Heinz Halbkrass

Author, writer, commentator, analyst University degrees in geography & foreign policy. Not feeling any necessity to follow you if you should decide to follow me

[Heinz Halbkrass @HeinzHalbkrass]

@CraigMurrayOrg (3) They compete for literary prizes and need to develop a feel for the latest zeitgeist that can be served up literarily. In the process, of course, this trade is adapted to mass tastes and in some cases has developed a symbiotic relationship with the mass media.

[Heinz Halbkrass @HeinzHalbkrass]

@CraigMurrayOrg (2) There seems to be an unusually sated and apolitical PEN in Scotland. You can add sheer cowardice to that. I am sure that they will not mention your fate until it reaches the headlines of the mass media. They have a link for it on their homepage: "Day of the Imprisoned Writer"

[Heinz Halbkrass @HeinzHalbkrass]

@CraigMurrayOrg (1) These ivory-tower poets today already frequently drag their flabby bodies down to the first floor, where they deliver well-chosen speeches on freedom of speech and freedom of the press according to the taste of the times.

[Heinz Halbkrass @HeinzHalbkrass]

Saudi Royal Family Considering Replacement For Crown Prince bin Salman
#Kashoggi / #khashoggi / #SaudiArabia / #binsalman
https://t.co/A8iZ0Zrco4

[Empire News @imperienytt]

Why You Should Be Intensely Skeptical Of Everything You Hear About Iran Protests
https://t.co/UJMkDcDWx2 by @caitoz

[Heinz Halbkrass @HeinzHalbkrass]

@Pyrmha108 #Erdogan plays with #Turkish nationalists annexation (or long term occupation) dreams in #Syria. But as alienation from #NATO, #USA and #EuropeanUnion moves rapidly forward #Turkey will be pressed by #Russia, #Iran, and #Syria to leave the country earlier as expected...

[Joshua Landis @joshua_landis]

Fine article about Turkey’s use of Turkmen in Syria to combat both Assad and Kurdish troops - by @MohanadHageAli A policy that has produced enmity toward the Turkmen & may provoke blowback someday.
https://t.co/qYXjTOSr1p via @CarnegieMEC

[Heinz Halbkrass @HeinzHalbkrass]

YaLibnan: #Lebanese army orders troops to “be on full alert!” to prepare for a possible #Israeli attack. The Lebanese army chief’s warning coincides with #IDF military exercises that are since Sunday being conducted at the Syrian border. https://t.co/O2TFNRT9lg

[Russia at the United Nations @RussiaUN]

#Safronkov:Specialists from @OPCW's fact-finding mission did the whole part of their work remotely. Mission's report, which is full of inconsistencies & contradictions,is of a very mediocre quality and replete w expressions like "possibly","probably","we can assume","most likely"

[War on the Rocks @WarOnTheRocks]

A small, open-ended, U.S. military presence in Syria wouldn't help counter Iran. It would make things worse  https://t.co/gohMTBXBsl

[Heinz Halbkrass @HeinzHalbkrass]

@JohnDelacour (2) Maybe #Syrian gvnmt has already reached secret agreements with #Kurds concerning future handover of these regions for federalized status

[Heinz Halbkrass @HeinzHalbkrass]

@JohnDelacour (1) I wondered about this too and I also wondered about a lack of resolve to seal off #SDF from occupying all regions east of Euphrates.

[Bump @Wooorldpolice]

#US still organizing "moderate" rebels at this stage of the conflict, prolonging, worsening humanitarian situation in #Syria! https://t.co/hba3KszFlF

[Heinz Halbkrass @HeinzHalbkrass]

#Russia|n FM Spokesperson Maria #Zakharova on #Israel’s withdrawal from #UNESCO: https://t.co/8cAYrlzad5

[Heinz Halbkrass @HeinzHalbkrass]

@anyone91 @Mzahem_Alsaloum Is this a #US move with the support of their regional mercenaries to reach #DeirEzzor before the #SAA and their allies?

[#ISTANBULTHEMES #TheOriginal @ISTANBUL_THEMES]

No good prospect.
"Erdogan's popularity keeps shrinking. To stay in power, he must make sure that he is feared more than he is hated." https://t.co/pfHyvNqhiz

[Max Abrahms @MaxAbrahms]

These pundits *insisted* we wouldn't make progress against ISIS in Syria until Assad was gone. Let's acknowledge they were totally clueless.

[Empire News @imperienytt]

The Dawn of an Orwellian Future https://t.co/aY4OTLmobj

[Heinz Halbkrass @HeinzHalbkrass]

Alastair Crooke: A #Syria|n Cordon Sanitaire: Is #Israel huffing & puffing, or is it serious? https://t.co/Fe3X8ngcxx