Elizabeth Tsurkov
Passionate about human rights. Research Fellow at the Israeli Forum for Regional Thinking () focusing on Syria. Poli-sci grad student
Last synced from Twitter 430d ago
PKK Spokesman on Turkey's Operation “Peace Spring”
The Investigative Journal - The Investigative Journal 23h 1 tweets
The PKK sent their driver to get my cameraman and I from our Erbil hotel late in the afternoon. It was dark by the time we reached the Qandil Mountains.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov "Unlike virtually every SDF/YPG official I’ve interviewed in Northeastern Syria, Hiwa [PKK spokesperson] says the PKK was not surprised by the US’ withdrawal from the area."  by 23h
‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims
Austin Ramzy - Nytimes.com 33h 92 tweets
More than 400 pages of internal Chinese documents provide an unprecedented inside look at the crackdown on ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov ‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims We are truly living in an era of impunity. Mass atrocities are fine now. 32h
Experts Divided on Authenticity of Islamic State Receipts
Rukmini Callimachi - Nytimes.com 3d 1 tweets
A Times article based on documents recovered by a researcher reported that ISIS made payments to members of a rival group.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Rsearcher analyzed receipts that served as the basis for a report on ISIS ties to al-Qaeda in Idlib & believes (similarly to other analysts) that they are forgeries. researcher who provided the apparent forgeries insists they're real. 3d
The Village of Barisha in Idlib: Interview
Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi 15d 1 tweets
The village of Barisha in north Idlib countryside in northwest Syria has become famous in global media as the site of the recent American operation that killed the Islamic State's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But what is life like in the village...
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Interview with local in Barisha confirms the area is inhospitable to ISIS cells; Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadists in charge of the area were hunting ISIS cells by 15d
China is putting Uighur children in 'orphanages' even if their parents are alive
The Independent 417d 3 tweets
‘It’s like my kids are in jail,’ says 29-year-old mother living in exile
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Elizabeth Tsurkov China is putting Uighur children in 'orphanages' even if their parents are alive The Rome Statute, the unconditional document of the ICC, defines "forcibly transferring children of the group to another group" as genocide 20d
Syria: videos of Turkey-backed militias show 'potential war crimes'
Martin Chulov - the Guardian 23d 5 tweets
Arab forces have allegedly been filmed torturing Kurdish fighters and mutilating bodies
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Turkey retains control over all strategic decision-making of the Syrian "National Army." It decides when and where to start and end offensives & is ultimately responsible for the conduct of the fighters my comments to The 22d
The Syria Withdrawal’s Other Victims
Elizabeth Tsurkov - The New Republic 24d 2 tweets
While coverage has focused on the plight of Kurds, more Syrian locals and NGO workers face arrest and torture in the vacuum Trump created.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov The U.S withdrawal and return of the Assad regime to large swaths of northeastern Syria is a terrifying prospect for Assad regime opponents, now looking for ways to escape My latest for 24d
إدلب - تفتناز || مظاهرة جمعة تسليح الجيش الحر 2-3-2012
YouTube 29d 1 tweets
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Taftanaz, March 2012, a year into the Syrian uprising, a year during which protesters were shot, killed, towns besieged and thousands arrested & tortured. They dance & sing: "your days are numbered, oh donkey, you're falling, falling. Bashar" 29d
Damning evidence of war crimes by Turkish forces and allies in Syria
Amnesty.org 31d 10 tweets
Turkish forces and a pro-Turkey armed groups have carried out serious violations including summary killings and unlawful attacks killing and injuring civilians
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Syria: Damning evidence of war crimes and other violations by Turkish forces and their allies New important report by 30d
‘Oh My God, Why Are They Doing This?’ Northeastern Syrians Await Their Fate
The Forward 35d 2 tweets
Others tried to flee to areas they presumed would be safer from the Turkish onslaught.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Chaotic and short-sighted policy-making produced a week of horrors in northeastern Syria. I spoke to Kurds, Assyrians & Arabs under SDF rule as they fled their homes & pondered their future My new piece 35d
Northern Syria has been a graveyard of failed US policies
TRT World - Northern Syria has been a graveyard of failed US policies 36d 1 tweets
Partnering with Turkey’s enemy to defeat Daesh was a politically convenient workaround that has come back to haunt the US.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Northern Syria has been a graveyard of failed US policies by 36d
The seeds to Trump’s abandonment of Syrian Kurds were sown by Obama
haaretz.com 40d 4 tweets
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Elizabeth Tsurkov The Seeds to Trump’s Abandonment of Syrian Kurds Were Sown by Obama My new piece for 40d
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Elizabeth Tsurkov A common thread unites Trump, who argued that Kurds & Turks are "natural enemies" & Obama who attributed the ills of the Middle East to "conflicts that date back millennia." Such thinking justifies inaction/ short-term fixes, as seen in Syria My new piece 40d
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Obama admin officials, who led a policy that allowed Syrians to be gassed, bombed & exterminated in prisons, have no right to criticize Trump admin officials who worked to prevent even more Syrians (living under SDF rule) from falling prey to Assad's state 16d
Chaos in Syria, D.C. after Trump-Erdogan call unleashed Turkish troops
NBC News 41d 3 tweets
U.S. forces in Syria got an urgent alert Monday morning to pull back. "They were told, 'We're departing the field,'" senior U.S. defense officials said.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Senior US official on the NE Syria decision: "Even Trump is starting to realize that maybe he didn't handle this too well, and is maybe trying to walk it back.I think you're going to see some backpedaling" 41d
شرق الفرات: منطقة آمنة متصلة أم ثلاث منفصلة؟ | منهل باريش
القدس العربي 43d 1 tweets
جالت الدورية العسكرية الأمريكية التركية في ريف الرقة الشمالي الجمعة للمرة الثالثة على التوالي منذ توصل البلدين لاتفاق "المنطقة الأمنية" في 7 آب (أغسطس) الماضي، والمتعلق بإبعاد مقاتلي وحدات &
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Sources on Jim Jeffrey's team tell that the US agreed to establish 3 "safe zones" along the Syria-Turkish border in areas with high Kurdish population density to assuage Turkey (Ar) 43d
Russian Forces Killed 6,686 Civilians, including 1,928 Children, Since the Start of Their Military Intervention in Syria
Syrian Network - Syrian Network for Human Rights 48d 1 tweets
Four years ago on September 30, 2015, Russia officially announced its military intervention alongside the ruling regime in Syria
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Russian Forces Killed 6,686 Civilians, including 1,928 Children, Since the Start of Their Military Intervention in Syria New report by 48d
Simulations, Craters and Lies: Postol’s Latest Attempt to Undermine the Last Vestiges of his Reputation
bellingcat 65d 4 tweets
In the beginning of August 2019, the Tulsi Gabbard campaign published “Reports on Chemical Attacks in Syria”, expressing Gabbard’s views on the allegations of chemical weapons attacks in Syria — and based mainly on the work of Dr. Theodore Postol,...
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Excellent decision by Science & Global Security Magazine to withhold publishing an embarrassing "study" by CW truthers about the Khan Sheikhoun chemical massacre. More on that terrible study 55d
معظمهم من عناصر التسويات.. اعتقال أكثر من 30 شاباً في القلمون الشرقي
صوت العاصمة 55d 1 tweets
وأجرت دوريات تابعة للمخابرات الجوية عمليات دهم طالت معظم أحياء المدينة، ولا سيما الحي الشمال والسوق الشعبي، بعد دخول مفاجئ تزامن مع قطع الطرق المؤدية إليها.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Air Force Intelligence is again arresting young men who've "reconciled" with the regime in Dmeir, near Damascus. Some were arrested despite joining a pro-regime militia 55d
‫مجلس مدينة دوما - لقطات من الاحتفال‬
Facebook Watch 69d 1 tweets
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Baath "Vanguards" in Douma, a city besieged & repeatedly gassed by the Assad regime, celebrate the recovery of Asmaa' al-Assad from cancer. Bashar's poster reads: "We are with you forever, Assad." Source: 69d
China’s Prisons Swell After Deluge of Arrests Engulfs Muslims
Nytimes.com 78d 11 tweets
Arrests, trials and prison sentences have surged in Xinjiang, where Uighurs and Kazakhs also face re-education camps.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov China’s Prisons Swell After Deluge of Arrests Engulfs Muslims This is truly horrifying 77d
Who will write our history? The world looks away while Idlib awaits its fate
Anti-Nihilist - The Conversationalist 100d 1 tweets
Because the media has largely stopped reporting the war in Syria, there is a widespread misunderstanding that the war in Syria is over. In fact, it has escalated.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov The daily carnage in Idlib has largely escaped public attention. Many are certain the war in Syria is over. I write about how residents of this bombed-out enclave deal with with having their plight ignored for 100d