Steven Heydemann
@stevenhyde.bsky.social
Ketcham Chair in Middle East Studies, Prof. of Gov, Smith College; Nonresident Senior Fellow CMEP, Brookings. Former VP, Center for Applied Research on Conflict, USIP.
https://smith.academia.edu/StevenHeydemann
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Syria asks Lebanon to hand over Assad-era officers after Reuters report
Syrian authorities have asked Lebanese security forces to hand over more than 200 senior officers who fled to Lebanon after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, following a Reuters investigation that showed h...
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Syria formally requests extradition from Lebanon of 200 Assad regime officials.
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NEW and WOW: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported. www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats
Trump said Wednesday anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies about Arctic security.
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Great. Finally.
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Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
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This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
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Groenland : la France et plusieurs pays européens mobilisent leurs armées sur le territoire autonome danois pour un exercice conjoint
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EN DIRECT, Groenland : la France et plusieurs pays européens mobilisent leurs armées sur le territoire autonome danois pour un exercice conjoint
L’Allemagne, la Suède et la Norvège font aussi partie de la manœuvre déclenchée en soutien au Danemark. Après une réunion à Washington, mercredi, Copenhague a acté un « désaccord fondamental » avec le...
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Very good news. France announces joint military exercises in Greenland.
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EN DIRECT, Groenland : la France et plusieurs pays européens mobilisent leurs armées sur le territoire autonome danois pour un exercice conjoint
L’Allemagne, la Suède et la Norvège font aussi partie de la manœuvre déclenchée en soutien au Danemark. Après une réunion à Washington, mercredi, Copenhague a acté un « désaccord fondamental » avec le...
www.lemonde.fr
Groenland : la France et plusieurs pays européens mobilisent leurs armées sur le territoire autonome danois pour un exercice conjoint
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats
Trump said Wednesday anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies about Arctic security.
www.newsweek.com
NEW and WOW: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported. www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
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The NewsGuild strongly condemns FBI’s raid of Washington Post reporter’s home | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
“The Guild is alarmed and appalled by federal law enforcement’s search and seizure of reporter Natanson’s property and personal devices,” the Post Guild said.
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“Journalists have the right to do their jobs without fear of government interference,” said President Jon Schleuss.
“Today’s FBI raid on a journalist’s home is a direct assault on the 1st Amendment and a threat to every working journalist.
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“Today’s FBI raid on a journalist’s home is a direct assault on the 1st Amendment and a threat to every working journalist.
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🚨🚨Breaking: "Sweden has sent military to Greenland".
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
JUST NU: Danska beskedet – skjuter tillbaka vid attack
Danmarks besked: Kungarikets soldater skjuter tillbaka om Grönland attackeras. Sverige har skickat militär till ön – mitt i den inflammerade dragkampen om den. ”Det är på förfrågan från Danmark”, skri...
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Major EU powers need to bolster this effort.
JUST NU: Danska beskedet – skjuter tillbaka vid attack
Danmarks besked: Kungarikets soldater skjuter tillbaka om Grönland attackeras. Sverige har skickat militär till ön – mitt i den inflammerade dragkampen om den. ”Det är på förfrågan från Danmark”, skri...
www.expressen.se
🚨🚨Breaking: "Sweden has sent military to Greenland".
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US | Alexander Hurst
How do you retain a space of democracy in a world that is reverting to violent conquest? By building a protective moat of federalism around it, says Paris-based Guardian writer Alexander Hurst
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Europe’s appeasement of Trump is a spectacular fail. Long past time to raise the costs to Trump of US aggression. Boycott, divest, sanction.
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Same people who questioned every Gaza death count now uncritically hyping claims by CBS - CBS!! - that up to 20,000 Iranian protesters have been killed. So weird.
This is the great negotiator? Fucking moron.
Exxon to Trump: Venezuela is uninvestable.
Trump to Exxon: We won't let you into Venezuela. I didn't like your response.
Exxon to Trump? Well then. I guess we both get what want.
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Exxon to Trump: Venezuela is uninvestable.
Trump to Exxon: We won't let you into Venezuela. I didn't like your response.
Exxon to Trump? Well then. I guess we both get what want.
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Saudi-UAE bust-up over Yemen was only a matter of time − and reflects wider rift over vision for the region
Initially, the two gulf states were in alignment over Yemen’s civil war. But the Arab coalition’s unity has long since gone.
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Good backgrounder on Saudi-UAE conflict and its implications for regional security. By @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social
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Syria’s Reconstruction Risks Cutting Out the Syrian People
Damascus’s battered fairgrounds, on the outskirts of the city, hosted a reconstruction fair this fall, billed as an international exhibition to rebuild
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On Syria’s opaque, non-democratic approach to reconstruction. By @freddydeknatel.bsky.social
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Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights.
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Suspect arrested in predawn fire that left parts of Mississippi’s largest synagogue in charred ruins
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil…
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Outrage Grows Over Hamsho Deal: Syrians See Settlement as Betrayal of Justice and Rights - The Syrian Observer
Yasser al-Shalati, director of investigative mechanisms at the Association of Free Syrian Lawyers, said the Hamsho deal falls under the Anti-Corruption Committee’s newly launched “voluntary disclosure...
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A deeply disturbing precedent, and far from unique. Assad’s crony networks are alive and well in the “new” Syria.
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Reza Pahlavi was only 16 years old when Iran’s 1979 revolution toppled his father’s 40-year rule. First in the line to inherit the oil-rich thousand-year-old empire, his wait may finally be coming to an end. https://cnn.it/453fs5Z
The son of Iran’s last shah is rallying protesters. But do Iranians really want another king? | CNN
Reza Pahlavi was only 16 years old when Iran’s 1979 revolution toppled his father’s forty-year rule. The eldest son of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, he was the first in the line to inherit the oil-rich ...
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😆😆😆. CNN fell for it!! How many times have we seen Reza trotted out as the ruler in waiting?!! Pathetic.
COLLINS: Minnesota officials say the FBI isn't sharing evidence with them. Do you believe the FBI should do that?
TRUMP: Well normally I would, but they're crooked officials. Minneapolis and Minnesota are being destroyed. I feel that I won Minnesota all three times. I won Minnesota three times.
TRUMP: Well normally I would, but they're crooked officials. Minneapolis and Minnesota are being destroyed. I feel that I won Minnesota all three times. I won Minnesota three times.
Batshit crazy.
This is big.
Good for the National Opera.
Too bad for the Kennedy Center, dragged down by ... these people.
Good for the National Opera.
Too bad for the Kennedy Center, dragged down by ... these people.
The storied Washington National Opera decides to leave the Kennedy Center where it has played since 1971, perhaps the most significant artistic rebuke yet to Trump’s campaign to remake the facility in his image and attach his name to it. @adamnagourney.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
Yes. Every defection by artists from Trump’s vanity project is a win for the real Kennedy Center, and one more nudge towards its future restoration.
Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
Minneapolis, you know what to do. Spray down sidewalks and give every resident yak tracks!! 😎
Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
Fuck. That asshole’s firearm is live! Deadly incompetence from these fucking goons.