, Abu Bahr’s economic interest in a rubble clearance business is notable. Reportedly, economic competition brought Abu Bahr into direct conflict with prominent Government-linked enterprises, which highlights the continuing contest over resource capture in post-conflict communities as Syria’s overall war economy contracts.]]></description>
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    <title>The Syria Report - The Caesar Act: Meaningful Long-Term Consequences, Less Important Short-Term Impact -</title>
    <dc:date>2020-05-22T13:22:19+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.syria-report.com/news/economy/caesar-act-meaningful-long-term-consequences-less-important-short-term-impact</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Caesar sanctions bill that was signed into law late last year by the U.S. President will have significant medium and long-term consequences on the Syrian economy, but its shorter-term impact will be less meaningful.

After years of lobbying by various groups supporting the Syrian opposition and discussions and negotiations in the two houses of U.S. Congress, the law was finally approved as part of the annual National Defence Authorization Act in early December before being ratified by the president on December 20, 2019.

The text is named the Caesar Act after the codename given to a military photographer who defected from the Syrian regime in 2013 and leaked 55,000 photos of thousands of detainees who were tortured to death in government prisons.

The act adds to the impressive set of economic sanctions already imposed on Syria by the United States, the European Union and several other countries, including Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Turkey and countries in the Gulf. Because of the overlapping of many texts and different sanctions regimes, it isn’t always clear what the Caesar Act will effectively add that is not already there. We will try here to highlight the main measures associated with the act and their consequences.

Secondary sanctions

The main characteristic of the Caesar Act is that it imposes sanctions on institutions and individuals from other countries that conduct specific business activities with Syria. So, for instance, rather than targeting U.S. companies, the new text targets companies from Russia, China or any other country that do business with Syrian institutions that are under sanctions or/and operate in specific sectors of activity.

Prior to the Caesar Act, secondary sanctions on Syria already existed. Executive Orders 13582 of August 17, 2011 and E.O. 13608 of May 01, 2012, for instance, already allow the U.S. President to sanction foreign persons, i.e., non-American individuals and institutions, that deal with Syrian entities that are under U.S. sanctions.

In practice, however, this measure has been seldom implemented. One case has been Russia’s Tempbank, blacklisted in 2014 for providing millions of dollars to the Central Bank of Syria and to Sytrol, both of which are under U.S. sanctions.

However, more importantly, while the executive orders enable the U.S. President to act and sanction specific institutions and individuals, they do not oblige him to do so.

The main characteristic of the Caesar Act is that it forces the U.S. president to impose certain secondary sanctions.

The act specifically mentions the following actions:

Sanctions on foreign persons who provide significant support to or engage in a significant transaction with the Syrian government or the military forces or contractors acting on behalf of Syria, Russia, or Iran.
Sanctions on foreign persons that sell or provide:
significant goods, services, technology, or information that facilitates or expands the Syrian government's domestic petroleum production;
aircraft, parts, or related services used by military forces related to the Syrian government; or
construction or engineering services to the Syrian government.
The act also requires the Department of the Treasury to determine whether the Central Bank of Syria is a financial institution of primary money laundering concern and, if so, impose one or more measures that go with that qualification under American law, including increased monitoring of its operations.

The sanctions to be imposed on foreign persons are a freeze on their assets located in the United States and, in the case of individuals, a ban on their entry into the U.S. The bill also allows the president to suspend some or all of the sanctions under certain conditions.

Targeted companies

The Caesar Act will likely see in the coming months an increase in the number of companies and individuals that are blacklisted by the U.S. administration because of their business activity in Syria. For instance, the two Russian companies that signed three contracts in September to explore for oil and gas, Mercury and Velada, should be among these because they are contributing to expanding Syria’s oil production.

Companies contributing to Syria’s reconstruction, for instance engineering and construction companies from Russia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, China or Lebanon, could also be affected.

The number of foreign companies active in Syria is very small and Iranian companies, as well as some Russian ones, may be insensitive to the text because they either operate in an environment that is already heavily sanctioned, such as in Iran, or because they do not have and do not plan to have operations with western, including U.S., companies.

Others are already taking precautions. For instance, the fact that Russian companies Mercury and Velada were unheard of when they signed their contracts in September, as is Capital—another company that is negotiating the rights to explore Syria’s offshore reserves—is probably due to the fact these companies operate as fronts for other more important Russian companies that are trying to protect themselves from the wrath of the American administration.

Short and long-term consequences

In the short term, it is important not to overestimate the impact the Caesar Act can have on the Syrian economy, which is already largely affected by various other factors, including existing western sanctions. The number of foreign companies operating in the market is very low and nothing in the political, legal or business environment currently encourages much foreign interest.

The passing of the act has seen no specific bout of panic in Damascus, including no specific impact on the value of the Syrian pound, although it is true that most currency traders had already factored in the passing of the law. In the coming months, the financial crisis in neighbouring Lebanon, for instance, will have a more significant impact on the Syrian economy than the Caesar Act.

For  the medium and long term, however, the situation is different. The fact that the text specifically targets the construction sector will be particularly harmful to any effort, however limited, to kickstart construction activity.

Some Emirati companies probably hoped that the recent warming of relations between Damascus and Abu Dhabi would translate into better opportunities for them, and bilateral visits had been conducted by businessmen from the two countries. Lebanese construction companies could also have hoped to benefit from some reconstruction effort, however small. Many of these will now have to reconsider their plans. Similarly, it is likely that Chinese interest in Syria’s economy, which is already not particularly high, will weaken further.

Therefore, while its short-term effects will be limited, the Caesar Act is an additional deterrent to any interest in the Syrian economy by foreign companies and institutions and as such it kills the limited remaining prospects for a large-scale reconstruction of the country.]]></description>
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    <title>The ‘Caesar Bill’: A step towards accountability in Syria, or a worsening economic crisis? - Syria Untold, Jan 27,2020</title>
    <dc:date>2020-05-09T18:40:49+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Very lefty analysis ]]></description>
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    <title>في طريق المواجهة مع إيران.. واشنطن تجمع حلفاءها في التنف وشرق الفرات | سوريا اليوم - YouTube</title>
    <dc:date>2020-05-07T05:58:30+00:00</dc:date>
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    <title>المدن - الحسكة: الأميركيون يبحثون عن حراس عرب للنفط</title>
    <dc:date>2020-04-22T21:57:01+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.almodon.com/arabworld/2020/4/21/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B7?fbclid=IwAR1MJqWQI78I3eS6PtgbYe4WpaahFHwPJHXfs4ZoFfBxBxHDvykCP4rZmJk</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[وأضاف أن القوات الأميركية كانت تعتمد لحراسة المناطق النفطية على المقاتلين المجندين إجبارياً من قبل قوات سوريا الديمقراطية "قسد"، ومع تزايد الهجمات التي ينفذها عناصر من تنظيم "داعش"، وكذلك من الرافضين للوجود الأميركي، بدأت القوات الأميركية بالبحث عن بدائل محلية، لتشديد الحراسة.


وقال المصدر إن القوات الأميركية حدّدت راتباً شهرياً للمتطوع يبلغ "300 دولار أميركي"، مؤكداً أن الإقبال على التطوع لا زال ضعيفاً، بسبب الخشية من التعرض للأذى من قبل الخلايا التابعة لتنظيم "داعش".

]]></description>
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    <title>Publication of a Fact Sheet on the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance and Trade to Combat COVID-19</title>
    <dc:date>2020-04-21T08:57:07+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20200416.aspx</link>
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    <title>Study on Humanitarian Impact of Syria Related Unilateral Restrictive Measures, 2016</title>
    <dc:date>2020-04-19T18:48:43+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3114567-Study-on-Humanitarian-Impact-of-Syria-Related.html</link>
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    <title>The New Humanitarian | Briefing: Just how ‘smart’ are sanctions on Syria?, April 25, 2019</title>
    <dc:date>2020-04-19T07:24:54+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2019/04/25/briefing-just-how-smart-are-sanctions-syria</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[“It affects everything, whether you’re trying to transfer money to pay for something, whether it’s insurance, whether it’s shipping,” the businessman said. “Syria is not a big enough country to be worth all the trouble of all the extra paperwork.”

The businessman said the exemptions have become “almost meaningless”, even for clearly green-lighted products like medicine.

“People would rather not deal with the whole headache,” he said. “So rather than… risking some small compliance error they might make, it ends up affecting the health sector too.”

Civilians in regime-controlled parts of the country felt the impact of fuel sanctions this winter, as the US reinstated sanctions on Iran last November and Iranian ships that had previously carried fuel to Syria could no longer find insurance. The US also issued stern warnings to shipping companies carrying fuel to Syria in October and again in March, aiming to shut down trade from Russia. The result was drastic shortages and a hike in food prices.

]]></description>
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    <title>US ready to assist Turkey in Idlib, if Ankara ejects S-400 missile system | Daily Sabah</title>
    <dc:date>2020-04-05T04:01:23+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/diplomacy/us-ready-to-assist-turkey-in-idlib-if-ankara-ejects-s-400-missile-system</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While Hutchison did not give details about the content of the package, she also said: “We want the area in Idlib where civilians got stuck in to be protected. Turkish soldiers also want to do that. The (Bashar) Assad regime kills innocent people and civilians with the support of Russia. This cannot be defended. Turkey is a victim of Russian and Syrian aggressiveness. We hope that Turkey will eject the missile defense system stationed in the middle of Ankara and will give us the freedom of helping them to protect Syria and civilians.”]]></description>
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    <title>China Concealed Coronavirus Outbreak Extent: U.S. Intelligence - Bloomberg</title>
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    <title>U.S. Forces In Syria Tackle A More Complex — And Possibly Dangerous — Mission : NPR</title>
    <dc:date>2020-03-27T08:24:44+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.npr.org/2020/03/26/821379862/u-s-forces-in-syria-tackle-a-more-complex-and-possibly-dangerous-mission</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[U.S. suspicion points to the Syrian government militias, who operated just a half hour away. The mortars show some sophistication. At least one of the components was made with a 3-D printer.]]></description>
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    <title>Turkey says U.S. offering Patriot missiles if S-400 not operated | Article [AMP] | Reuters</title>
    <dc:date>2020-03-13T06:54:57+00:00</dc:date>
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    <title>Ambassador James Jeffrey On the Situation in Syria - United States Department of State, Feb 5, 2020</title>
    <dc:date>2020-02-10T22:48:12+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[* The US no longer demands the regime's downfall, only to reform & become less abusive
* There is a direct negotiations' channel between Russia & the US concerning Syria.
* The US is unlikely to intervene in Idlib.
* Russia is pressing the Assad regime on the issue of the constitutional committee but can't do much else.* There are differences within the Russian leadership re: Syria with the MoD pushing for a military victory as the solution in Idlib.
* Recent US-Russian tensions/fist-fights in NE Syria stem from Russian efforts to move their troops to locations not previous agreed upon.
* Repeats again that HTS does not pose a significant threat & only rarely launched insignificant and intermittent attacks on Hmeimim & regime forces [recognizing that HTS is essentially abiding by ceasefires, even if not officially accepting them, unlike less radical factions].]]></description>
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    <title>Exclusive: U.S. halts secretive drone program with Turkey over Syria incursion</title>
    <dc:date>2020-02-06T04:30:44+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-usa-drone-exclusive-idUSKBN1ZZ1AB</link>
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    <title>Exclusive: U.S. halts secretive drone program with Turkey over Syria incursion - Reuters</title>
    <dc:date>2020-02-05T13:18:58+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-usa-drone-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-halts-secretive-drone-program-with-turkey-over-syria-incursion-idUSKBN1ZZ1AB</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The U.S. decision to indefinitely suspend the program, which has not been previously reported, was made in response to Turkey’s cross-border military incursion into Syria in October, the U.S. officials said, revealing the extent of the damage to ties between the NATO allies from the incident.

The U.S. military had carried out the missions using unarmed drone aircraft, which one official said were flown out of Turkey’s Incirlik air base, where the U.S. military has a significant presence. The base is also a key hub for U.S. spy agencies operating in the region.

The U.S. drone flights that took place within the program, in place since 2007, often zeroed in on mountainous territory in northern Iraq near the Turkish border, another official said.

]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.alquds.co.uk/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%88%D9%82%D9%81-%D8%A5%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A3%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AC/">
    <title>انهيار وقف إطلاق النار في إدلب: أنقرة تجتمع بفصائل المعارضة | القدس العربي</title>
    <dc:date>2020-01-25T18:04:24+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.alquds.co.uk/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%88%D9%82%D9%81-%D8%A5%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A3%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AC/</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[وأشارت المصادر إلى أن أنقرة طلبت من موسكو “الحفاظ على وقف إطلاق النار لمدة 15 يوماً، تتعهد بعدها بحل أزمة طرق الترانزيت وإيجاد آلية مرضية من أجل فتحها وتنشيط حركة التبادل التجاري بين مناطق سيطرة النظام والمعارضة”. وأضافت أن “روسيا تتذرع بوجود مقاتلين روس (أجناد القوقاز) وقصف مطار حميميم ومطار جب رملة، وعدم وجود فصل أو مقدرة على التمييز بين الفصائل المعتدلة والفصائل المتطرفة”.
ونفت المصادر ما تم تداوله عبر وسائط التواصل الاجتماعي ونقلته صفحات المعارضة أو الإعلام البديل بخصوص الحديث حول “طلب تركيا من أمريكا دعم الفصائل عسكرياً أو التحضير للقاء يجمعها مع مسؤولين أمريكان”.


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    <title>أنقرة طلبت دعماً للفصائل من الأميركيين وستجمعهم مع قادة الفصائل | تلفزيون سوريا</title>
    <dc:date>2020-01-16T20:20:27+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.syria.tv/%D8%A3%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[وبحسب المصدر، أبلغ المسؤولون الأتراك قادة الفصائل بأن أنقرة طلبت من واشنطن "دعماً لوجستياً" للفصائل العسكرية، وقدّموا لهم قائمة بذلك، لكنهم ما زالوا ينتظرون رداً من واشنطن.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Mar15 Idlib Turkey FSA NLF Russia USG foreign_aid</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/iraqi-people-pay-price-iran-rivalry-200109031651935.html">
    <title>The Iraqi people will pay the price for Iran-US rivalry, again | Iraq | Al Jazeera</title>
    <dc:date>2020-01-15T20:23:51+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/iraqi-people-pay-price-iran-rivalry-200109031651935.html</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Self-preservation and talk of foreign conspiracies failed to create a counter-narrative that could meaningfully blunt the power and appeal of the protests or take attention away from the political classes' unpopularity and their appalling security response. All of this changed over the last two weeks beginning with the attack on the K-1 airbase in Kirkuk, which led to the death of one US contractor and the injuries of several US troops, the subsequent US air raids on pro-Iran militias and the breach of the United States's embassy compound that followed.

Not only has the recent crisis enabled a shift in the narrative away from the protest movement, but the Iraqi political classes have now been presented with a more immediate set of issues that will likely see them prioritising the placation of Iran over the placation of the protesters. For example, the populist messaging of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who leads one of the largest political blocs in parliament, has clearly shifted away from its previous focus on the protests and the need for reform towards anti-American sentiment following the assassination of Soleimani.

]]></description>
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    <title>Ambassador Friedman delivers remarks at Kohelet Forum, Jerusalem, January 8, 2020 - YouTube</title>
    <dc:date>2020-01-09T09:37:50+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WVGW4Rl9fU</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><dc:subject>occupation Israel USG two-state_solution one-stateSolution</dc:subject>
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    <title>Inside the plot by Iran’s Soleimani to attack U.S. forces in Iraq - Reuters</title>
    <dc:date>2020-01-04T14:54:50+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-soleimani-insight-idUSKBN1Z301Z</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At the Baghdad villa, Soleimani told the assembled commanders to form a new militia group of low-profile paramilitaries - unknown to the United States - who could carry out rocket attacks on Americans housed at Iraqi military bases. He ordered Kataib Hezbollah - a force founded by Muhandis and trained in Iran - to direct the new plan, said the militia sources briefed on the meetings.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>Quds_Force Iraq USG intelligence_assessment</dc:subject>
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    <title>Arab Tribes in al-Hasakah and Deir ez-Zor Choose Their Allies: Syria From Within | Chatham House</title>
    <dc:date>2020-01-03T21:58:03+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://syria.chathamhouse.org/research/arab-tribes-in-al-hasakah-and-deir-ez-zor-choose-their-allies?fbclid=IwAR3XdEBVst5lvS-Yxcyq6_bZYpwW9SjJLpjAivrJDHUfT-udo1_UpB2A5jw</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Russia, despite local opposition to its presence in Deir ez-Zor, has in the past month been in communication with Sheikh Jamil Rashid al-Hafal of the Uqaydat tribe to negotiate and reach a settlement with local tribes.

Russia’s offer resembled the agreement it sponsored in southern Syria between the regime and the opposition. The deployment of Russian military police in the region would provide for the return of regime institutions, raising of the Syrian flag over government facilities and retention of light weapons by Deir ez-Zor Military Council fighters. It would also entrust the Russians with providing security, regularizing the status of dissenters with the Syrian state and ending the deadlock with opponents of the settlement in northern Syria.

The tribes have ignored Russia’s offer, after Washington asserted that its forces would remain to protect the oil fields in eastern Syria, strengthen their presence along the river belt in Deir ez-Zor and establish military bases in al-Baghuz, al-Basira and al-Ezba, as well as at al-Omar oil field.]]></description>
<dc:subject>DeirEzZor Mar15 Russia USG Iran Turkey</dc:subject>
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    <title>U.S. Interests and the Unsustainable Status Quo in Iraq</title>
    <dc:date>2019-11-15T23:34:12+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/u.s.-interests-and-the-unsustainable-status-quo-in-iraq</link>
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    <title>U.S. Drones Appear to Show Turkish-Backed Forces Targeting Civilians in Syria - WSJ</title>
    <dc:date>2019-11-12T16:23:48+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-drones-appear-to-show-turkish-backed-forces-accosting-civilians-in-syria-11573558898</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><dc:subject>WarCrimes TFSA BufferZone Video UAV USG Military Mar15</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="https://www.baladi-news.com/ar/news/details/53134/">
    <title>شبكة بلدي الإعلامية | القوات الأمريكية تعيد التمركز بقاعدة قرب الرقة</title>
    <dc:date>2019-11-05T22:06:07+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.baladi-news.com/ar/news/details/53134/</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><dc:subject>Raqqa USG ForeignFighters Mar15</dc:subject>
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<item rdf:about="http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2019/08/us-report-on-islamic-states-rebuilding.html">
    <title>MUSINGS ON IRAQ: U.S. Report On Islamic State’s Rebuilding Effort In Iraq And Syria, Aug 28, 2019</title>
    <dc:date>2019-11-04T23:56:15+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2019/08/us-report-on-islamic-states-rebuilding.html</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The situation is slightly different in Iraq where IS appears to be focused more upon gaining control of territory so that it create safe havens and rebuild its cadres. The group has been carrying out assassinations against officials such as local mukhtars and burning fields. On the one hand it wants to show that it is everywhere and can eliminate its opponents. On the other, it is using these tactics to drive people out of their villages in rural areas.]]></description>
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    <title>القوات الأميركية بصدد إنشاء نقطة عسكرية جديدة في القامشلي، والمرصد السوري يرصد مناطق النفوذ وفقاً للاتفاق الروسي - التركي شرق الفرات • الم?</title>
    <dc:date>2019-11-02T17:38:11+00:00</dc:date>
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    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><dc:subject>Mar15 ForeignFighters USG military Hassakeh</dc:subject>
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    <title>With Baghdadi in their sights, U.S. troops launched a ‘dangerous and daring nighttime raid’ - The Washington Post</title>
    <dc:date>2019-10-28T12:44:35+00:00</dc:date>
    <link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/with-baghdadi-in-their-sights-us-troops-launch-a-dangerous-and-daring-nighttime-raid/2019/10/27/6c88a484-f8d0-11e9-9534-e0dbcc9f5683_story.html</link>
    <dc:creator>elizrael</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The disaffected ISIS member had become an informant for Kurdish forces working with the Americans, the official said. And he provided critical information on Baghdadi’s whereabouts.

]]></description>
<dc:subject>SDF Mar15 intelligence USG Intelligence_community ISIS Assassination</dc:subject>
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