Marc Lynch. GW Professor, POMEPS commander, Brewers fan. The one true Abu Aardvark. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST. Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
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Interesting but also funny that anyone ever trusts Trump on anything.
Twelve years on, residents continue to demand accountability as questions about how Mosul's collapse happened in the first place remain unanswered:
A network of fake fitness coaches, Vietnamese bots, FB ads aimed at Brits-and a bogus 'humanitarian fund' for Gaza. A Haaretz investigation exposes a digital operation whose infrastructure leads back to BlackCore, the Israeli influence firm
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Reuters found that 96% of Trump's second-term clemency grants went to recipients who did not meet longstanding Justice Department guidelines, as access to an informal network of allies and advocates increasingly shaped who received pardons or commutations. reut.rs/4v3TMBH
The New Arab
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A Network of Fake Fitness Coaches, Vietnamese Bots, Facebook Ads Aimed at Brits - and a Bogus 'Humanitarian Fund' for Gaza. A Haaretz and Libération Investigation Exposes a Digital Operation Whose Inf...
Avril Haines to run Carnegie. Another powerful position for a top Biden aide involved in decision-making on Gaza — per my reporting, one who had concerns & was urged by fellow natsec professionals to be tougher on Israel but who ultimately did not spur a policy shift
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/u...
#Israel has deported French journalist Alice Froussard following her reporting on the country's actions in the West Bank and Gaza.
Read our reporting into the government's growing crackdown on foreign journalists critical of its policies:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/06/isra...
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Trump making up a peace agreement to sign with Iran in the next few days probably means Lebanon is in for even more intense Israeli bombing than usual.
Israel has started cracking down on foreign media reporting of its harsh practices in the occupied West Bank
www.indexoncensorship.org
Reuters
Twelve years on, residents continue to demand accountability as questions about how Mosul’s collapse happened in the first place remain unanswered.
www.newarab.com
NEW: "The unprecedented regional war is just a few months old and much speculation has swirled about whether it will exacerbate or dampen Gulf interest, investment, and interventions in Sudan’s war."
Kholood Khair examines what the war means for Sudan: timep.org/2026/06/11/g...
Iran’s missile cities, which were first thought to be very clever but then revealed to be an idiotic waste of resources, are actually very clever.
Good report by @FT.com’s Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Jacob Judah: www.ft.com/content/94d9...
