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1/ There is no electricity in #Raqqa now. People are scared. Net weak. But I managed to ask someone to sneak to the window and record this short clip. There are clashes in city. ISIS is attacking targets in Raqqa.

@akhbar
2/ Coalition plane over Raqqa right now as ISIS mounts attack on city.

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3/ Machine gun fire has ceased in Raqqa. SDF now patrolling area of clashes in APCs.

For clarity sake, I an currently not in Raqqa but I am in touch with multiple people I know in the city as i have visited Raqqa frequently.

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Jenan Moussa
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1/ Here Putin Erdogan deal. Let me explain the new ground reality in my opinion:

a/ No war, no resumption of Turkish offensive.
b/ No mass exodus of civilians.
c/ Syria & Russia take over YPG/SDF territory.
d/ De facto end of Kurdish "Autonomous Admin of North &ESyria"

@akhbar
e/ No 440km long x 32km deep Turkish safe zone in N-Syria, "only" 120km x 32km area btwn Ras alAyn &TalAbyad.
f/ Remaining 320km x 32km border area in hands of Syria/Russia.
g/ Joined Russia/Turkey patrols 10km deep in Syria.
h/ Turkey accepts return of Syrian gov army to border.
3/ After Putin-Erdogan deal. This remains unclear to me:

a/ Will Russia and Turkey patrols enter towns such as Kobani or Derik which are within 10 km zone?

b/ Where will YPG/SDF go? Integrate into Syrian gov army? Simply remove uniform &go home? Leave to East Syria, North Iraq?
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Jenan Moussa
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Fake news:

Rebel TV claims YPG/PYD turned Armenian church in Tal Abyad into HQ &put Ocalan pics inside.

I was in same church in 2017. Still in touch w/ ppl there.

Church was never YPG HQ & no Ocalan pics inside. Not in 2017, not now. Pics put there to be filmed, say residents.
Also, reporter claims nobody was allowed into Armenian church after YPG takeover of Tal Abyad (end 2015).

Again nonsense.

I was in it in 2017. Church key was in hand of Armenian caretaker. Armenians used church until last Wednesday, when they fled city due to war.
Reporter also says YPG built prisons in church compound. Wrong again!

These cells were built by ISIS, during ISIS rule of Tel Abyad. ISIS kept prisoners there. I've reported from there myself! ISIS trashed part of this church, used it as HQ and beheaded people in church yard.
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Jenan Moussa
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1/ This is important. I received a copy of the deal between Kurdish SDF & Syrian government, incl some interesting details.

In this thread I'll tweet full text of the deal, which I have translated from Arabic into English.

I also prepared some maps to make it clearer.

@akhbar
2/ "Memorandum of Understanding

On 13/10/2019, a meeting took place between representatives of the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces, and this is what was agreed upon:"

@akhbar
3/ "SDF agreed to the entry of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the SAA control will extend over the entire region, starting from Ayn Diwar in the east until Jarablus in the west."

@akhbar
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.@RT_Erdogan is #ISIS #MAGA 🇺🇸 moron. He's just going to steal Syria's oil like he did with ISIS if he gets near where ISIS is. It's a war crime & you're complicit. You're not immune from war crimes. In fact they apply to you more than anyone. @FBIWFO @StateDept @USEmbassySyria
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I can't with this guy...but interestingly, he's also revealing a lot with each one of these interviews.

Why not just go speak to the Grand Jury? Clearly, it's not about avoiding spending more time talking about the investigation and your experience...

He can't help himself..
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ADMITTING THAT ROGER MAY HAVE LIED TO PROSECUTORS.
#LOL: Save this one...

SAM NUNBERG: "I'M NOT GOING TO JAIL, COME ON."
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THREAD: The full story of Syria's #Raqqa 'The Capital of Liberation' from the uprising until the devastation:
1-History:
Raqqa is the Syrian city, situated northern eastern Syria. 1970s the Euphrates dam was built and turned the poor small town of Raqqa into a city.
During the evolution process of Syria, Raqqa's share of development projects was small & most of the resources were stolen by Regime's officials and the state budget was being stolen by Hafiz Assad and his loyal elite. Therefore Raqqa city remained one of the poor cities of Syria
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