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Rena Netjes

RenaNetjes

Today I asked KNC leader Abdel Hakim Al-Bashar if he knew how many Syrian Kurds now live in Turkey. Al-Bashar: "400,000." 400,000? "The Syrian Kurdish immigrants in Turkey are 400,000,

Zed

Zonai10

If you are wondering why #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan is trending, it’s because Turkey is bombing the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in Iraq. Erdogan has killed 4 civilians so far and he won’t

Hedwig Kuijpers

Hedwigkuijpers2

How a #PJAK leader became history teacher in #KobaniThe ‘Rojava’ project in NE Syria has ridden most of its popularity through their fight against ISIS & their ideology, that promotes

Abdulla Hawez

abdullahawez

Source: PUK co-leader, Lahur Talabani, thru Iraqi president Barham Salih has suggested to officials in the new Biden admin to arrange a meeting between PKK leaders and representatives of the

Elizabeth Tsurkov

Elizrael

Interesting. Îlham Ehmed, the co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council, the political body of the SDF that controls NE Syria, calls for the establishment of "a joint project with the

Rabih Alameddine

rabihalameddine

Jin – Jiyan – Azadi: Women, Life, Freedom by Sonja HamadPhotos of Kurdish fighters: Diljin, 21 years old. Diljin joined the guerilla to fight for women's rights. For her, the

Demola Olarewaju

DemolaRewaju

Today actually makes it over two decades since the sad killing of Ken Saro-Wiwa by the Nigerian State under Abacha alongside 8 others: Felix Nuate, Baronem Kobel, Saturday Dobee, Daniel

Gregory Brew

gbrew24

What is the US trying to accomplish in northeastern Syria with the recent oil deal? It's hard to say. Thread 1/https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/politics/syria-secretive-oil-contract-delta-force-ambassador/index.html Last Thursday during a

polla

P0114_A

Why the hashtag #TurkeyInvadesKurdistan ?Turks and kurds in a thread. What you should know as a foreigner: Turkey is a country led by racist and fascist people, while we do

joma | جوما

comradejoma

Okay, here we go. I research the AANES (Rojava) in graduate school and wrote a 200+ thesis on it when in undergrad. My hot take is that its success thus

Craig Silverman

CraigSilverman

Today is the 6th anniversary of the liberation of Kobane from Islamic State. For me, it's associated with this viral tweet and photo, which kicked off a global wave of

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