Hussein Akoush

@HousseinAk

Syrian researcher and journalist based in Turkey. I've written for The ,, , and other outlets

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Joined February 2014
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 9

    Civilians fear 'mass extermination' as bloody assault on Idlib intensifies. I spoke to Idlib residents who are struggling to survive the bombs raining from the sky.

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    2 hours ago

    Not confirmed but and I have heard from 2 sources that the SDF is to be disbanded and folded into the 5th Legion, formed by Russia for defecting rebels when they lost Deraa.

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  3. 1 hour ago

    6- According to multiple sources: Eight American armored vehicles are stationed on Qara Quzak bridge in an attempt to prevent Assad forces from entering

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  4. 2 hours ago

    5- American troops are still in al-Saediya village which is 7 kms west of Minbej.

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  5. 2 hours ago

    4- On the other side, the Turkish-backed Syrian rebel National Army (most of them local fighters from Minbej) are mobilizing near the frontline and they await orders in case there is any intention to launch an offensive.

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  6. 2 hours ago

    3- Inside the city: No military group present except the SDF. civilians inside are split in opinion - some of them want the regime to enter the city and others are afraid of the regime so they prefer the rebel National Army.

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  7. 2 hours ago

    2- Regime troops and the SDF have boots on the ground in the following villages which are located to the northwest of Minbej: Al Jat, Arab Hasan, Awn al-Dadat, Hilwanji, Al hamran, Al Zunqol.

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  8. 2 hours ago

    1- Regime troops are deploying alongside the SDF on the frontline against the National Army.

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  9. 2 hours ago

    Thread on the latest developments in

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  10. Retweeted
    Oct 10

    Dispatch from the Turkish side of the border today, where 3 people have been killed by SDF shelling and civilians are now leaving en masse as the counter-offensive gains pace:

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    Oct 10

    Syrian National Army spokesperson Youssef Hamoud tells me, his troops are "making progress on the ground. The village of Tal Fender and the land west of Tal Abyad is liberated."

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  12. Retweeted
    Oct 9

    Outside town of after Turkish strikes earlier- please watch

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    Fleeing civilians tell CNN they don't know where to go CNN's speaks to civilians who are attempting to escape the chaos in Syria.
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  13. Oct 9

    Turkish air forces have launched four airstrikes on Ain Eisa in north of Raqqa

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  14. Oct 9

    Turkish President Erdogan announces over Twitter: "Turkish Armed Forces have begun the operation along with Syria’s National Army in Northern Syria against PKK/YPG and ISIS terror organizations."

    Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri'miz Suriye Milli Ordusu'yla birlikte Suriye'nin kuzeyinde PKK/YPG ve Deaş terör örgütlerine karşı 'nı başlatmıştır.…
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    Oct 6

    Waiting for justice!

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    ’de çocuklar arasında çıkan tartışmadan sonra Ürdünlü bir çocuk Irkçı bir vatandaş tarafından şiddet görüyor ve çocuğun annesini hakaretlere maruz…
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  16. Retweeted
    Oct 4

    The idea for this story came a long time ago but I had to go to Yemen to finish it. We know western bombs are used in the war - but where are they actually from? What is sold and why? How does Riyadh decide what gets hit and with which munitions?

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  17. Retweeted
    Sep 27

    Egyptian police have rounded up more than 2,000 people protesting the rule of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Trump's "favorite dictator."

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  18. Retweeted
    Sep 25

    A statement on Waseem Ramli.

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  19. Retweeted
    Sep 25

    On a day like this 7 years ago , Assad's regime soldiers kill more than 400 civilians in alGora and alQwsor neighborhoods in . The criminal still in his palace and the martyrs are not comfortable in their graves yet. We will never forget.

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    Sep 19

    Interesting read from about Nir Rosen and his work as a fixer between various actors and the Assad regime in Syria. However, one of the more juicer tidbits that Armin only glossed over is Nir's association with Samir Foz.

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    Sep 15

    My latest for on the recent gathering of pro-regime propagandists in Damascus. I write about the emergence of a new form of junket journalism that serves as a global laundering service for blood-splattered autocrats.

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