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Türkiye to Continue Normalization Talks with Assad Regime within Days

Türkiye confirmed its intention to continue the normalization talks with the Syrian regime in the coming period, expressing its hope that Damascus would understand its concerns about the presence of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) near its borders. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar asserted that Ankara will continue the…

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Türkiye Summons US Ambassador Over Chief of Staff's Visit to Northern Syria

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned US ambassador Jeff Flake over the visit over the weekend of a top US general to areas controlled by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), where US forces are also deployed, in northeastern Syria. On Saturday, US Joint Chiefs Chair Army General Mark…

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Keir Starmer meets Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ahead of International Women’s Day

The Labour leader met the former Tehran prisoner during a roundtable event with Iranian and Kurdish women.

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Ilham Ahmed to Asharq Al-Awsat: Giving Legitimacy to Syrian Regime Will Not Yield Political Solution

Head of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) Ilham Ahmed said cooperating with the Damascus regime “unconditionally” will only grant it some form of legitimacy and will not lead to a political solution to the Syrian conflict. Her remarks reflect the SDC’s opposition to Arab and regional efforts to normalize ties…

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Renewed Protests in Iran’s Restive Southeast, Currency at New Low

Demonstrators marched in Iran's restive southeast on Friday amid reports on social media that security forces were surrounding a mosque at the center of weekly anti-government rallies. Anti-government protests have been taking place across Iran since last September's death in custody of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini for flouting…

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Report: Istanbul bomb suspect killed in operation in Syria

Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish forces have killed the alleged planner of a deadly Istanbul street bombing, in an operation in northern Syria

The Independent UK

Iran Admits Executing Political Prisoner Amid Condemnations by Human Rights Organizations

London, Tehran: Iran on Wednesday secretly executed a political prisoner who had been convicted of killing a police officer in 2018 and of being a member of an opposition Kurdish party, rights groups revealed. This came two days after activists reported the execution of another political prisoner. On Thursday, the…

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Quilts from the Second World War tell the stories of the Canadian women who sewed them

In 1992, in Esher Library southwest of London, England, Josephine Andrews and her mother, Christine, collected blankets to donate to Kurdish refugees of the Gulf War.

The Conversation

In Syria and Turkey, Helping Earthquake Victims Is a Crime

Politicians in Syria, Turkey, and the United States are getting in the way of relief efforts.

Reason

Time to Ramp up Support for Iranian People, Former Shah’s Son Says

A group of exiled Iranians will increase support for opposition movements in the country so they can continue to pressure the authorities there, amid a crackdown on protests, the last heir to the Iranian monarchy said on Saturday. Iran has been rocked by unrest since the death in police custody…

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US: ISIS Leader Snatched in Syria Raid

Helicopter-borne US troops working with Syrian Kurdish-led forces on Saturday captured an ISIS provincial official in Syria, the US military said. The ISIS official, identified as Batar, was "involved in planning attacks on...

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US, Kurdish soldiers kill senior Islamic State commander, IS gunmen kill 53 in Syria

US and Kurdish soldiers say they've killed a senior Islamic State group commander in a helicopter raid in north eastern Syria, while separately, 53 were killed in an IS terrorist attack.

ABC News

Iraq PM risks new crisis as tensions with Kurds resurface

After more than a year of political deadlock, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani could face a debilitating new crisis with Kurdish leaders that risks undermining his efforts to set policy and compile a badly needed state budget.

Reuters

Pro-Kurdish protest briefly suspends EU Parliament plenary

A small protest by pro-Kurdish activists has briefly forced the suspension of a plenary session of the European Union’s parliament

The Independent UK

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‘It’s hell – everyone cries’: UK families of earthquake victims race to their aid

As the scale of destruction from the disaster is revealed, friends and relatives tell of their heartbreak and desperation

WEKU

After Turkey's quake, some people left homeless say they haven't eaten in days

In a camp in Gaziantep and in makeshift settlements in the fields around it, survivors of Monday's quake say they do not have enough food, water, heating or basic amenities to keep themselves alive.

The Independent UK

Kurdish expats affected by earthquake seek solace at London community centre

The Kurdish People’s Democratic Assembly of Britain is raising funds for charities on the ground and has a cafe and hall where people can meet.

Reuters

Enmities from Syrian civil war obstruct a quake aid convoy

An aid convoy from Syria's Kurdish-led region to earthquake-hit areas of the northwest was turned back on Thursday, failing to reach those in need in the latest example of how relief efforts are being complicated by civil war enmities.

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Al Jazeera

How Behrouz Boochani is changing the narrative on refugees

Kurdish-Iranian writer and author spent six years in detention on Manus Island after trying to get to Australia by boat.

Belfast Live

Turkey and Syria earthquake victims to be remembered in Derry

"There is a sizable Turkish and Kurdish community in Derry. Many of them have family and friends caught up in this awful tragedy"

Reuters

German-Turkish community races to send money and blankets to quake victims

Turkish and Kurdish communities in Germany have launched donation drives to send money, warm clothes and blankets to victims of a devastating earthquake that tore through Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday.

Irish Mirror

Turkish barber in Ireland says family back home living in car after devastating earthquakes

"I woke up in the morning to lots of calls and texts from my friends"

Radio France Internationale

Cousin of Iranian Mahsa Amini finds refuge in France following death threats

Iranian Kurdish activist Erfan Mortezai, the cousin of Mahsa Amini whose death in police custody sparked protests across Iran, has found protection in France. He talked to RFI about the sense of relief and continuing his fight against the regime in Tehran.

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Nobel Laureate Ebadi Says Iran’s ‘Revolutionary Process’ Is Irreversible

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurdish woman last year has sparked an irreversible "revolutionary process" that would eventually lead to the collapse of the "Islamic Republic". Iran's clerical rulers have faced widespread unrest since Mahsa Amini died in the…

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Nobel laureate Ebadi says Iran's 'revolutionary process' is irreversible

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