[Centraal] Crisis in Syrië en Irak #475

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Op donderdag 7 november 2019 00:56 schreef polderturk het volgende:
Rusland en Assad vallen ziekenhuis, white helmets en speeltuin aan en de wereld is stil. Stel je vood dat Turkije dit had gedaan in Noord Syrie.

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Timeline Of U.S.–Syria Relations

The U.S. decision to pull troops out of Syria that were assisting rebel forces has cleared the way for Turkey to ramp up military actions, escalating chaos in the region. The Onion provides a timeline of U.S. and Syrian relations.

1970:

Hafez al-Assad leads Baathist coup d’état with clever protest signs like “Grimy Syria Needs A Baath!”

1980:

Syria and Soviet Union sign treaty of friendship and cooperation just to make America upset, the only reason any countries do anything.

1996:

Honestly, this shit is super complicated and it’s better if we focus on just the past decade.

2000:

Bashar al-Assad elected on pledge to deliver modernized, 21st-century human rights violations.

2003:

Syria marked “Plan B” in event Congress doesn’t authorize use of military force in Iraq.

2012:

U.S., Germany, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and U.K. meet with other global leaders to discuss how to return region to sustainable profitability.

2013:

Obama warns Assad that using chemical weapons would cross a “red line” and would trigger U.S. invasion if it crossed the rest of the colors of the visible spectrum.

2015:

Horrific image of drowned 4-year-old refugee shocks international community into continued inaction.

2016:

Majority of Americans learn about Aleppo for first time while Googling Gary Johnson’s “What is Aleppo?” soundbite.

2019:

Everyone honestly still pretty stumped on what to do.

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Yossi_Mansharof twitterde op donderdag 07-11-2019 om 12:13:07 #Breaking Hezbollah media reports Iraq's Muqtada Sadr is on way to Tehran, after having long discussions with Iranian official in Najaf. According to the report, the Iranian leadership and Sadr would discuss a suitable solution for the #IraqProtests reageer retweet

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ragipsoylu twitterde op donderdag 07-11-2019 om 19:40:17 Figure this out: •US is protecting oilfields owned by SDF in Syria. •And SDF is selling the oil to Assad regime. •And there are US sanctions imposed on Assad over oil/financial dealings.• So, US is facilitating SDF’s illegal dealings that violate American sanctions? reageer retweet

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KyleWOrton twitterde op donderdag 07-11-2019 om 19:59:19 I mean, yes, it's odd #US is facilitating the #SDF/#PKK violating the sanctions, the sole instrument of this "maximum pressure" campaign, on the #Iran proxy regime.But, it was pretty weird to run roughshod over the terrorism laws to support the PKK in the first place, so ... https://t.co/Z8AEYFO5oL reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 8 november 2019 00:27 schreef polderturk het volgende:

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Ik dacht dat ze de olie via Irak exporteerden.
Turkije moet het volgende doen.
Een deal maken met Assad.
Olieleiding aanleggen naar Syrië.
Olie verkopen voor de prijs die ze aan YPG/PKK betalen.
Dan kan de VS niet langer de olie van Syrië stelen.

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Op maandag 18 november 2019 22:33 schreef Frikandelbroodje het volgende:

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BBCKasraNaji twitterde op maandag 18-11-2019 om 19:49:22 In spite of severed communications lines, sporadic reports from Iran indicate ongoing unrest in many areas. The number of the dead in the four days of unrest may be as high as around 200, with reports of plainclothes armed men shooting directly at crowds of protestors. reageer retweet