DW (@dwnews ) Coverage of the Turkish operation in Northern Syria. A further escalation is expected soon as casualties, and criticism rise.
@dwnews @FRANCE24 Extended @BBCBreaking news coverage from @BBCNewsnight from Thursday night. Turkish Ambassador to the UK, the former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband and US General John R Allen.
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight Here recent @AJEnglish coverage of the fall of border town Ras Al Ain from @ZeinakhodrAljaz, and an interview about threats of sanctions from the U.S.
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz Meanwhile @RT is teasing an extended interview with Vladimir Putin on Middle East Security (to be broadcast tomorrow) in which he says he is in agreement with Iran and Syria that all foreign fighting forces should leave Syria.
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT Iranian President Rouhani talking about Russian-Turkish-Iranian discussions about Syria. He agrees with Russia about the need for Americans to leave, suggests the Kurds should pledge allegiance to Syria, and says Turkey should take a different approach.
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT A Kurdish MEP speaking in Brussels says the war needs to stop, calls for sanctions against Turkey and demands the recognition of a self-administered Rojava.
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT Reuters Breaking News Coverage: 100,000 civilians now displaced. The humanitarian crisis is rapidly escalating.
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT And on @RT_com, Germany has banned arms sales to Turkey, clearly signalling a rift in @NATO, again we are seeing very rapid escalation in the overall situation - in this case the diplomatic crisis.
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT @RT_com @NATO Here @NBCNews's @RichardEngel reports from Northern Syria in a recent report again signalling the escalating fighting - and fast developing humanitarian crisis.
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT @RT_com @NATO @NBCNews @RichardEngel This report of a meeting of the Arab League today has a bit of a hint of genuine Middle East Multilateralism about it. It will be interesting to see if Israel is supportive of their planned sanctions against Turkey.
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT @RT_com @NATO @NBCNews @RichardEngel Interestingly, the position of the Arab League here, while not on all fours with, is at least compatible with that of Iran. And it is also pretty much in agreement with that of most European national states. De-escalate, seek a long term resolution to the Syrian conflict.
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT @RT_com @NATO @NBCNews @RichardEngel This unrolled thread from @hxhassan, provides some context, principally that there are no innocent parties in all of this, which I think we all understand, and also that the timing of Trump's decision could not have been worse for the Kurds. threadreaderapp.com/thread/1183016…
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT @RT_com @NATO @NBCNews @RichardEngel @hxhassan This @nytimes wrap up report for the day also discusses the fall of Ras-Al Ain and places it in context. The report which contains a map helps considerably in understanding the nature of the expanding battlefield. nytimes.com/2019/10/12/wor…
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT @RT_com @NATO @NBCNews @RichardEngel @hxhassan @nytimes In particular this incident where the Turkish shelled Kobani, where U.S. Troops remain which is also on the border inside the area designated for Turkish incursion under its operation.
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT @RT_com @NATO @NBCNews @RichardEngel @hxhassan @nytimes The report talks about three of the four towns which came under bombardment. Kobani, where the US Troops came under fire, Ras-al Ain which was taken by Turkish backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) mercenaries and Tel Abyad - which looks to be set for imminent FSA operations. 
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT @RT_com @NATO @NBCNews @RichardEngel @hxhassan @nytimes This thread shows footage of the FSA forces entering Ras-al Ain. The twitter account is pro-Kurdish and calls the FSA forces ex-Al-Qaeda, which is possibly partly true - though these days they seem to be mainly Turkish contractors.
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT @RT_com @NATO @NBCNews @RichardEngel @hxhassan @nytimes Yesterday much of the action in the escalating war took place in the Easternmost Kurdish border Town Qamishli. The Kurdish administrative center was bombarded and ISIS/Daesh escaped. And Civilians fled. cbsnews.com/news/turkey-sy…
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT @RT_com @NATO @NBCNews @RichardEngel @hxhassan @nytimes But today's big story out of the region may well turn out to be the killing of a Kurdish political leader, Havrin/Hevrin Khalaf - who had been actively working for a political solution to the Turkish-Syrian-Rojava crisis.
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT @RT_com @NATO @NBCNews @RichardEngel @hxhassan @nytimes Unconfirmed reports of the incident which took place near Ras-al Ain on the International M4 road claim the Khalaf - Secretary General of the Syria's Future Party was captured alive and beheaded. (NOTE: This video does not show this)
@dwnews @FRANCE24 @BBCBreaking @BBCNewsnight @AJEnglish @ZeinakhodrAljaz @RT @RT_com @NATO @NBCNews @RichardEngel @hxhassan @nytimes Here the official account of the Rojava defence forces reiterates an earlier statement that resisting the Turkish invasion and protecting Kurdish Civilians has become the priority for his forces.
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