1/ #EXCLUSIVE The Syrian photographer/cameraman of a pro-Turkey Syrian group who recently filmed executions in NSyria, traveled in 2015 as a refugee to #Germany where he applied for asylum. He stayed near city of #Halle, in monastery "Kloster Helfta" in town Lutherstadt Eisleben. https://twitter.com/dlshadothman/status/1183052883371216896

2/ His name is Alhareth Rabah, group he is with: Ahrar alSharqiya.

On his own Instagram account Rabah posted 25/12/2015: “Nothing comforts me except my dua, my look at sky &outside of my window. #mypicture"

Location is clearly monastery "Kloster Helfta" in Lutherstadt Eisleben.

3/ In this December 2015 article, monastery "Kloster Helfta" in Lutherstadt Eisleben tells local media they took in 48 refugees from Syria in October 2015. https://www.domradio.de/themen/fluechtlingshilfe-und-integration/2015-12-23/fluechtlinge-im-kloster-helfta-nonnen-geben-deutschkurse

4/ On his Instagram account, Alhareth Rabah, posted multiple pictures of himself in Germany in 2015/2016.

Not often he mentions a location, but in some postings he does write words such as: "Eisleben" or "Germany".

These 2 pics taken near city hall (Rathaus) of Halle (Saale):

5/ Here some more pics from Rabah's own Instagram account.

"Eisleben", Night in " #Germany" (jan 2017), The monastery in "Winter #mypic" and the center of German city of Halle.

6/ Fast forward now from Germany 2015/2016 to last week:

This is Alhareth Rabah on October 12th, filming himself as his group Ahrar al-Sharqiya blocked the M4-road in Northern Syria and started executing Kurds, including female politician Hervin Khalaf and her entourage.

7/ For context, do read this interesting investigative article, published yesterday by @France24_en on the subject of executions on the M4.

France24 spoke to Alhareth Rabah, and he admits himself that he was there and filmed some of the execution videos: https://twitter.com/France24_en/status/1184926947056353280?s=20

8/ Rabah isn't just a cameraman who on that day was embedded with Ahrar al-Sharqiya.

He is their media man &member of Ahrar al-Sharqiya.

This is what Rabah posted on his Instagram, 4 days before start of the Turkish operation:

Pic of his uniform, guns, cameras +word: Ready.

9/ Judging by pics on his Instagram account, Alhareth Rabah was already active with Ahrar al-Sharqiya during the Turkish Afrin-operation in Jan/Feb/March 2018.

10/ I reached out to Rabah to get his view on the execution videos &his time in Germany as asylum seeker. Until now no reply.

Rabah stayed in an asylum center but I don't know if his asylum request was granted by German authorities.

Maybe German reporters can follow up on this.

11/ Not surprisingly, but Alhareth Rabah, the media guy of the rebel group who filmed executions in northern Syria, has deactivated his accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. https://twitter.com/HaraldDoornbos/status/1185118670521016320?s=19