Lindsey Snell
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Journalist. Murrow award winner. Camera op, editor. Türkiye'de eski mahkûm. الجار قبل الدار. Views are my own.
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“Azerbaijan claims all of Armenia is ancient Azerbaijani lands.”
@CoryPopp
and I interviewed Rouben Galician and Arman Tatoyan about Azerbaijan’s territorial claims, the Zangezur corridor, and the fallacy of Western Azerbaijan.
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Germany withholding a tweet showing Azov fighters in Ukraine doing the heil Hitler salute on the basis of the law against Nazi symbols is amazing irony. The German gov can fund and arm them, but journalists can’t show photos of them proudly exhibiting their white supremacy.
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As Turkish politicians continue to talk about deporting Syrian refugees back to Syria, former al-Qaeda commander Manar Al-Shami gets Turkish citizenship.
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Russian flag replaced the US flag at this base in Ain Issa.
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This is Abdallah al-Muhaysini strolling through Istanbul. Muhaysini is US-sanctioned and was a leader in Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate, and then in HTS, its spin-off.
(He was also involved in my kidnapping in Syria.)
Turkey loves terrorists.
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69% of the weapons Azerbaijan uses to attack Armenia come from Israel
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US Dept of Defense in 2015, accusing Russia of using cluster munitions in Syria:
"Attacks using these imprecise weapons only continue to cause unnecessary suffering."
So why are they ok for use in Ukraine?
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SNA fighter, recently returned from Azerbaijan: “My cousins and I have fought in Syria this whole war, and we’ve never seen anything like this. In one battle, 45 of us were on a small hill. One sniper killed 8 Sultan Murad and 2 Hamza. The snipers are like we see in movies.”
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Having spent this past Friday night in a civilian area in Stepanakert, as it was bombarded heavily throughout the night and morning, I can say this with firsthand knowledge:
Azerbaijan is deliberately targeting civilian areas in Artsakh. Full video report from Artsakh in link.
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"I see, my dear friend, that you became very popular in Europe," says Serbian President Vučić about Azerbaijani President Aliyev, as he and EU Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen laugh like ghouls and pretend Azerbaijani forces haven't been slaughtering Armenians for sport
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Israel, which is currently ethnically cleansing Gaza, congratulates Azerbaijan on its successful ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh.
🇮🇱🤝🇦🇿
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Procession commemorating the Armenian genocide in Aleppo today
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Who displaced them, Ursula?
The EU stands with Armenia in assisting displaced people, I told
@NikolPashinyan
on the phone.
We have activated the Civil Protection Mechanism and mobilised humanitarian aid worth €5.2 million.
Commissioner
@JanezLenarcic
will travel to assess further needs on Friday.
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When Russia shells Ukraine, it is committing "relentless attacks against civilians."
When Azerbaijan shells Nagorno-Karabakh, it is...doing some military activities.
EU values.
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You were the only House Dem to vote against sanctions on Turkey (and on Turkey's defense industry) following last year's Operation "Peace Spring," which killed hundreds and displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians in NE Syria.
A single F-35 costs over $100 million. For that kind of money, we could feed 40 million kids.
I've introduced legislation to block the sale of F-35s and other weapons to the UAE, a global human rights abuser. We should be focused on the deadly pandemic, not arming dictators.
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Sultan Suleiman Shah mercenaries celebrating Erdogan's re-election in Turkish-occupied Afrin, which has already resulted in injuries. There are reports that a child has been killed.
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Sultan Murad commander killed in Azerbaijan (front and center in sunglasses.) Sniper.
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Azerbaijani journalist posts video walking around Stepanakert and captions it, “Empty, Khankendi without Armenians...”
Closest any of them have come to admitting that AZ ethnically cleansed it.
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Your partner with "tremendous potential in renewable energy" just launched a cross-border attack on civilian areas in sovereign Armenia, Ursula.
Azerbaijan has a tremendous potential in renewable energy.
Today we are laying the ground for a new partnership in this area.
And we commit to reducing methane emissions through the entire gas supply chain.
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I'm not Armenian; I have no place commenting on my feelings. But when I'm no longer COVID-positive, I'll go back, because heralding this agreement as some measure of safety for the Armenians of Artsakh is as insane as NATO calling on Turkey to de-escalate the conflict they drove.
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Torturing/beating POWs is a war crime. Why is NATO member Turkey so proud of its war crimes, and why is the West so silent about them?
Pençe-Kilit Harekâtı bölgesinde üs bölgemize sızma girişiminde bulunup, askerlerimizi şehit eden terör örgütü üyelerinden sağ kalanlar inlerken görüntülendi.
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NYT admits the most widely shared stories from the Ukrainian side have been lies.
How are people not taking all reporting on this war with a grain of salt by now? Russian media has been banned for misinformation, but here’s American prestige media endorsing “mythbuilding.”
Viral stories like the Ghost of Kyiv — a Ukrainian pilot who supposedly single-handedly shot down several Russian fighter jets — are of questionable veracity. But they're a key part of Ukraine's war plan, experts say, as it tries to keep morale high.
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This is the best one yet
If you holiday in Turkey you are supporting them in supporting extremist militias across Syria. Spend your money elsewhere.
#BoycottTurkey
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•Occupied Cyprus
•Supported/enabled ISIS from its inception
•Invaded and occupied Afrin, Ras al-Ain, Tel Abyad
•Sent thousands of terrorist Syrian mercenaries to Libya and Azerbaijan
•Continues to bomb civilians in N Syria and Iraq
Retweet to celebrate NATO ally Türkiye🇹🇷
Retweet to join us in celebrating our Ally Türkiye 🇹🇷
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Türkiye
#29Ekim
#CumhuriyetBayram
ı
#T
ürkiyeYüzyılı
🤝
@TurkDelNATO
#WeAreNATO
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Tip for Turkish nationalist trolls: if you're going to call a journalist a whore and allege that she "wants a d*ck", you should probably make your nice, Muslim family man Instagram private first.
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Heart-wrenching, very true words from an Armenian soldier who was in Artsakh
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There was an event to commemorate the Waffen-SS Latvian legion in Riga. Woman came to protest the literal Nazi celebration with a Russian patch on her coat.
Woman is thus arrested for “justifying Russian war crimes,” which carries up to 5 years in prison.
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Reminder that Azerbaijan's territorial ambitions don't end with Artsakh.
Aliyev says "Western AZ" comes next, and AZ has already launched multiple large-scale attacks on Armenian territory in the last 2 years.
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I knowww. Turkey made a big mistake when they released me.
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In Oct. 2022, you attended a conference with Aliyev a week after Azerbaijani soldiers posted videos of themselves gunning down unarmed Armenian soldiers, brutalizing POWs, and mutilating and sexually assaulting the corpse of an Armenian woman.
Those didn't leave you breathless?
The full scale of the brutality of the Hamas terror attack leaves us breathless.
Defenseless people, brutally murdered in cold blood on the streets.
We stand strong with Israel and its people.
Today the EU and Israeli flags fly side by side.
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They don’t like being hit with receipts. And “funding and arming neo-Nazis is probably a bad idea” does not equal “supporting Russia”.
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Teachers in Turkish-occupied al-Bab protest their salaries following the collapse of the Turkish lira. The 700TL a month they're paid is currently less than $50.
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"War does not benefit anyone," says president of country that maintains a farm of tens of thousands of Syrian mercenaries and is currently embroiled in several wars
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Turkey is a supremely racist, genocidal terror state.
These racist minds know better than anybody how we crash and kick out to the sea those who dare attack our glorious flag. Europe’s spoiled and racist children should know their place. Europe must put an end to racism and animosity against Islam.
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Surprised that people are surprised about this.
Turkey is partnering with HTS in Idlib and uses the group to police its SNA mercenaries in Afrin. I personally interviewed Nusra members in Istanbul. Al-Qaeda crosses the border freely.
Oh, and
This is Abdallah al-Muhaysini strolling through Istanbul. Muhaysini is US-sanctioned and was a leader in Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate, and then in HTS, its spin-off.
(He was also involved in my kidnapping in Syria.)
Turkey loves terrorists.
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Yeah, it’s probably because of this and not at all because Israel provides the majority of the weaponry Azerbaijan has used to attack Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh
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"Armenia should understand that occupation of neighboring countries will not achieve anything," says Foreign Minister of country currently occupying swaths of Syria, Iraq, and Libya
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Israel just sold $1.2 billion in missile defense systems to Azerbaijan, weeks after the US approved an additional $14 billion in aid to Israel because Israel said it needed to expand its missile defense capabilities
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My first report from Artsakh. The Azerbaijani servicemen who share disturbing torture and murder videos on social media aren't going rogue...they're part of a coordinated state effort to further terrify, traumatize, and displace the people of Artsakh.
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In the case of two Kurdish farmers thrown from a helicopter by Turkish soldiers, the only arrests made have been of the journalists who reported the incident.
The journalists who work in Turkey despite the constant threat of arrest are insanely brave:
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It is absolutely absurd that the ultranationalist, fascist Turkish Grey Wolves are still allowed to operate in most of the EU. Beyond their regular violent attacks against minority groups traditionally targeted by the Turkish state, they indoctrinate children with ethnic hatred.
🔴Yasin Gül, deputy mayor of
#HeusdenZolder
, who is known for his close links to the Turkish far-right paramilitary organisation
#GreyWolves
, appeared on a televised programme to support Sunday's racist attack targeting Kurds.
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Yet another ISIS leader killed while living in Turkey’s “safe zone” in Syria. US officials praise this as a blow to ISIS, but never seem to hone in on why so many ISIS members seem to flourish in Turkey and Turkish-occupied Syria.
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Erdogan hasn’t been subtle about pursuing his neo-Ottoman ambitions. But what seemed sort of laughable in 2015 is terrifying in 2020, and the world stands by as he inches closer and closer.
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@Israel_katz
@RTErdogan
Israel remembers the Armenians, but doesn't recognize the Armenian genocide...and is one of the closest allies of Azerbaijan, which just ethnically cleansed Nagorno-Karabakh of Armenians.
This is theater, anyway. Turkey provides 65% of Israel's steel, and TR/AZ 41% of its oil.
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As the GNA and Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries loot homes, torch cemeteries, and kill pets in the parts of Libya they newly occupy, it's a good time for a review of what 2.5 years of Turkish/TFSA occupation has done for Afrin. Full video report in link.
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"We can't cook, we have no hot water, and our homes are freezing."
@corypopp
and I went to Armenia to get a clearer picture of the cruel Azerbaijani government blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh.
With
@atatoyan
@RubenVardanyan_
@Gegham_Artsakh
@Artak_Beglaryan
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"I bet she was fucked so bad while she was in Turkey, and that's why she's been acting like this."
"Her prison guards probably fucked her."
I block 10+ AKP trolls a day. The next day, 10+ respawn. For avid supporters of radical Islam, they're very liberal with rape "jokes."
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Ursula again shows us that to the EU, some lives are simply worth more than others.
Attacks on Ukrainians and Israelis garner explicit condemnation.
Attacks on Syrians, Kurds, Armenians, Palestinians? Nothing.
I unequivocally condemn the attack carried out by Hamas terrorists against Israel.
It is terrorism in its most despicable form.
Israel has the right to defend itself against such heinous attacks.
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Sweden extradited a Kurdish man wanted by Turkey. Mahmut Tat was sentenced more than 6 years in prison.
Turkey says he's a terrorist, but Tat's actual "crime" was protesting the Erdogan regime.
Absolutely repugnant. Shame on Sweden.
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Azerbaijan, which has been committing illegal incursions into and attacks on Syunik Province in Armenia, is absurdly claiming Armenia launched the attack.
As usual.
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"Ceramic vase produced in memory of the Turkish-German Friendship Pact dated 18 June 1941."
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Many civilians in Artsakh remain underground in shelters after a night of heavy shelling on civilian areas.
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Pakistanis who consider themselves brothers of Azerbaijanis are struggling
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Montreal Symphony Orchestra drops Russian piano prodigy from concerts amid backlash...though he has been outspoken against the war in Ukraine.
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In the last 4 days, Turkey bombed 48 schools and more than 100 other civilian sites in NE Syria.
The US hasn’t condemned the strikes, and the readouts from the last two calls between Blinken and the Turkish FM haven’t even mentioned them.
Some lives are worth more than others.
Turkish Foreign Minister
@HakanFidan
and I discussed Hamas’ attacks on Israel. Israel has the right to defend itself, rescue any hostages, and protect its citizens.
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A day after Azerbaijan uses incendiary weapons, Turkish state media claims Armenia is planning to use white phosphorus.
They published stories about PKK members fighting with the Armenians just after evidence of Turkey sending Syrian mercenaries emerged.
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Good job supporting the authoritarian Azerbaijani regime starving 120k people and attacking sovereign Armenian territory simultaneously,
@Imaginedragons
. Your performative Ukraine activism makes this even worse.
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Nice to see that every Western Syria expert who has never been to Syria who are also Libya experts who have never been to Libya are also experts on Belarus. Where, it stands to reason, they’ve never been.
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In Azerbaijan, father (or grandfather) forces disinterested toddler to watch footage of AZ military attacks on Armenia. Note the matching “∀” shirts. Disturbing on so many levels, and emblematic of ethnic hatred against Armenians being taught from birth in AZ.
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The most frightening part of my trip to Ukraine was when a commander (who was fluent in Turkish) from one of the foreign legions decided I was a pro-Russian spy because I “support the Armenians.” He subsequently had us followed.
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Turkish military has been deployed to Afrin after their partners in al-Qaeda spinoff HTS took control of the city.
This is Turkey, a NATO member, alongside an al-Qaeda affiliate.
It's not even surprising at this point.
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America when Armenia is invaded by Azerbaijan vs. America when it wants regime change
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Shortly after NATO made this nice video for Turkey celebrating the country for 'fighting terrorism' and 'providing refuge to 3.6 million,' Erdogan threatened to unleash this same 3.6 million on Europe. Happy Republic Day, key NATO ally Turkey!
Retweet to join us in celebrating our Ally
#Turkey
🇹🇷 on Republic Day.
#29Ekim
#CumhuriyetBayram
ı
#WeAreNATO
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LNA spox: "[Erdogan] supported ISIS and other terror orgs in their efforts to kill the Kurds, destroy their cities, cripple their economy...[Turkey] was a base of operations for all members of ISIS and AQ. And so there can never be a pathway to peace in Libya through Turkey.”
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Azerbaijani state-run media reports from an Armenian class at AZ's University of Languages.
"I wanted to apply my hatred for Armenians to teaching this language," says the instructor.
"I chose this language out of hatred, not love," says a student.
Peaceful Azerbaijan.
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Speaking of gas, "trustworthy" Azerbaijan cruelly deprived 100k in Karabakh of gas in freezing temperatures for weeks on end. And they'll do it again as soon as winter comes.
The EU is turning to trustworthy energy suppliers.
Azerbaijan is one of them.
With today's agreement, we commit to expanding the Southern Gas Corridor, to double gas supplies from Azerbaijan to the EU.
This is good news for our supplies of gas this winter and beyond.
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We've interviewed more than a dozen ISIS prisoners and ISIS wives in Syria this year, and all said they crossed the border from Turkey freely. Most want to go to Turkey-even over their home countries-because they don't think they'll be arrested there. (They probably won't be.)
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Sure! As I've said before, journalism is just my hobby post-your country arresting me. It's an unpaid hobby. I'm perpetually baffled by the western journalists and "thinktankers" who shill for autocratic regimes like yours for a paycheck. They must feel so gross.
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Israel provides most of Azerbaijan's weapons; Azerbaijan (with Turkey) provides half of Israel's gas. A partnership of ethnic cleansing.
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Two Hamza men back in Syria after a bad time in Azerbaijan, a thread.
"We were supposed to be base guards with the Turks. That's what the job was supposed to be."
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A Turkish-backed SNA military policeman in Azaz asked a pharmacist for opioid painkillers. Pharmacist refused, so policeman shot up the pharmacy.
Turkey's safe zone in Syria.
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Renowned Iranian political philosopher Javad Tabatabai, from Tabriz: “Pan-Turkism is an amalgam of ignorance and idiocy."
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Thousands in Nagorno-Karabakh homeless, thousands trapped, separated from their families, without food, water, connection.
Imagine surviving the 2020 war, when Azerbaijani soldiers invaded and slaughtered civilians for sport, and finding yourself at their mercy yet again.
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"Aliyev wants to commit ethnic cleansing, but Armenia is a nation that fights. It's a matter of survival."
Sotk was among the areas hardest hit by Azerbaijan's September attacks. Despite ongoing AZ ceasefire violations, residents told
@corypopp
and I that they'll never leave.
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NATO member/great Western ally Türkiye threatens military action against NATO member Greece. Yet again.
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Russia banned from World Cup in Qatar, which funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars to ISIS and al-Qaeda;
F1 race moved from Russia to Turkey, which occupies territory in 4 countries and continues to bombard civilians in Syria and Iraq.
Sports outrage is so selective.
Russia is banned from the World Cup, which is being hosted by authoritarian monarchy Qatar, where thousands of South Asian migrants have died while being exploited as slaves to build the stadium
Such hypocrisy
The US wasn't banned after its wars on Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, etc
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Turkey is the only threat to peace in the Eastern Mediterranean
Press Release Regarding the U.S. Decision to Lift the Arms Embargo on the Greek Cypriot Administration
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Head of the racist, fascist Turkish Grey Wolves movement, Ahmet Yıldırım, gifted MHP head and Erdogan ally Devlet Bahçeli a framed map declaring a number of Greek islands to be part of Turkey.
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Displaying a “Z” is a crime in several states in Germany, but more than 100 Turkish nationalist Grey Wolf associations are free to meet, celebrate genocides past and present, and indoctrinate children 🤘
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The same day Azerbaijan launched a cross-border attack on Armenia, Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister bragged that AZ gas exports to Europe will increase by 30% this year.
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Last month, Turkey bombed 150+ civilian sites including hospitals, schools, and power plants in NE Syria
"Shooting hospitals or killing children does not exist in the Torah," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
"I can talk freely because we don't owe Israel anything."
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If Azerbaijan starting the war in 2020, launching massive attacks on Armenia in 2021 and 2022, and starving 120k people under a blockade for the last 9+ months didn’t “force a Western rethink” on AZ, why would this?
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"Scandinavian countries are guesthouses for terrorist organisations," said president of country that allowed tens of thousands of terrorists to fly into Turkey and cross the border to Syria and now harbors thousands of the ISIS members who fled Syria
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European “values” are so interesting.
Azerbaijan has blockaded Nagorno-Karabakh for 53 days. If this were happening in Ukraine, the EU would be sanctioning the perpetrator. Instead, Ursula has met with and praised AZ dictator Aliyev, even while AZ has trapped 120k people in NK.
Dear
@ZelenskyyUa
, while Ukrainians are fighting to defend our common values, we support your economic security.
To date, our EU support amounts to €50 billion.
We are with you on this for the long haul.
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My latest, about a Turkish-backed FSA soldier confronting some the crimes against humanity his group committed in Afrin. Torture, massacres, serial rapes they tried to Islamically sanction.
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SNA source says approx 2300 fighters from Sultan Suleiman Shah and Sultan Murad have amassed at Hawar Kilis today, where they’ll be crossed to Turkey and ultimately deployed to Azerbaijan.
There’s a ceasefire, so maybe they’re just going to do some humanitarian work?
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Just an IDF soldier enjoying some Ülker brand snacks
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Horrifying videos shows children at a school in HTS-controlled Idlib made to line up so that teachers can beat them. (Just one of the many atrocities western journalists aren’t shown on their propaganda tours.)
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I’ll go ahead and reshare the proof that they’re Ukrainian and Azov, as I’m absurdly still being flooded with replies that they’re Russian.
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Turkish Grey Wolves went to the unveiling of an Armenian Genocide memorial in Ealing, UK to flash their fascist hand sign and try to intimidate.
The memorial was later vandalized. Police are investigating.
Seems like there are likely culprits.
(Pic and vid by
@GrigorianTat
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I feel like western journalists who cover real conflicts sometimes milk the trauma/danger card, but this is absurd. Perhaps these reporters are just in the wrong line of work.
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