Omar Sabbour

Egyptian analyst, with a focus in particular on Arab Spring countries and Syria. Published in the Guardian, New Statesman, AJE, MEE, New Arab, amongst others.

[Omar Sabbour @OmarSabbour]

So, two years ago I lost all of my posts and followers after I deactivated my Twitter account and didn't know there was a time limit to reactivate it. So starting from scratch.

[Qalaat Al Mudiq @QalaatAlMudiq]

The kind of "freedom" provided by Hezbollah while starving children in Zabadani & Madaya (#Syria, 2016).

[Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz2]

More out-of-control jihadism in ISIS-run Damascus.

[Omar Sabbour @OmarSabbour]

Indeed, US connection considering machinery, weapons, alliance vs ISIS at the time, and even salaries via Baghdad, was one of most under-covered subjects in the war. I tried to raise this with parliamentarians and wrote about it here, with little success.
https://t.co/ppIKIJKqz5

[Qalaat Al Mudiq @QalaatAlMudiq]

Hard to forget the thousands of Shiite Iraqi fighters - describing themselves as jihadists - who poured into #Syria either.

Alongside other #IRGC-affiliated groups, they formed the bulk of pro-Regime forces in #Aleppo province during the offensives that followed the Russian intervention in 2015–2016.

[Omar Sabbour @OmarSabbour]

@QalaatAlMudiq Indeed, US connection considering machinery, weapons, alliance vs ISIS at the time, and even salaries via Baghdad, was one of most under-covered subjects in the war. I tried to raise this with parliamentarians and wrote about it here, with little success.
https://t.co/ppIKIJKqz5

[Omar Sabbour @OmarSabbour]

There are a lot of stupid takes out there, but the idea that the US chose to support Assad collaborators (in the PYD/YPG, and explicit and declared allies in the PKK) instead of his enemies against ISIS as a way to undermine him I think wins the prize.

[Sermal @sermal_]

The PYD chapter is closed...

Support from the US to PYD was entirely aimed at destroying Assad's Syria. It was about depriving Assad of natural resources and grain. Once this was achieved, the PYD's existence became unnecessary. Furthermore...

[عبدالقادر محمد لهيب @abdalkaderlhep2]

أحمد شاب ثائر من بلدة مسكنة بريف حلب، اعتقلته عصابات الأسد في فرع فلسطين، وأُبعد عن عائلته لعشر سنوات.
اليوم بعد دخول أبطال الجيش العربي السوري إلى ريف حلب يلتم شمل أحمد بأهله.
النصر ليس أرضاً فقط.. النصر عودة قلب إلى مكانه.

[Janty @CFC_Janty]

Doing this in a match with such high stakes in the last minutes of the game especially after what happened is insane

Brahim Diaz….

[niran @TheOfficialFNG]

morocco's manager catching brahim diaz 0.6 seconds after he got subbed off

[AHMAD @Axma321]

@Charles_Lister Most of Assad’s/IRGC remnants and officers are now in SDF-held areas or among the armed militias loyal to Al-Hijri in Sweida

[Charles Lister @Charles_Lister]

Here’s #Assad regime 4th Division commander Brigadier General Jihad Ghoutani, at the helm of #Suwayda’s “National Guard.”

More than half of the guard’s leadership are former #Assad regime officers — many linked to military intelligence & the #Iran-backed 4th Division.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

'After being quite comfortable with al-Assad’s tyranny for decades, Israel now fears what Syrian democracy could do and is bent on sabotaging it.'

— #AJOpinion by @OmarSabbour⤵️ https://t.co/B0y9iAXgGA

[Weddady @weddady]

I'd phrase this differently: if the Syrian transition collapsed into a renewed civil war, no mea culpas would be forthcoming from either France & Germany on how their policy facilitated that. The same EU diplomats would pin the blame squarely on Syrians.

[Rasha Al Aqeedi @RashaAlAqeedi]

I know some of you clowns are shouting "US regime change" but this should be enough to prove otherwise. In contrast, 13 years of economic sanctions were lifted on Iraq one week after the regime fell; a real US regime change.

[Omar Sabbour @OmarSabbour]

وها هو الشرع يتلقى اول دروس السياسة

وزيرة خارجية المانيا الملطخة يدها بدماع الفلسطنين تقول ان بلادها لن تقبل بحكم الاسلاميين

ساوم ومثل ما خذرنا، رأوا ضعف واهانوه

هذه نتيجة من يبدد من هيبة الثورة ويهرول للخصوم بخطاب ساذج فلا يقدروا قيمة عمل العلاقات

يجب تصحيح المسار سريعا

[قتيبة ياسين @k7ybnd99]

التلفزيون الإيراني الرسمي: يجب أن نتحالف مع الولايات المتحدة ضد الثوار السوريين كما فعلنا في العراق من خلال دعم قوات قسد

[الرقة تذبح بصمت @Raqqa_SL]

#SDF militia has arrested over 100 people since last week in #Raqqa city.

#Syria

[Gregory Brew @gbrew24]

So a very rough breakdown of what happened with Syria.

1) Assad had been backing away from Iran for years, he talked to Israeli, he (maybe) leaked info on IRGC ops but also his regime had been deeply penetrated by Israeli intelligence. Tehran knew this and was mad about it.

[Omar Sabbour @OmarSabbour]

@NewNn5863294773 @Ahmadmuaffaq ثاني اكرر مش ده محور الموضوع وانتقاد تصريح المحافظ منطلق من انه لا يصح لا اخلاقيا من منطلق ثوري ولا حتى عمليا من مفهوم الدولة تبني خطاب بقمة المهانة دي تجاه عدو بيسرق اراضي الدولة وبيقول على حكومتها ارهابية ودمر كامل الاسطول العسكري. علشان ابقى دغري معاك دي مصيبة بكل معنى الكلمة