Abdulla Hawez

@abdullahawez

Researcher, Kurdish and regional affairs. Middle East stuff. Politics, MidEast

@KingsCollegeLon

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. Formerly:

@BBCWorld

, senior editor

@yalla_ar

London and ErbilJoined June 2009

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Extreme nepotism in action: This 23 years old with only a bachelors degree, no experience and no official position has been appointed as chancellor of a PUBLIC university in #Kurdistan and his first speech was broadcasted live on TV. Hint: he‘s Barzani.

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Iraqi human rights commission: at least 10 Iraqi protesters have been killed, 115 injured and 88 arrested in the last two days as anti-corruption protests continue in Baghdad and in most other Iraqi cities.

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Kurdish media: In addition to its two existing bases: the US is planning to build three new military bases in Iraqi Kurdistan: one in Sulimania, one in Halabja (14km from Iran border) and 3rd in south Erbil; US is also planning to increase its military personnel from 450 to 2000.

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Jan 19

Violent clamp down of anti-corruption protests continue in Baghdad and southern Iraq as protesters decide to escalate by blocking Baghdad airport and other vital institutions until their demands met. Here footage of live ammunition against peaceful protesters in Baghdad:

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· Jan 19

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Jan 19

30 activists (apparently mostly PKK supporters) have been arrested in the last three months of 2019 in Erbil and Dohuk and their fate is unknown, according to pro-PKK media. The #KRG prosecutor says he is unaware of any such arrests.

Serdozgerê îdia kir ku haya wî ji kesên li Dihok û Hewlêrê hatine binçavkirin nîne

Li parêzgehên Dihokê û Hewlêre di nava nêzî 4 mehan de bi hîncetên cuda ji aliyê hêzên ewlehiyê ve nêzî 30 kesan hatine binçavkirin. Di nava kesên hatine binçavkirin de, pêşmerge û endamên partiyan...

Eight kurdish political parties in Turkey meet in an attempt to form a united front. The parties included HDP, DBP, Kurdistan Democratic Party – Turkey (PDK-T), Communist Party of Kurdistan (KKP) and Democratic Communities Council (KCK).

Turkey’s Kurds look to strengthen political alliance

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A group of political parties that focus on advocating for Kurdish rights in Turkey met in Diyarbakir on Friday to strengthen their united front as Kurds face challenges...

Iraqi kurdistan President Nechirvan Barzani to meet President Donald Trump at the WEF in Davos.

President Nechirvan Barzani to meet with President Donald Trump at Davos - President of the...

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, January 19, 2020 Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani is officially invited to attend the World Economic Forum’s 50th Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland,...

This is a paragraph about a village in northeast Syria where Kurds & Arabs lived in the 1930s. “A Kurdish woman has no doubt she is as good as a man or better! They come out of their houses and make jokes to any man, passing the time of day with the utmost amiability”. #Rojava

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Abdulla Hawez

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Jan 19

Let’s have some fun with these paid trolls! Here are different photoshopped pics of me - made by trolls - accusing me of being Arab, Iran mullah & Turkmen: Although I am proudly Kurdish but these people are so racist they think it is not okay being any of these ethnic groups.

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@KidCurdi

· Jan 19

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You're a fool Turkmen

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Jan 19

And if we go into more details, this map of Iraqi kurdistan in 1800s pretty much resembles today’s split. At the time different dynasties were ruling the wider kurdish areas, today Barzani and Talabani ‘dynasties’ rule the two parts in KRI. Map source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_K

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Jan 19

This is perhaps the most important but often overlooked dimension in the story of the 200K+ Syrian Kurdish refugees in Iraqi Kurdistan: they have hugely enriched Iraqi Kurdistan's culture towards better.

Syria refugees bring new tastes and traditions to Kurdish Iraq - France 24

Syria refugees bring new tastes and traditions to Kurdish Iraq

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For those unfamiliar, Kurdistan split after the 1996 civil war and haven't united since. There is a facade of a united government but KDP officials don't have power in PUK areas and visa versa. Also each of KDP and PUK has their own Peshmarga and different command structure.

KRG isn't one united entity & Peshmarga isn't national army of #Kurdistan. It's composed of 2 main militias & some smaller ones. Yesterday, following the PUK Peshmerga death, senior PUK Peshmarga commander Mahmud Sangawi called the KDP security "similar to ISIS and terrorists".

Tensions mounting between KDP & PUK after a PUK Peshmarga gets arrested in Erbil and later found dead in his prison cell. KDP authorities say he was arrested while possessing drugs and later hanged himself PUK says he was arrested without court warrant and he has been murdered.

A Kurdish journalist is arrested in Sulimaniyah for publishing a story about former deputy speaker of Iraqi parliament. #Kurdistan

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kurdish blogger

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· Jan 19

This is Iraq: a journalist publishes a well sourced story about Aram Sheikh Mohammad, former deputy head of #Iraqi parliament not returning public property after his 4-year term expired. Now @Kurdistan authorities in Sulaymaniyah have imprisoned the journslist Surkew Mohammad 1/4

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Kamal Chomani

@KamalChomani

Jan 19

The critics of the KRG are used to such kind of hateful accusations by the KDP fanboys, sometimes even foreign paid-KRG apologists do. However, this is new & dangerous when former EU diplomats do. Being a critic of the KRG, in no ways mean hating it.

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Kamal Chomani

@KamalChomani

Jan 19

Let's agree Abdullah hates the KRG simply bc of corruption, killing journalists & protesters, civil war crimes, holding militias, occupying land & several other crimes. But why do love the KRG so much you turn to be like a KDP fanboy throwing such bs hateful accusations?

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ClarissEU

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· Jan 18

Tks for this summary. It made me read the piece. Only to find out @IKRPresident N. Barzani didn't say any of those things. Honest questions: Why do you hate the KRG so much?. And do you really think incorrect summaries will sway anyone's opinion or policy? Both serious qu's.

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