Wladimir

@vvanwilgenburg

Freelance journalist (MEE, K24, 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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  2. 20 minutes ago

    Friend from Kobani send me this: "Trump is lying. If the US is not going to protect the Kurds, they should leave. They have sold us to Turkey, do they want us and our children to be killed by the jihadis? The militia who are attacking are not FSA, they are ISIS."

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    26 minutes ago

    This means that there will be no public response from the Trump administration to the escalating Syria crisis this week. Lawmakers will only hear from Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley in CLOSED session

    Just in: Syria envoy Jim Jeffrey hearing in House Foreign Affairs set for Thursday is OFF as VP heads to Turkey for emergency talks for a ceasefire in Northern Syria. A top State official for the Middle East had also been set to…
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    27 minutes ago

    .: "I support any effort to stop the Turkish incursion &slaughter of our Syrian Kurdish allies but the reality is...the sanctions (Trump) announced yesterday are really pathetic. The steel sanctions represent–steel represents ~4/10 of 1% of all of Turkey’s exports"

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  5. 30 minutes ago

    Prime Minister updated British Military delegation on arrival of displaced people following Turkish-led military escalation in northeast Syria. He informed them KRG is "ready to fulfil its international obligations and accept refugees."

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    32 minutes ago

    Just in: SDC’s US representative tells me Turkish backed forces are attacking Kobani and kidnapping civilians - despite Erdogan’s commitment to Trump yesterday that he would NOT attack the town

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    42 minutes ago

    It either shows Erdogan defying a clear warning from the President of the United States (doubtful), or it shows a President who was totally unprepared and impervious to the real-world consequence of making national security decisions without considered thought or consultation.

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    42 minutes ago

    Given the predictable consequences now unfolding before the entire world, if it’s true that Trump warned Erdogan not to invade northeast Syria, release the transcript of the call. Let’s see.

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    42 minutes ago

    Even two days into the attack, ALL of our western allies in the UN Security Council stood in solidarity to condemn it. The US was notably absent. Why?

    We are deeply concerned by the Turkish military operation in north east Syria. We call upon Turkey to cease the unilateral military…
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    42 minutes ago

    The US military was hailing the joint cooperation with Turkey in this very stretch of border just one day before Trump spoke with Erdogan. Trump clearly never backed up this effort.

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    U.S. and Turkish militaries are executing concrete steps as part of the security mechanism framework to address Turkey’s legitimate security concerns. The Department of Defense will be transparent as each phase of the…
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    42 minutes ago

    US forces then immediately withdrew from the border. US officials in Syria had to inform the SDF they were on their own. This despite the SDF having removed all defenses from the border region (at US request) on assurance that Turkey would NOT attack.

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    42 minutes ago

    Here is the statement from Sunday night with no warning whatsoever. That’s called a green light.👇

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    43 minutes ago

    Trump administration officials are working overtime to say he never gave the green light to this disastrous gift to ISIS, Russia, and Iran. I don’t envy them. But it’s demonstrably false:

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    2 hours ago

    “It will not be an easy situation. But at least children, the elderly and women will be safe" by

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    1 hour ago

    Update: Announcement coming this afternoon

    Senator Graham's office just confirmed they are going ahead with bipartisan sanctions against Turkey, even after the administration announced its own. An announcement is expected tomorrow.
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    57 minutes ago

    Wlad is back

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    Thank you all for your support! I'm back I hereby ask to verify my account so it won't get censored again by trolls. My work is important to shed a light on what's going on in northern Syria. Especially now that fewer…
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    1 hour ago

    New: The SDF is fighting back against a bloody Turkish invasion, successfully using a sophisticated network of tunnels and other tactics to recapture territory. My latest

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    3 hours ago

    “I can’t cry anymore, I have no more tears to shed. I can’t walk, my legs don’t carry me anymore. I just want God to stop this war". My dispatch from , with ⁦⁩ and pics from ⁦⁩

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    1 hour ago

    Senator Graham's office just confirmed they are going ahead with bipartisan sanctions against Turkey, even after the administration announced its own. An announcement is expected tomorrow.

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  20. 1 hour ago

    I am not the only victim of these attempts of online censorship. There are 100s of other accounts that are being targeted for simply giving more attention to the situation in N Syria. Accounts of local journalists were shutdown, like who made a new account (3)

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  21. 2 hours ago

    Moreover, this is not the first time it happens! My account was restricted several times while I was reporting about Turkish threats against the northeast & the fight against ISIS. I hope this can be prevented in the future Thanks everyone again for their support (2)

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