A thread — 🧵“And all across the land, men looked up at the sky and saw the dragons coming, and they knew their doom.”

Jaramana #جرمانا might have been a meaningless Damascus sub-district, a citadel nobody ever heard of, as unknown as the Druze brigade bearing its name, standing in its defense.

But not anymore.

The self-crowned president may have just set his throne ablaze—trying to take it by force. #Syria 1/
A century ago, European diplomats carved arbitrary lines across the Middle East. Today, we call them the Sykes-Picot borders. We pretend these lines are sacred, while ignoring the people forced to endure decades of war and displacement because of them—people like the Druze of southern Syria.

Today, those borders mean little to the fighters in Jaramana, where Druze gunmen refuse to surrender their district to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the new rulers of Damascus. The battle isn’t just over a neighborhood—it’s about survival in a country that has erased so many minorities before them.

— A Thread 🧵
The U.S. and Russia are negotiating Ukraine’s future—without Ukraine. Zelensky calls it illegitimate, but the truth is far more horrifying.

On sunflower fields abused by monoculture, nitrogen… fertilized by blood and bone. Where men give battle to the death, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

For the deep metabolic rift extends to all of the earth. 2/—
Victory and defeat are mere propaganda frames.

Who sets the terms of peace? The Ukrainian people, or the transnational elites who profit from endless war?

Trump and Putin aren’t negotiating peace—they’re dividing the spoils. While Zelensky fights for relevance.

1/ The U.S. is About to Make a Catastrophic Mistake in Syria
The U.S. Department of Defense is reportedly drafting plans for a full military withdrawal from Syria.

This decision will:
✅ Hand Syria to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an al-Qaeda and ISIS offshoot.
✅ Give state-grade weapons and funding to jihadist groups.
✅ Open the door for chemical weapons proliferation.

These facts are so unbelievable yet undeniable that I had to rebuild this thread from scratch, using only bipartisan, congressional sources.

📑 All sources are included below. Every claim is backed by declassified U.S. government reports.🧵 2/ The U.S. Presence in Syria is Minimal But Critical
There are currently ~2,000 U.S. troops in Syria. Their role is:

• Supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in counterterrorism operations.
• Preventing ISIS resurgence and terrorist attacks.
• Serving as a diplomatic shield for Kurdish-led forces that sacrificed 11,000 fighters to defeat ISIS.

This is not an "endless war"—it is a low-cost, high-impact deterrent. @CJTFOIR

Source;
📑 [CRS Report: IN12469]

1/ Three days ago, #Turkey's spymaster-turned-foreign minister, Fidan, bragged on Saudi TV about brokering a rapprochement between #Russia and the "new Syrian authority." 2/ Over the past month, almost the entire NATO leadership showed up in Damascus to shake hands with Jolani, once ISIS’s number two, desperately trying to push Russia out of the Mediterranean. But a double game was in motion.

1/ Imagine this: The CIA secretly partners with a group still labeled a terrorist organization. A group with deep ties to al-Qaeda and a bloody history of bombing civilians. Sounds familiar? That’s exactly what’s happening with Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in #Syria. 2/ The Washington Post just revealed that the CIA shared intelligence with HTS—yes, HTS—to help thwart an alleged ISIS attack in Damascus. HTS, which once bombed a Damascus shrine in 2017, killing 76 civilians, is now being framed as a partner in stability. How did we get here?

1/ Trump’s fiery call with Denmark’s prime minister over buying Greenland underline deep issues of sovereignty, colonial legacies, and the future of autonomous regions. This wasn’t a joke—it was a threat rooted in global power struggles. 🧵 2/ Greenland is rich in resources, geopolitically crucial, & home to a proud Inuit population. Yet, its status as an autonomous territory of Denmark puts it in the crosshairs of powerful nations seeking control under the guise of “security” and “development.”

1/ Why are the architects of the global economy rebranding a faction born of ISIS, one that holds just 31% of #Syria from Damascus, as the “NEW SYRIAN AUTHORITY”? How did we arrive at a moment where Jolani’s HTS is treated as a legitimate government? A thread. 🧵 2/ In Dec 2024, Assad’s regime collapsed, leaving cities like Aleppo, Homs, Damascus, and Latakia up for grabs. Jolani seized the Baathist institutions as regime forces melted away.

1/ “What’s really driving the chaos in #Syria and #Turkey?” Cemil Bayik, co-chair of the KCK Executive Council, lays it all out in a rare, eye-opening interview. From the Kurdish question’s deep roots to its impact on today’s power struggles. A must-read breakdown of the forces shaping the region’s future. 2/ At the heart of Bayik’s analysis is Abdullah Ocalan, long isolated but central to envisioning a democratized Middle East. His calls for Kurdish rights, gender equality, and decentralized governance aren’t abstract—they are grounded in the material realities of repression and inequality.

1/ THREAD: Debunking #HTS’s “staged” narrative on thwarting an ISIS attack on the Sayyidah Zaynab shrine in #Damascus, as reported by @AP .
As someone who fought #ISIS for years in #Syria, I’ll explain why this entire story is a fabrication. 🧵 2/ HTS’s claims don’t match ISIS’s operational patterns. From 2012 to 2023, ISIS attacks on Sayyidah Zaynab in Damascus used parked vehicles—plastic bags, cars, or motorcycles—with explosives detonated remotely. The only exception was part of the August 2016 suicide attacks.

If Machiavelli’s Il Principe came to life, it would be Hakan Fidan. For #Turkey's spymaster turned Foreign Minister, the ends always justify the means—even aligning with ISIS or enabling genocide.

This is the man shaping #Syria’s future. 🧵 1/ For 13 years, Hakan Fidan ruled Turkey's MIT. False flags, the 2016 staged coup, brutal crackdowns—his fingerprints, everywhere. Turkey’s trajectory is his design. Now, as Foreign Minister, he steps from the shadows to tip the final dominoes he’s meticulously aligned.

This @elonmusk tweet is a blatant attempt to push a xenophobic “white genocide” narrative. By co-opting the Yazidi genocide, he distorts the real story—one that’s far more complex, and deeply tied to Kurdish history and resistance. A Thread👇 🧵 1/ Ready to hear what really happened? Buckle up—because Musk’s clickbait fearmongering totally overlooks how a terrorist-labeled group (the PKK) stepped in where others fled, rescuing thousands of Yazidis from near-certain death in 2014.

On the first night of 2025, an ISIS-inspired Islamist drove a truck into New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, killing 15.

The black flag found at the scene wasn’t just a relic—it’s a rallying cry for terror. Let’s break down what it means. 🧵

#TerroristAttack 1/ The FBI photographed the ISIS flag found at the site of the New Orleans attack on Jan 1, 2025. This flag is more than just an Islamic symbol. It’s ISIS’s signature, representing their global jihadist ideology. Let’s break down what it means and why it matters.

How the SDF Could Reverse Engineer #Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2: A Step-by-Step Guide 🧵 1/ The Opportunity
At approximately 1:00 PM today, the SDF shot down a Turkish Bayraktar TB2 near Qara Qwzaq Bridge. The drone is reportedly intact, except for its tail. This is a rare chance for reverse engineering one of the most impactful drones of modern warfare. Let’s break down how it could be done.

It starts with a promise: to overthrow tyranny, dismantle an oppressive regime, and return power to the people. Sounds familiar? Enter Jolani, aka Ahmed al-Sharaa, a real life Napoleon from Orwell’s Animal Farm. Thread🧵 1/ " Remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways."
When HTS (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham) took over Damascus, Jolani painted himself as the humble hero. Like Napoleon, the pig leader in Animal Farm, he promised to topple tyranny without adopting its vices.

How #Turkey’s “Mamluk SNA Legion” in Syria—fueled by @EU_Commission billions—holds an entire people hostage, forcibly conscripts desperate IDPs, and issues shoot-to-kill orders to keep them from fleeing. A thread 🧵 1/ On Dec 17, @vonderleyen flew to Ankara, pledging another €1 billion atop the €10 billion the EU gave Turkey. She praised Erdogan’s “responsibility” for hosting millions of Syrian refugees. "We have stood by you in this effort.”

But behind the façade of hollow EU reports lies the material reality: Turkey has exploited this crisis to arm and bankroll the so-called Syrian National Army (SNA), displacing more than half a million Kurds, Christians, and Yazidis, while preying on vulnerable internally displaced persons (IDPs) to recruit them as cannon fodder.

1 / I’m Karim Franceschi, an Italian/Berber volunteer who fought in Kobani alongside the YPG. Now, Germany’s Annalena Baerbock wants the Kurdish women’s force (YPJ) to disarm under the new Islamist rulers of Damascus—HTS, an offshoot of al-Qaeda. — a 🧵 2 /
Meanwhile, President Erdogan demands the “destruction” of all “terrorists” in Syria—lumping ISIS and the YPJ together. It’s a cruel joke, because the same YPJ broke ISIS’s stranglehold. Baerbock’s call for disarmament enables that horror.

THREAD: The U.S. State Dept’s Dirty Game — Backstabbing the Kurds, Endorsing Jihadist Rule

1/ 🚨 BREAKING: The U.S. just dropped its $10M bounty on HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani. His page on the Rewards for Justice site is gone, but HTS is still a terrorist org, and Jolani remains a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist.”

But Jolani isn’t in Idlib anymore. He’s in Damascus, taking over Ba’athist government structures. This shift is huge.

📂 Archived bounty page: [web.archive.org/web/2024060914…]
📸 Current “Not Found” page: 2/ Meanwhile, U.S. bounties on Kurdish leaders remain:
-$5M for PKK military leader Murat Karayilan
-$4M for PKK co-founder Cemil Bayik
-$3M for senior PKK leader Duran Kalkan

📡 Here’s the State Dept’s active tweet promoting these bounties:

https://twitter.com/Rewards4Justice/status/1059827667929911296

Von der Leyen's Erdogan press conference — a masterclass in whitewashing oppression. Here's how Europe's values are being sold to the highest bidder, while Kurds, refugees, and ordinary Europeans are left to pay the price. 🧵 1/ "Minorities must be protected" — said with a straight face while standing next to Erdogan, the man responsible for displacing 300K Kurds from N. Aleppo via ethnic cleansing campaigns like Operation Olive Branch & Operation Peace Spring

"Chaos Isn’t A Pit. Chaos Is A Ladder."

🧵 al-Jolani’s Playbook

From al-Qaeda footsoldier to ruler of Syria, Jolani didn’t just rise — he climbed the ladder of chaos.

Using subterfuge, betrayal, and strategy, he turned Idlib into his testing ground for statecraft. 1/
I’ve dissected his playbook.
To see what’s coming, look at what’s been.
AANES faces two paths — dismantlement or war. There’s no third option.

Here’s how it all plays out 🧵

The greatest sacrifices are those we make for love.

So many memories are lost like tears in the rain.
Let me tell you about the heroes I knew,
who faced a thousand shapes of death.
To liberate a city—
with their bones, with their flesh—
from the odious ISIS rule. — a thread 🧵 1/
Remember the summer of 2016. For nearly 3 brutal months, the battle for Manbij raged. Every street, every house, every alley was a frontline. Women and men of the YPJ/YPG waged war against ISIS, inch by inch, in the blistering heat of the northern Syrian summer.

The authoritarian regime in Damascus is no more.
13 years, 8 months, and 23 days after the “Day of Rage,” and while the final bullet of the Syria's Civil War has yet to be shot, a Caliph crowned himself in Sham—a : 🧵 1/ "Horror is the removal of masks."
The fall of Assad’s regime is a moment of euphoria. The streets erupt in celebration. Prisons swing open, unearthing the true depth of the regime's depravity and brutal cruelty. Every hour, new stories of horror surface. Like this one: