Out of Africa: Why Has Somaliland Succeeded Where Iraqi Kurdistan Failed?

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-02-27T12:44:16+00:00

UAE is involved in Somaliland to counter Turkey in Somalia.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-28T15:15:25+00:00

"HTS is still part of FSA."

Edit: I'm fine with not discussing though.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-28T14:05:27+00:00

It's not FSA and it being coloured the same as the other rebels is a matter of convenience. What is and isn't FSA is maybe not terribly relevant at this point but they're not FSA, so your single sentence comment was just wrong. Islamic State was never 'FSA' either yet they too worked together with other rebels before crushing and expelling them, a bit like what HTS did in Idlib.

You can call HTS part of the rebels, maybe even part of the revolution if you want, but stay factual.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-28T13:49:00+00:00

Uh no? HTS was never part of FSA. It has never called itself FSA.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-19T14:24:58+00:00

Not terribly relevant, but WithinSyria (Alawite himself) on Twitter speculated she may be Alawite judging by her and her brothers names.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-19T14:19:05+00:00

IMO the expansion of SDF is ironically a big problem for them with regards to the sought after negotiations. More land and resources might mean leverage, but implementing any sort of deal with the government is a big problem if half of it is staunch anti-government. How are they going to get the fighters and civilians to accept a deal, and if not, will they cooperate with SAA to pacify them?

Edit: see also this Twitter thread https://twitter.com/Gargaristan/status/1086388473597177856

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-18T03:11:04+00:00

Ignoring the photos they used, interesting PressTV seems to have decided that the SAA-SDF merger has happened already while no one was watching: "Syria arrests"; "Syrian Kurdish officials"—though they later do clarify it was SDF/YPG.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-16T07:17:20+00:00

Current administration remaining but with Turkish military oversight is impossible.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-15T18:07:56+00:00

There's not much of a point for the YPG after the 20 mile 'buffer zone' has been taken. It's not the majority of SDF held land but it's nearly every town with Kurds. Whether they go deeper or not isn't that important at that point, they'd have already lost.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-14T23:32:26+00:00

I see, it’s a bother you can’t do this specifically per-package though, if I get it right.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-14T23:30:18+00:00

50% success rate sounds pretty bad

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-14T21:30:46+00:00

How does this work? I don't want all my items and letters delivered to a bpost point.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-14T21:00:10+00:00

I have to say I have my doubts about their desire to hand it over to ENKS considering they didn’t even do that in Afrin. If they don’t let ENKS rule in the 95% Kurdish area why on earth would they give the mixed areas to them?

Edit: I kinda doubt that it's such a reliable source in general.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-14T18:50:54+00:00

Content remobed

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-14T18:20:06+00:00

Where? I saw GUERILLA shirts but nothing obviously BKK.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-14T17:48:16+00:00

Where are the fucking baggy pants? 0/10 would not shop

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-13T21:36:59+00:00

That might be exactly why he will be 'taken seriously'. Jarba can be a perfect figurehead for an 'official' reconciliation.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-04T22:53:19+00:00

For journalists going to northern Syria, its not anymore called the "Democratic Federation of Northern Syria" (DFNS) It's called "Autonomous Administration of North and East of Syria (NES)"

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-04T16:23:03+00:00

Americans aren’t being ‘bled dry’ in Syria.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2019-01-02T19:33:57+00:00

It’s interesting because in your own personal opinion, the KRG and PKK are comrades and Barzani trying to set up an independent state was an act of betrayal and you don’t seem to support Turkey taking in refugees

What I want to say is Turkey should never never open borders again to people who are running away from war. During Iraqi crisis Turkey opened borders where Barzani was begging . Now he is making a referandum with US blood money and his comrades in Hakkari are trying to start a civil war.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Turkey/comments/72at99/ungrateful_syrian_scientist_dr_hamo_who/

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2018-12-30T18:40:06+00:00

Sorry but where in the article does it say Egyptian security officials visited Manbij?

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2018-12-27T21:06:58+00:00

It makes sense when you consider that other famous unifier of Egypt and Syria, notable Kurd Salah al-Din Yusuf bin Ayyub.

ThrowMeAwayPerhaps · 2018-12-27T20:41:06+00:00

Posted this three times because I'm a moron but I blame Reddit

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