[13 MAY 2014] Did Turkey Arm Boko Haram? [UPDATES]
Seldom is there such a divergence between a country’s reputation and the reality of its policy than with regard to Turkey. For too many in t
Seldom is there such a divergence between a country’s reputation and the reality of its policy than with regard to Turkey. For too many in the White House and Congress, Turkey remains a model for the Middle East, but in reality, Turkey has become an engine for regional instability and the promotion of radicalism. Indeed, when extremists took over northern Mali and gave al Qaeda free rein, a Turkish ambassador tweeted his endorsement of al Qaeda and condemned the French for intervening…
RELATED UPDATE: Jihadist Mill
Despite the ousting of the Islamic State from its last controlled territory in Syria, the Jihadists have not been defeated there. This is no
RELATED UPDATE: How a Vermonter's radical politics laid the groundwork for revolution in Rojava
Murray Bookchin's vision for democracy, based largely on Vermont's, laid the groundwork for a Kurdish ideological revolution.
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TURKEY found itself at the centre of a new arms trafficking scandal today after a major study found weapons manufactured there are being use
RELATED UPDATE: France to ban Turkish ‘Grey Wolves’ after defacement of Armenian memorial
France is to ban a Turkish ultra-nationalist group known as the Grey Wolves, the interior minister said Monday, after a memorial to victims
RELATED UPDATE: France to ban Turkish ultra-nationalist Gray Wolves group
France plans to ban Turkish far-right nationalist group known as the Gray Wolves, which is closely linked to the Nationalist Movement Party
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After a decade of building feminist democracy, the Rojava revolution faces an existential threat.
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RELATED UPDATE: 13 years ago, the Rojava Revolution
On 19 July 2012, the Kurds found their own “Freedom Day” when the people of Kobane took control of their own destiny, repelling Assad’s Syri
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These three words – Women Life Freedom – have rung out across the globe thanks to the extraordinarily brave and inspiring women and men of Iran, and are being chanted in many different languages. But their deceptive simplicity has been allowed to obscure their full revolutionary meaning, just as their translation from the original Kurdish hides their origin in a movement that is criminalised across large parts of what likes to think of itself as the ‘free world’…
RELATED UPDATE: New Syrian Spy Chief Has Long History with Turkish Intelligence Agency
Anas Hasan Khattab Was Designated a Terrorist by the U.S. for Ties to the Al-Nusra Front and Sanctioned by the U.N. for Links to Al-Qaeda
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After the fall of Bashar Assad‘s regime in Syria, the incoming Trump administration faces a complex set of challenges. Despite President-ele
RELATED UPDATE: AP0’s isolation may be coming to an end
After dinner with the Kurdish family with whom we are staying, we sit down in front of the TV. The host flicks through the many Turkish chan
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RELATED UPDATE: Rojava Is Fighting for Its Survival
Syria’s interim government, backed by Islamist mercenaries, has launched large-scale attacks on the autonomous Rojava region. While Western
RELATED UPDATE: Washington's tactical amnesia on Syria could fuel jihadist resurgence
Why Western policy may be paving the way for Islamist rule, ethnic cleansing, and regional instability
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The Confederation of Kurdish Communities in Germany (KON-MED) has issued a statement condemning the ongoing attacks on the Druze population
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Women Life Freedom – the revolutionary call of the Kurdish Women’s Movement [UPDATES]...
Rojava is the Kurdish name for Kurdish-majority regions of Syria, and is still commonly used to describe the wider autonomous region officially known as North and East Syria (NE Syria). The region is administrated by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), its highest political assembly is the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), and its unified military force is the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)…
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The June 2015 elections in which his party lost an absolute majority of seats in parliament may have shocked President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,
RELATED UPDATE: Solution for Syria en route: ‘Democratic Federation of North Syria’
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[TRUMP'S ALLIES IN SYRIA] Jabhat al-Nusra: An Enduring, Yet Imperfect Adversary [UPDATES]
Photo Credit: Counter Jihad Report By Sam Rosenberg, Guest Contributor Over the past several years, Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) has built a sustain
Over the past several years, Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) has built a sustainable organization in Syria that will not easily be defeated. Since its establishment in 2012 during the Syrian Civil War, JN has shown that it has learned from al-Qaeda’s past mistakes. The group established deep ties to the local population, cementing popular support by recruiting locally, avoiding excessive civilian casualties, and delaying the imposition of overly harsh sharia laws. However, JN is not perfect. The group’s most significant weakness is its dependence on continued fighting in Syria’s civil war. The group’s ties to al-Qaeda also present unique challenges. The US-led air campaign, however, has not yet significantly affected JN like it has other groups, such as the Islamic State. That may change, should the focus and intensity of air operations shift. JN’s future prospects, therefore, are largely dependent upon four factors: popular support, continued conflict in Syria, management of the al-Qaeda brand, and US-led airstrikes. In sum, the group is focused on a ‘Syria-First’ strategy and will forgo attacking the West, at least in the short-term. If, however, JN networks and bases of support remain in place, they will likely lay the ground-work for an al-Qaeda emirate in Syria, one that will likely develop the capability and resources to strike the West in the future…
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The Kurdish YPJ, Women's Protection Units, is an all-female Kurdish fighting force. The YPJ may be the first all-female combat unit in the w
The YPJ is an acronym whose translation means “Women’s Protection Units.” It is the all-female brigade of the YPG, the armed forces of the Syrian region of Kurdistan, known as Rojava (meaning Western) Kurdistan…
RELATED UPDATE: Al-Qaeda in Idlib? Examining bonds between Syria’s largest jihadi groups
Connections between al-Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria demand close scrutiny
RELATED UPDATE: Statement and call to action by the Internationalist Commune of Rojava
Less than a year after the start of the criminal war of aggression against the canton Afrin, the people of North-Eastern Syria are again con
RELATED UPDATE: One year of Turkish occupation in Afrin
In Afrin, a human tragedy has been taking place before the eyes of the world. Cases of destruction, kidnapping, ransom, sexual violence and
RELATED UPDATE: Is Trump More Concerned With Erdoğan Relationship Than With Kurdish Lives?
The future of Rojava’s secular, feminist democracy is increasingly unclear.
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In a recent Foreign Policy article, Steven Cook and I highlighted how Turkey may be overplaying its hand in Syria. With events evolving rapi
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Researcher and writer Patrice Franceschi told ANF that Western democracies are currently relatively weak and Turkey's NATO membership compli
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Why Is the Syrian Civil War Still Raging? [UPDATES]
After nearly seven years, the war in Syria continues to defy attempts at resolution. It may continue for years.
After nearly seven years and hundreds of thousands of deaths, the war in Syria continues to defy attempts at a resolution, and it has reached a new level of intensity in recent weeks…
RELATED UPDATE: Aydar at EP: Kurdish movement is the most appropriate alternative
Speaking at the Conference 'The EU, Turkey and the Kurds', Zubeyir Aydar, Executive Council Member of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK),
RELATED UPDATE: Battle rages for last Islamic State Syria enclave
BAGHOUZ, Syria (Reuters) - Falling bombs raised smoke over Islamic State's last enclave in east Syria on Sunday, obscuring the huddle of veh
RELATED UPDATE: Battle for Islamic State's last enclave
[28 NOV 2023] Washington Must Continue its Support for Rojava [UPDATES]
Withdrawal from Rojava would jeopardize U.S. efforts against ISIS, diminish the ability to combat the terrorist groups.
The people of Rojava, residing in the Kurdish-majority region of northeast Syria, historically faced oppression under the Baathist regime in Damascus before the 2011 Syrian Civil War. Kurdish rights were severely curtailed, a reality shared by Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran under their respective national governments. In response to the civil war, Syrian Kurds formed a multiethnic, democratic confederation in northeast Syria for self-defense and mutual aid. During the war, they confronted an existential threat from ISIS, notably during the 2015 battle of Kobani. U.S. intervention provided crucial assistance to the Kurdish-led Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG), leading to a successful counter-attack against ISIS and the reclamation of seized territory…
RELATED UPDATE: Grey Wolves: Turkish Ultranationalist Paramilitary or Idealist Hearths?
The Grey Wolves are described as an “international fascist, Turkish nationalist, and pan-Turkic organisation” which rose to prominen...
RELATED UPDATE: On the trail of the grey wolf: pan-Turkism in Turkey’s foreign policy
Ankara’s active policy in the Caucasus and Central Asia is linked among other things with pan-Turkism, an idea which advocates the integrati
RELATED UPDATE: Christian villages in South Kurdistan to be evacuated by the KDP-Turkey alliance
While the attacks on southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) supported by the ruling KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party) have reached a new dimensio
RELATED UPDATE: A bitter rivalry is emerging in the Middle East between two old adversaries over the future of Syria
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan both see an opportunity to advance their competing inte
RELATED UPDATE: Rojava: An Experiment In Radical Democracy Under Attack
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RELATED UPDATE: ‘Jin Jiyan Azadi’ – women celebrate International Women’s Day with march through Manchester city centre
A "loud, proud and colourful” women's march took over central manchester to mark international womens day. The international working women's
RELATED UPDATE: Tensions rise as Erdogan pushes Islamist agenda in occupied North
[13 OCT 2019] Kurds protest the Turkish invasion [UPDATES]
Washington Kurdish Institute Bill Rice October 13, 2019 Some 300 people gathered in Lafayette Park outside the White House gates in Washing
Some 300 people gathered in Lafayette Park outside the White House gates in Washington, D.C. this Saturday, October 12 to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden decision to pull American forces back from their positions close to the Turkish border, allowing for Turkey to invade the predominately Kurdish region. The rally was organized by the American Rojava Center for Democracy…
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In late 2010 and into 2011, as the so-called “Arab Spring” swept across North Africa and the Middle East, a consensus emerged in the West th
RELATED UPDATE: Europe Hunts Erdogan's Gray Wolves
Attacks on French-Armenian citizens by a far-right Turkish group in Lyon in late October was the last straw for French authorities in face o
RELATED UPDATE: Erdogan slammed, will open a fascist ‘Grey Wolves’ school in occupied Artsakh
Anti-fascist forces in Turkey blasted authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s links to right-wing paramilitary death squads today aft
RELATED UPDATE: Analysis: Erdogan’s private military company looks to raise an Islamist army
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan aims to play a central role in post-war Gaza. However, the West should closely scrutinize Turkey’s in
RELATED UPDATE: Syria: the Middle East’s latest proxy war
The escalating situation in Syria suggests Turkish expansionism and could lead to wider Middle East conflict, explains Chris Bambery
RELATED UPDATE: Turkey’s Overreach in Syria: Erdogan Is ‘Playing with Fire’
In a recent Foreign Policy article, Steven Cook and I highlighted how Turkey may be overplaying its hand in Syria. With events evolving rapi
RELATED UPDATE: Turkish Cypriots tell Erdogan 'no' to political Islam
Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots marched through occupied Nicosia on Friday to protest what they call Ankara’s imposition of political Islam and
RELATED UPDATE: Update on Ali Mohammadi, detained father of ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protest victim
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[13 OCT 2019] Kurds protest the Turkish invasion [UPDATES]
https://dckurd.org/2019/10/13/kurds-protest-the-turkish-invasion/
Some 300 people
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[11 FEB 2015] [2] First Martyr of Syriac Military Council - MFS "Athro" Tamer Bahde [UPDATES]
Tamer Bahde Darwish, codename: Athro (Homeland). He’s fallen as a Martyr on 8th February 2015 in the fight between the Syriac Military Council (MFS) and the terrorist organization “Islamic State” in the village of Tel Hormizd on the Khabour river in Canton Gozarto (North East Syria)…
RELATED UPDATE: Who is Martyr "Athro" Tamer Bahde ? - First Martyr of the Syriac Military Council MFS
RELATED UPDATE: The Year of the Gray Wolf: The Rise of Turkey’s New Ultranationalism
On June 24, Turkey went through historic snap elections for both the presidency and parliament. The twin elections were the first of their k
RELATED UPDATE: Erdogan, Putin, Rouhani hold 'productive' Syria talks
Foreign troops should leave Syria once terrorists are defeated and security reestablished, Russia's Vladimir Putin has said at a peace summi
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The Syrian regime makes hay; so do the Russians
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Abdullah Bozkurt
RELATED UPDATE: Joining the Grey Wolves: Erdogan's pact with the ultra-nationalists
Founded in 1968 by Colonel Alparslan Türkes, 'Grey Wolves' is at the origin of the paramilitary branch of the National Movement Party (MHP),
RELATED UPDATE: ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ from Rojava to Rojhelat: Connections and Solidarities
RELATED UPDATE: It’s Time to Ban Turkish Air from U.S. Airspace
Turkey’s Airspace Action Against Israel, and Its Support for Hamas, Should Compel President Trump to Act Immediately in Response
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[11 FEB 2015] [2] First Martyr of Syriac Military Council - MFS "Athro" Tamer Bahde [UPDATES]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxcNblPVJfs
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Trump’s connections to Russia began more than 35 years ago and didn’t end on Election Day 2016. Attorney Steven J. Harper and the producers
Trump’s connections to Russia began more than 35 years ago and didn’t end on Election Day 2016…
05/10/2016 Panama Papers Leak: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Others on the List
Certain entities will use shell companies to avoid paying taxes on income, launder money or hide evidence of misconduct. Here is a look at s
On Monday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released a searchable database of its Panama Papers. The database allows users to search through the Panama Papers and other records for individuals and corporations that might be using foreign shell companies and offshore accounts to keep financial information private…
Aug 17, 2016 Shady Foreign Lobbying Effort Implicates Trump AND Clinton Campaign Chairmen
Campaign chairmen for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have ties to a multi-million lobbying effort for a pro-Vladimir Putin group.
Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort reportedly helped route more than $1 million in secret from a pro-Russian group in Ukraine to a Washington D.C. lobbying firm co-founded by Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta…
08/19/16 Podesta Group retains outside counsel over Manafort-related scandal
The Podesta Group lobbied in Washington until 2014 for positions favored by the pro-Russian political party.
A prominent D.C. lobbying firm has hired outside counsel over revelations that it may have been improperly involved in lobbying on behalf of pro-Russian Ukrainian politicians who also employed former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort…
Sunday 16 October 2016 As Donald Trump made clear, smart businesses know only idiots pay tax
The revelation that the US presidential candidate paid no federal taxes for 18 years will come as no surprise to the global corporations who
The revelation that the US presidential candidate paid no federal taxes for 18 years will come as no surprise to the global corporations who funnel billions through tax havens…
13 December 2016 Rex Tillerson: an appointment that confirms Putin's US election win
The president-elect has chosen Exxon Mobil CEO as secretary of state but experts say Senate may bridle over realpolitik choice that would be
The president-elect has chosen Exxon Mobil CEO as secretary of state but experts say Senate may bridle over realpolitik choice that would benefit Russia…
Dec 19, 2016 Follow The Money: Panama Papers Motherload of Ties Between Trump and Russian Mobster Oligarchs
Uncover allegations of Trump’s deep business links with Russian elites in this detailed Panama Papers investigation—read more inside.
This lengthy but enlightening article with a forward by David Cay Johnston and written by James Henry, shows just how important the Panama Papers were, if people had wanted to delve into the links between Russian oligarchs and Trump. Too bad people were all focused on “trade deals” that weren’t there to haunt us. All of this information should have been front and center. These people have been Drumpf’s business cohorts for decades. Some of them are apparent family friends. The kids hang out with them, too. It’s a long article and the source allows one free article, so take your time and read it. If only investigative journalists had been doing what James Henry has done and not gone for that shiny object…e-mails. There should be a massive Church Commission to investigate these relationships. Crimes and misdemeanors look like shiny objects to me…
24 January 2017 We broke the Panama Papers story. Here's how to investigate Donald Trump
We were successful because we collaborated with other journalists. Now it is time for the media to join forces once again – especially given
We were successful because we collaborated with other journalists. Now it is time for the media to join forces once again – especially given the threat Trump poses…
February 2 2017 The Russian 'philosopher' who links Putin, Bannon, Turkey
The Russian ultra-nationalist dubbed “Putin’s Rasputin” by Breitbart News when it was run by President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, Stev
The Russian ultra-nationalist dubbed "Putin's Rasputin" by Breitbart News when it was run by President Donald Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon, has emerged as an unlikely foreign-policy fixer for the Kremlin…
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Trump And Putin: A Love Story
The Trump-Russia-Ukraine Timeline
https://www.justsecurity.org/trump-russia-timeline/
Trump’s connections to R
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[13 DEC 2015] Syriac Christian women take up Kalashnikovs to fight Islamic State [UPDATES]
Newly formed battalion of 50 women sees first major action fighting with coalition of forces to overtake strategic town of Hol
Babylonia has no regrets about leaving behind her two children and her job as a hairdresser to join a Christian female militia battling against Islamic State in Syria…
RELATED UPDATE: ‘Female Protection Forces of the Land Between Two Rivers’: All-female Syrian Christian fighters take on Isis
The new battalion of 50 women follow in the footsteps of Kurdish Women’s Protection Units group
RELATED UPDATE: Christian female soldiers of Female Protection Forces battle ISIS on border of Syria, Turkey
"The Female Protection Forces of the Land Between Two Rivers" is comprised of roughly 50...
RELATED UPDATE: It’s Not Too Late for Rojava
The Trump administration betrayed the Kurds in Syria. But there is still time to turn things around.
RELATED UPDATE: Dozens of journalists named as terrorists and spies in criminal probe in Turkey
Abdullah Bozkurt
RELATED UPDATE: Classified as a threat in Germany, Grey Wolves at the height of their power in Turkey
A study conducted by Professor Kemal Bozay from the University of Cologne for the Berlin office of the American Jewish Congress (AJC) found
RELATED UPDATE: Do Turkey’s Grey Wolves Deserve Terrorist Designation?
Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nevada), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defens
RELATED UPDATE: Erdogan Gets His ‘Leader of the Muslim World’ Moment
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has come full circle and then some on Syria. At the dawn of the Erdogan era, Turkey’s then-prime m
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[13 DEC 2015] Syriac Christian women take up Kalashnikovs to fight Islamic State [UPDATES]
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/13/syr
