Carlo Portioli

I'm releasing a promo trailer on X (Twitter) of the liberation of Kobani, partly recorded by me during the siege as a Berber-Italian internationalist volunteer with the YPG. I was planning to release it to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its liberation, when the city of Kobani was fully recaptured on January 27. Unfortunately, Turkey is now threatening to invade it with its ISIS-recycled mercenary army, supported by its own armed forces. Meanwhile, the international community seems more concerned with securing good relationships for future trade and energy deals with the HTS-led government in Damascus, where the "rebranded" former ISIS and al-Qaeda leadership has succeeded in deposing the Assad regime. Now, they seek international recognition to establish an Islamic State-lite—at least until they've eliminated every possible opposition. Turkey's Erdogan has said that the same Kurds who liberated Kobani must either disarm and surrender to HTS or be buried with their weapons. German Foreign Minister @ABaerbock echoed the same, demanding that the YPG and YPJ disarm, while wearing her best dress for a meet-and-greet with Jolani in Damascus. While for a moment the US troops looked ready to shield the city from Turkey's aggression, the Pentagon clarified that the US has "no plans to build a base in Kobani" in NE Syria. Despite local reports, @DepPentPressSec Sabrina Singh just told reporters she's "not aware" of and "not tracking" any US troop movements or efforts there. While the world seems to have forgotten what it took to defeat ISIS and now supports another extremist jihadist group, I release this 1:30-minute trailer hoping to remind the world—and hoping that by January 27, Kobani will still be free, along with the rest of Rojava. Tomorrow still holds hope for a better world. #DefendKobani #YPG #YPJ #Rojava #ErdoganHandsOffKobani #BaerbockComplicit #TurkeySupportsTerror #FreedomForKurdistan