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During the last days, reports and posts on the alleged recruitment of Kurdish fighters from Syria by the US for the sake of fighting in the Ukrainian war increasingly circulated on social media websites. As it turned out, several Russian…

The Coalition for Women in Journalism (CFWIJ) has published a report on the rights violations suffered by women journalists in the first three months of 2023. According to CFWIJ, Iran and Turkey have the highest number of women in prison;…

On July 04, 2023, the French government formally announced the repatriation of 10 women and 25 children who are all family members of ISIS fighters and affiliates. All individuals had been previously held in camps in Northeastern Syria…

In the province of Al-Hassaka, situated in Northeastern Syria, an emergency alert was officially declared. The political leaders of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) declared the province of Al-Hassaka an “area…

  The Reuters news agency reported on its website that it had appealed a Turkish court's decision to block access to and delete a story it published about a corruption complaint involving President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son Bilal…

Despite Turkish attacks on the Shengal (Sinjar) region, the return of the Yazidi population displaced by the Islamic State continues. In an interview with the Mezopotamya news agency, Dexil Ibrahim of the Democratic Autonomous…

The Turkish state has been committing human rights violations and crimes since its occupation of Efrin on 20 December 2018. According to Hawar News Agency (ANHA), in the first six months of 2023, the Turkish state and its mercenaries killed…

On 10 June, after years of appeals to the international community, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) announced that foreign ISIS members would be tried in northeastern Syria. Following years of uncertainty…

Journalist Merdan Yanardağ has been arrested on charges of "praising crime and criminals'' for his comments criticizing Turkey's ban on visiting PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been held in isolation on Imrali Island since February…

The UN International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) 2022 report reveals that Turkey is used as a transit point for many drugs to reach the Middle East and European markets. According to the report, the amount of cocaine seized in Turkey…