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By Manish Rai: Jabhat-Al-Nusra Front, once al-Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has cut ties with the parent organisation with the approval of the al-Qaeda central leadership. Nusra Front is one of the largest and most effective rebel groups in Syria. It controls territory in the north, west and south of the country and commands approximately…
By Dr. M. Koohzad Preface We need to forcefully press on the accuracy of fact and figures related to the abuse of statistics in politics as bargaining chips. Perhaps, you have heard Staffan de Mistura, the UN Rep. for Syria, has recently said that ONLY five percent of Syria’s population is Kurdish. Unfortunately, nobody has asked…
By Manish Rai: The Islamic State stormed Iraq and whole world in 2014 with its takeover of major Iraqi and Syrian cities by exploiting Sunni Arab grievances in Iraq and chaos in neighbouring Syria. But the militant group is now steadily losing ground in both these countries. The so-called Caliphate is on the back foot….
Society For Threatened Peoples Press Release: STP publishes report on research visit to Kurdish enclaves The people living in the autonomous Kurdish regions – which are frequently attacked by Islamist terror militias – are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance from Western Europe to ensure that their “oasis of peace” in northern Syria will continue…
By Benjamin Kweskin: (Special thanks to Mazlom Hassan for translating and to Ahmet Baran for facilitating) Family: Husband: Ali Abdo, 42; Wife: Aras, 31; Son: John Abdo, 12; Daughter: Jwana Abdo, 7 Tell us a little bit about yourself and your family background. Ali: We are originally from Afrin but lived in Aleppo (Syria’s second…
Interview by Benjamin Kweskin: Mehmet Gurses is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University. He received his doctorate from University of North Texas and his research interests include democratization, ethnic and religious conflict, post-civil war peace building and democratization, Kurdish politics, and Political Islam. David Romano holds the Thomas G. Strong Professor…
By Rebwar Rashed: While the West is busy with thinking about stopping the stream of refugees into its own territories, Turkey actively engages in aggravating the political, social and economic life of everyone in the area. The political chaos is very beneficial for Turkey. It gives Turkey an upper hand. Turkey’s enmity against all of…
By Ata Hariri: The recent ceasefire in Syria was met with cautious optimism by most of the Western media. Most of the papers and radio programs treated it as a very positive thing, but not one that could bring a permanent peace, and yet the hope that this may mark the beginning of the end…
By Dr Jan Best de Vries: Now that the Turkish genocide of Kurdish civilians in Bakur (Turkish Kurdistan) has been extended to the villages within Rojava, both the USA and Europe with their alleged “human rights” policies keep looking away from it. A month ago the first embassy of Rojava was opened in Moscow and…
By Hanar Marouf: When will Kurds realise the dream of being able to say, “I’m off to a one week holiday in Rojava”? The kind of dream many of our grandfathers, in all the parts of Kurdistan, wished to see although until now what choice have Kurds been given in their lands except violations and…
By Arian Mufid: Following the Kurds in the west of Kurdistan is like watching an ancient myth brought to life. This nation has declared their federal entity even though their brothers in the south of Kurdistan have been unable to achieve that goal for the last two decades. Strong reactions to this declaration have spread…
By Dr Amir Sharifi: The One Million Signature campaign has been organized for all conscientious individuals, human rights organizations and activists, and concerned citizens in different countries of the world. As we approach the arrival of our New Year, the struggle of our people like spring is surprising the world; the struggle for the right…
Interview by Karlos Zurutuza: This is a translation of the interview that appeared today on the Spanish edition of Vice News Salih Muslim Muhammad (born Kobani, Aleppo, 1951) is co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party-PYD, the political force that has led the uprising of the Kurds in Syria since the war began, in March 2011. After…
By Mark Thomas: This was the message by the comedian Mark Thomas to Sunday’s UK national ‘Stop Turkey’s War on Kurds! Break the Silence!’ demonstration: Comrades and friends, I am sorry not to join you today but despite my best efforts the vagaries of privatised public transport have prevented me joining you. I am massively…
By the Inside Syria Media Center: The Inside Syria Media Center reports from Iraq that the Turkish armed forces suffered heavy losses in a battle against the Kurds on 16 February 2016. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters downed a Turkish S-70 Black Hawk helicopter with heavy machine gun fire. The helicopter crashed in an…
