Turkey
More than 7000 massacred in Syria
7,000 Christians and Alawites have been “slaughtered” in Syria according to Greek Member of the European Parliament, Nikolas Farantouris, a member of the European...
Mazloum Abdi: Those behind the massacre of Alawites must be held...
SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi said that al-Jolani should hold those responsible for the attacks against Alawites to account, adding that Turkey-backed and pro-ISIS groups...
Permanent People’s Tribunal accuses Turkey of crimes against humanity on the...
by John Hunt in Brussels
Feb 7, 2025
THE Permanent People’s Tribunal has ended two days of hearings by accusing Turkey of committing crimes against humanity...
PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after Ocalan’s call
The Kurdish group said in a statement that any congress for dissolution must include the jailed leader
By Alex MacDonald
March 1, 2025
The Kurdish Workers Party (PKK)...
SDF chief says PKK disarmament call ‘not related to us in...
By Reuters
Feb. 27, 2025
The commander of the Kurdish-led forces that control northeastern Syria said that a call by the leader of the militant Kurdistan...
Kurdish militant chief Ocalan’s peace call prompts hope, scepticism in Turkey
Abdullah Ocalan's call for the PKK to end its decades-long armed struggle against Turkey has prompted both hope and scepticism.
The New Arab Staff &...
Fear and Loathing in the “New” Syria
By Daniel Kovalik
February 15, 2025
During her confirmation hearing for Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard was grilled about having been a purveyor of “Putin’s...
A prisoner and a hostage of the Turkish state is proclaiming...
Ocalan orders the PKK to dissolve in a historic statement
By Ragip Soylu in Ankara
Feb. 27, 2025
Armed group's leader says it should lay down its weapons as armed...
Erdogan’s deafening silence on Palestine
A lot has changed since Erdogan’s 'one minute' moment at Davos in 2009. Once celebrated for championing pro-Palestinian rhetoric and action in the region,...
War and Peace in Europe (Trump, Putin and Zelensky)
by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
Feb 23, 2025
In a previous article we highlighted the (apparent and at first glance) contradictory nature of Donald Trump's foreign policy. On...