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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    Jul 11

    My new co-authored book has been my published today! You can find it on Bloomsbury and Amazon Video by

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  2. 58 minutes ago

    "A year and a half later, the IDPs from Afrin district remain in precarious conditions in destroyed dwellings or in IDP sites. They live with a fear of retaliation and with their movement between Aleppo city and Afrin restricted." (2)

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  3. 58 minutes ago

    "In January 2018, almost 150,000 people were forced to flee their homes in Afrin district and make their way to Tall Refaat, Nabul, Zahra and Fafin areas, during a military operation by opposition fighters, supported by the Turkish Armed Forces." (1)

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    2 hours ago

    Reality of Afrin: 14-year-old Kurd publishes book about injustices in

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  5. 1 hour ago

    Education official of Turkish-backed local council gets kidnapped/arrested by Turkish-backed military police. Chaos continues in Afrin under Turkish occupation, but no one reports about it since no Western journalists visit Afrin.

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    Libya’s Tripoli-based GNA has improved its air capabilities with the receipt of armed Turkish Bayraktar drones in recent weeks - GNA officials

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    Turkish court rules academics' rights violated in Kurdish letter...

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  8. 2 hours ago

    British revolutionaries in Syria say they will defy Home Office's new terrorism laws

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    Crew of oil tanker seized by Iran in good health: owners

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  10. 2 hours ago

    I think they visited the local council in As Suwar. Not Deir ar Zour's general council.

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  11. 2 hours ago

    US Ambassador & Deputy Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, William Roebuck, visited Deir ar Zour countryside today.

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    3 hours ago

    French director's new film highlights Kurdish unity, female resistance against ISIS - by via

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  13. 3 hours ago

    Pictures of the victims of the ISIS attack.

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    4 hours ago

    Though the ISIS appeal contains a number of false allegations, it is true that humanitarian conditions in Hol camp are severe. RIC researcher Chloe Troadec says: "SDF fighters have already had their salaries cut just to meet the camp’s basic $700,000 daily running costs." [3/7]

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    4 hours ago

    The fundraiser is co-ordinated by ISIS supporters in Germany. German-speaking camp residents complain about “life in the hands of the kuffar" and humanitarian conditions in Hol. They collect money via secret donations using code names like 'honeymoon in Vienna'. [2/7]

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    4 hours ago

    Together with the , the exclusively reveals an ISIS crowd-funding campaign being run out of Hol camp - raising €1000s for women detainees. The revelations expose the urgent need for security co-operation with NE SYRIA. [1/ 7]

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  17. 4 hours ago

    Today people in Qamislo came together for the 3rd anniversary for the 'black day' (roja reş) of the attack.

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    Jul 26

    Recent UN report on the Tal Serdam IDP camp in Fafin, N. Aleppo "Tal Serdam... is currently home to 3,600 IDPs from Afrin district. Abu Mohamad’s family is among 750 families in the camp, who live only 30-40 km away from their area of origin, Afrin.

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  19. 5 hours ago

    What does this mean? "Report No. DODIG-2017-033, “Assessment of U.S. and Coalition Efforts to Train, Advise, Assist, and Equip the Kurdish Security Forces in Iraq,” December 16, 2016"

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    6 hours ago

    "I want people who read my books to learn about , about the people of Afrin, about the fight for freedom."

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    8 hours ago

    Anti-Syrian sentiment on the rise in Turkish social media

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