Elizabeth Tsurkov
@LizHurra
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Freedom appreciator. Passionate about human rights. Senior Fellow @NewlinesInst focusing on the Levant. @PUPolitics PhD candidate. 'حسن الظنّ راحة القلب'
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Joined December 2008
Throughout my 903 days in captivity, I reflected on this odd juxtaposition: my torturers were incredibly ignorant, yet highly skilled at inflicting harm on others. https://t.co/LPEjgpZnut I wrote the first draft of this article while still in captivity. Now it's in @TheAtlantic
theatlantic.com
An academic trip to Iraq unexpectedly turned into an immersive field study on the ways authoritarian regimes use brutality.
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Iranian missile and drone launches continue to drop
Update Numbers as of Mar. 5, 00.00 GMT The numbers are rounded and compiled from various media reports, with a margin of error of ±10% 15%
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I spoke to senior PJAK official, who denied this. "I think they are wrong when they say that we have already started the war now, but we are preparing for the right opportunity."
EXCLUSIVE: Kurdish official tells @Y_Pobegailova that Kurdish forces in Iraq have launched a ground offensive into Iran @ariel_oseran breaks down the latest with @benitalevin 👇For more news and updates, visit our official website👇 https://t.co/4eQnhFUouN
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Having spoken to a few informed sources, thousands of Iranian-Kurds have been armed and funded by the CIA in recent months. Most of them are already in Iran, waiting for an order to move. A minority are in Iraqi Kurdistan, waiting to cross over into Iran.
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Police in Iran have sent text messages warning citizens that simply connecting to the internet will be treated as a crime and prosecuted. Imagine a regime so authoritarian that it cuts off the internet during a time of conflict, and if someone manages to get online through tools
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An airstike on a car in Babel Province, Iraq, killed the senior Kataeb Hezbollah commander Abu Hasan al-Fraiji. He was also a commander within the Popular Mobilization Forces, killed in a PMF car, received a state salary, while taking orders from Iran to target Iraqi Kurdistan
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الحمد لله أن هذه البهلوانة المتعطّشة للدمار ليست صاحبة قرار في شؤون أمنية
وزيرة المواصلات الإسرائيلية ميري ريغف: سنضرب البنى التحتية في لبنان
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Latakia's revolutionary history was defined by its social & geographic complexities, with brutal early crackdowns ultimately pushing the opposition to the mountains. Two first-hand accounts provide a detailed look at the early protests & siege of Raml: https://t.co/ms8Txo73ei
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First hand accounts of the Assad regime's brutal crackdown on Latakia city's protest movement and birth of the armed opposition.
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Interesting. According to several Iraqi sources who've gone on the record, a foreign force carried out an airborne landing in the desert of Najaf & clashed with Iraqi security forces, killing one. https://t.co/oWbe92tAAc This is possibly linked to a cryptic line in today's
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Far-right Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Limor Son Har-Melech dressed up as "Death Penalty for Terrorists" for Purim, holding a hanging noose and lethal injection. Her husband is holding a prop gun labeled "Occupation," airplane labeled "Expulsion," and a house labeled
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This is what is starting to happen all around the country. People are fed up and internal tensions are way more dangerous than external ones: With more and more displaced crossing the Litani into the North, and maybe soon, people coming from the Bekaa, Baalbek-Hermel, and
This morning, neighbours showed up and accused the owners - a family who live in the hotel - of inviting this destruction by welcoming in displaced Shia. They insist they only housed families, no individual men, and refute the notion that the targeted strike, which destroyed just
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Military use of schools in Mashhad
IRGC or Hamas 2.0 A primary school in Tehran has been transformed into an IRGC command center.
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🗓️ [#Event] It's TODAY! Join us at 2:00 PM EST for a virtual briefing examining regional recalibration across the Gulf (GCC) and the wider region, and the strategic implications for Washington. Featuring: @faysalitani, @sultaan_1, @CarolineRose8, and @LizHurra. Moderated by
🗓️ [#Event] Join @MidEastPolicy and @NewLinesInst on March 4 at 2 PM EST for a timely briefing on the Israel–Iran war and what comes next for the GCC, Lebanon, and U.S. interests in the region. Speakers @FaysalItani, @CarolineRose8, @sultaan_1, @LizHurra. Moderated by
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Jerusalem party attendees continue dancing through a missile siren this morning. The war with Iran coincided with the Purim holiday, and parties continue to be held despite Home Front restrictions on gatherings
מסיבת האזעקות. רמקולים חובה. רן מלמד ממשיך לתעד את ירושלים הבוקר:
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If you are in Lebanon and can donate goods or volunteer with displaced families, there is a form below and also an Instagram page
بيت عام، وهو مركز ثقافي في بيروت يجمع التبرعات للعائلات النازحة، بحاجة إلى متطوّعين/ات لمن يرغب بالحضور والمساعدة. تشمل الأدوار نقل المساعدات والفرش، مساعدة العائلات النازحة في إيجاد مأوى ومدارس جديدة، وغيرها. https://t.co/BUpsK1kqGA
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This is what state capture looks like: Students at universities across Iraqi were ordered to show up for protests in support of the Iranian regime https://t.co/lfzxtwg5r3 This is a result of militias and pro-Iranian actors gaining control over the administration of multiple
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אחת הטעויות הכי נפוצות בהבנה של הטילים הבליסטיים מאיראן, שאפילו חוזרים עליה כל הזמן בתקשורת, זה שהטיל גורם לנזק על ידי פגיעה עוצמתית במהירות אדירה. בשרשור הזה נבין למה זה פשוט לא נכון ומה באמת קורה. 🧵⬇️
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חזבאללה הקים מערכת חינוך ותנועות נוער מזה 40 שנה, והתוצאה של האינדוקטרינציה ברורה: תומכים מנותקים מהמציאות לחלוטין. תומכת חזבאללה מספרת שחייל ישראלי חדר לתוך לבנון (לבד, בניגוד לנהלי צה"ל על סיורים רגליים), שמע עץ שאומר "הו, זהראא'" (כמובן השם לא יהיה מוכר ל-99% אחוז מהישראלים,
🔻🔺🔻🔺🔻 قنبلة الموسم 👌 الصنف أصلي 100% جندي إسرا. ئيلي خاف و انسحب لأنو سمع الشجرة عم تنادي يا زهراء المصدر: مسيلمة الكذاب، دار المتعة للأخوات
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It's after midnight and innocent "kids" wearing military uniforms are at school in Mashhad, Iran. https://t.co/usQcZVj1N8
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