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New York- <\/strong>My work in Syria and Iraq was cited by the Library of Congress and the London-based openDemocracy respectively. My fieldwork in northern Syria’s Idlib governorate for Janes Islamic Affairs Analyst was given a hat tip in “Unrest in Syria and U.S. Sanctions Against the Asad Regime<\/a>” by Jeremy M. Sharp <\/a>and Christopher M. Blanchard.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My work in Iraq’s then deeply troubled Ninewa governorate for Janes Intelligence Review was quoted in Mosul, the next target<\/a> by Professor Paul Rogers<\/a> of Bradford University in the UK. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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