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International Relations & History, focused on conflicts in MENA & Europe, secessionist movements, & politics. Maps, news, & travel junkie. Repost/♥/follow ≠ endorsement

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Amy Acton, Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate, was attacked at a campaign event; multiple people reportedly injured
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Amy Acton attacked at campaign event near Youngstown; multiple people reportedly injured
Amy Acton was reportedly attacked at a campaign event near Youngstown on Sunday.
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Syria Notes @syrianotes.org · 11/05/2026
Israeli mortar shelling targets vicinity of Taranja village and surrounding farmland, Quneitra, Syria. Coincides with establishment of Israeli checkpoint at Jubata al-Khashab, northern Quneitra, with about 20 soldiers, several military vehicles. — Enab Baladi english.enabbaladi.net/archives/202...
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Israeli Army Shells Taranja in Quneitra - Enab Baladi
The Israeli army targeted the vicinity of Taranja village in Quneitra countryside (southwestern Syria) and the surrounding farmland with more […]
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Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
CENTCOM told me Iran keeps hitting their high-value assets so I asked how many they have and they said they just go to the Pentagon and get new ones afterwards so I said it sounds like they're just feeding high-value assets to the Iranians and then INDOPACOM started crying
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Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Originally launched in 1962, the CIA’s World Factbook is no longer available. The World Factbook was one of the CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, serving as a longstanding, one-stop reference on countries and communities worldwide.
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Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell - CIA
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Iranian authorities deployed military-grade electronic equipment to disrupt Starlink satellite internet services during last week’s communications blackout, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Geolocation of fire at Karaj Municipality District 5. 35.820768, 50.947217 32/
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Syria Notes @syrianotes.org · 08/01/2026
Aleppo conflict map by Levant24 showing today’s advances by Syrian government forces in the city. x.com/i/status/200...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
(Semafor) - The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops .. @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
“We’re going to be very strongly involved in it,” Trump says about the future of Venezuela’s oil industry on Fox News
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 17/12/2025
Behold: the first-ever list of news outlets that have banned generative AI in their reporting. As of today, this is literally information that you cannot find on Google. My goal is to fill the starter pack, so please send over suggestions with supporting evidence! go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT
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Hari/ഹരി/हरि/هري @hariprasad.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Interesting results from (from my knowledge) the first comprehensive survey done in post-Assad Syria. www.foreignaffairs.com/syria/what-s...
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What Syrians Want
New survey data shows the promises and perils facing the country’s new government.
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 04/11/2025
European Commission: Ukraine makes moderate progress in freedom of speech – Enlargement Package #Ukraine
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European Commission: Ukraine makes moderate progress in freedom of speech – Enlargement Package
The European Commission, in its annual report Enlargement Package, which was published on Tuesday in Brussels, states that Ukraine is between a certain and moderate level of preparation regarding freedom of speech.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20/10/2025
⚡️ Gen. Drapatyi to head new task force amid Ukraine’s military controversial corps reorganization. The announcement comes amid long-documented tension between Syrksyi and the 42-year-old Drapatyi, one of Ukraine's most highly-regarded generals.
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Gen. Drapatyi to head new task force amid Ukraine’s military controversial corps reorganization
The announcement comes amid long-documented tension between Syrksyi and the 42-year-old Drapatyi, one of Ukraine's most highly-regarded generals.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 17/10/2025
⚡️Hungary says Putin has nothing to fear from the ICC warrant if he comes to Budapest for the summit with Trump. FM Péter Szijjártó said Hungary will “respectfully welcome" Putin.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 08/09/2025
⚡️Estonia summons top Russian diplomat after helicopter violates Estonian airspace. Estonia summoned the Russian charge d’affaires at Moscow's embassy in Tallinn on Sept. 8 after a Russian MI-8 helicopter violated Estonian airspace over the Baltic Sea, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said on X.
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Estonia summons top Russian diplomat after helicopter violates Estonian airspace
The incident, which Tsahkna said was the third of its kind in 2025, occurred near Vaindloo Island, located approximately 28 km north of Estonia's mainland in the Gulf of Finland.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 06/09/2025
⚡️ Ukraine detains fugitive lawmaker suspected of collaboration with Russia. The Kyiv Independent's law enforcement source identified the suspect as Fedir Khrystenko, a 41-year-old lawmaker and a former member of the now-banned pro-Russian party, Opposition Platform — For Life.
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Ukraine detains fugitive lawmaker suspected of collaboration with Russia
The Kyiv Independent's law enforcement source identified the suspect as Fedir Khrystenko, a 41-year-old lawmaker and a former member of the now-banned pro-Russian party, Opposition Platform — For Life...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 25/08/2025
⚡️Norway pledges $8.5 billion in aid to Ukraine in 2026. The move underscores Norway’s growing role in supporting Ukraine’s defense as Western partners move closer to finalizing security guarantees amid a push to organize a high-level meeting between Kyiv and Moscow.
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Norway pledges $8.5 billion in aid to Ukraine in 2026
The move underscores Norway’s growing role in supporting Ukraine’s defense as Western partners move closer to finalizing security guarantees amid a push to organize a high-level meeting between Kyiv and Moscow.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 08/08/2025
⚡️ Romania suspects Russian sabotage behind Azeri crude oil contamination, Romanian media reports.
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Romania reportedly suspects Russian sabotage behind Azeri crude oil contamination
The crude mixed with organic chloride, which was transported through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey, could have seriously corroded infrastructure at OMV Petrom’s Petrobrazi refinery, potentially trig...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/07/2025
Tsunami alert issued for Pacfiic islands after magnitude-8 earthquake
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Tsunami alert issued for Pacfiic islands after magnitude-8 earthquake
Hazardous waves from strong magnitude 8 quake are possible on the coast of Russia and Japan, USGS says A tsunami alert has been issued for Pacific islands, Russia and Japan after a magnitude 8 earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey says. The quake was shallow and strong enough to cause waves or a tsunami, it said. Continue reading...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 25/07/2025
⚡️Update: Ukrainians take to streets for 4th day as Zelensky backtracks on anti-corruption law. Ukrainians on July 25 joined mass protests for the fourth day in a row, calling on the government to restore independence to the country's anti-corruption agencies.
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Ukrainians take to streets for 4th day as Zelensky backtracks on anti-corruption law
Ukrainians on July 25 participated in mass protests against a controversial new law impacting anti-corruption agencies for the fourth day in a row. President Zelensky earlier addressed criticism of th...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 22/07/2025
⚡️BREAKING: Zelensky signs law destroying independence of Ukraine's key anti-corruption bodies. President Zelensky approved the law on July 22 despite large-scale protests against the law, which critics say undermines years of pro-democracy reforms.
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UPDATE: Zelensky signs law destroying independence of Ukraine's key anti-corruption bodies
President Volodymyr Zelensky approved the law on July 22 despite large-scale protests against the law, which critics say undermines years of pro-democracy reforms.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 22/07/2025
⚡️ Update: NABU head asks Zelensky to veto bill destroying independence of anti-corruption agencies. NABU chief Semen Kryvonos warned that the bill recently passed by the parliament threatens Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration efforts.
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BREAKING: Ukraine's parliament passes bill destroying independence of key anti-corruption bodies
The legislation grants the prosecutor general new powers over investigations led by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and cases led by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's ...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 17/07/2025
⚡️Slovakia agrees to approve EU's 18th sanctions package against Russia, Fico says. Slovakia is ready to approve the EU's 18th sanctions package against Russia after vetoing the measure six times, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on July 17.
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Slovakia agrees to approve EU's 18th sanctions package against Russia, Fico says
All negotiating options have been exhausted for now, and continuing our blocking position would now endanger our interests," Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 08/07/2025
⚡️Ukraine's ambassador to US will be replaced, foreign minister confirms. "She is extremely effective and charismatic, but surely every diplomat has a rotation cycle," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said of Ambassador Oksana Markarova.
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Ukraine's ambassador to US will be replaced, foreign minister confirms
"She is extremely effective and charismatic, but surely every diplomat has a rotation cycle," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said of Ambassador Oksana Markarova.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 08/07/2025
⚡️EU to impose 'toughest' sanctions on Russia in coordination with US senators, French foreign minister says.
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EU to impose 'toughest' sanctions on Russia in coordination with US senators, French foreign minister says
"This (war) cannot continue; it must stop. To achieve this, in coordination with American senators, Europe is preparing to introduce, based on French proposals, the toughest sanctions we have imposed ...
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 04/07/2025
After yesterday’s phone call with Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump said he believes the Russian leader has no intention of ending the war in Ukraine. “I’m very disappointed,” Trump told reporters. meduza.io/en/news/2025...
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Trump says he made ‘no progress’ with Putin on ending the war in latest call — Meduza
U.S. President Donald Trump said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin has no intention of ending the war in Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing Trump’s remarks.
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✨🌯 jamie @glitterburrito.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Eric Andre Show meme, “now is the time for peace”
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 16/06/2025
BREAKING Loud explosions rang out in Jerusalem early Monday, an AFP journalist heard. It came shortly after Israel's army warned of a new missile salvo from Iran and advised the public to take cover until further notice
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The Israeli government doesn't care about what happens to Iran once the IRGC threat is neutralised by shattering the Iranian state. Netanyahu probably views postwar Iran as a problem for US, China and the EU to fix. This is not a repeat of American wars in the region. It's much worse.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Russia’s newly created gulag system for Ukrainian children. A Canadian-funded Hala Systems company has mapped 136 Russian concentration camps holding abducted Ukrainian children. Some are over 3,000 km from Ukraine—in Siberia. The children are required to participate in regular military drills.
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Satellite data shed light on Russia’s modern-day gulags for Ukrainian children
A Canadian-funded effort is tracking the movements of Ukrainian children taken during wartime
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Anna Nagurney @annanagurney.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Thanks to @us.theconversation.com for publishing well-researched, very informative articles such as this one theconversation.com/russias-inva...
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Russia’s invasion united different parts of Ukraine against a common enemy – 3 years on, that unanimity still holds
Ukraine has a sizable minority of Russian speakers, largely in the east. They also overwhelmingly blame Russia for hostilities.
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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 06/05/2025
Putin ordered the ceasefire from midnight on May 8 through May 11 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
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Moscow Says It Will Honor Victory Day Ceasefire Despite Ukraine’s Rejection - The Moscow Times
The Kremlin said Tuesday it still plans to honor a 72-hour ceasefire unilaterally proposed by President Vladimir Putin during this week’s Victory Day celebrations, despite Ukraine’s rejection of the t...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 18/04/2025
⚡️Kremlin spokesman claims 'progress' in peace talks but says energy ceasefire period has expired. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the one-month period for a ban on energy infrastructure strikes had expired. kyivindependent.com/kremlin-talk...
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Kremlin spokesman claims 'progress' in peace talks but says energy ceasefire period has expired
"There are already some developments, but, of course, there are still many complicated discussions ahead," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
In fact, it is offensively ridiculous to think that any but a handful of people disappeared by ICE will be able to file habeas corpus, because it relies on them having informed families with connections to available knowledgeable lawyers with time and resources to act instantly.
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Rapporteur @euractiv.com · 03/04/2025
Berlin seeks to detach from US as an energy supplier
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Berlin seeks to detach from US as an energy supplier
German politicians of all parties still think setting up 4 LNG terminals mostly supplied by the US was the right decision.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Btw, because I see a ton of people claiming that there's no trade w Ru at all because of the sanctions. This isn't true. In 2024, there were 3.5bln of trade w Ru. I bet there are many tariffed countries that do less trade w the US. ustr.gov/countries-re...
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Russia
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I can’t compete with this
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
PLA announces another exercise around Taiwan titled "Strait Thunder-2025A."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The "fake news" dodge is always pretty weak, but especially after a White House spokesman went on the record saying it was real.
WH NSC spokesman says it "appears to be authentic"
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The Turkish Post @turkishpostnet.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
#SONDAKİKA Çağlayan Adliyesi'nde tansiyon yükseldi CHP'li vekiller ile polis arasında arbede çıktı; vekiller barikatları aşmaya çalışıyor. #imamoğlu #gözaltı
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T24 @t24.com.tr · 23/03/2025
📢 Çağlayan Adliyesi'nde CHP'li vekiller ile polis arasında arbede çıktı; vekiller barikatları aşmaya çalışıyor
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gbaznik.bsky.social @gbaznik.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history
Risking discovery and even prison, teenage readers meet in secret to discuss texts that Putin’s troops are trying to erase
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 16/03/2025
Czech minister urges EU response in wake of Trump cuts to Radio Free Europe
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Czech minister urges EU response in wake of Trump cuts to Radio Free Europe
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andrii Yermak: "The main achievements, the results of today's meeting are the immediate resumption of American assistance and intelligence sharing.We also discussed all the issues related to the process of ending the war,ending the war by a just peace
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21/02/2025
BREAKING: The Associated Press sues three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events, citing the First Amendment.
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AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech
The Associated Press is suing three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events.
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WIRED @wired.com · 19/02/2025
SCOOP: The director of data science and engineering for the United States Digital Service—which Elon Musk rebranded as the US DOGE Service—has resigned from her position. “I do not believe that DOGE can continue to deliver the work of USDS, based on their actions so far,” she said.
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USDS Engineering Director Resigns: ‘This Is Not the Mission I Came to Serve’
“I do not believe that DOGE can continue to deliver the work of USDS, based on their actions so far,” wrote Anne Marshall in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday.
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