Newly appointed US Special Envoy for Syria Mr Joel Rayburn held a press conference 3rd December to address the situation in the North and East of Syria. During the press conference the special envoy was asked by the Rojava Information Centre if the US had any mechanisms in place to deter a Turkish invasion of the […]Read More
by Fayik Yağızay Although it might appear that international institutions and global powers act according to principles, values, standards and conventions, we can see that their actions are based simply on their own interests. Almost every day, we witness how principles and values are trampled upon in the face of these interests.Read More
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) General Commander Mazlum Abdi was interviewed on Ronahî TV and he commented on the current situation in Syria, the tensions that have arisen between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the future of Sinjar.Read More
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) issued a counter-statement regarding the Turkish government’s 2021 budget plans. According to the HDP’s statement, published in Gazete Karınca, the share of the budget that will reportedly be approved for the Ministry of National Security in Turkey will be increased, even as it will have a resultant negative impact on […]Read More
Austrian political scientist and social anthropologist Thomas Schmidinger was interviewed by Yeni Özgür Politika. He analysed the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS’s) organizational structure in Europe, its November 2020 attack in Vienna and its links with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He also analysed the nature of Turkish fascist groups’ attacks on Kurds […]Read More
Medyanews Exclusive The concept of terrorism is often discussed on the international community’s political agenda yet it is highly controversial and has a big problem with a common definition of the term. In this context, the main issue in defining terrorism is based on interpretation. (1) The relationship between self-determination and terrorism is a controversial […]Read More
Despite the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution, which calls on all parties of conflicts to take special measures to protect women and girls from gender-based violence, particularly rape and other forms of sexual abuse, in situations of armed conflict, the women, whose lives have been turned into a living hell in Kurdistan have never […]Read More
In a letter addressed to Dr. Dindar Zebari, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG’s) International Advocacy Coordinator in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), Amnesty International urgently called for a retrial of Abdulrahman Er, who has been sentenced to death. Amnesty International noted that his death sentence was questionably upheld by the Court of Appeal in […]Read More
Curfews and conflicts began in 2015 in the district of Sur in Diyarbakır (Amed) in Turkey. Hundreds of children, youth and women were injured and scores of people were killed in clashes during the curfew that was imposed on 2 December 2015 in six neighbourhoods in Sur.Read More
Turkey’s armed forces and its mercenaries are constantly attacking the M4 international highway which cuts through Syria’s most strategic areas and runs parallel with the border with Turkey. Civilians using the Tell Tamer-Zirgan stretch of the highway are worried about their safety because of these attacks, reports Hawar News.Read More
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