In another example of human rights violations in Afrin (Efrîn), northern Syria, Turkish-backed mercenaries kidnapped two civilians in the village of Anqelê in the Şiyê district, reports Hawar News.Read More
by Fréderike Geerdink The gangs of Daesh were a few hundred metres away from the military base of the PKK at the frontline near Kirkuk. That fact didn’t distract the fighters that evening. Some were slaughtering a sheep that had been brought in from a base closer to the city, others were sitting on the […]Read More
Coşkun Üsterci, the General Secretary of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT), spoke to the Mesopotamia News Agency about the current situation in Turkish prisons.Read More
Akın Olgun Kurds are once again being tested in every sense and in every field in Turkey. A circle of fire is being lit around them. As they overcome traps set up for them to deny their freedom, new ones are laid.Read More
Hani al-Gamal – Cairo The coronavirus is taking a heavy toll everywhere in the world, including in Egypt where it has reportedly killed over 6,000 people so far. Nonetheless, the pandemic is opening the door for the emergence of new professions, ones that had never existed before.Read More
Dylan Hasan – Lebanon Despite international warnings and an economy on the verge of collapse, the crisis in Lebanon remains unresolved. Angry protests against the corrupt political elite continue, and the authorities are unable to form a new government after Saad Hariri’s resignation under pressure in October last year.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan Child abuse is a worldwide phenomenon, but it poses particular problems in eastern countries such as Iraq. When we speak of child abuse it could mean anything between direct abuse and violence to mental abuse.Read More
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Coalition against ISIS will not pull troops from northeastern Syria
A press conference set up between the Global Coalition and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Rimelan (northeastern Syria) to discuss the latest combat strategies against the Islamic State (ISIS) was held on Tuesday.Read More
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Executive Committee member Murat Karayılan issued a statement regarding the tensions in Iraqi Kurdistan with the Turkish state and the National Intelligence Organisation (MIT). Karayılan evaluated the efforts of the the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) and the Parliamentary Union of Kurdistan.Read More
The journalist Firmesk Ali has interpreted the deployment of Iraqi soldiers to Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan – under the scope of the agreement between the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) – as “a new [order for] massacre”. He stated that “there are Turkmen groups amongst the soldiers being sent” according to Mesopotamia […]Read More
