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Alexander McKeever

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Amman-based New Yorker obsessed with Cape Breton (and Syria) Author of This Week in Northern Syria newsletter, regular open sourced updates on northern Aleppo and SDF-controlled eastern Syria: https://akmckeever.substack.com

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · Aug 26

I have outlined Syria's temporary electoral system as laid out in a recent Presidential Decree. In short ~6,200 individuals appointed via a chain of committees leading up to al-Sharaa will elect ~120 MPs, with candidates taken from the same 6.2K pool.

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The upcoming elections: a brief explainer

Syria's temporary electoral system as per President Decree No. 143

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 6d

This week's newsletter is free access... check it out and considering becoming a paid subscriber

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This Week in Northern Syria [37.2025]

September 24 - 30: al-Shar' at UNGA, Gov't forces close Deir Hafir road, SDF detains dozens in al-Raqqah, and more...

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 6d

I’m just relaying what teacher friends have said about the issues with the current classroom size plan under Hochul

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It can be challenging to find space for new classrooms in a hundred year old school located in a highly urbanized area

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 6d

But as a former nyc public school ‘gifted kid’ def get rid of it and make everyone younger than HS attend their local schools

Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 6d

Apparently the major issue with smaller class sizes (which Hochul signed for implementation in 5 years) are a major logistical issue given most our schools can’t just build new classrooms. Classes will have to take over art, computer room etc

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 6d

This week's newsletter is free access... check it out and considering becoming a paid subscriber

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This Week in Northern Syria [37.2025]

September 24 - 30: al-Shar' at UNGA, Gov't forces close Deir Hafir road, SDF detains dozens in al-Raqqah, and more...

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 7d

Mexican friend of mine on the Hio, currently livestreaming on IG

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 8d

1923 aerial photo of Damascus looking north-south, Umayyad mosque in the center of the frame

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 9d

Rumors on pro-gov't social media of an upcoming limited military campaign likely targeting Eastern Aleppo, with the intention of forcing an SDF handover of Raqqah and Deir ez-Zour and a return to the March 10 integration agreement. Follows an uptick in front line clashes in Aleppo and Deir ez-Zour

Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 9d

Eastern Aleppo/Raqqah news:

-Aleppo/Raqqah highway closed off by pro-Govt forces two days
-al-Sharaa met with the four Aleppo-based military Divisions (mostly SNA + some HTS)
-Rumors of troop build up on both sides
-SDF mandatory conscription campaign in Raqqah
-Turkish airstrike vs SDF in Tabqah

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 9d

A friend’s dad from Roanoke showed me his high school history textbook

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 10d

A post on Maskanah, a sleepy small town on the banks of the Euphrates currently located close to the Gov't/SDF front lines.

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Weekend notes

On Maskanah: 19th century Ottoman efforts to settle it, its role in the Armenian genocide, and the fate of its sugar factory

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 10d

A post on Maskanah, a sleepy small town on the banks of the Euphrates currently located close to the Gov't/SDF front lines.

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Weekend notes

On Maskanah: 19th century Ottoman efforts to settle it, its role in the Armenian genocide, and the fate of its sugar factory

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 11d

Someone needs to put more time in on ethnoguessr, clearly an Afro-Arab

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Lmao

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 12d

It’s unbelievably funny that all of senior US military command is being summoned into the capitol at the same time there may be a government shutdown and the range of possibilities span from Whiskey Kegseth doing an anti-woke TED talk to a Ba'athist purge of the entire command chain.

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New Left EViews @newlefteviews.bsky.social · 14d

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Friends –– David Adler, Anton Jäger and I are restarting our 'Eurotrash' podcast. Our first ep back is actually an important one, with David reporting from the Global Sumud Flotilla currently en route to Gaza, bearing aid and being attacked by drones. Listen in!

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 13d

Map I threw together for this week's newsletter, showing some key sites in recent clashes along the eastern Aleppo front lines btw Gov't and SDF

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 12d

You would not believe how loud the crickets are outside my parents’ house in Brooklyn these days… I don’t remember this from childhood

Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 13d

Map I threw together for this week's newsletter, showing some key sites in recent clashes along the eastern Aleppo front lines btw Gov't and SDF

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 13d

One thing that's significantly improved with the new gov't is the quality of photos and videos on state media. Cool pics from ongoing SAA firefighting ops in Latakia published by MoD today

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 13d

This week's newsletter covering:
-al-Shar' and al-Shaibani's UNGA trip to NYC
-Govt/SDF clashes in eastern Aleppo and al-Sheikh Maqsoud
-Seized property reclamation process in Afrin
-US Syria diplomats fired
-PYD 22nd anniversary
-Election date announced

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This Week in Northern Syria [36.2025]

September 17 - 23: President al-Shar' arrives in NYC, rocket attack kills 8 in eastern Aleppo, update on Afrin HLP situation, and more...

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 13d

This Week in Northern Syria [36.2025]

September 17 - 23: President al-Shar' arrives in NYC, rocket attack kills 8 in eastern Aleppo, update on Afrin HLP situation, and more...

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 14d

A painting by my deceased uncle Kent of what seems to be a 24-class sloop in dazzle camouflage

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Alexander McKeever @akmckeever.bsky.social · 15d

Joint HRW/Syrians for Truth & Justice/Syrian Archive report I contributed to on the open source side of things, covering the March coastal massacres

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“Are you Alawi?”

The 51-page report, “‘Are you Alawi?’ Identity-Based Killings During Syria’s Transition,” documents widespread abuses by government forces, government-aligned armed groups, and armed volunteers, inclu...

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