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Aymenn J Al-Tamimi

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Aymenn J Al-Tamimi

@ajaltamimi

Medieval Iberian history and contemporary Middle East from some guy living in rural Syria.

Syria

Joined November 2010

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Aymenn J Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi
Jan 12
My new book for Manchester University Press is out now! My English translation & study of Toledan archbishop Rodrigo Ximenez de Rada's 'Minor Histories', including his very important 'History of the Arabs', the first surviving Western study of Arab history
Manchester University Press - Rodrigo Ximenez de Rada's Minor Histories
From manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
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Aymenn J Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi
Dec 8, 2024
My friend who was being held in Saydnaya prison was found alive!!!!!! I cannot begin to describe my joy 😍😍😍😍
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Aymenn J Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi
May 11, 2024
The number of points Israel got in popular Eurovision vote suggests that a considerable amount of the passionate pro-Palestine sentiment on social media and in demonstrations is an echo chamber.
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Aymenn J Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi
Aug 14, 2021
New guest post on my site, which I know will come across as controversial. A person from originally Druze village of Qalb Lawze in north Idlib writes on Uyghur jihadists who have seized & occupied homes in his village, commiting abuses w/no accountability
Guest Post: The Uyghur Jihadist Scoundrels Occupying Homes in Qalb Lawze
From aymennjawad.org
Aymenn J Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi
Sep 21, 2021
مشروعي الجديد: ترجمتُ لأول مرة <<الحولية البيزنطية العربية>> من اللاتينية إلى العربية وكتبت مقدمة عامة وتعليقات. إن هذه الحولية مهمة جداً لأنها أبكر عمل لاتيني متبق يذكر إسم النبي محمد وهي من الأعمال الغربية الأولى التي توثق التأريخ العربي. aymennjawad.org/25728/
Aymenn J Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi
Dec 8, 2024
I was taking photos of some celebrations among Syrians about Assad's downfall, only to be approached by some European delivery man who told me: "But you realise the leader of the main rebel faction was CIA-trained, right?" He could not even name this faction, however...
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Aymenn J Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi
Aug 16, 2025
The Islamic State’s attempted genocide of Yezidis attracted global media attention and was also a trigger for the wider military intervention against the group in Iraq and Syria. People did not go on marches to protest against that intervention, dimwit.
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Aymenn J Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi
Dec 13, 2024
Nonsense, but not surprised Israeli pundits promote it given how terrible Israeli media coverage of Syria is. I know many people in the village of Hadr and they all stand by the statement issued by Hadr's notables declaring rejection of secession & their desire to remain in Syria
H.A. Hazony
@HAHazony
Dec 13, 2024
The Druze of southern Syria have publicly declared their desire to secede from Syria and be annexed to Israel. Based on topography this is what the annexation would look like. The IDF has already taken over the DMZ in yellow and moved into some of the Druze towns. Thread.
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Aymenn J Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi
Aug 29, 2021
Have to say I share the scepticism of some other analysts that an Islamic State Khorasan province commander would agree to talk to CNN, or showing any kind of movements around Kabul. What steps were taken to verify the person's identity? edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2…
Aymenn J Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi
Jan 26, 2025
Really is clear that the SDF is trying to get an 'Iraq Kurdistan region' style arrangement in Syria where the SDF is nominally part of the Syrian armed forces and gets financing from Damascus but has independent command chain etc.
Mazen Hassoun
@HassounMazen
Jan 26, 2025
Al Jazeera, quoting sources close to the Damascus government: #SDF rejects an offer from the administration in #Damascus. The offer included: - Recognizing Kurdish cultural rights and incorporating them into the future constitution. - Allowing Kurds to join the Syrian security
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Aymenn J Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi
Nov 29, 2024
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham cut its ties with al-Qa'ida and screwed over the al-Qa'ida-loyalist group Hurras al-Din, such that the latter has no appreciable role in the current offensive. Also, the U.S. ended its program of support for the insurgent groups years ago.
Aaron Maté
@aaronjmate
Nov 29, 2024
The former US Ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, acknowledges that "obviously" US-armed insurgents collaborated with Al Qaeda's Syria franchine, al-Nusra, to capture Idlib in 2015. Nusra has since renamed itself HTS, which has just launched a major offensive that threatens to
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Aymenn J Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi
Dec 24, 2024
And with that, the chemical weapons attack denialism that came from Western 'resistance' fans crumbles, exposed for the hollow edifice it was.
Layal Abou Rahal- ليال
@LayalAFP
Dec 23, 2024
#EXCLUSIVE: Two Syrian doctors and a nurse told @AFP in a series of interviews that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international #investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack on #Douma yahoo.com/news/syrian-me…
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Aymenn J Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi
Dec 16, 2024
Christmas tree put up earlier today in the middle of the Christian town of Muhrada in north Hama countryside, Syria, and featuring the flag of free Syria
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Aymenn J Al-Tamimi
@ajaltamimi
Dec 8, 2024
Replying to @somalianalyst
More than 6 years.
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