NEW -- #Biden admin issues sanctions on x3 #Assad regime SAA officers for their role in the August 2013 Sarin attack on Eastern Ghouta:

- Brig. Gen. Adnan Aboud Hilweh
- Maj. Gen. Ghassan Ahmed Ghannam
- Maj. Gen. Jawdat Saleebi Mawas

It's been 12 weeks since #AlQaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in #Kabul , #Afghanistan .

His successor has yet to be named.

It took AQ 6 weeks to ID #Zawahiri as #BinLaden 's successor (though his No.2 status was much clearer).

They’ll just never get it, will they…

#Ukraine #Russia

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A new investigation has revealed ~50% of United Nations procurement through #Damascus was done through actors with a 'very high' or 'high' risk of links to #Assad crimes.

25% went through sanctioned pro- #Assad entities.

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#HTS has also allegedly retained control of the al-Hamran crossing with #SDF areas.

On Oct 19, the Salvation Government announced a new licensing system for fuel import & sale -- a move almost certainly responding to a new fuel market (a vital income) channeled thru al-Hamran.

#Turkey 's intervention in #Afrin has led to #HTS 's complete military withdrawal -- but locals allege it has retained a smaller presence under the guise of allied #SNA groups.

Once #HTS crossed the 'line', this was always going to be the outcome.

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WHO's covid response was arguably the UN's most egregious failure in Syria, to date.

It may also have had the greatest human toll, though we’ll never know for lack of data. Indeed, WHO continues to broadcast these absurd figures--which Damascus used to deny the crisis' severity

TOMORROW -- 10am EST.

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A new investigation has revealed ~50% of United Nations procurement through #Damascus was done through actors with a 'very high' or 'high' risk of links to #Assad crimes.

25% went through sanctioned pro- #Assad entities.

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NEW -- daytime #Israel airstrikes in the #Damascus area right now.

#Syria

“We’re in a climate catastrophe…”

And the answer to that very real global crisis is, apparently — to throw mashed potatoes on a #Monet painting.

Completely baffling.

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Boris Johnson made no secret of the fact that he expected to be called back as PM -- he said so in his resignation speech, albeit cryptically in his allusion to Cincinnatus.

Nobody took that seriously 6 weeks ago, but...

Remarkable -- not sure anyone will be taking #Russia 's 'accidental missile release' excuse here.

Calm heads clearly prevailed, but #Moscow 's brinkmanship needs calling out.

More progress on the #DetaineeDilemma , as #France repatriates a further 40 kids & 15 women from NE #Syria .

That's on top of the 35 kids & 16 women repatriated in July.

We're in a good place in terms of momentum -- now it needs to be sustained & the process made more efficient.