Mariam Wahba

Jan 15, 2025 | fdd.org | Mariam Wahba

The hashtag “Your turn, dictator” has been widely shared on Egyptian social media in the past two weeks. Modeled after the 2011 rallying cry “your turn, doctor” used against then-Syrian President Bashar al Assad, the latest hashtag was coined by Ahmad al Mansour, an Egyptian national who recently served in the ranks of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) in Syria. Since HTS took control of Syria in December, Mansour has posted videos threatening Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi.

Jan 15, 2025 | longwarjournal.org | Mariam Wahba |Amir Toumaj |Thomas Joscelyn

Former HTS fighter Ahmad Hammad al Mansour reportedly detained in Syria after threatening Egyptian president | Ahmad al Mansour, an Egyptian national and former member of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) in Syria, has reportedly been detained in Syria after threatening Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el Sisi. The Islamist militant is an Egyptian Naval Academy graduate with ties to the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Jan 15, 2025 | longwarjournal.org | Mariam Wahba

Former HTS fighter Ahmad Hammad al Mansour reportedly detained in Syria after threatening Egyptian president | Ahmad al Mansour, an Egyptian national and former member of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) in Syria, has reportedly been detained in Syria after threatening Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el Sisi. The Islamist militant is an Egyptian Naval Academy graduate with ties to the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Jan 15, 2025 | longwarjournal.org | Mariam Wahba |Joe Truzman |Bill Roggio |Caleb Weiss

Former HTS fighter Ahmad Hammad al Mansour reportedly detained in Syria after threatening Egyptian president | Ahmad al Mansour, an Egyptian national and former member of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) in Syria, has reportedly been detained in Syria after threatening Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el Sisi. The Islamist militant is an Egyptian Naval Academy graduate with ties to the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Jan 10, 2025 | fdd.org | Mariam Wahba

In the most significant U.S. statement on Sudan since the country’s renewed civil war broke out in 2023, Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared on January 7 that members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias had committed acts of genocide in the western region of Darfur. Blinken’s announcement came nearly a year after Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a resolution recognizing the paramilitary group’s actions as genocide.