French-China: Le ministre turc des Affaires étrangères rejette les propos du président français sur l’opération turque en Syrie

Le ministre turc des Affaires étrangères turc, Mevlut Cavusoglu, a rejeté jeudi les critiques du président français Emmanuel Macron sur l'offensive militaire menée par la Turquie en Syrie contre les Unités de protection du peuple kurde (YPG) syriennes. "M. Macron ne devrait pas oublier, comme l'a dit la chancelière allemande Angela Merkel, que la Turquie est une alliée de l'OTAN. Il devrait se tenir aux côtés de ses...

Date: November 29, 2019
Author: Lisa [read full article]

Xinhuanet: Turkish FM slams French president’s remarks on Turkey’s operation in Syria

ANKARA, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday slammed French President Emmanuel Macron for his criticism on Turkey's military offensive in Syria against the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). "Macron cannot be the leader of Europe by wobbling like this ... Macron should not forget, as (German Chancellor Angela) Merkel said, Turkey is a NATO ally. He should stand by the allies," Cavusoglu...

Date: November 29, 2019
Author: XINHUANET [read full article]

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Syria: Civilians Abused in ‘Safe Zones’

Summary Executions, Blocked Returns by Turkish-Backed Armed Groups (Beirut, November 27, 2019) – Factions of the Syrian...

Date: November 29, 2019
Author: Human Rights Watch [read full article]

CNN: Father grabbed his 5 children and fled after US ‘betrayed’ his town

Al Hasakah, Syria (CNN) — It was just a few weeks ago, on a sunny day in...

Date: November 29, 2019
Author: Clarissa Ward, Salma Abdelaziz and Mohammed Hassan [read full article]

Air mail: Sisters in Arms

Why are young British women volunteering to fight and die alongside the Kurds? Long before President Trump...

Date: November 28, 2019
Author: Janine Di Giovanni [read full article]

The conversation: 5 years after Islamic State massacre, Yazidi people (Iraqi minority) are transformed by trauma

It’s been five years since the Islamic State killed 3,100 Yazidi people in Iraq – mostly men and the...

Date: November 28, 2019
Author: The conversation [read full article]

Washington Kurdish Institute: Kurdistan’s Weekly Brief November 26, 2019

Syria Turkish-backed jihadists continued their encroachment into northeastern Syria with the support of Turkish airpower last week. On...

Date: November 27, 2019
Author: Washington Kurdish Institute [read full article]

Kurdistan Human Rights Network: Latest news from mass protests in Iranian Kurdistan

During the recent protests in the Kurdish cities in Iran against the rise in petrol prices, many...

Date: November 26, 2019
Author: Kurdistan Human Rights Network [read full article]

Associated Press: Russia warns Syria’s Kurds against relying on US support

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister is warning Syria’s Kurds that relying on U.S. support “won’t bring...

Date: November 26, 2019
Author: Associated Press [read full article]

Belfer Center: Armenian Genocide Descendants Face Another Turkish Onslaught, One Century Later

One of the deadliest sites of the Armenian genocide – Ras al-Ayn – has once again fallen...

Date: November 26, 2019
Author: Amy Austin Holmes [read full article]