Wladimir

@vvanwilgenburg

Freelance journalist (MEE, The Region, Daily Beast), analyst, MA Conflict Studies/Kurdish Studies. Not here for discussion or trolls.

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    24 Apr 2016

    I am not on Twitter for debate with anonymous accounts, threats or partisan politics. If you have a question, DM me.

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    Oct 1

    What, exactly, is the lesson? What's the damage assessment from the missile strike. The real lesson is just that Tehran wants to show it can fire ballistic missiles wherever it wants. And remember what they wrote on the missiles, that's the real "lesson" they wanted to show

    Commander Warns Supporters of Terrorists to Take Lesson from IRGC's Monday Missile Strikes
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    That was the official position: "We don’t support any particular party or any particular candidate, but we support a fair and transparent process." But it seems definitely was happy with Dr getting the post.

    Ali Javanmardi of says he had spoken to the main US political officer in Iraqi who told him that Washington did not back Barham Salih in yesterday’s race. Javanmardi often comes up…
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    20 hours ago

    : issues a video showing the airport assault, and attackers disguised as .

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  5. 53 minutes ago

    Rudaw journalist Omar Kalo released by regime.

    our colleague Omar Kalo is free. After more than one month of imprisonment in Aleppo, Omar's brother declared that tody morning he cames home. Omar is anchor at Rudaw Medi Network and before battle of he worked as correspondent in professional…
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    Britain accuses Russian military intelligence of directing a host of cyber attacks aimed at undermining Western democracies

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    1 hour ago

    KDP President Masoud Barzani expresses his full support for the Prime Minister-designate Adil Abdul Mahdi.

    بارزاني يعلن دعمه الكامل لعادل عبد المهدي في تشكيل الحكومة الجديدة
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    58 minutes ago

    Will say it again: Before Americans take credit for Idlib deal, worth recalling that deal further enmeshes Turkish and Russian aims in Syria and entails re-commitment to Astana, whose guarantors are joined by their hostility to U.S. project in northeast.

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  9. 2 hours ago

    Lets agree to disagree. Trade with Turkey/Turkey's geopolitical position is more important. Dutch FM said: "Turkey is a transit country, also for Holland. Then it is very important that you work together. In the field of trade you must continue [to work] with each other."

    I can tell you: it is unrelated. The Netherlands is not supporting PYD/YPG because 1) most of the around 15 Syrian Kurdish parties do not want their rule. 2) There is nothing democratic about them. …
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    2 hours ago

    On behalf of the , I congratulated the people & government of on Day of German Unity reception hosted by & thanked them for their military assistance for & humanitarian support for the displaced persons.

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    5 hours ago

    Syrian regime forces arrested dozens of young men in al-Tel and Qudsiya near Damascus in a campaign of forcible recruitment into the army. More on what's happening in "post-reconciliation" communities

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    3 hours ago

    So called celebratory gunfire is so damaging without any positive angle as to why people do it. The must act to protect the public. Much stricter laws needed

    Two dead, three wounded in celebratory gunfire in Sulaimani: police …
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    3 hours ago

    withdraws from two international conventions, says International Court is politicized.

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    Turkey says ‘Nazi remnant’ dispute with Dutch has ended

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    10 hours ago

    Turkey remains the world's leading jailer of journalists with 73 journalists behind bars.

    Turkish court upholds life sentences without parole for four journalists
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    4 hours ago

    Al- Civil Council meets a delegation from the International Alliance and international media bodies The Council met with a delegation from the Alliance and international media bodies in the Council...

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    10 hours ago

    Iraqi news agencies reporting another woman has been gunned down in Basra. The victim owned a beauty salon

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    3 hours ago

    In the past six months, Iran border guards have reportedly killed 21 and injured 45.

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    12 hours ago

    Enjoyed the best Kurdish food today at The Gundis Kurdish Kitchen in N Clark St , and most of all enjoyed meeting co-owner Mehmet Duzgun and his team. They offer a warm welcome and their food takes you to the heart of Kurdistani culture and cuisine

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    13 hours ago

    It was a real "wizard of oz" moment for the Iraqis as the curtain was pulled back to reveal some very unimpressive Russians that did not stack up to Iraqi memories of the old Soviet intel/military machine. Meanwhile support was straight outa a SciFi war film, true power.

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    18 hours ago

    I was in Baghdad when this turned up in 2015. A scary moment but it passed quickly. It was soon clear that Russia could not be bothered to send anyone capable, and that Iran favored its bilat ties to militias over a formal multilateral mechanism. had no competition

    Iraqi, Russian, Iranian and Syrian officials and senior military personnel celebrating the 3rd anniversary of the establishment of Intelligence Sharing centre …
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