Published by Carnegie Endowment, 5th January 2016 Supporting Kurdish groups in Syria could empower them to play a role in resolving regional conflicts, not just in Syria but also in Iraq and Turkey. A number of analysts have recently rung alarm bells regarding...
Published by Human Rights Watch, december 22, 2015 Scores of Civilians Among Hundreds Killed in Southeast (Istanbul)— Kurdish civilians, including women, children and elderly residents, have been killed during security operations and armed clashes since July 2015 in...
Published by New World Summit 29 – 31 January 2016 Aula Utrecht University, Utrecht (NL) Entrance free, registration required due to limited seating: [email protected] The New World Summit, in collaboration with BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht...
HDP INFORMATION DESK (05.01.2016) Civilian deaths in sieges imposed by the security forces The first of these sieges, described as “curfews,” was imposed in Varto, starting on 16 August. There are sieges still in course in Cizre, Silopi and Sur districts. “Curfews”...
Published by Al-Monitor on 15 December 2015 KIZILTEPE-MARDIN — In October 2015, Kurdish, Arab, Turkmen and Christian military factions came together to form the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeastern Syria. In their first offensive against the Islamic State (IS),...
Published by Kurdistan24 on January 4, 2016 AIN ISSA, Syria (K24) – On Tuesday, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) revealed thatthey had liberated six villages south of Ain Issa, north ofthe Islamic State (IS) group’s northern Syrian stronghold of Raqqa,...
