It was my pleasure to record this episode with @snellarthur.bsky.social on #Syria new president's foreign policy and specially his meeting with the #US president #Trump

From March 25–28, 2025, the VORTEX research network gathered at Uni Turin. PhD candidates shared their initial findings. Keynotes and discussions covered:

📊 Data Management
🧭 Ethics: Regina Ammicht & Quinn Marco Krüger
📣 Science Communication: Gabriele Marino

Next meeting: online in fall 2025.

Rather odd Syria section in the U.S. Director of National Intelligence’s annual threat assessment.

PDF, see p. 23: www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/defaul...

via @azelin.bsky.social: x.com/azelin/statu...

"L’Armée nationale syrienne, groupe de rebelles affidés à la Turquie" La progression de l'ANS fait le jeu d’Ankara, qui contrôle ces milices très hostiles aux Kurdes. Selon le chercheur Orwa Ajjoub : "Pour l’heure, on peut parler d’une grande victoire pour Ankara." www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Der Sturz des Assad-Regimes hat die Welt überrascht. Der Malmöer Islamismusforscher Orwa Ajjoub erklärt, wie es dazu kam und was von den neuen Herrschern zu erwarten ist.

I was interviewed by @elpais.com to profile the de facto leader of #Syria Ahmad al-Sharaa:
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And to discuss the future of #Syria under his rule:

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In light of today's first arrests by the HTS-led Syrian government against the Islamic State since the fall of the regime, I'm unloading my archives, and sharing every time HTS announced conducting CT ops against IS, including today's. Fully open access. www.jihadologyplus.com/p/a-history-...

Over here, Syrian jihadism expert @orwaajjoub.bsky.social IDs some of the appointees: x.com/oajjoub/stat...

Digital technology played a vital role in the spread of the Arab Spring in 2011. The end of that story saw the collapse of the Assad regime at the hands of HTS. I spoke to @orwaajjoub.bsky.social, one of few people that knows the inner workings of the group.

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🧵I have studied #HTS for the last 8 years, and here is a curated selection of articles to help you understand its evolution, governance, and politics—spanning its inception in 2012 to the present in #Syria: 1/8

Speaking of historical Russian-Syrian cooperation, here's a report I wrote on the first 75 years of Russian-Syrian relations for the Swedish Institute of International Affairs: www.ui.se/butiken/uis-...

Thank John!

Intervjuade @orwaajjoub.bsky.social

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“The hard-liner elements in the group have been sidelined,” @orwaajjoub.bsky.social said. “They want to rule and they are Islamists, but they are very pragmatic and really ready to interact with local communities.”

Thank you @snellarthur.bsky.social , I had great chat with you!

Have a listen to this extraordinary interview with @orwaajjoub.bsky.social who has incredible insight into HTS.