Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا

Former Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of State. America First 🇺🇲

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

@CptCrunchTime 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

Another example of why we can't have a normal conversation with the Iranians.

"In Iranian culture, taarof is a complex etiquette of offering and refusing that can confuse outsiders. Diplomatically, it often appears as exaggerated civility: an Iranian official may initially decline an offer several times or couch demands in elaborate flattery. What Vance witnessed, Tehran denying talks while simultaneously describing them in detail, is textbook taarof."

https://t.co/B4n5gMDYtP

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

@CptCrunchTime "gbt" with a b?
you must be Palestinian 🤣

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

@CptCrunchTime Huh?!

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

The newly established 'Supreme Fatwa Council' in #Syria has established that it is "acceptable and encouraged to kill dogs that have solid black coats" according to an Islamic Hadith.

WTF did black dogs ever do to you??? Not to mention that solid black dogs (such as labs, retrievers, and Scottish terries) are considered some of the most gentle breeds.

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

@JohnEdgarCarter @DavidS_Liberdad Not sure how much of that continuous courtesy I can personally handle while trying to have direct and very technical conversation in a finite amount of time.

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

@DavidS_Liberdad @JohnEdgarCarter It is the age-old east vs west mentality.

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

@JohnEdgarCarter @DavidS_Liberdad Again, and as I tried to explain above, the challenge is differentiating between what's courteous and what's real. It is incredibly tiring to try to have a serious conversation with someone predisposed to altering truths for no purpose besides following social norms.

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

@JohnEdgarCarter @DavidS_Liberdad Yet this is not an exclusive politician behavior, it is a national cultural norm in Iran. The attitude will exist even when the Iranian negotiators are not actively trying to spin or obfuscate. Do you see the issue?

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

@foxesinfiction Is that Mamdani's flag? 😏

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

@realazadeh Y'all are so weird 😂

[اندبندنت عربية @IndyArabia]

235 نائبًا ضد تقييد سلطة ترمب.. ماذا يكشف تصويت الكونغرس بشأن لبنان؟

https://t.co/ZWMEYsC7rL

#نكمن_في_التفاصيل | @alghabra

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

@zweilicht1985 This was inevitable, but I wish there was a clear policy and publicly-advertised aid programs to support such endeavors.

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

Over a year and a half ago I advised the Syrian government through multiple televised interviews to support foreign fighters' transition to civilian life through small businesses where they can introduce their foreign cuisines and crafts to the Syrian market. It looks like they are finally taking the advice with Abu Dujana, one of the most prominent foreign fighters in Syria, opening his restaurant in the city of Idlib.

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

@JournalismPopal @Syria_Strategy Enthused! Thank you for asking.

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

@jcdentonfm @Syria_Strategy No, I believe that they fought in a war that ended 18 months ago.

[i24NEWS English @i24NEWS_EN]

'The Syrian government needs to understand that this is a problem that needs to be addressed and ignoring it isn't going to make it any better'

@alghabra with @Nicole_Zedeck on #MiddleEastNow

👇For more news and updates👇
https://t.co/oKbH99n6bm

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A generic photo of an Iraqi politician

[Hazem Alghabra - حازم الغبرا @alghabra]

@Osint613 @CarolineGlick These are some weird looking cameras 🤣