anti-authoritarian advocate | syrian-circassian | currently @aei + m.a. @georgetowncss | contributor @centerclipaudio | alum @umich | #freesyriapico.link/kareemrifai dc • detroit • aleppoJoined June 2014
Between Assad sanctions being blocked in the Senate and the EU preparing to declare parts of Syria "safe" to return to, it's hard not feel hopeless.
It was just a few months ago that Assad dropped thermite on civilians.
No coverage, no outrage from the international community.
The Pentagon releases thousands of pages of public budget documentation each year.
China publishes a lone topline figure on their military budget through state media.
Analysis from AEI’s @MEaglen shows that China’s true military budget is over 3x what the CCP claims.
NEW @AEI report from @MEaglen:
“China's true military spending is $710.6 billion.
This calculation is 3x larger than Beijing's self-reported totals and several billion dollars higher than estimates from the US intelligence community.”aei.org/research-produ…
JUST RELEASED:
Research from AEI's @MEaglen estimates that China's true military spending is $710.6 billion.
This calculation is 3x larger than Beijing's self-reported totals and several billion dollars higher than estimates from the US intelligence community.
Last week, the White House and Senator Cardin, reportedly left out the Assad Regime Anti-Normalization Act from the recently negotiated and fast-tracked legislative package that was signed into law on April 24. Read our full statement here: bit.ly/3UfFIUm@joshrogin
Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi, an Iraqi online influencer, was gunned down in a targeted attack in central Baghdad.
Sawadi had just been released from prison, jailed by Iraq's increasingly Iran-influenced (and increasingly conservative) government for dancing on video with her son.
Moscow's second-most powerful man says the "Anglo-Saxon elites" are conspiring to steal Siberia to find refuge from the Yellowstone supervolcano.
Nikolai Patrushev's delusional beliefs about the West, from AEI's @AronRTTT.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
In 2022, Russian troops backed up security forces in Kazakhstan who were told to "shoot to kill" pro-democracy protesters.
238+ people were killed. 9,900+ were arrested. In the span of a week.
In 2022, Russian troops backed up security forces in Kazakhstan who were told to "shoot to kill" pro-democracy protesters.
238+ people were killed. 9,900+ were arrested. In the span of a week. https://t.co/Usro4WLjlO
Damage from a Ukrainian strike on Russia’s Kushchyovskaya air base is visible in new high resolution satellite imagery.
This site is more than 200 kilometers from the front line in Ukraine.
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