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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    7 hours ago

    Israeli minister hopes Erdogan will be stopped from ‘massacring Kurds’

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  3. 7 hours ago

    The priest of the Kobani Church fled from Afrin. The Church there is gone, but now they have a home in Kobani. Now Christians in Kobani fear they would also have to flee if Turkey is allowed to attack Kobani after the withdrawal decision of

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    Made this video on 6 December but forgot to post it (I'm now in Holland) Merry Christmas from the Church in Kobanî
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  4. 7 hours ago

    Made this video on 6 December but forgot to post it (I'm now in Holland) Merry Christmas from the Church in Kobanî

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  5. 8 hours ago

    Better to check with coalition.

    In Iraq, member of Anbar Council says US is establishing 2 new bases in west Anbar Province near Syrian border. 1st base in Rimana subdistrict of Qaim district & 2nd east of Rutba city. Purpose is to assist Iraqi Forces in defending Syrian border.
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  6. 8 hours ago

    Turkish-backed Ahrar Sharqiya fighters that wanted to attack Manbij today (but in end no attack) These are the fighters that Turkey also used in Afrin. - Guy filming: "Doctor what do you have to say before we die?" - He takes out his 🔪: "We are coming for you infidel Kurds"

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    10 hours ago

    BREAKING: Syrian state media reports that air defenses are repelling a missile attack near the capital of Damascus.

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    Dec 19

    With US troops no longer on the ground in , does it risk becoming a free-for-all? A question put to a senior US commander there back in March 👇

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    Discord in : A Kurdish commander of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a coalition of local militias fighting ISIS, faults the U.S. for not pushing back against . Meanwhile, Gen. Jon Braga of …
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    23 hours ago

    Christmas mass this morning in , the main Christian town in by A. Rubaye

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    11 hours ago

    Syrian Orthodox Christians attend Christmas Mass in Qamichli in northeastern Syria a city under the control of the Arab Kurdish coalition of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)

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    11 hours ago

    : Syrian state media says country's air defenses intercept "hostile targets" over Damascus' western countryside.

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    11 hours ago

    Thread on of Syria air defense active near Damascus; what we know is that within last ten minutes or so reports began

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  13. 11 hours ago

    Today US coalition troops patrol city in the evening. According to in response to rumours

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    15 hours ago

    Journalist Max Zirngast from Austria, who was arrested in Ankara on September 21, has been released with an international travel ban

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    13 hours ago

    The source could not confirm the number of casualties in the attacks.

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    14 hours ago

    Manbij right now

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  17. 13 hours ago

    My latest: Manbij Military Council leader says no sign of Turkish attack on

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    13 hours ago

    “There is nothing going on, the situation is normal, the coalition forces are on the front line together with the Military Council (MMC) and there are no clashes.”

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  19. 13 hours ago

    Manbij Military Council head Mohammed Abu Adel says the situation is normal in Manbij and nothing going on (pic: February 2018)

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  20. 14 hours ago

    Orthodox Patriarch on 16, Feb 2018. "If Turkey eventually goes there, then the rest of the Christians who are there definitely will leave. And that’s a big concern for us. We have already lost more than 50% of our Christian population.”

    “With the Turkish incursion and the violence on the border, Turkey is invading another country, and this is unacceptable. My fear is for the Christians who are in the northeast of Syria.”
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    14 hours ago

    The gathering during which the picture was held up is reported to have taken place hours after Saddam Hussein’s daughter Raghad published an audio recording on the internet, commemorating her father’s execution.

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