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Cartographer. Associate Editor for ARA News. Not Mark S Monmonier. ­­­­­­­­ ­ ­ ­­ ­ ­ ­ Tweets which include arrows⇘ are news. All other tweets are commentary.

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Joined January 2015
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"We walk for the freedom of all peoples. But no people can be free when the #Kurds are not." -@AhmetTurk_DTP, prior to his arrest
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A state with taxes, conscripts and political prisoners. All done in the moment –out of necessity– but irreconcilable with #Apo's vision.
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I’m not criticizing; the #SDC has to meet the needs of the moment.
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Mark Monmonier retweeted
#Syria #war #battle for #Aleppo territorial control overview #map November 28 #SAA #FSA #SDF #YPG #DAESH edmaps.com/html/syrian_civil…
Breaking. Rebels withdrawing from NE. #Aleppo districts after fall of #Hanano, reducing de facto Rebel-held Aleppo by a third.
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Mark Monmonier retweeted
MAP: Progress of the offensive to take #Mosul. PMU isolates Mosul and cuts off Tel Afar-#Shingal road. Bigger: imagopyrenaei.files.wordpres…
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Mark Monmonier retweeted
More civilian families reaching Kurdish neighborhood of #SheikMaqsoud from Eastern #Aleppo 45 families reached the neighborhood this morning
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#YPJ officers said that they intend to advance into #Raqqa city and free its women. It's their raison d'être - #Turkey & #Dunford be damned.
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#Raqqa⇘ The Op's first phase is done. The #SDF will move onto the second phase once Tal Samn falls. IDPs are streaming into #Kobane Canton.
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The Pentagon may cut its #SDF armament program in northern #Syria. A mercantilist foreign policy is probably Trump's steadiest position ...
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The CIA will wind down its train & equip program in #Syria. Plan B is DoA. #Islamist rebels will turn to the gulf to make up the shortfall.
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"Even if we are between four walls, we will continue to be part of the struggle outside." -@HDPDemirtas, through his lawyer
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Mark Monmonier retweeted
Map: #Mosul, #Nineveh, military situation, 8 November. Full resolution: imagopyrenaei.files.wordpres…
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“We will not surrender ... We will be the end and the curse for the dictatorship.” -@FigenYuksekdag, after hearing of her own conviction
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"We will insist on politics till the end." -@HDPDemirtas, one week before his arrest
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