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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    Successful Agri & Food Conference of 🇳🇱 Consulate General in Erbil, stressing benefits of using locally grown food and explaining successful Dutch model in which government, private sector and knowledge centers work together to get best results. #

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    Timely presentation by 🇮🇶 Ambassor in The Hague . Finding solutions for waterproblems in important part of Dutch cooperation program. Also essential to improve agricultural production.

    Earlier today I delivered a presentation at the PSC on behalf of the Iraqi minister of water resources about the importance of water security in 🇮🇶 and the effects of climate change on the quality of water in the Tigris,…
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    S-400 procurement moving ahead with a July 2019 delivery date and Congress has been very explicit that means no F-35 delivery.

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    ICYMI: New Kirkuk Operation Commander: PMF will participate in ‘security duties’

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    Turkish appeals court upholds prison sentences for staff via

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    Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) a US backed Arab alliance show remnants from the Islamic State group in the village of

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    Yezidi women activists demand war crime investigations be brought against both male and female ISIS members

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    9 hours ago

    been dealt a "heavy blow" in , PM Adel Abdul-Mahdi said at his Tuesday news conference, but added is worried re - "Most of the remaining fighters there are Iraqis & we are concerned that they could try & infiltrate the border" via

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  10. 5 hours ago

    Dozens of civilians, fighters quit Syria jihadist holdout: SDF via

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  11. 5 hours ago

    British citizen Azad Cudi went to Syria when the civil war broke out to help his fellow Kurds and ended up as a sniper fighting ISIS

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    9 hours ago

    Dutch to bolster Kurdistan’s private agriculture as part of post-ISIS security

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  13. 9 hours ago

    Dutch MP (VVD) argues that IS fighters should not to return to Holland: they willingly joined a terrorist organisation spreading death and misery. "If they get the death penalty, that's the result of their actions & their own fault"

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  14. 9 hours ago

    This question by to is great: QUESTION: -- and we’re going to protect our allies, the Kurds. How are you going to have it both ways? With, like, magic and mind power? I mean, how do you do it if you’re not there? Answer below:

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  15. 10 hours ago

    Dutch media reports that apparently one Dutch IS woman and her three children are still in the last pocket in IS territory. Her husband died. This maybe indicates there are more foreign IS women in last small pocket in Baghuz.

    Moeder van Nederlandse Syriëganger: 'Breng Syriëgangers hier voor de rechter'. Haar dochter, de weduwe van Jermaine W., zit/zat met 3 kinderen nog in laatste stukje IS-gebied.
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  16. 10 hours ago

    Idea?

    European-run prisons (with attendant security forces) for Western ISIS detainees in SDF territory would simultaneously solve Europe's desire not to take back its errant citizens, and the SDF's for a long-term Western presence on the ground
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    13 hours ago

    Air strikes hit Islamic State pocket as Syrian fighters press attack

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    13 hours ago

    Humbled after visit to destroyed Mosul. The horror that took place here defies any imagination. After the military defeat of , the hearts must now be recaptured. Only then will we really take away the breeding ground deadly extremism.

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    11 hours ago

    US State Dept Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino: US is withdrawing its forces from Syria in a deliberate and coordinated manner. No timeline to be given at this time.. we are actively engaging with Turkey

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    12 hours ago

    Another girl tortured and set ablaze in Sulaymani. When will women stop paying the price for violent notions of masculinity?

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    In Iraq, Iranian ambassador participates in discussions about initiative to divide Salah ad-Din Province & create a new province containing Samarra to cater to Iranian pilgrims visiting religious shrines.

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