Strong allegations of Turkish military attacking YPG positions near Azaz in northern Syria…

As ISIS other Jihadis loses ground, Turkey is getting more anxious with YPG moves…

SYRIA: Unconfirmed reports that Turkish artillery is targeting YPG positions near Azaz in northern #Syria.

— Conflict News (@Conflicts) February 13, 2016

BREAKING: Photo of Turkish artillery's damage on Menagh airbase held by YPG. pic.twitter.com/xL1Hw6tkWI

— Dr Partizan (@DrPartizan_) February 13, 2016

Its easier for Turkey to shell YPG positions near to rebel-held Azaz, but less easy to shell YPG when they advance on IS-held Jarabulus.

— Wladimir (@vvanwilgenburg) February 13, 2016

Türk Topçu Birlikleri Azez'den sonra Afrin'deki YPG Mevzilerini Fırtına Obüsleri ile vurmaya başladığı söyleniyor.. https://t.co/gtj23qlAGG

— FERHAT TUNÇ (@ferhatttunc) February 13, 2016

Russia: Turkey Prepared for Military Intervention

Bianet :: English

Russian Ministry of Defense has announced that they have basis to think Turkey is getting prepared for a military intervention against Syria.

The boys are dead: Turkey’s Kurdish question

FOLDED CORNER – ‘The Boys are Dead: The Roboski Massacre and the Kurdish Question in Turkey’ by Frederike Geerdink (Gomidas Institute, $22, 196 pages)

Unchanging state security policies in southeast Turkey

open Democracy News Analysis – by Cemal Özkahraman and Özlem Belçim Galip

The region’s people already know quite well that any policies pursued in the region are military-related, and have not brought peace but only more conflicts.

Centerpiece of the project: Atatürk Dam. Wikicommons/US federal government.

A third of migrants sailing to Greece from Turkey are children: UNICEF

Children now make up over a third of the migrants making the perilous sea crossing from Turkey to Greece, the U.N. said

Turkish academic acquitted of ‘terror propaganda’ over exam question on PKK leader

A Turkish court has acquitted an academic who faced seven years in jail for “terror propaganda” over an exam question about two writings by Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed PKK

Turkey to send back envoy to Vatican after ‘rewording’ on 1915 incidents

Turkey has announced a decision to return its ambassador to the Vatican nearly 10 months after withdrawing him in protest at Pope Francis’ description of the killings of Anatolian Armenians as “the first genocide of the 20th century”

ECtHR Refuses Interlocutory Injunction for the Basement

Bianet :: English

ECtHR has rejected the request for an interlocutory injunction for the injured stuck in the basement in Cizre but has provided to take all kinds of measure necessary for their health situation and treatment.

Demirtaş: Let Us Go to Basement to Retrieve Wounded

Bianet :: English

HDP Co-Chair Demirtaş telling they will themselves go to basement to provide aid for the wounded said, “We hope the people in there are still alive”.

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