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Kerim Friedman 傅可恩 @kerim.one · 07/04/2026
Looking forward to picking @leelajacinto.bsky.social's mind about Iran.
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Before the new year gets old, tackling resolutions. What better way to start on Bluesky than my first 2025 piece: www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
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Europe’s leaders have had enough of Musk’s meddling, but can they stop him?
Elon Musk’s invective against major European leaders and his support for right-wing, eurosceptic parties peaked this week, sparking warnings about the US tech billionaire’s intervention in the contine...
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 03/01/2020
#USEmbassyBaghdad advises US citizens to "depart Iraq immediately". @realDonaldTrump just made life more dangerous for US nationals, US officials, not to mention USA's European allies, some whose nationals are in Iranian jails. With friends like this, who needs enemies? #Iran x.com/USEmbBaghdad/s…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 03/01/2020
Shocker morning kicking off a dangerous start to 2020. @FRANCE24 is live-blogging the fallout of #QassemSoleimani assassination:#Iran f24.my/60Mj.T
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US to deploy at least 3,000 more troops amid fears of unrest after Soleimani's death
Tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets of Tehran on Friday to protest against the killing of a top Iranian commander, Qassem Soleimani, who Washington says was planning an "imminent" attack…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 29/12/2019
An actress, who’s Muslim, disappears in the protest crackdown in #UttarPradesh (UP), #India. So does a friend looking for her at a police station. Two of thousands in UP. Then there's #Kashmir...make this nightmare stop. washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pac…
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India’s Muslims and activists face mass arrests, beatings amid unrest over citizenship law
Reports of police brutality emerge as authorities try to crush opposition to Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist legislation.
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 29/12/2019
A child of Holocaust survivors traumatized by my latest #India piece. Lists, citizen registrations hit personally. Set me thinking...there are probs w/ the French system, but I agree a state shld have no interest in religious identity.via @FRANCE24 f24.my/5ytc.T
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The best of times, the worst of times for India’s Modi
The year began with an electoral landslide for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but is ending in an unprecedented display of opposition against his divisive policies. But police crackdowns and an…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 19/12/2019
Watch: Protesters in Delhi stop the police by singing the national anthem. Incredible scenes from #India today. x.com/nehadixit123/s…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 19/12/2019
Incredible footage. Renowned Indian historian Ram Guha telling reporters he feels sorry for Bangalore police having to follow orders from Delhi & crack down on peaceful, nonviolent protesters…when the 61-yr-old scholar is arrested… x.com/ndtvvideos/sta…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 19/12/2019
IndiGo, India's biggest marketshare airline, cancels 19 flights from Delhi due to road traffic disruptions over #IndiansAgainstCAB protesters take to streets, braving a ban on assembly & arrests of hundreds, including prominent historian @Ram_Guha during an interview.
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 17/12/2019
La laïcité (secularism) obviously is a privilege only for #France, says the envoy from the birthplace of human rights. We'll lecture our own minorities, but minorities across the world be damned...#IndiansAgainstCAB thehindu.com/news/national/…
thehindu.com
CAB, NRC are internal issues: French envoy
‘We respect India’s democratic system’
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 17/12/2019
Covering the beat for Kashmiri journalists means getting beaten by Indian security forces winning hearts & minds in an area that's shut down to the world since, you know, foreigners are plotting to agitate the local populace. All's well in #Kashmir x.com/AakashHassan/s…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 16/12/2019
Looking forward to @F24Debate tonight at 7.10pm Paris time on #India protests over new citizenship act & its likely fallout with @odalage @saliltripathi @RajatSethi86 & yes, the one & only @FrancoisF24
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 16/12/2019
This reminds me of Sudan's "kadanka power" earlier this year. 2019 has been the year of the protest & it's ending with India joining the ranks in an unprecedented way... x.com/SuparnaChaudhr…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 16/12/2019
Extraordinary scenes from across India today. This from the capital: x.com/betwasharma/st…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 15/12/2019
Shocking, brutal scenes at Indian campuses. So the policy/orders are to crack down on any dissent against the controversial new citizenship law? france24.com/en/20191215-po…
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Police storm campuses, crack down on protests against Indian citizenship law
Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India’s capital on Monday, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held a silent protest in the northeast to protest a…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 15/12/2019
Police storm campuses, crack down on protests against Indian citizenship lawvia @FRANCE24 f24.my/5wwa.T
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Police storm campuses, crack down on protests against Indian citizenship law
Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India’s capital on Monday, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held a silent protest in the northeast to protest a…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 08/12/2019
The weekend’s absolute must-read from @NewYorker masterfully weaves the complexity of Modi’s India from press intimidation, judicial failure, violent Islamophobia, fake news & the Hindu supremacist-driven death of Indian democracy: newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…
newyorker.com
Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India
The Prime Minister’s Hindu-nationalist government has cast two hundred million Muslims as internal enemies.
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 07/12/2019
Snaking immigration lines at #CDG airport in striking France. Since France's biggest problem are the French, suggest we let the hard-workig immigrants in. Solution!
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 28/11/2019
#G5Sahel is “a coalition of armies that nobody trusts: they’re seen as inefficient and corrupt and benefitting from impunity,” @Hommel19 tells @TomWheeldon1 as he examines France’s “mission impossible” after deaths of French troops in Mali:via @FRANCE24 f24.my/5sqc.T
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Mission impossible for France in the Sahel?
The death of 13 French soldiers in a helicopter accident in Mali on November 25 has underlined the challenges France's armed forces face in the Sahel, amid intensifying insurgent attacks and doubts about…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 19/11/2019
Indian ex-army officer’s controversial call for mass rape in #Kashmir led me to check in on Kunan- Poshpora case. Still no justice, right? Pls don’t overlook Kashmiri women in campaign to @endrapeinwar @StandSpeakRise @CelineBardet @USGSRSGPatten thediplomat.com/2018/02/all-th…
thediplomat.com
All These Years Later, Do Not Forget the Kunan-Poshpora Mass Rapes
The Indian Army’s violence against Kashmiri women must be etched in the history books.
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 17/11/2019
Video wargames a fitting metaphor for this @FRANCE24 @ARTEen Quark report on 3 Gulf princes. Cyber-attacks, Sandhurst-grad #MBZ mentoring homeboy #MBS & delish details like French FM Le Drian introducing his son to Sheikh Zayed’s son at an arms bazaar... france24.com/en/middle-east…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 17/11/2019
The joy of settling down on a Sunday to a nice, big, fat @nytimes investigative report on the hard-to-cover world’s largest incarceration on ethnic & religious grounds. Thanks @austinramzy @ChuBailiang nytimes.com/interactive/20…
nytimes.com
‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims (Published 2019)
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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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 15/11/2019
thewire.in/rights/amnesty…
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'Harassment,' Says Amnesty After CBI Raids at its Offices in Bengaluru, Delhi
CBI is reportedly probing alleged irregularities of funds obtained by Amnesty India through the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 14/11/2019
Be wary, be very wary. @DisinfoEU uncovers how a “website of a self-proclaimed magazine for the European Parliament” is linked to a network of 265 fake local news sites operating in 65 countries serving Indian influence & disinfo interests: disinfo.eu/2019/11/13/unc…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 12/11/2019
The world's “failure to talk openly about the failings of the Modi model is not cost-free,” notes @gideonrachman @FT, adding, “India’s slide into illiberalism may actually be strengthening the global trend towards authoritarianism.”via @financialtimes ft.com/content/a4fe19…
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India’s Narendra Modi has had a free pass from the west for too long
Threats to minority rights and democratic norms are ignored to preserve a comforting illusion
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 12/11/2019
UN report on Libya accuses Sudan’s Mohamed “Hemedti” Dagalo of violating UN sanctions by deploying 1,000 Sudanese troops to Libya, Reuters reporting. #Libya #Sudan
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 12/11/2019
Israel kills senior Islamic Jihad commander in an airstrike in Gaza just hours before an attack in Damascus targeted the home of another leading Islamic State militant, killing his son in a dramatic escalation in the region.
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 09/11/2019
Dec 6, 1992 and now Nov 9, 2019. It took 27 years for mob justice to become justice: scroll.in/article/943153…
scroll.in
Ayodhya verdict explained in five paragraphs
Supreme Court awards disputed plot to trust to build a Ram temple, alternative land for mosque.
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 08/11/2019
The “world’s largest democracy” does not offer dual citizenship, uses every opp to shake down cash for OCI (Overseas Citizenship of #India) cards AND strips it for journos criticizing Modi, effectively denying visas & exiling govt critics. A must-read by @AatishTaseer x.com/TIME/status/11…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 08/11/2019
Here we go, overseas "friends" of India's ruling right-wing BJP openly admit to trying to interfere in #UkElection: opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
opendemocracy.net
Concerns over ‘foreign interference’ as India-linked Hindu nationalist group targets Labour candidates
Campaigners linked to Indian prime minister Modi’s BJP say they’re targeting 48 Labour-Tory marginals, also prompting fears of heightened ethnic tensions.
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 05/11/2019
Worth watching. Some obvious stuff (scrolled past Martin Indyk's blah-blah) but good reporting, story telling. 1 quibble: ISIS attacks map has nothing in Africa, even tho' post-Baghdadi audio mentions 'central Africa'...Bringing Down Baghdadivia @YouTube youtu.be/Fz_B4SvS48o
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Bringing Down Baghdadi I A VICE News Report
On the very first VICE News Reports on VICELAND, we bring you an inside look at how Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s henchmen did his bidding, what led to his downfall, and why he was ultimately killed in Idlib, a territory not controlled by ISIS. Look for more VICE News Reports coming soon. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 05/11/2019
Hey, this @CrisisGroup explainer on #US-IranTensions -- & how to get out of it -- is good... The U.S. and Iran: Maximum Pressure, Maximum Perilvia @YouTube youtu.be/36QQ4vPWBIU
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The U.S. and Iran: Maximum Pressure, Maximum Peril
As Iran prepares for its own next breach of the 2015 nuclear accord, Crisis Group's hand-illustrated video draws out the story of rising tensions between Iran and the U.S. and sketches in a way to break the cycle of sanctions and reactions. Visit Crisis Group's Iran-U.S. Trigger List for regular updates on the key flashpoints between Iran and the U.S. https://www.crisisgroup.org/trigger-list/iran-us-trigger-list
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 31/10/2019
Why the Battle of Algiers resonates in Kashmir middleeasteye.net/opinion/battle…
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Why the Battle of Algiers resonates in Kashmir
The Algerian people's struggle against colonialism replicates that of siege-weary Kashmiris
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 29/10/2019
BREAKING: Lebanese PM Saad Hariri says he will submit his resignation. "I have reached a dead end today," said Hariri calling on all Lebanese to come together to protect civil peace. #lebanonprotest
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 27/10/2019
So Trump thanks Russia for Baghdadi op, but Russian Defense Ministry says they had no idea, denies US airstrikes in Idlib. Meanwhile Syrian Kurds, who were telling anyone who would listen since Raqqa fall that Baghdadi was in Idlib, but got measly thanks for “certain support”.
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 27/10/2019
Interesting that Baghdadi’s compound was a few miles from the Turkish border, but the US military op took off from military base near Erbil, not Incirlik. Reminds me of Pakistan not being informed of OBL raid for fear of scuppering the op. #Baghdadi
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 27/10/2019
RIP Stephen Cohen, a man I interviewed for my 1st South Asia security reports after the 1990s nuclear tests -- & kept seeking for the next few decades. Utterly kind, always accessible to journalists on deadline, patient w/ his explanations, a fantastic analyst & a generous man x.com/NarangVipin/st…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 27/10/2019
My profile of a terror chief: On Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's rise from football-obsessed student and "low level" prisoner in US detention in Iraq to a terrifying self-styled caliphvia @FRANCE24 @F24Debate f24.my/5hyU.T
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Baghdadi’s terrifying rise from football-obsessed student to self-styled caliph
The man the world came to know as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi seized on the conflict, chaos and mismanagement in his native Iraq to propel himself from a low-level prisoner in US detention to one of the world’s…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 27/10/2019
Trump thanks Russia, Turkey, Syria, Iraq & “I also want to thank Syrian Kurds for certain support they were able to give us” on a “very, very dangerous mission”.
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 27/10/2019
Details of US raid from Trump: Baghdadi’s compound had been cleared before operation, 11 children moved out unharmed. Baghdadi fled into a tunnel w/ 3 of his kids. At end of tunnel, as US dogs chased him, Baghdadi killed himself in suicide blast. Operation lasted 2 hours.
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 27/10/2019
BREAKING: “Abu Bakr al –Baghdadi is dead,” announces US President Trump, carefully pronouncing the nom de guerre of “world’s number 1 terrorist leader”.
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 27/10/2019
And now “Everyone Says They Were In on #Baghdadi Op” time: Turkish defense ministry says, prior to US op in Idlib, there was “info exchange & coordination” b/w US & Turkis militaries. #Turkey
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 27/10/2019
SDF commander statement on “successful operation” a “result of joint intelligence work” with US set to be a feeder for #Trump “major statement” later today, likely on #Baghdadi bumped off reports. US intel officials must be bracing for the crowing after abandoning our partners.
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 26/10/2019
Erdogan’s propaganda armies seem to be targeting European media, now more than ever. Has this happened to US media orgs? Is there a strategy here? #Turkey x.com/sarahemclaugh/…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 23/10/2019
My piece on a #Syrian #Kurdish boy, severely burned during the Turkish offensive, arriving from Iraqi Kurdistan to France for treatment. A chemical weapons expert suspects white phosphorus, which Turkey denies:via @FRANCE24 @abdullahawez @RaviSinghKA f24.my/5gpB.T
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Kurdish boy severely burned during Turkish offensive arrives in France for treatment
A Syrian Kurdish boy who was severely burned during the Turkish incursion was evacuated Tuesday from Iraqi Kurdistan to France for medical treatment amid accusations that Turkey used chemical weapons…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 18/10/2019
And the latest from @amnesty : x.com/amnesty/status…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 18/10/2019
Here's the summary of the #Turkey Turkey sanctions bill that Congress is pursuing despite Thursday's US-Turkey "ceasefire" deal: x.com/LindseyGrahamS…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 18/10/2019
Lessons on the Middle East from the man who missed the Kurds at Normandy... x.com/MSNBC/status/1…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 12/10/2019
On a week that began w/ one leader (#Erdogan) crushing hopes peace & ended with a #Nobel recognition of another leader (#AbiyAhmed) who’s done much for peace in his country, region, continent w/ @FrancoisF24 @LTwerly @evogora3...via @FRANCE24 france24.com/en/debate/2019…
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The World This Week - Turkey's invasion, NBA-China row, Nobel Peace Prize
Only 72 hours after a Sunday phone call between the US and Turkish presidents and Donald Trump's withdrawal of troops from northeast Syria, Turkey has launched a cross-border offensive against the Kurds, with…
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leelajacinto.bsky.social @leelajacinto.bsky.social · 11/10/2019
Congratulations #AbiyAhmed, congratulations #Ethiopia, congratulations #Africa. This is good news at the end of a terrible week for peace. #NobelPeacePrize bbc.com/news/world-afr…
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Nobel Peace Prize: Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed wins
The prime minister is honoured for making peace with Eritrea after decades of tension and conflict.
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