Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #Kobanî

@ProfAtak

1-SDG komutanı Mazlum Kobani; Ahlam Albashir'in 3 erkek kardeşinin İŞİD’li olduğunu ve YPG tarafından öldürüldüğünü, 1 kardeşinin de halen ÖSO’da üst düzey komutan olduğunu açıkladı. Erdoğan, seçim için Kürtlerle anlaşmak yerine savaşmayı tercih etti dedi! al-monitor.com/originals/2022…

2- Şimdi taşlar yerine oturdu…

AKP HDP ile masaya oturdu. Masaya 2 sebeple oturmuş olma ihtimali var.

- İlki, HDP ile gerçekten seçim için anlaşmak istedi. Fakat ya HDP yanaşmadı ya da MHP ve milliyetçi tabanın şiddetli tepkisiyle karşılaştı ve masadan kalkmak zorunda kaldı.

3- İkinci ihtimal; Millet İttifakı’nın HDP ile üstü açık, kapalı anlaşmasının önünü kapatmak için önce masaya oturdu ve Millet İttifak’ının AKP’yi eleştirmesini bekledi -ki en şiddetli tepkiyi de Meral Akşener verdi. Amacına ulaştı. Şimdi Millet İttifak’ı da HDP’ye yanaşamaz.

Read 5 tweets

Frederike Geerdink

@fgeerdink

for your information: #pkk attacks military targets in the rural southeast of #turkey. and kurdistan freedom hawks (tak)? tak hits military/police targets in cities. yesterday's bombing was aimed at innocent civilians, which fully rules out pkk and tak.

and ypg and ypj in #syria? that's, if possible, even bigger nonsense. they defend the autonomously administered regions in #syria, they don't do cross-border ops, only extremely occasionally retaliation at turkish military targets outside civilian areas in border provinces.

ask yourself: who profits from this #bombing in #istanbul? it's fully against the interest of the #kurds in #syria, they will actually be targeted now. this bombing is exactly what erdoğan needs: a reason to invade syria again.

Read 9 tweets

Dastan Jasim

@DastanJasim

Ich habe noch Schwierigkeiten zu verarbeiten und zu verstehen, was heute in Sulaimaniya passiert ist und ich will euch auf einer ganz persönlichen Ebene erklären warum. Nagihan Akarsel wurde heute auf offener Straße erschossen, hingerichtet muss man sagen. 17 Kugeln. 1./

Nagihan hat dort lange Jahre im Bereich der Jineoloji gearbeitet. Jineoloji bezeichnet die Wissenschaft der Frau, sie ist ein epistemologischer Versuch nicht nur die Geschichte der Frau Neu zu schreiben und all das aufzudecken, was verborgen ist, sondern 2./

die Kategorien, in denen wir denken neu zu definieren. Gerade in Kurdistan ist das extrem wichtig, denn nicht nur unsere Geschichte wurde oft von anderen geschrieben, sondern auch die Geschichte der Frau wurde gezielt ignoriert oder verfälscht wie in vielen anderen Ländern 3./

Read 16 tweets

Zenonas Tziarras

@ZenonasTziarras

There's been much speculation about an imminent #Turkey intervention in north #Syria (another one) 🧵

The rationale behind such a move would be threefold:
1. The Kurdish threat
2. Electoral tactics (which might backfire)
3. Revisionist plans-strategic leverage re #Syria's future

Can #Turkey go ahead? The short answers is "yes". The long answer is "it's complicated".

If previous interventions are any indication, two things we know: 1. TR prepares the ground diplomatically and 2. remains flexible during operations, negotiating the outcome.

A Turkish intervention would most likely mean that Ankara got the "green light" from #Russia and/or #US. A move west of Euphrates would mostly need the former; east of Euphrates, both.

In exchange, #Turkey would have to compromise as well vis-a-vis it's ideal objectives.

Read 16 tweets

Nikita Gerassimow

@NikGerassimow

Update #Syria
Die Türkei verlegt weiter Kriegsgerät in den Norden von Syrien.
Die meisten Konvois treffen in #Idlib ein, manche auch in #Afrin und an der Trennlinie zu den kurdisch kontrollierten Gebieten.
Es wird weiterhin gerätselt, ob Ankara neue Militäroperation startet
(1/4)

Zuvor hatte #Erdogan mit neuen Militärschritten in #Syrien gedroht, um die "kurdische Bedrohung" zu beenden.
Es wird vermutet, dass die Operation südlich von #Kobani anlaufen könnte, um die beiden "Pufferzonen" miteinander zu verbinden.
#Syria #Idlib
(2/4)

Unterdessen flog die russische Luftwaffe wieder schwere Angriffe auf Stellungen pro-türkischer Gruppierungen in #Idlib .
Ankara unternimmt nichts, um dies zu verhindern.
Womöglich ist es sogar in türk.Interesse, dass die Söldnergruppen "von anderen" beseitigt werden.
(3/4)

Read 4 tweets

Hedwig Kuijpers

@Hedwigkuijpers2

How a #PJAK leader became history teacher in #Kobani

The ‘Rojava’ project in NE Syria has ridden most of its popularity through their fight against ISIS & their ideology, that promotes a form of grassroots governing by local people on the ground.

hedwigkuijpersjournalism.wordpress.com/2021/01/30/pja…

This system of popularly elected administrative councils, allowing local communities to exercise autonomous control over their assets, while linking to other communities via a network of confederal councils has seemed refreshing to many that follow developments in the ME.

And it would be interesting indeed, if it wasn’t governed by a shadow power structure with ultimate decision-making authority behind & beyond the local governing entities mentioned above. PKK cadres ‘lurk in the shadows’ and undermine the authority of locals governing, overruling

Read 23 tweets

@Suriyak

@Suriyakmaps

Another year is going to finish. 2020 has left us with fewer military events in the Syrian military conflict. Reflecting the enormous influence of the regional powers in the country, where the end of the war is still far away due to political blockade that has led to a stalemate

As we saw during the last days of 2019, #SAA had begun #Op_Redemption3 in order to retake M5 highway. After a small hiatus during the first weeks of January, Russian-Turkish negotiations failed & #SAA restarted the offensive by opening three axis S. #Idlib, S. #Aleppo & its city.

12 days before the restart of military advances #SAA had already liberated Maarrat al-Numan town & big parts of S. #Idlib countryside. However, the advance didn't stop & one week later #SAA liberated another stronghold, Saraqib, reaching M4 highway & joining with S. #Aleppo axis.

Read 16 tweets

Rena Netjes 🍓

@RenaNetjes

'Turkish Tel Abyad', that is how the vast majority of its inhabitants (Arabs) call the Turkish half of Tel Abyad. I wanted to see it with my own eyes, cuz I wondered if the town was like half Turkish half Arab or majority Arab. It is absolutely the latter. It is an Arab town.

Of course, education, services and so on are Turkish and jn Turkish. But the Arab inhabitants speak Arabic among themselves. They are bilingual. Same goes 4 the town of Harran, roughly between Şanlıurfa and Akçakale. Ak = white, kale = castle/the Turkish translation of Tel Abyad.

What I also learned, the Arabic of Akçakale/Turkish Tel Abyad, Harran and Şanliurfa (mixed population) is like Iraqi Arabic, to my surprise. It started already in the hotel where a waitor said 'aani' (ana, Iraqi way). In Akçakale I heard a lot of -ich instead of -ik: beitich.

Read 33 tweets

Filomena Rocha

@Filomen03258997

50. The Legacy of US, UK, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Jordan, Nato in Syria
#RegimeChange #FakeNews #FalseFlag #terrorism #SyriaInvasion #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity

1 to 20. The Legacy of US, UK, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Jordan, Nato in Syria 🤨👇🏼
threadreaderapp.com/thread/1136642…

21 to 40. The Legacy of US, UK, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Jordan, Nato in Syria 🤨👇🏼
threadreaderapp.com/thread/1164175…

Read 547 tweets

Filomena Rocha

@Filomen03258997

49. The Legacy of US, UK, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Jordan, Nato in Syria
#RegimeChange #FakeNews #FalseFlag #terrorism #SyriaInvasion #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity

Read 391 tweets

Filomena Rocha

@Filomen03258997

48. The Legacy of US, UK, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Jordan, Nato in Syria
#RegimeChange #FakeNews #FalseFlag #terrorism #SyriaInvasion #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity

Read 501 tweets

Filomena Rocha

@Filomen03258997

Tensions increase in Lebanese city as protesters clash with Harakat Amal supporters: video aml.ink/GfhJ7

"#Hezbollah leader Hassan #Nasrallah has signaled his readiness to support the current #Lebanese govt amid the ongoing protests in the capital Beirut. In a televised speech, Nasrallah said that he would back the govt,“but with a new agenda & a new spirit”
aml.ink/VHBBY

"The #Turkish-backed militants launched a surprise attack on the #SyrianArmy’s defenses near the #Syrian-#Turkish border today in a bid to advance to the Tal Tamr District of Al-Hasakah."
aml.ink/22K22

Read 495 tweets

Filomena Rocha

@Filomen03258997

47. The Legacy of US, UK, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Jordan, Nato in Syria
#RegimeChange #FakeNews #FalseFlag #terrorism #SyriaInvasion #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity

Read 130 tweets

Mutlu Civiroglu

@mutludc

Urgent! Reliable soyrces report US forces near Kobane have had to redeploy to combat Turkish backed FSA groups. They are being directly targeted. Their security and saftey is in danger!

Had to talk to several people on the ground to confirm the situation. Situation is pretty serious! Lost the contact. Trying to reconnect with #Kobani to get the latest

My reporting is now confirmed by multiple sources

https://twitter.com/lucasfoxnews/status/1184187247677132800?s=21

Read 7 tweets

Danny Makki

@Dannymakkisyria

Thread/ These are the main points in the agreement between the #SDF and the Syrian government. #Syria

1/ The abolishment of the #SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces), with all the current Kurdish forces and military groups joining the 5th Corps (Assault Legion) under Russian control

2/ A solid guarantee of full Kurdish rights in the new Syrian constitution with autonomy which will be agreed upon by Kurdish leadership & Syrian state.

Read 37 tweets

Charles Lister

@Charles_Lister

That “1000” is, roughly, the entire US presence in #Syria.

What does “northern #Syria” mean? Are they being drawn down to Deir ez Zour? Are we seeing an Arab-focused last chance strategy in slow formation?

https://twitter.com/facethenation/status/1183355409362554880

The U.S. withdrawal from #Syria is underway, as directed overnight by #Trump & supported by @DeptofDefense.

As I wrote a few days ago, opening the doors to #Turkey put the writing on the wall.

- "Making America Great Again” has never sounded so vapid."

mei.edu/blog/trump-pav…

@DeptofDefense HUGE developments in north #Syria, as the #SDF agrees a de facto surrender deal w. the #Assad regime, in return for a #Russia-backed #SAA move to block #Turkey's advances.

Looks like #Manbij, #Kobani, #Qamishli & possibly #Raqqa are all included in this agreement.

#SAA moving.

Read 10 tweets

Filomena Rocha

@Filomen03258997

46. The Legacy of US, UK, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Jordan, Nato in Syria
#RegimeChange #FakeNews #FalseFlag #terrorism #SyriaInvasion #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity

Read 613 tweets

Jeff Seldin

@jseldin

#SDF positions in northeastern #Syria "very weak" against #Turkey-backed forces, per #SDF Gen. Mazloum Kobani Abdi, speaking thru translator on a teleconference

He describes the situation as "frustrating...We trusted the security mechanism sponsored by the United States”

“We are now preparing ourselves for a long military operation that might take more than a year,” per #SDF Gen Abdi on #Turkey incursion in NE #Syria

“They want to attack all the Kurdish towns…they want to destroy all of our area” says #SDF Gen Abdi of #Turkey's military operation in NE #Syria, saying Turkey will turn the area into "another #Idlib"

Read 21 tweets

Charles Lister

@Charles_Lister

I've made my thoughts clear on how *bad* #Trump's decisions have been for #Syria policy (& the #SDF).

But let's just get something straight:

- The U.S. knowingly decided to ally with a designated terrorist organization (the #PYD/#YPG) in 2014 to fight #ISIS in #Kobani & beyond.

#pt: The State Dept, NCTC & CIA all viewed the #PYD as the #PKK's #Syria affiliate in 2013 -- that's in public documents.

That label was [quietly] removed in 2014.

In #Turkey - a #NATO state, whether we like it or not - the #PKK is viewed as *the* existential security threat.

#pt: #Turkey was complicit in terrible #Syria border control & ties to #Nusra. No doubt.

But put that aside for minute:

Imagine if a foreign state brought #ISIS to #Mexico & armed it to fight cartels, while assuring #Washington: "don't worry, they're only interested in Mexico."

Read 8 tweets

Filomena Rocha

@Filomen03258997

45. The Legacy of US, UK, France, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Bahrain, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Australia, Jordan, Nato in Syria
#RegimeChange #FakeNews #FalseFlag #terrorism #SyriaInvasion #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity

Read 182 tweets

Harald Doornbos

@HaraldDoornbos

Ben in Kobani, N-Syrië. Vanavond is hier herdacht dat 4 jr geleden #IS bloedbad aanrichtte onder bevolking Kobani tijdens verrassingsaanval.

230 burgers in hun huizen doodgeschoten door IS. Alleen al op deze begraafplaats 1300(!) gesneuvelde Koerdische strijders. Wat een helden.

Panoramafoto vd herdenking vanavond hier in Koerdische Kobani, NSyrie. Brandende kaarsen op begraafplaats om slachtoffers vd Kobani Massamoord te herdenken. Iedereen in deze stad heeft familieleden verloren aan IS. 1, 5, 8 geliefden weg. Zo treurig. Indrukwekkend om hier te zijn.

#kobani #ypg

Read 10 tweets

Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #Kobanî

Most recents (24)

Related hashtags

Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #Kobanî

Most recents (24)

Related hashtags

Did Thread Reader help you today?