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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    16 minutes ago

    A peace process in Turkey would be essential for defusing threat of a Turkish attack on NE Syria. Negotiations on NE Syria could be part of laying the groundwork for negotiations in Turkey. These conflicts are connected and a solution must be too.

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    29 minutes ago

    : In message from prison, Ocalan says he respects hunger strike by Kurdish political prisoners but they "shouldn't take it to" a life-threatening level: lawyers

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    28 minutes ago

    Ocalan calls for a resolution to "issues in Syria" through a framework in which SDF takes "Turkey's concerns into consideration" within the territorial unity of .

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    26 minutes ago

    fascinating, Ocalan calls on the SDF to take Turkey's sensitivities into account and references his 2013 Newroz declaration that envisaged Turkey and the Kurds working together in the Middle East

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    26 minutes ago

    67% of Al Hol camp residents are children under the age of 18. Protection needs are becoming protracted in the absence of immediate solutions - READ our new situation report

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    21 minutes ago

    Interesting: - Statement from Ocalan’s lawyers mentioned encouraging SDF to seek peaceful solution and take Turkey’s concerns to account. - Though publicly announced today, the meeting happened May 2nd. - On May 3, senior SDF officials mentioned indirect talks with Turkey.

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    28 minutes ago

    These are the mothers of the hunger striking prisoners, waiting for the press statement of Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers. They were allowed to visit their client for the first time since 2011.

    Herkes Abdullah Öcalanın mesajını bekliyor. Özellikle anneler
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  9. 25 minutes ago

    No turning back: Syrian Kurds reshape region with books and schools

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    39 minutes ago

    PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, through his lawyers who visited him on 2 May 2019 (1st since July 2011), made a statement and called for resumption of peace negotiations. Concerning the ongoing hunger strikes, called for avoiding action that will result in loss of life.

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    3 hours ago

    When I last spoke to his lawyers, they had been sought and been denied access to their client 770 times

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    2 hours ago

    “A statement regarding this meeting [with Ocalan] is to be made at Taksim Hill Hotel at 15:00 [GMT 13:00].”

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  13. 2 hours ago

    Dutch consul is present of the arrival of the first flight from Eindhoven

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  14. 2 hours ago

    First flight of Freebird Europe arrives from Eindhoven in Slemani in the Region of Iraq

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  15. 3 hours ago

    Ocalan meets with his lawyers

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    5 hours ago

    Turkey is playing both Russia and US

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  17. 6 hours ago

    Roj bas from Slemani

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    17 hours ago

    Japan plans to splash out $245bn on defence over the next five years—an 11% rise over the past five years

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    14 hours ago

    The Islamic State had no role in the Sri Lanka attacks other than to serve as an inspiration, investigators say. They were locally planned and executed - the bombers learned how to make bombs on ISIS websites.

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    20 hours ago

    Medya Faizulla from and Dilan Sharif from have come 1st and 2nd respectively in a weight lifting competition held in .

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    7 hours ago

    Possible attack on US forces by Iran and its proxies led to deployments

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