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Democratic Union Party (#PYD) Presidential Committee Member, Foza Yusif: "Cooperation between Kurdish forces and parties is very important. We will support all the works carried out by the #PUK in this regard and we will carry out these works together." Image
PYD Official: "We drew attention to the role of the PUK for national unity. We can say that the enemy is waging a very dirty war to divide the Kurdish people and Kurdistan and start a conflict."
PYD Official: "We expressed that we are ready to play a role to protect the gains, especially the gains of Başûr (Iraqi Kurdistan). In the future, some studies will be carried out within the framework of the national strategy."
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A member of the Presidency of the Democratic Union Party (#PYD), Aldar Khalil, stressed that the Syrian opposition “was and still is a means to achieve Turkish agendas, despite showing the extent of the failure of its bet.”
The Kurdish leader's statements came after a wave of protests in the Turkish-backed areas in northwestern Syria, in response to the statements of the Turkish regime´s Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.
Khalil said that “Turkey used the Syrian opposition when it occupied areas of Syria such as Idlib, Jarablus, Al-Bab, Azaz, Afrin, Girê Spî (Tal abyad) and Serê kaniyê."
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Türkische Medien melden gerade dass der Nationale Sicherheitsrat unter Vorsitz von StP #Erdogan getagt hat! Die Sitzung ist beendet es soll eine schriftliche Erklärung in kürze veröffentlicht werden! #MGK #türkei
Laut der Erklärung, die nach der Sitzung des Nationalen Sicherheitsrates (#MGK) unter dem Vorsitz von StP #Erdoğan veröffentlicht wurden ist wurde folgendes festgehalten:
Es wurde erklärt, dass es inakzeptabel sei, dass #Griechenland seine Verletzungen der Hoheitsgewässer und des Luftraums zusätzlich zu seinen provokativen Aktionen fortsetzt.
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Thread: 30 May 2022: Day 96 of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine
Great piece on the #KGB's reconstitution in #Russia in all-but name since the end of the Cold War, and the way this paradigm of a "counterintelligence state" undid #Putin in #Ukraine against Western intelligence systems that have absorbed new techniques. rusi.org/explore-our-re…
Offsetting the hysteria since 2016 about #Russia's government and watching the obvious failures in #Ukraine has led to some bias for the incompetence explanation over malevolence. But the malevolence really is there, much of it aimed at Russians.
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30.05.2020, #ABD'li bir general Irak'ın Kuzeyine ziyaretini #KürdistanBölgesi olarak isimlendirmiş. #PKK #KCK #PYD #YPG #FETÖ'ye destek veren #ABD'li yetkilinin açıklamasına şaşırdık mı? Hayır
02.12.2004, #ABD Hv.Ulş.K.lığında fotoğrafı çekilen anıttaki görevlerde ne yazıyor?++
#NATO/#Müttefikler arasında işbirliği kapsamında da olsa #ABD'nin kirli planlarını dikkate alarak, yakıt ikmali desteği bile yapılsa, #Suriye'de ortak devriye yapacak kadar işbirliği içerisindeki #Rusya ile özellikle #Karadeniz' konusunda #ABD yüzünden karşı karşıya gelmeyelim.
@veryansintvcom haberi çok daha güzel detaylandırmış.
#ABD'li General #EricHill’in “#Kürdistan” sözü kişisel bir tarif ya da gaf değil. #ABD'nin ve #Pentagon’un resmi politikası.👇👇
veryansintv.com/abdli-komutani…
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Using an #America-centric lens to criticize #Turkey for making national security judgements based on a #Turkey-centric lens is analytically dubious.

Whether we like it or not, #Turkey has fought a 40-year #PKK insurgency & sees the #PKK as its No.1 national security threat.
#pt: And FWIW, using Aldar Khalil as the sole source to claim that the #PYD-#PKK relationship is solely defined by "intellectual lineage" & 'sympathy with one another's political goals' is analytically disingenuous.

Perhaps instead read the #PYD itself:

#pt: If the #PYD's very own website (deleted - but archived - after teaming up with the U.S. military in 2014) wasn't enough, take the public assessments of U.S. government's dedicated National CounterTerrorism Center (part of the Intelligence Community):

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1) #ABD, #Münbiç'den sonra sadece #Suriye'nin Kuzeyinden değil, #Fırat'ın Doğusu'nda bulunan üslerinden, radar mevzilerinden, kara gücü olan #PKK #PYD #YPG'den de vaz geçiyor++
2) #ABD, #Suriye'den geri çekilirken yani "#Ricat" ederken sözüm ona #barış ve #demokrasi getirmek için işgal ettiği ülkede kurduğu üsleri tahrip ederek veya taşıyarak, arkasında kan ve gözyaşı ile yıkık bir ülke bırakarak kaçıyor++
#BarışPınarıHarekatı
#KızılcıkSopasıHarekatı
3) #ABD'nin kara ordusu, bebek katili, piyonu, kullanışlı oyuncağı ne derseniz deyin #PKK #PYD #YPG kendisini kurtarmaya gelen sözde "#ABDSüvarileri" #AmericanCavalry tarafından çalınan #Ricat" borusu ile bir kez daha satılmıştır++
#BarışPınarıHarekatı
#KızılcıkSopasıHarekatı
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1. Now that #Assad has restored his regime's jurisdiction over the Al-Hawl camp I will not be surprised if they conduct Iraq style trials and execute all the male fighters. Maybe all the women too. Who knows? And Al-Baghdadi in Badia desert should be worried. @RTErdogan @POTUS
2. Assad has just recovered all the light sweet crude oil and gas fields on the east bank of the Euphrates.

Fun Fact: two days ago the US conducted an air strike on Iranian/Regime forces in Deir EzZor. @barbarastarrcnn I'm betting you didn't know. @ckubeNBC @LindseyGrahamSC
3. I really don't blame the #PYD for ending the relationship with the US. @SecPompeo has allowed them to be called terrorists and never once stood up for them. If Russia and Assad are smart they will show some grace and provide the PYD the limited autonomy they wanted
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Some important facts when reporting on #TurkishArmy operations in #Syria:
•The #YPG has ethnically cleansed several cities of their Arab inhabitants as documented by @amnesty & others
•ISIS has carried out many terroris attacks inside #Turkey including 2016 Airport, 2017 NYE
•As with every war, each side pushes its own propaganda. The #PYD/#YPG have previously used images that were proven to be either doctored or from other countries
#Turkey says main aim is to create safe zone &go after “terrorists” but #OperationPeaceSpring has other motives too
•These include economic benefits from construction projects + others in post-conflict #Syria
•The issue of refugees has become a toxic electioneering one domestically in #Turkey. There’s a belief that by reducing their number Gov popularity will increase.
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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
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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."
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41. 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
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It's not even surprising that the @WashingtonPost provides space to terrorists any more.

Cemil Bayik, the #PKK leader, has an op-ed in today's paper calling for "peace" with #Turkey. It's a skilled piece of propaganda. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/… <thread below>
Bayik notes #PKK was "born in 1978 [and] launched a guerrilla war in 1984". In that gap, the PKK, which spent all its time in #Turkey fighting the Left and other Kurds, moved to Syria and Lebanon to be built into an army by the #Soviets, using #Asad and the #PLO as cut-outs.
#PKK leader Cemil Bayik in his WaPo op-ed skips over the return to violence by the #PKK in 2004 entirely, and then misrepresents how the second ceasefire broke down in 2015, blaming #Turkey. In fact, the PKK murdered several policemen, claiming it as "revenge" for an #IS attack.
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Amid #Assad regime offensive in south #Syria, worth bearing in mind its continued bombing of areas in #Idlib - also under a so-called “de-escalation zone.”

Having watched the southern zone dissolved w/o response from #Jordan or #Israel, #Turkey’s now warning #Idlib = “red line."
#Turkey has deployed its own armed forces to x12 “observation posts” fencing in opposition areas & enforcing de-escalation.

#Russia seems invested in stability in #Idlib - but for how long?

After #Deraa, will #Assad & #Iran destroy the last remaining “de-escalation zone”?
For now, expect periodic regime bombing raids & notably, also ‘spoiling’ attacks by fighters unrestrained by #Turkey’s iron grip.

#HTS will remain internally divided on de-escalation -- the more regime bombings, the heavier the pressure for #HTS to respond = #Assad opportunity.
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Thread about #SDF #Efrin's #IRGC/Regime Connection: #Katerji Group awarded "Oil Contract" in SDF areas.
So the #PYD/#YPG are about to lose #Manbij following yet another #US abandonment.
This would be a major loss of business tax revenue following the #Turkey takeover of #Efrin. Image
Because of the war in #Aleppo, most small and medium-sized factories relocated to #Efrin & exported their product (mainly ready-wear & shoes) to regime and rebel areas. They paid lower taxes to the Democratic Autonomous Administration compared to official #Syria gov rates.
The #Katerji Group, owned by MP Hossam Katerji & his brother, is among the major beneficiaries. Also a shipping business, KG shipped grain and oil from SDF areas in NE Syria to regime areas and transported goods from/to #Efrin.
KG were also made famous dealing with #IslamicState Image
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It’s extraordinary just how much BS gets created in people’s minds.

I never once expressed “support” for #Turkey’s #Afrin operation.

- Did I say it was inevitable? Yes.
- Did I observe it & comment on its advance vis-a-vis broader #Syria dynamics (i.e. my job)? Yes.
My critique has always been about the imbalance/s created in northern #Syria by U.S. counter-#ISIS policy.

The #YPG was/is the #PKK - all U.S. officials admit that in private. That didn’t necessarily have to preclude working with them, but ignoring it caused big, big problems.
#pt: As an analyst of terrorist groups, I did see a certain irony & short-sightedness in the words of one top, serving U.S. official, “allying with a terrorist group (#PKK) to fight another terrorist group (#ISIS).”

It’s got nothing to do with any position on #Kurds, whatsoever.
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The logic driving this “humanitarian” narrative is riddled with inaccuracies & contradiction.

1. @MaxBoot says we should “let #Assad win,” but that at the same time, the U.S. should “stand with” the #SDF in 25% of #Syria (the northeast) -- how does that work, exactly?
2. The author also says U.S should “cut a deal” w. #Erdogan, in which “the #YPG will sever all support for the #PKK” … [despite the vast majority of #PYD/YPG leadership being long-time PKK/KCK veterans.]

Speak to anyone who regularly visits #SDF in NE - PKK calls the shots.
3. The author also links recent pictures of #Aleppo’s public park to compare “2016 charnel house” to 2018 "civilians strolling through its rebuilt public park.”

Except the park sat in regime-held territory & was barely touched in 4yrs of war. How does conquered east Aleppo look?
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1.@Evan_McMullin. #Pompeo discussed terrorism w/SVR GRU & FSB? Trump betrayed US #Kurdish allies #SDF for Putin & Assad. My CIA FOIA. We betrayed folks who defeated #ISIS & allows #Erdogan to slaughter #Afrin #Kurds. So far. #SDF @FoxNews @francesmartel @OIRSpox @FBIHonolulu @CIA
2. To explain, the Wayback captured the @CIA page about #Syria where there were no domestic terrorist listed on January 28, 2018. Ex A. I concede that a story I read yesterday, that I will search for to give accreditation, found this. As you can see, Ex B shows added PYD entry.
3. Here's Thurs DOD presser. At 3:34 and later 6:31 discussions of Afrin. At 27:42 AA reported says rockets fired in then the general says "if the PKK attacks Turkey." There are no PKK in Turkey. He must know that. We need to say if PYD, SDF YPG and/or YPG are or aren't listed.
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#Turkey-backed #FSA #EuphratesShield commander:
'Delay in #Efrin #Afrin op due to "bad weather". #FSA put on high alert as of this afternoon. Op likely to kickoff 0700 tomorrow, unless sthing changed on international scene'
#SDF #YPG fighter near #Rajo #Afrin #Efrin displaying KIA #Turkey-backed #EuphratesShield #FSA fighters, mocking #ZeytinDali, the name given to #AfrinOp
#Syria
Confirmed
#Turkey #Hatay #EuphratesShield will call for #Syria #FSA volunteers specifically for #AfrinOperasyonu.
Sources suggest #Efrin op to endure &/or expand in scope. Image
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