Issam Al Reis

Defector officer from Damascus. Currently military expert @ETANA_Syria

[Issam Al Reis @Issam_Alreis]

Real meaningful engagement is critically needed now. Statements are not enough. More high-level personal engagement is urgently needed from gov side with Druze leadership

[Issam Al Reis @Issam_Alreis]

Any sectarian language from either side pours fuel on the fire. This language reminds us of Assad exploiting the Druze-Bedouin conflict. The result was always bloodshed. Urgent effort is required now to deescalate inflammatory rhetoric

[Issam Al Reis @Issam_Alreis]

What’s happening now in Syria re #Jaramana is creating the perfect environment for actors who want to exploit this extremely fragile period during the post-Assad transition.

[Issam Al Reis @Issam_Alreis]

I spoke with @samdagher about the military reality in Syria: many armed groups that were supposed to dissolve and integrate into the new Ministry of Defense have largely retained their weapons.

https://t.co/mpALaXrdIx

[ETANA @ETANA_Syria]

MAP | Protest Density in South Syria

🔗 https://t.co/mzzXk3eFfk #Suwayda #Syria

[ETANA @ETANA_Syria]

The Syrian regime & #Hezbollah do not simply allow smuggling to happen—they are inextricably involved in the inner workings of cross-border narcotics networks

Our new study details regime involvement in drug supply chains: https://t.co/eSRSrEUMH4 #Syria

[ETANA @ETANA_Syria]

MEMO | #Assad & his allies have transformed #Syria into a narco-state. Normalization will not cap #Captagon

#ArabLeague

🔗 https://t.co/1tDCqRezCk

[ETANA @ETANA_Syria]

MAP | #Iran’s destabilizing influence within #Syria & across the region

https://t.co/iHHmiP5VuB

[ETANA @ETANA_Syria]

“#Syria offers a cautionary tale for what happens when #Russia not only wins the war but fashions the lens through which we see the peace: a template for its strategy in #Ukraine.”

@mccloskeybooks on Moscow’s myth-making in Syria and Ukraine: https://t.co/VeBknuQBJS

[Issam Al Reis @Issam_Alreis]

The reality of the relationship between #Syria’s minorities like Christians & the Free Syrian Army on the ground is very different from the regime’s narrative:

New video > https://t.co/kGniyoWYou

[Issam Al Reis @Issam_Alreis]

We reject the Russian Sochi conference as an attempt to circumvent Geneva & the political transition under UN auspices

#FSA #Syria

[Issam Al Reis @Issam_Alreis]

In liberated areas of #Daraa & #Quneitra #FSA forces are working hard to protect communities so local governance can flourish

[Issam Al Reis @Issam_Alreis]

#FSA in south #Syria is working hand in hand with communities to enable civil society & local governance to flourish
https://t.co/GXVGCTh4Lh

[FSA Platform @FSAPlatform]

"It is a system of #WarCrimes, a regime of terror that we are fighting to bring down."

Int'l Day of the Victims of #EnforcedDisappearances

[mohamad sabra @sabra_mohamad]

توضيح للجميع إن الجبهة الجنوبية تنفي وتدين مبادرة كلا من :
عصام زيتون وعناد سليمان وخالد الحسين وهؤلاء لا علاقة... https://t.co/qYq9DKDZY2

[Issam Al Reis @Issam_Alreis]

الرائد #عصام_الريس ينفي لـ #تطورات_جنيف ما تم تداوله على بعض وسائل الإعلام

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I categorically deny all false-reports circulating about a conference with Israel involving myself Maan Abdal Salam & Maj Abu Osama alJolani

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أنفي بشكل قطعي باسمي واسم الرائد أبو أسامة الجولاني والسيد معن عبد السلام كل ما تم تداوله عن تقرير لشبكة مراسل سوري حول مؤتمر مع إسرائيل