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Charles Lister

@Charles_Lister

Northwestern #Syria — #Idlib & #Aleppo in particular — have suffered 12yrs of brutal conflict. More than 65% of the basic infrastructure of the area is destroyed or heavily damaged.

Tonight’s earthquake couldn’t have hit a more vulnerable region.

An absolute disaster.

https://twitter.com/charles_lister/status/1622420324020002819

Utterly horrific reports coming from all across NW #Syria - every town I’ve heard from has dozens of buildings flattened. People stuck under the rubble.

Any many, many casualties — including children.

@SyriaCivilDefe will be heroes tonight, working amid heavy rain & sleet.

I’ve heard from x3 hospitals in #Idlib & N. #Aleppo — all are full, every bed taken by emergency cases following tonight’s earthquake.

As rescuers & civilians seek to extract people & belongings from rubble, there’s mass panic about aftershocks.

@SyriaCivilDefe stretched thin.

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Rojava Network

@RojavaNetwork

#Afrin: Local sources from the region reported that members of the terrorist “Faylaq al-Sham” faction, backed by Turkey, cut down about 70 olive trees in the village of “Ghazwaya” in the Sherawa district in the occupied countryside of Afrin.

Inhumane violations that the terrorist factions affiliated with the Turkish occupation continue to commit in the occupied territories, within the framework of a systematic policy that threatens the lives of the remaining indigenous people, and increases their suffering.

Also, a member of the “Ahrar al-Sharqiya” terrorist faction sold a house belonging to an indigenous resident in Afrin city, at a time when members of the “Sultan Murad” terrorist faction seized many shops.

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Rojava Network

@RojavaNetwork

The Syrian Democratic Council (#SDC) condemned, the crime of killing a Kurdish lawyer and human rights activist under torture at the hands of the Turkish intelligence, in a prison in the occupied city of #Afrin

SDC: This heinous crime was committed by the so-called “Syrian National Army” and with the complicity of the Turkish intelligence. It is an extension of the series of repression and bloodshed of the region's original Kurdish people since the occupation of the Afrin

SDC:The daily violations of killing, torture, kidnapping, extortion and theft in the occupied Afrin region and the rest of the Syrian regions occupied by Turkey amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing against the people of the region.

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Tim Hogan 浩勤

@TimInHonolulu

1. #Syria: No recent reports of Turkish attacks beyond the reported bombing of #Managh airbase near #Afrin and harassing fire in the #Darbasiyah district. A review of the Turkish media found nothing in the three main English daily papers. The Turkish language Ankara Gazeti

2. had an article quoting DM #Akar that Tukey's actions are legal under international law presumably reaction to reports where he was seen admitting to using #chemicalweapons in #Iraq. Not a very strong position and could indicate that behind-the-scenes diplomatic engagement is

3. not very positive for the Erdogan regime. #Turkey has air power and heavy guns but a poorly trained conscript army that will be chewed up and spit out by the US SOF trained SDF in urban warfare. Erdogan may have played his hand in the belief that he could extract concessions

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IDLIB POST

@IdlibEn

#BreakingNews
After taking control of #Afrin, #HTS is trying to advance to the city of #Azaz in the northern countryside of #Aleppo.

The Levant Front and Jaysh al-Islam send military reinforcements to confront #HTS+ Farfa al-Hamza + Suleiman Shah Division on the Kafr Jannah axis in the northern countryside of #Aleppo.

Part-2

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Mete Sohtaoğlu

@metesohtaoglu

1) #Suriye- Bölgede muhalif bir gazeteciye yönelik suikast sonrası başlayan gerginlikte muhalif gruplar arasında çatışmalar çıktı.
Gruplar arasında yükselen çatışmalara Ceyşul İslam ve Cebhe Şamiyye gibi gruplar da dahil oldu.
#Afrin #Azez

2) Çatışmalara gruplar arasındaki güç rekabeti, sınır geçişi kontrolü ve yerel idari anlaşmazlıklar yol açtı.
#Afrin #Azez

3) #İdlib merkezli Tahrir el Şam Heyeti (HTŞ) de çatışmalara müdahale ederek İdlib'den #Afrin kırsalına giriş yaptı.
#Azez'e doğru da ilerleyecektir.
Bu hamle HTŞ'nin ikinci Afrin hamlesi oldu. (Haziran da girmişti)

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IDLIB POST

@IdlibEn

#HTS is trying to storm the countryside of #Afrin in the northern countryside of #Aleppo, and #SNA is responding.

#HTS uses tanks and armored vehicles.

#HTS enters the city of #Jindires in the northern countryside of Aleppo, after confrontations with #SNA.

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Andriy SoulOfLion 🇪🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺

@andriy_ht

Parece ser que Turquía 🇹🇷 comenzó su ataque contra Afrin (gobernación de Alepo) Siria 🇸🇾

Se registraron ataques aéreos, ataque de drones y combate intenso terrestre.

#Syria #Turkey #Aleppo #afrin

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Felix Anton

@FelixDerik

🇹🇷 vor Großoffensive auf Nordsyrien.
Überblick:

- Tel Rifaat & Minbic, die Ziele der Türkei
- Gibt Russland grünes Licht für Angriffe?
- 🇹🇷 mobilisiert jihadistische Verbüńdete
- kurd. SDF bereiten sich auf Verteidigung vor
- Anti-Krieg Mobilisierung in Europa
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(1/19)

Nach dem Angriff auf Afrin ´18 & Serekaniye ´19 hat #Erdogan vor 3Wochen
eine neue Militäroffensive gegen die Selbstverwalteten Gebiete von Nord- &
Ostsyrien (Rojava) ankündigt. Das Ziel ist es die 30KM tiefe "Sicherheitszone" südlich der Türkischen Staatsgrenze auszuweiten
2/19

Als Ziele wurden das direkt an Afrin angerenzende und nördlich von Aleppo liegende
selbstverwaltete Gebiet #Sehba mit der Stadt Tel Rifaat & die multiethnische, mehrheitlich arabische Großsstadt #Minbic, östlich von Kobane, genannt.

3/19

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Filomena Rocha

@Filomen03258997

🚨🚨 ALERT 🚨🚨
Hundreds took to the streets in the city of Afrin in Syria’s Aleppo governorate late on 3 June to protest against routine blackouts and a sharp hike in the prices electricity provided by Turkey.
thecradle.co/Article/news/1…

The protesters stormed the main building of the local electricity company and set in on fire, before Turkish-backed militants opened fire on them.
thecradle.co/Article/news/1…

Local reports say at least one protester was killed and two others were injured. As the protests grew in size, demonstrators were seen chanting “Turks go out of Syria” and “Syria is free.”
thecradle.co/Article/news/1…

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Rena Netjes

@RenaNetjes

#AfrinCity Protesters - against high electricity prices and long power cuts - have set the electricity company on fire tonight. I received this video a while ago from one of my contacts in Afrin (the city).

In the Mahmoudiye district. "And the local council w stormed and set on fire. A popular intifada" as my source describes it, "1000s on the street, against the very high energy bills that people can't afford. Bills reach ahout $50." #Afrin

About*

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FreeYezidiFoundation

@Free_Yezidi

Disturbing & disappointing developments in continued assaults by #Turkish military in #Syria + #Iraq , particularly Turkish claim that this has been coordinated with Iraq/KRG authorities, which has serious implications for #Yezidi #Yazidi in #Sinjar; and many others.

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In this @washingtonpost article, it implies that cooperation exists among various authorities to green light #Turkey airstrikes in Syria and Iraq. This has serious implications for the so-called "Sinjar Agreement", which has failed to help Yezidis there.

washingtonpost.com/world/turkey-l…

The situation is extremely grave. ALL authorities throughout #Iraq , including Iraq govt & KRG govt, have a solemn duty to protect citizens in their territories. The deliberate targeting of #Yezidi #Yazidi in #Sinjar is an abominable human rights violations that is ongoing.

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Semita Salutis

@SemitaSalutis

1. Volgens Russische media is een artilleriegranaat vanuit #Oekraïne op Russisch grondgebied neergekomen in de regio #Rostov op 1 kilometer van de grens en op 300 meter van een bewoond gebouw in het dorp Mityakinskaya.

https://twitter.com/rianru/status/1494952516257255430

2. De Volksrepublieken #Donetsk & #Luhansk gaan over tot algemene mobilisatie van alle strijdbare mannen.
Een Oekraïense soldaat is gesneuveld door artillerievuur van de pro-Russische milities.

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1494944830606409730

3. Volgens de Donetsk Volksrepubliek gaat #Oekraïne de komende dagen volgens dit plan de #Donbass binnenvallen en zullen er etnische zuiveringen plaatsvinden. 31.000 burgers zouden volgens @sputnik_fr al geëvacueerd zijn uit #Lugansk en #Donetsk naar #Rusland.

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Charles Lister

@Charles_Lister

Something big is going down in NW #Syria -- (a) U.S. helicopter gunships firing on a target in the #Jinderes area of #Afrin & (b) a possible SOF raid targeting Tauqir Sharif, a [former] #UK citizen in the Atmeh area of #Idlib.

Personally, I'd be amazed if such an operation was launched at Tauqir Sharif (Abu Hossam al-Britani) -- while his #UK citizenship was revoked, the cause for doing so never seemed more than tenuous.

The house in the #Atmeh area has reportedly been surrounded by [alleged U.S.] SOF -- a loudspeaker just ordered the building to be emptied.

My guess: it's a senior #AlQaeda (Huras al-Din) figure -- HaD seniors are known to hide in the Atmeh area.

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Çeleng Omer ☀️

@ChelengOmer

In preparation for handing it over to the Syrian army and Russia, Turkey orders extremist jihadist groups to withdraw from the Latakia Mountains (al-Kabena and Bayer Boujak) and the region of Jisr al-Shughur.

According to the information, these extremists from the terrorist "Jund Allah" and "Jund al-Sham" affiliated with Al-Qaeda, and most of them are of Turkish, Caucasian and Russian origin, are being withdrawn to #Afrin occupied by Turkey.

The Turkish purpose of this step is to implement the Russian conditions to hand over some areas of Idlib, whitewash HTS in that it is separate from foreign jihadists and al-Qaeda, and to re-use these extremists to fight the SDF after they were integrated into the so-called SNA.

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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
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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)

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Tim Hogan 浩勤

@TimInHonolulu

1. Unclear if this is a signal of a change in #Russia's policy in #Syria, but it deserves note. #Erdoğan's deal with #Putin allowed #Turkey to occupy much of Northern #Syria using forces made up of al-#Qaeda & #Daesh fighters. Recent #Russian bombing in #Barad in SW #Afrin

2. hit and killed several of these Turkish backed al-#Hamzah Division terrorist forces. That group is embedded with Turkish forces and reported to be commanded by the Turkish special forces. Hamza is a monstrous terrorist force that commits crimes against #Kurds and religious

3. minorities and abducts women who are enslaved. There are also reports of Russian helicopters dumping flares over Turkish terrorist held region of North East Syria. IMO there will never be peace in Syria with Turkey and its terrorist occupying any part of it. Putin may have

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curdistani

@curdistani

According to investigator Turkish journalists Turkey become an island of cocaine & MDMA/ecstasy and all drugs distributed from Turkish ports

A company founded by a pro Erdogan Syrian "businessman" with Turkish passport become MDMA provider for Arab countries (UAE, Saudi A. etc.)

Details:

The company name: Altın Atlar San. Tic.

*Founded in Kirikhan, Hatay (Near Syria border - #Afrin and Idlib)

Company Director: Hashem Kaddur born in Hama, Syria & now has a Turkish passport

Ports used: Mersin, Iskenderin &many more

Drug: Captagon (Millions of tablets)

Turkish mafia leader Sedat Peker revealed the network of Turkish cocaine/heroine transportation after that we found out Turkey also finance wars+proxy groups with Captagon sales, all tablets produced within Syria borders transported to Iskenderun or Mersin ports for distribution

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curdistani

@curdistani

From released videos of Turkish Grey Wolves mafia leader (Sedat Peker),we have learnt that;

⭕️Turkish govt sell cocaine/heroine in Europe & Turkey
⭕️Turkish govt use drug money to finance #FSA groups in Syria& #Afrin
⭕️Turkish govt use drug money to finance TR media = fake news

Turkish mafia leader who fled to UAE, Sedat Peker released 4 videos of confession about his relations with Turkish govt, ministers and Erdogan' family

He explains illegal activities of Turkish govt, ministers, Erdogan' family and how they seize properties, laundering money& more

It was reported before that the Turkish government was using "Grey Wolves" criminal groups to seize properties of Kurds in occupied Rojava/Syria region of #Afrin. Turkish mafia leader confirms this relations and use of drug money financing Pro #Turkey jihadi and criminal groups.

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Qalaat Al Mudiq

@QalaatAlMudiq

#Syria: again a large quantity of drugs coming from Assad-held areas was seized. This time it was captured yesterday by SNA in E. #Aleppo CS. No less than 900,000 pills of captagon were hidden in a truck.

Another large quantity of drugs from #Syria was seized yesterday, this time by #Jordan. Hashish & 214,000 pills of Captagon were seized. jordan-oasis.com/10680/%D9%85%D…

S. #Syria: today 5th Corps clashed with drugs smugglers coming from Suwayda in area of Bosra (E. #Daraa). 3 men were arrested, hashish & captagon pills also seized👇
horanfree.com/?p=8010

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RiseUp4Rojava

@RISEUP4R0JAVA

How the 🇹🇷 occupation policy looks like in different parts of #Rojava and why we have to strengthen the #resistance against turkish fascism

A Thread ⬇️

For years, the Turkish state intervened in #Syria primarily through the Islamic State and other jihadist groups.

After it became clear that the Syrian Democratic Forces SDF would win the war against Daesh the Turkish state realized that it would have to intervene directly.

The first target was the region between Afrin and #Manbij: In August 2016, Turkey began to occupy the region together with Islamist mercenaries.

Officially, it turned against IS, but mainly the SDF was attacked. The main goal of the 🇹🇷 regime was to isolate Afrin.

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