Elizabeth Tsurkov

How Syria's disinformation wars destroyed the co-founder of the White Helmets

Martin Chulov - the Guardian 127d 21 tweets

The long read: In November 2019, James Le Mesurier, the British co-founder of the Syrian rescue group, fell to his death in Istanbul. What led an internationally celebrated humanitarian to take his own life?

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Elizabeth Tsurkov All the praise heaped on this piece by @martinchulov is well-deserved. We will never forget you and the good you have done, @lemesurierjames. 127d

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The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity

The Economist 139d 19 tweets

It is also the gravest example of a worldwide attack on human rights

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Elizabeth Tsurkov Xinjiang and the world: The persecution of the Uyghurs is a crime against humanity 136d

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The Syrian Mercenaries Fighting Foreign Wars for Russia and Turkey

Elizabeth Tsurkov - The New York Review of Books 138d 1 tweets

“They sent us directly to the front lines. The situation is terrible. Terrible. There is fighting every day. We are charged with storming. There is no rest. There are many men missing and we can’t get to them,” explained Abdel Basit, a Syrian...

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Elizabeth Tsurkov Foreign powers that intervened in Syria to advance their interests are now exploiting Syria's economic ruin to recruit men to fight their battles abroad bit.ly/3lRiRvn my new piece @NYRDaily based on multiple interviews with Syrian mercenaries in Azerbaijan & Libya 138d

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How the Syrian Regime Undermines the Response to COVID-19

Cgpolicy.org 141d 4 tweets

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Elizabeth Tsurkov Multiple policies implemented by the Assad regime are contributing to the massive & deadly outbreak of COVID-19 in Syria cgpolicy.org/articles/how-t… my new piece with @Qussai_jukhadar for @CGPdc 141d

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How Libya Became a Battleground for Foreign Powers - Newlines Magazine

Newlines Magazine 143d 4 tweets

The first armed conflict of the Arab Spring is now a playground of intervening foreign powers out for themselves. It won’t be the last.

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Elizabeth Tsurkov How Libya Became a Battleground for Foreign Powers pocket.co/xhrEPp via @newlinesmag 142d

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مسؤول أميركي يكشف حقيقة "رحلات المرتزقة" بين تركيا وأذربيجان

سكاي نيوز عربية 147d 1 tweets

بعد أيام من اندلاع المعارك في إقليم ناغورني كراباخ، أكد مسؤول رفيع في وزارة الدفاع الأميركية صحة المعلومات التي تحدثت عن إرسال مئات المرتزقة السوريين من تركيا، لدعم أذربيجان في نزاعها مع أرمينيا.

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Elizabeth Tsurkov Senior US Department of Defense official confirms the dispatch of "hundreds" of Syrian mercenaries to Azerbaijan by Turkey 147d

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The Boy on the Bicycle - Newlines Magazine

Newlines Magazine 150d 8 tweets

On a clear day in early October 2013, I stood outside the walls of Old Damascus and waited for a smuggler to sneak me into besieged Ghouta, located less than an hour’s drive away. Our rendezvous point was a busy intersection, kitty-corner from an...

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Elizabeth Tsurkov The Boy on the Bicycle pocket.co/xhSYUy Poignant portrait of the siege of Ghouta and the dehumanization of disloyal subjects of the Syrian state Via @newlinesmag 149d

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American Hostage’s Family Blasts Star NY Times Reporter’s ‘Lies’

Lachlan Cartwright - The Daily Beast 153d 8 tweets

“If she told me it was sunny outside, I’d double check,” one senior Times journalist said about their high-profile colleague Rukmini Callimachi.

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Elizabeth Tsurkov Incredibly disturbing descriptions of how a prominent @NYTimes reporter blackmailed families of ISIS victims to get them to agree to interviews bit.ly/30qqm4j A close friend of another victim described the same pattern 153d

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Nagorno-Karabakh: at least three Syrian fighters killed

the Guardian 154d 3 tweets

Syrians on the ground are believed to be contractors working for Turkish security companies

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Elizabeth Tsurkov The Guardian identified 3 men from the western Aleppo countryside who were killed while fighting in Azerbaijan after being recruited by a Turkish mercenary company 153d

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بي بي سي عربي تحاور مقاتلا سوريا على خط النار بين أرمينيا وأذربيجان - BBC News عربي

BBC Arabic بي بي سي - BBC News عربي 154d 1 tweets

ناغورنو كاراباخ: بي بي سي عربي تحاور مقاتلا سوريا على خط النار بين أرمينيا وأذربيجان

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Elizabeth Tsurkov @BBCArabic was able to speak to one of the "hundreds" of Syrian mercenaries deployed in Azerbaijan. He reports they were recruited by the commander of the Hamza Division of the Turkish-backed Syrian "National Army" in exchange for $2,000 monthly 154d

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Escaping Idlib: Risking death for a chance at life in Turkey

Syria Direct 156d 1 tweets

Despite increasing restrictions on border crossings, Syrian refugees risk it all for a better life in Turkey.

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Elizabeth Tsurkov Escaping Idlib: Risking death for a chance at life in Turkey pocket.co/xhtbMt Idlib is a holding pen for 3 million humans, most of them displaced from their home by the Assad regime. No wonder people keep trying to escape to Turkey despite the risk 156d

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SDF continues to recruit child soldiers, despite pledges to stop the practice

Syria Direct 162d 1 tweets

Despite promising to end the use of child soldiers in 2014, the SDF has continued to recruit and use child soldiers.

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Elizabeth Tsurkov YPG/YPJ continues to recruit child soldiers, despite pledges to stop the practice 162d

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"يعني إذا قعدت أحكي معك بتنحل مشكلتي؟" | حكاية ما انحكت | SyriaUntold

SyriaUntold - Syriauntold.com 209d 1 tweets

كيف يتعامل السوريون مع أمراضهم النفسية؟ هل يعترفون بها؟ هل يذهبون إلى الطبيب؟ هل يعرفون أسبابها؟ هل هي ناجمة عن "صدمة ما بعد الحرب" أم هناك أسباب أخرى؟ هل تصل حدود الانتحار؟ وكيف يخرجون منها؟ هذا التحقيق يغوص في الحالات النفسية التي عاشها عددا من...

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Elizabeth Tsurkov "يعني إذا قعدت أحكي معك بتنحل مشكلتي؟" bit.ly/2Xy2rP5 مقال هام عن الأضطراب ما بعد الصدمة بين سوريي أوروبا والاعلاج النفسي 209d

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''تاخد جرة غاز وتعطيني براد مي؟''.. سوريون يلجؤون للمقايضة لمواجهة غلاء المعيشة - رصيف 22

رصيف 22 218d 1 tweets

''للبيع علّاقة ثياب خشب نوعية ممتازة، ويفضّل تبديلها على جوزين من الكراسي في حال توافرهما. المكان دمشق''. ''جرة غاز في حمص بحالة جيدة، أود تبديلها على مروحة صغيرة''. ''للبيع كرة سلة بعشرة آلاف...

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Elizabeth Tsurkov Syrians are turning to selling their few belongings to stave off hunger through Facebook groups & rely on barter as the Syrian lira fluctuates erratically 218d

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Britain's shameful role in Srebrenica - UnHerd

James Bloodworth - UnHerd 236d 27 tweets

A quarter of a century ago, the UK enabled a genocide to take place. Are we doing so again?

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Elizabeth Tsurkov The awkward truth about Srebrenica bit.ly/2D1tvi8 A bit late to this great piece by @J_Bloodworth 222d

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موتى ومفقودون ينتخبون في محافظة درعا..! - تجمع أحرار حوران

تجمع أحرار حوران 224d 1 tweets

تجمع أحرار حوران – فريق التحرير تقدم عدد من مرشحي محافظة درعا المستقلين لمجلس الشعب التابع لنظام الأسد، بعريضة احتجاج موجهة لرأس النظام بعد عدم نجاحهم، عبروا فيها عن احتجاجهم على نتائج انتخابات مجلس الشعب التي نظمت منذ يومين. وفضحت العريضة ممارسات...

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Elizabeth Tsurkov Syrian democracy is so vibrant it is resurrecting the dead, who too got a chance to vote in this week's parliamentary elections horanfree.com/?p=6497 Other widespread irregularities reported across regime-held areas 224d

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כץ השהה סיוע לנזקקים כדי שלא יגיע למבקשי מקלט

Haaretz הארץ 228d 1 tweets

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Elizabeth Tsurkov COVID-related humanitarian aid to Holocaust survivors & the poorest Israelis halted after Minister of Finance @israel_katz learned that the criteria for assistance, developed by Welfare Ministry, would allow assistance to reach African asylum seekers too 228d

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Holocaust survivors' grandchildren call for action over inherited trauma

the Guardian 241d 1 tweets

Psychological impact of families constantly retelling stories of horrific events endured by relatives blighting lives of younger generation, says campaigner

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Elizabeth Tsurkov Studies on children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors show that trauma continues to impact even second- and third-generation offspring of survivors. Hudeifa is too young to remember that underground basement, but he will likely inherit the trauma 241d

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White House to discuss this week whether to approve Israeli West Bank annexations

Axios 256d 2 tweets

Divisions exist in the White House and in Israel's government

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Elizabeth Tsurkov White House to discuss this week whether to approve Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank bit.ly/2CsqVBB by @BarakRavid 256d

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Syria Caesar Act Designations - United States Department of State

United States Department of State 259d 3 tweets

More than six years ago, the brave photographer known as Caesar shocked the world by smuggling out of Syria the photographic proof that the Assad regime was torturing and executing many thousands of Syrians in the regime’s prisons. This act of...

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Elizabeth Tsurkov أول 39 مستهدف من قبل قانون قيصر بينهم: بشار الأسد, أسماء الأسد, ماهر الأسد, بشرى الأسد, منال الأسد, محمد حمشو, أحمد صابر حمشو, عمر حمشو, علي حمشو, سمية هامشو (زوجة علي حمشو), رانيا الدباس, غسان علي بلال, سامر الدانة, لواء الفاطميون, الفرقة الرابعة 259d