Good discussion with Ilham Ahmad from SDC in northeast Syria. We talked about the #Syria10 crisis and Sweden’s ongoing role ahead of #SyriaConf2021. Reaffirmed our collaboration in the fight against Daesh.
“@USCIRF continues to be worried about religious and ethnic minorities still in #Afrin. We continue to receive reports of kidnapping, rape, and Christians being arresting for Apostasy.” Thanks @vvanwilgenburg for including us in this important story.
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In this interview by @JoshMShep, I explain we can't beat extremism with just weapons & bombs but by building governance that is opposite of the way they govern. In the book "Daughters of Kobani," @gaylelemmon tells the story about how these women did both!
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The New York Times has failed in their journalistic integrity in their reporting on the Turkish persecution of the Kurds in Afrin.
#Turkey | #Kurdish
Reporting by @sfrantzman
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Today is Kobani Liberation Day. On January 26, 2015 Kurdish fighters, supported by @CJTFOIR air strikes, liberated Kobani & showed that Daesh wasn’t invincible & denied them a strategic objective. Congratulations to the Kurds for being an example of a reliable, & capable partner
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“France’s president Emmanuel Macron and I agree that Turkey’s recent actions have been very aggressive,” Pompeo said, furing a media briefing at the State Department in Washington.
I would like to share with you some of the copy painting by an artist residing in Turkey his name is Mehmet Yucel, i found him on social media is copying my paintings completely without mentioning my name or giving any credit to me..Is this an artistic theft .. What do you think?
A thread by @dlshadothman on how US organization supported by @StateDept staff in Turkey, misuse the money of taxpayer by supporting a Syrian hate-speech pro Turkey channel, to legalize the occupation of Turkey and extremist armed group for Afrin.
#Syria#Twitterkurds@IREXintl
Absolutely this 👇🏻 "Taking a holiday in Syria while its civil war is still in motion is not 'dark tourism'. It is, at best, voyeurism of the most unpleasant kind; a rank disregard for the sanctity of human life. At worst, it is an accessory to massacre" https://t.co/gx0TF4IKBh
Accused of killing an unarmed, sedated captive, he held up the dead man's head by the hair for a trophy picture. The Navy called him a war criminal. Trump called him a war hero. @David_Philipps @helenecooper @maggieNYT https://t.co/ELKCgwGrJZ
Three generations who fled for their lives. Their city occupied by Turkish forces. I was at the school in Hasakah they shelter in while food was prepared today. I watched them collect lunch, take it to their classroom, and begin to eat together.
"The ethnic dimension to many of the crimes has resulted in a mass exodus of Kurds and religious minorities from these once diverse borderlands," article by @_RichardHall#SaveMinorities#DefendRojava https://t.co/BywFv0C8a5
While Turkey and their proxies continue to attack Ain Issa in violation of the supposed ceasefire and inch closer to Kobani, here's Kajin, a YPG fighter from Kobani (who has been wounded 3x fighting ISIS in Kobani, Afrin, and Manbij) on the US' withdrawal:
In a meeting with Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkey Foreign Affairs Minister, I reiterated the EU’s strong condemnation of Turkish military intervention in northeast Syria. It is an unacceptable violation of international law that undermines the stability and security of the region. [1/4]