Sarah Glynn examines two recent blows to democracy in the Kurdish region of the Middle East.
-
-
Sarah Glynn reports on the situation on the ground in Syria and Turkey, following the ceasefire and integration agreement signed by the Syrian Transitional Government and the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and Syrian Democratic Forces.
-
On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.
-
On The Streets is a new podcast by Green Left, giving you bite-sized updates about the protest movements and grassroots campaigns across the country.
-
Armed factions affiliated with the Damascus government unleashed suicide drones, heavy shelling, convoys of tanks and armoured military vehicles against civilians in the Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighbourhoods of Aleppo in northern Syria, reports Hawzhin Azeez.
-
It has been six months since imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s call for the disarmament and dissolution of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, giving rise to hopes of a new “peace process”, writes Sarah Glynn. But are the Kurds any closer to seeing a peaceful future in Turkey and beyond?
-
There have been clashes between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Syrian Caretaker Government forces in parts of northeast Syria, while drones have been flying over Kurdish majority neighbourhoods in Aleppo, reports the Rojava Information Center.
-
Rojava Information Center spoke to Aleppo journalist Hamude, who said the deal “is like a test-run of decentralisation. If it works well, maybe it can be implemented in other regions.”
-
Nilüfer Koç is the spokesperson for the Commission on Foreign Relations of the Kurdistan National Congress, a coalition of political parties and civil society organisations from Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora. She spoke to Green Left about the challenges ahead following the historic call by imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan for the disarmament and dissolution of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.
-
Syrian dictator Basar al Assad’s fall should be celebrated — but we should now be very concerned about the plight of the Kurds, argues Sarah Glynn.
-
Following the takeover of most of Aleppo by the Turkish-backed Islamist militia group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and its allies, fighting between them, the Assad regime forces and Kurdish-led forces is escalating, reports Peter Boyle.
-
Turkey carried out a devastating string of airstrikes on North East Syria (NES) over Christmas, targeting civilian service facilities and infrastructure. The Rojava Information Center (RIC) spoke with Kurdish politician and former Syrian Democratic Council co-chair, Ilham Ahmed, about the latest attacks.