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Ali Hashem علي هاشم

@alihashem.bsky.social
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🇱🇧|🇸🇱 @AJEnglish | Founder @darhashembooks & @aljadahmedia | bylines @AlMonitor @AmwajMedia @foreignpolicy| MA Politics & IR (#Iran) @RoyalHolloway

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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Japan Reaches a Unique Milestone, With More Than 100,000 People Aged 100 or Over www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/w...
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Japan Reaches a Unique Milestone, With More Than 100,000 People Aged 100 or Over
Tetsuo Sato is one of 100,000 Japanese who are now over 100 years old. He plans on celebrating his 107th birthday at a hot springs hotel.
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Iranian official source just told me: Nothing could be said as 'finalized' with a team that has no fixed professional or moral frame, is whimsical, changes its demands constantly.
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fluxt [née fluxed] @fluxt.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A few minutes ago, from @alihashem.bsky.social of @aljazeera.com:
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Victor Silverman @victorsilverman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The US and Iran may be closer to an agreement but it is far from a done deal and it likely will defer or not address the most difficult issues--including nuclear program, control over Hormuz, Lebanon, Hamas. @alihashem.bsky.social has some good reporting on it. amwaj.media/en/article/i...
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Interesting to see president Trump announcing (well he’s done that at least 50 times in the last 25 days) that his war on Iran has been won and Iran completely defeated, and they aren’t capable of launching missiles,
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
My latest for @foreignpolicy.com : “Iran Is Becoming America’s Ukraine - The shift to an attritional war focused on energy infrastructure risks becoming a quagmire.” foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/23/i...
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Iran Is Becoming America’s Ukraine
The shift to an attritional war focused on energy infrastructure risks becoming a quagmire.
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
NEW: Netanyahu embraced a Mossad plan to ignite a regime change uprising in Iran for a quick victory. He used it to help convince Trump to start the war — despite doubts among some senior US and Israeli officials. It was a critical flaw in war plans. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/u...
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Israel Thought It Could Spur Rebellion Inside Iran. That Hasn’t Happened.
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Every additional day, Trump narrows his own room for an off-ramp. This war is a dead end, with clear potential to expand. You cannot erase a country of more than 90 million people, spread across nearly 1.6 million km², with thousands of years of history, from an aircraft carrier.
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Week 3 of the war… where are we really? ⚠️ This is no longer just a military confrontation ⚡ It is now an energy war shaping global risk The Donald Trump administration faces a binary choice: 🔻 End the war without decisive results 🔺 Or escalate into full regional war
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Been here in Tehran for the past couple of days, here are a few observations. 📌 Striking contrast, despite the ongoing military confrontation, daily life largely continues. Shops, restaurants, and malls are open, clear shift from the paralyzed atmosphere of last year’s 12-day war.
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
In case you were asking. @alihashem.bsky.social in @foreignpolicy.com
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Iran Is Built to Withstand the Ayatollah's Assassination
The U.S. and Israeli militaries are targeting Iran’s leaders—but that may only strengthen the state.
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Maryam Jamshidi @msjamshidi.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Iran analysis from journalist @alihashem.bsky.social
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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · 16/12/2024
My latest for @foreignaffairs.com, on why Syrian rebels' previous, largely chaotic experiments in governance should make us concerned about a post-Assad Syria; but why, nonetheless, everyone now has an interest in seeing Syria's transition succeed: www.foreignaffairs.com/syria/how-ho...
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How to Hold Syria Together
In the wake of Assad’s fall, the biggest threat is chaos.
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Our latest piece, co-authored by Mohammed Shabani and me, explores Hezbollah, Iran, and the collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime. amwaj.media/article/insi...
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Inside story: Hezbollah, Iran and the downfall of Assad
The sudden downfall of Bashar Al-Assad has raised a number of questions about the thinking and roles of his supporters. First and foremost, Russia—the most powerful foreign ally of the Syrian governme...
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Couple of antitank guided missiles launched towards israeli tanks near Al-Bayada. Could be seen hitting their targets from afar.
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Massive Israeli airstrikes reduces a residential block in the heart of the capital to rubble. Reports of multiple casualties, with many still buried beneath the debris. This is no longer “negotiations under fire”, rather the spark that might ignite the collapse of the talks.
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Three Israeli airstrikes this morning in different areas inside Beirut’s southern suburbs
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Another building reduced to rubble by Israel. No rockets, no weapons, only homes filled with memories and the dreams of families striving for a better life.
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Elon Musk Met With Iran’s U.N. Ambassador in a session that two Iranian officials described as a discussion of how to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/w...
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Elon Musk Met With Iran’s U.N. Ambassador, Iranian Officials Say
The tech billionaire, a top adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, was reported to have discussed ways to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Elon Musk Met With Iran’s U.N. Ambassador in a session that two Iranian officials described as a discussion of how to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/w...
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Elon Musk Met With Iran’s U.N. Ambassador, Iranian Officials Say
The tech billionaire, a top adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, was reported to have discussed ways to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
The aftermath of this morning’s Israeli attack on Beirut’s southern suburb
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Bluesky adds 1 million users after US election as users ditch X aje.io/wf0som
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Bluesky adds 1 million users after US election as users ditch X
Micro-blogging site says it now has more than 15 million users, up from nine million in September.
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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · 05/11/2024
@alihashem.bsky.social for Aljadah on the historical evolution of Hizbullah's character and, in the wake of Israel's blows to the organization, its seeming reversion to something more modest and durable: aljadah.media/archives/79894
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ما بعد الذروة: حزب الله إلى سيرته الأولى  | الجادّة
في أدبيات ما قبل حرب "طوفان الأقصى"، كان حزب الله يعد أنصاره بدخول الجليل (المنطقة الحدودية بين جنوب لبنان وشمال فلسطين المحتلة). لم يكن ذلك وعدًا عابرًا لأهداف تعبويّة، بل ركناً أساسيًّا في تصوّرات ا...
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Tyre, AlHosh. Israeli airstrikes turn residential neighbourhoods to battlefields.
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Israeli media has released footage showing damage to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house, following the drone attack by Hezbollah. The drone is said to have detonated at his bedroom window, causing significant damage to both the garden and the interior of the residence.
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 05/08/2024
The story of Ismail Haniyeh’s last hours, the security breaches, the eyewitness account, the narratives, the aftermath, and the diplomatic efforts that don’t seem to be going anywhere. For Amwaj media, this coauthored by Mohammad Ali Shabani and yours truly. amwaj.media/article/excl...
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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · 12/06/2024
Not a knock on @alihashem.bsky.social's good article, but: I think a lot of people in Lebanon assume Israel won't launch a more open war because that would so clearly be a bad idea. But – particularly after the past half-year – why would we assume Israeli leaders will make good choices?
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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · 12/06/2024
@alihashem.bsky.social for @foreignpolicy.com on the Hizbullah-Israel state of play along the Blue Line: foreignpolicy.com/2024/06/12/i...
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Israel and Lebanon Won’t End Up at War
The fighting is intensifying—but neither side wants an all-out escalation.
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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · 02/04/2024
@alihashem.bsky.social and Amwaj.media's Mohammad Ali Shabani elaborate on significance of Israeli killing of IRGC commander in Damascus: amwaj.media/article/insi...
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Inside story: Israel declares war on Iran’s warrior-diplomats
Israel’s suspected bombing of what Iran describes as its diplomatic premises in Damascus, killing Mohammad Reza Zahedi—the top Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander in the Levant—is a maj...
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Ali Hashem علي هاشم @alihashem.bsky.social · 06/07/2023
Tweeting threads under bluesky… hello community.
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