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Ten Years of Arabellion: “I was in contact with an IS fighter for a year. Then he’s dead.” It is the tenth anniversary of the start of the "Arab Spring". A seemingly distant revolution that suddenly came very close. As Islamic State (IS) terror and the refugee crisis have shown, Germany and the Middle East are much intertwined. Our reporter was always there – he saw people hope and celebrate, torture and die.   19/12/2020 TRansalzted by SyriacPress . This article was originally published in German by  Die Welt  on 16 December 2020. The original can be found  here . By  Alfred Hackensberger   Correspondent  for Die Welt I. How it started – Tunisia 2011 The evening airplane from Madrid to Tunis is almost empty. A Tunisian lawyer and his wife sit in business class. The couple boarded the plane a little tipsy and continued to drink during the flight. They have something to celebrate. The day before, Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali fled the country to Saudi Arabia. “Aft

  In Northeast Syria, the fear for a new Turkish invasion grows every day In northeast Syria, hundreds of thousands of refugees live in fear of a renewed invasion by Turkey after their northern neighbor advanced far into the border area last year. The pandemic is still preventing these IDPs from taking the dangerous route to Europe. But the question is: how much longer?   09/12/2020 Translated by SyiacPress . This article was originally published in German by  Die Welt  on 6 December 2020. The original can be found  here . By  Alfred Hackensberger  Correspondent for Die Welt A stinking, dark broth flows from a gray pipe into a huge puddle in which water bottles and torn bags of chips float. There is a smell of feces in the air. On the unpaved paths between the long rows of tents, one sinks into deep mud after yesterday’s heavy rain. “We don’t have enough to eat, there aren’t enough mattresses, the sewage system doesn’t work, electricity is scarce, and we don’t have any diesel for the s