Martin Zabel

Arabistik (Leipzig), Islamic Studies (FU Berlin) (Süd)Osteuropa (HU Berlin) -- lecturer Posts+Re+Favs≠endorsement

[Martin Zabel @Martin_Zabel]

#Publication: Für die @jesiden_stelle habe ich einen kleinen Überblick zu jesidischem Leben in Georgien verfasst. https://t.co/cD3GURQXv9

[Martin Zabel @Martin_Zabel]

Über Motivation und Identität von Rebellen in #Syrien

[Nafees Hamid, PhD @NafeesHamid]

Who are the "Syrian rebels"?

We have been surveying and interviewing them right up until the day of the offensive.

+100s of psychometric surveys/in-depth interviews
The most up-to-date database on rebel motivations, identity, willingness to fight, etc

Here's what we know 🧵

[Martin Zabel @Martin_Zabel]

@BosnjoBoy Starts at Bab al-Hawa border crossing even. Sounds like a good business model

[Martin Zabel @Martin_Zabel]

@easternill @E_of_Justice @SchoenbornTrent Found it and I believe it was the campaign when the regime invited an IS pocket to expand (Wilaya Homs?) to directly engage with HTS + TTiP + others. While Daula had an (in)official airforce

[Martin Zabel @Martin_Zabel]

@easternill @E_of_Justice @SchoenbornTrent The stiff fighting for Abu ad-Duhur and Abu Dali comes to my mind, like 2017/18ish!? Remember it is as some very close coordination between many groups.

[Martin Zabel @Martin_Zabel]

It should be kept in mind while wondering about (video) scenes from #Aleppo or elsewhere in #Syria that allegedly show fighters throwing #Palestine flags to the floor kicking and spitting at it. If one carefully checks one notices a smaller #triangle - the #Baath party flag.

[Martin Zabel @Martin_Zabel]

Travelling through #Syria (2008) I wondered about the immense amount of #Palestine flags only to learn that this specific variation actually is the symbol of the #Baath party, adopted in 1937. Only the ratio of the red triangle distinguishes the two flags from each other.

[Martin Zabel @Martin_Zabel]

s article and other available sources as https://t.co/WaqxAKGnB0:DR #HTS is far from being a non-state actor that a majority of people from the outside can agree with but allegations of being AQ or even IS(IS) lack any available evidence. Go check@p_vanostaeyenand@ToreRHamming

[Martin Zabel @Martin_Zabel]

THREAD: Armed opposition factions in #Syria make historical gains and many whom are new to the topic wonder about the #rebel's (#HTS) alleged affiliation with #Alqaeda. Having studied these groups, ideologies and counterstrategies for 14 years, I want to provide important details

[Martin Zabel @Martin_Zabel]

While reaching out to religious minorities and protecting their communities, something many similiar-minded groups disagree with, to say the least. One could or should conclude that HTS has long broken ties with Al Qaida and formed their own ideological framework.