Zach Coles

Irregular warfare and Iranian proxy networks in Iraq and the Levant. All opinions are my own.

[Zach Coles @ZachPolicy]

Based on previous incidents, this is likely a Mohajer variant - older models were designed as ISR drones, but they can be retrofitted to carry munitions. (1/7)

[The Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post]

A foreign aircraft was intercepted by the Israeli military on Sunday evening after invading Israeli airspace from Syria, the IDF said on Sunday night.

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https://t.co/iCRgSrcxnx

[Elizabeth Tsurkov @LizHurra]

The Cradle is an Iranian-backed outlet with crypto wallets to receive donations linked to the IRGC. It was investigated because it was the first to publish details about my kidnapping - details known only to my kidnappers (Iranian-backed militia) would know. Hence, disregard anything they report.

[Julian Waller 📖 @JulianWaller]

I'm a broken record on this, but there's going to have to be clear signs of elite defection in 🇮🇷 before you can start using phrases like 'crumbling' or 'days are numbered.' Trust me, even indiscriminately shooting at mass protesters does not automatically lead to regime change.

[NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @NOELreports]

This isn’t just happening today. For days now, the IRGC, Basij and even non‑Iranian mercenary groups have been shooting at protesters with live ammunition. Footage and eyewitness reports show bullet casings scattered everywhere, for example in Tehran.

Thugs. No more, no less.

[Bahar | بهار @BGhandehari]

From Iran: “It’s been a war-zone in Shiraz for the past four nights. Don’t think there is nothing happening just because there are no videos.”

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

These photos being circulated online claiming to show the site of a Russian drone impact in Eastern Poland are not from tonight, and are instead from a previous drone impact in Poland.

[المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان @syriahr]

اشـ ـتـ ـبـ ـاكـ ـات في محيط القاعدة الجوية #الروسية بمطار #حميميم

[Laura Rozen @lrozen]

Grim Rubio comments on Syria: In fact, it is our assessment that, frankly, the transitional authority, given the challenges they're facing, are maybe weeks, ..months, away from potential collapse & a full scale Civil War of epic proportions, basically the country splitting up.

[Tammuz Intel @Tammuz_Intel]

Syrians must shed the lights on Iran-backed and Hezbollah militas War Crimes and Human Rights Violations in #Syria. It was not only Assad's regime...

[Abbie Fielding-Smith @AbbieFS]

This account of HTS officials asking Syrian state bureaucrats what their jobs are is just superb https://t.co/UfYLaJjQjn

[Sky News @SkyNews]

"Some of the detainees were so afraid to come out - they couldn't even remember their names."

@SkyYaldaHakim reports from Syria's Sednaya prison, where thousands of people were imprisoned during the Assad regime, and explains the conditions inside.

https://t.co/IZ3dt9FKDy

[Cᴀʟɪʙʀᴇ Oʙsᴄᴜʀᴀ @CalibreObscura]

Good Morning.

Congratulations to Syrians.

[Cᴀʟɪʙʀᴇ Oʙsᴄᴜʀᴀ @CalibreObscura]

The giraffe is khalas

[Zach Coles @ZachPolicy]

Life comes at you fast.

[Tammuz Intel @Tammuz_Intel]

The Syrian Arab Army Officially Surrendered.
#Syria

[Karim @Idlibie]

BREAKING: Reliable sources are claiming that @ThomasVLinge has been admitted to hospital after collapsing due to 7 days of sleep deprivation from the high demand of changing the Syria map of territorial control every 30 minutes on Microsoft Paint

[Aaron Y. Zelin @azelin]

There’s nothing liberal about the polity he’s built in Idlib. They may have built institutions, but it’s still authoritarian. And he’s literally a leader above the law because technically he has no official position in the Salvation Government.

[Zach Coles @ZachPolicy]

"Unfortunately, my team's current set of priorities preclude us from having the bandwidth to take on another project at this time."

[سكاي نيوز عربية-عاجل @SkyNewsArabia_B]

مصادر خاصة لسكاي نيوز عربية: روسيا أبلغت دمشق بأن أي تدخل لها سيكون محدودا وأن لديها أولويات أخرى في هذ التوقيت

[NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH @NPA_English]

Syrian govt forces retreat from key cities in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria, including Al-Bukamal & Al-Mayadin, as territorial losses escalate. Local sources confirm full withdrawal from Iranian-backed sites. #Syria #DeirEzzor #HTS #SyrianConflict

https://t.co/k6Ho2AxBpr

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

Assad's options are fast shrinking to Dubai, Moscow or a Quincy Institute fellowship.

[Cᴀʟɪʙʀᴇ Oʙsᴄᴜʀᴀ @CalibreObscura]

Starting to feel like the end of the beginning #Hama

[Phillip Smyth @PhillipSmyth]

I'll say this one more time--These groups were already inside of Syria. There was even a Fatemiyoun base overrun & videoed by HTS in Aleppo. Kata'ib Hizballah was one of the 1st Iraqi Shia militias on the ground in 2012.They do have rapid reaction units...
https://t.co/o5r65PYaiX