"With coronavirus now clouding the picture, governments around the world have neither payed attention, nor devoted enough resources to prevent a possible IS surge."
"So, in contrast to the bitter words between the U.S. and China over COVID-19 and the growing propaganda operations by both governments, we have a pivotal phone call between Trump and Putin which seems very well timed."
"If, however, these shocks were to occur, it would not take place between the West and the Muslim world, but between a despot at the end of his reign and an Arab-Western alliance ready to take up the challenge."
"If Greece did become like a real country and actually protect its borders it would be demonized by Brussels, but then again, so what?"
"Failure at this level of international high stakes poker usually ends badly for the guy who bets the farm on a bluff."
"The SAA in Kafr Nabl let the word that they have withdrawn from Kafr Nabl be spread on social media. In reality, the SAA remained in hidden positions in the town hoping to lure the jihadis into an ambush. It worked. The jihadis advanced and were annihilated."
"This ambition for a revived Ottoman Empire made Erdogan an enthusiastic proponent of regime change in the Middle East, and ... resulted in Turkey’s role as supplier of logistics, military hardware, training and monetary support to ... various terrorist groups..."
"The dominant component is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly Al Nusra Front, an offshoot of Al Qaeda, like Islamic State. These are internationally proscribed terror networks which have carried out the most hideous, barbaric cruelties against civilians."