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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    is sharing his views about fighting and status and |s position from such alliance

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    At U.S. special envoy Bret McGurk gave a detailed presentation on effort to defeat Daesh/ISIS and what will come next in Syria & Iraq.

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    Dec 14

    Read in Crackdown Chronicle, CPJ's weekly round-up of violations in the country: - Anti-state charges for 5 journalists - Journalist released pending appeal - , a journalism student, arrested for "insulting the president"

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    150,000 Syrians have returned to their homes in Raqqa, says and the people who plotted attacks in Europe, including the Batavian, are dead

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    Al Baghdadi is so deep in hiding that he’s not in command and control of ISIS forces today, says “This is someone we’d really like to see removed from the face of this earth”. Many in line of succession also killed. Leadership decimated.

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    4 Party Security Alliance between Iraq, Syria, Iran & Russia meets in Baghdad to discuss anti-ISIS efforts under the slogan "one force". Alliance says its efforts have resulted in deaths of 23,000 terrorists.

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    Had a productive meeting with Mohamed al-Halbousi today at my office. I wished him continued success during his tenure as Speaker of the Council of Representatives

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    The alternative, says the , is "letting the issue linger and hoping that it does not turn violent again."

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    Turkish border wall is really huge. Civilians fear to get close. Some got killed or injured. Checkpoints warn civilians in evening not to flash lights.

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    Suhela road linking Duhok to Sinjar has finally reopened, making it safer and easier for Yezidis to go to/from their ancestral home. Good news.

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    I don't think Eli Temmo is a good source on this subject (2)

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    The 200,000 people of Kobane did not flee PYD, but ISIS. Many of them are still in Turkey in camps since they don't have money to rebuild their homes (destroyed in the Kobani battle) and there is almost no to zero support for the rebuilding of Kobani (1)

    How these people can return home while there is an impending military operation? Also when was the last time US high official met w/ KNC reps? —…
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    Today morning, the adviser Security Council and the candidate for prime minister Kurdistan region in the new government of Kurdistan Mr. meets with Mr. the Speaker of the Council of Representatives of .

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    Constitutional committee for Syria almost ready - Turkish and Russian ministers

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    Liwla Abdullah, official spokesperson for the Jazeera Storm campaign, says Hajin battle is not over yet. She says reports that claim Hajin is liberated are not true. Other source also confirms there is no official SDF statement yet announcing the liberation.

    ليلوى العبدالله: ننفي تحرير بلدة هجين وأنه…
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    Columbia University's David Phillips calls for U.S. No-Fly-Zone in Syria to counter Erdogan Threat

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    Qamislo

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    منبج هذا الصباح

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    situation is completely calm, not Turkish attacks,

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    4 hours ago

    With the money I got from the , I will build a hospital in Shingal to treat ill people, mainly widows and women who were exposed to sexual abuses by Islamic State militants."

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