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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 29

    The Syrian regime's prisons are a vast network of concentration camps, where torture and murder are endemic. Despite the solid evidence, it's unlikely justice will ever be done, certainly not by an international court.

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    45 minutes ago

    Minor adjustments should be offered even to bad policies if those adjustments mitigate horror. But I refuse adopt other people's deceited premises. It's perfectly fine to be in the historical minority.

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  3. 41 minutes ago

    Don't know how many of you stayed on for the match but it's been pretty good.

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    45 minutes ago

    Turkey elections: While the state-run Anadolu Agency reports Erdogan in the lead with 57.3%, the opposition CHP says initial results show Erdogan at 45% and their candidate, Muharrem Ince, at 41%.

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    1 hour ago

    Iraqi MP from Kirkuk calls for security reinforcements to clear areas southwest of Kirkuk city, where ISIS is very active & comes & goes at will.

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    1 hour ago

    today slammed US resuming its funding for . US announced on June 14 it was unblocking $6.6m in frozen stabilization funding for White Helmets + UN's IIIM on Syria

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    2 hours ago

    Minor earthquake reported in Marmara sea. Unclear so far whether it is election-related.

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    2 hours ago

    Very hot takes on the basis of what I'm seeing so far. 1: Partisan voting > alliance voting. Very few votes for either alliance. 2: Most of what I see so far is urban--remarkable level of "solidarity votes" for HDP 3: Aksener surprisingly strong in Aegean and Mediterranean.

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    2 hours ago

    I'm often asked by foreign observers how it is possible to have incredibly high turnouts (near 90%) at . Well, better watch this: Man carries his 80-yr-old father on his back so that he could vote, setting a fine example.

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  10. 2 hours ago

    : Gore Vidal in in 1986, arguing for the West to make an alliance with the Soviet Union to secure the hegemony of the white race against a rising Japan. Two months later, Vidal added an antisemitic broadside in the same outlet.

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    3 hours ago

    Almost 15 mins to closing of polls in Turkey.. Oh dear.. What an intense feeling

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  12. 3 hours ago

    If there is any one way to help draw decisively away from and the pro-regime camp, it would be an offensive that threatens to push two million people across the border. And, of course, the regime coalition doesn't have the troops for such a venture.

    Assad pledges to regain control of northern Syria by force if needed
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  13. 3 hours ago

    Whether this specific case turns out to be true or not, this was expected to be a serious problem for the rebels in the south: our foolish decision to demoralise and deplete them left them open to the regime, which has honeycombed the area with spies.

    Jaysh Ahrar Al-Ashayer in has apparently discovered Al-Ashayer's Division intent to flip after it barred from firing vs . It attacked their positions in and took…
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    4 hours ago

    The audacity of claiming to be an official part of Iraq's security apparatus while openly disregarding the Prime Minister who had repeatedly stated that all Iraqi groups must stay out of Syria. You're on your own here.

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    رسالة الى الامريكان...
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    4 hours ago

    Panama playing so badly England must think all their Isthmuses have come at once.

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  16. 4 hours ago

    It's turning into a bit of a pasting isn't it.

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    6 hours ago

    Moments ago, a Patriot aerial defense system missile was launched towards an unmanned aerial vehicle approaching the Israeli border from Syria. As a result, the vehicle retreated from the border. A hit was not identified

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    6 hours ago

    Important thread on events in . The crackdown by the /, ostensibly against IS, is in fact targeted at opposition elements, those Arabs who joined the structure alongside the PKK and a civilian movement that is asking for locals to be able to govern themselves.

    A group calls itself "The Committee of Peaceful movement in Raqqa" released a statement announced an uprising against SDF in peaceful methods. The statement demanded SDF to…
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    8 hours ago

    S. : airstrikes on E. CS continue this morning. Backed by heavy bombardment Regime launched assault on strategic town of Busra Harir, aiming to besiege .

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    11 hours ago

    's Ambassador to Lebanon confirms Moscow's support for ongoing regime offensive in southern

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  21. 6 hours ago

    "[T]oughly worded statements had raised the hopes ... [but now] the U.S. message ... told the rebels it was left to them alone to decide how to face the Syrian army's military campaign"

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