Mariam A

🇮🇶 🇦🇺 | She/her | International Studies (Global Security) Student

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Two of the biggest wildfires in Australia have merged into what officials called a “mega-fire." Across the country, more than 200 blazes are burning, many completely uncontrolled. Here's what one of the worst wildfire seasons in its history looks like: https://t.co/I33Efbf3pt

[Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein]

Sanctions against Iraq, are you kidding me? Iraq is owed *reparations* from the United States, and on a massive scale. "Trump administration begins drafting possible sanctions against Iraq" https://t.co/2LRhK9vLuh

[Ita Buttrose @ItaButtrose]

Australia Is Committing Climate Suicide https://t.co/8vkhgzU9DA

[Dr Aiden Warren @WarrenAiden]

Frightening scenario that is certainly not far-fetched @RMIT @SGSC_RMIT @Media_Stable @AustAmFulbright #auspol2020

[Mariam A @MazzALF]

I've got nothing intellectual to say other than wtf is going on with the world

[Mohamed Yehia @yeh1a]

At least 40 protesters were killed and more than 2000 injured in Iraq on Friday when security forces used tear gas and an Iranian-backed militia opened fire to try to quell renewed demonstrations against corruption and economic hardship https://t.co/jWtX795DkA

[Arjun Sethi @arjunsethi81]

Modi wants to turn Kashmir into Xinjiang.

Concentration camps, ubiquitous surveillance, authoritarian control of technology & unspeakable violence.

Chinese technology is making Hindu nationalism even deadlier.

https://t.co/044RzuZ8s7

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

Trump doesn’t seem to know that Kirkuk is in Iraq, not Syria.

[Joe Cirincione @Cirincione]

Just so I get this straight: Trump is sending 2,000 more troops to protect the Saudi royal family and pulling troops protecting the stateless Kurds. He has major financial interests in Saudi Arabia and Turkey and none in Kurdish territories. Do I have that right?

[Mark Hertling @MarkHertling]

Turkey knows all US locations by grid coordinates. These are placed in artillery fire control computers as “no fire areas” or NFAs.

Either TU artillery soldiers were incompetent, or this was a purposeful act to send a message to US and SDF/Kurds.

Turkey fired on a NATO ally.

[David Frum @davidfrum]

And this is why House needs to see those Trump tax returns. Trump has green-lit a new Middle Eastern war by a dictator who controls some unknown percent of Trump's global licensing income. We cannot begin to assess US Middle East policy without knowing who's paying what to Trump

[NetBlocks @netblocks]

Update: #Iraq is offline again as of 13:00 UTC 📉

It's now been 140 hours since the state imposed a near-total telecommunication shutdown in most regions, severely limiting press coverage and transparency around the ongoing crisis ⏱

📰 https://t.co/7GF42YLDWU

[Mariam A @MazzALF]

Watching the biggest iraqi news outlet at the moment, aliraqia. Nothing but military and government propaganda from them #Iraq

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

• #IraqProtests death toll nears 100
• Nearly 4,000 injured
• Hundreds of protesters arrested
• Near-total internet shutdown

Iraq has been rocked by days of protests against corruption and unemployment. Follow the latest updates: https://t.co/OZpAJqIxmC

[TRT World @trtworld]

Anti-government protests continue to escalate across Iraq. Here's what has happened so far

[Mariam A @MazzALF]

Speculations on whether the Iranian military bombings in Iraq were of Israeli origins. If true, Iraq and Iran imply they will not hesitate use force. Israeli-Iranian/Iraqi relations (or lack there of) have continued to be hostile and turbulent
https://t.co/x0gNNnsQy1

[Richard Di Natale @RichardDiNatale]

By ordering our defence forces to set sail to the Strait of Hormuz, Scott Morrison has sent us down the path to armed conflict with Iran. Backing in Trump’s military adventurism will only make the world a more dangerous place.

[Mariam A @MazzALF]

Macron aims to mend US-Iran relationship. The P4+1 are picking up the scraps Trump left in Teheran. #foreignpolicy2019

[The Guardian @guardian]

Emmanuel Macron aims to ease US-Iran tensions at G7 summit https://t.co/eL8mopXvaT

[The Hill @thehill]

Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran Javad Zarif: "Iran is not interested in confrontation. We were not the ones who walked away from a carefully negotiated agreement."

[Jon Piccini @JonPiccini]

As a historian of Australia's global role, can I say this is a bad idea? https://t.co/4bbmbcQsd2