Ali

Have a soft spot for teams with black and white colours @fulhamfc @besiktas.

[Ali @ali23260]

@LiamFox How is it the right result when Senegal won on the pitch?

The referee allowed Senegal back on the pitch and Morocco happily continued the game. The match concluded in a natural manner.

[Ambassador Tom Barrack @USAMBTurkiye]

The greatest opportunity for the Kurds in Syria right now lies in the post-Assad transition under the new government led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa. This moment offers a pathway to full integration into a unified Syrian state with citizenship rights, cultural protections, and political participation— long denied under Bashar al-Assad’s regime, where many Kurds faced statelessness, language restrictions, and systemic discrimination.

Historically, the US military presence in northeastern Syria was justified primarily as a counter-ISIS partnership. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), led by Kurds, proved the most effective ground partner in defeating ISIS’s territorial caliphate by 2019, detaining thousands of ISIS fighters and family members in prisons and camps like al-Hol and al-Shaddadi. At that time, there was no functioning central Syrian state to partner with—the Assad regime was weakened, contested, and not a viable partner against ISIS due to its alliances with Iran and Russia.

Today, the situation has fundamentally changed. Syria now has an acknowledged central government that has joined the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS (as its 90th member in late 2025), signaling a westward pivot and cooperation with the US on counterterrorism. This shifts the rationale for the US-SDF partnership: the original purpose of the SDF as the primary anti-ISIS force on the ground has largely expired, as Damascus is now both willing and positioned to take over security responsibilities, including control of ISIS detention facilities and camps.

Recent developments show the US actively facilitating this transition, rather than prolonging a separate SDF role:

• We have engaged extensively with the Syrian Government and SDF leadership to secure an integration agreement, signed on January 18, and to set a clear pathway for timely and peaceful implementation.

• The deal integrates SDF fighters into the national military (as individuals, which remains among the most contentious issues), hand over key infrastructure (oil fields, dams, border crossings), and cede control of ISIS prisons and camps to Damascus.

• The US has no interest in long-term military presence; it prioritizes defeating ISIS remnants, supporting reconciliation, and advancing national unity without endorsing separatism or federalism.

This creates a unique window for the Kurds: integration into the new Syrian state offers full citizenship rights (including for those previously stateless), recognition as an integral part of Syria, constitutional protections for Kurdish language and culture (e.g., teaching in Kurdish, celebrating Nawruz as a national holiday), and participation in governance—far beyond the semi-autonomy the SDF held amid civil war chaos.

While risks remain (e.g., fragile ceasefires, occasional clashes, concerns over hardliners, or the desire of some actors to relitigate past grievances), the United States is pushing for safeguards on Kurdish rights and counter-ISIS cooperation. The alternative—prolonged separation—could invite instability or ISIS resurgence. This integration, backed by US diplomacy, represents the strongest chance yet for Kurds to secure enduring rights and security within a recognized Syrian nation-state.

In Syria, the United States is focused on: 1) ensuring the security of prison facilities holding ISIS prisoners, currently guarded by the SDF; and 2) facilitating talks between the SDF and the Syrian Government to allow for the peaceful integration of the SDF and the political inclusion of Syria’s Kurdish population into a historic full Syrian citizenship.

[Ali @ali23260]

@DannBarfield Have responded

[Ali @ali23260]

@DannBarfield @fulham_spares Is this still available? I can’t seem to DM you.

[Ali @ali23260]

@Bob_cart124 Hurt feelings? Come on now, stop milking it Robert. The venue’s explanation is totally reasonable. It’s a cafe in London, not a venue that can accommodate hundreds of worshippers.

[Sohrab Ahmari 🇺🇸 @SohrabAhmari]

UK: Let Alaa go! He’s in jail for speaking out on social media!

EGYPT: Yeah, but, like, have you seen his posts?

UK: A champion of freedom—

EGYPT: He threatens to slice a writer’s throat and torture mothers.

UK: He’s a British citizen.

EGYPT: Yeah, but only as of yesterday…

UK: No tourism unless you release this precious soul.

EGYPT: 🙄 … OK, he’s all yours.

UK: He tweeted WHAT?

[Salman Anwar @_SalmanAnwar]

The idea of a *British* organisation telling off Muslims for 'getting involved in Christmas' is so grim

This kind of zealotry should have no place in Britain

[Ali @ali23260]

@snarwani Ah yes, because gassing people and blowing them up with barrel bombs is the same as your brother having a commercial office. Is this the best “The Cradle” can come up with?

[Tom Slater @Tom_Slater_]

The Greens — soft on grooming gangs, tough on people talking about grooming gangs

The moral depravity of the modern ‘left’ summed up:

[UK Special Representative for Syria @UKSyriaRep]

Congratulations to the people of Syria on this historic anniversary. Honoured to be here in Damascus to celebrate with you 🇬🇧🇸🇾🎉

[Ali @ali23260]

@thesquale Still available?

[Ali @ali23260]

@efp23 Any available?

[Ali @ali23260]

@Swollie98 @Fulham Hi, are these still available?

[Ali @ali23260]

@StuartShearing1 Hi, is this still available?

[Ali @ali23260]

@Beagle_MH Hi, is this still available? I can’t seem to DM you.

[Ali @ali23260]

@JohnGar27274771 @WhiteNoise1879 @urghbusani @SG__FFC @fulham_spares Hi, is this still available?

[Narinder Singh @NSP55]

Wild.

A UK account is fuming that women in Pakistan are wearing dresses, and daring to appear to have a good time.

Wild, but also a little worrying.

[Ali @ali23260]

@sssonnyffc @fulham_spares @WhiteNoise1879 Is this still available?

[Ali @ali23260]

@finn_ffc @fulham_spares @WhiteNoise1879 Still available?

[Ali @ali23260]

Any spares for Sunderland game could you let me know please. I need 2 adult tickets - thanks! @fulham_spares