Category: Politics
The co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council, Ilham Ahmed, is currently leading a Kurdish delegation to Washington DC, Paris and London. Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP Ilham Ahmed says Kurds want allies from anti-Isis coalition on border ...
A joint committee of US Congress’s two chambers called for a temporary ban to be placed on the delivery of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, effective until November 1. American legislators are seeking to block ...
Responding to the decision of a Turkish first instance appeals court to uphold the conviction of journalists and executives from the Cumhuriyet newspaper, Amnesty International’s Turkey Strategy and Research Manager, Andrew Gardner said: “Today’s ruling ...
Turkey accuses Gulen of ordering the abortive bid to topple President Erdogan in mid-2016 [Charles Mostoller/Reuters] The order is part of multiple probes into supporters of US-based cleric, accused of being behind attempted 2016 coup. ...
A Turkish police officer is caught on video slide tackling a member of parliament, pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya Agency reported on Friday. Saliha Aydeniz of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) fell face first when a police ...
By Cengiz Aktar In light of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s visit to Turkey, cursory attention has been given to a few of the countless disagreements that have existed for decades between the two countries. ...
By paul Iddon On February 14, the presidents of Turkey, Russia and Iran met in Russia’s Black Sea resort city of Sochi to once again discuss the Syrian conflict under the framework of the Russian-sponsored ...
Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) militants raided an old couple’s house and tortured them in northwestern Syrian enclave of Afrin which has been under control of the jihadist factions since March 2018, Iraqi Kurdish news ...
Armed groups have committed abuses in rebel-held Idlib and Turkish-controlled areas, rights groups say. by Anchal Vohra Beirut, Lebanon – The last rebel-held enclave was meant to be a safe zone for three million displaced Syrians ...
Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair By Conn Hallinan “Democracy is like a tram; you get off when you have reached your destination.” The comment by Recep Tayyip Erdogan — made more than 20 years ago when he ...