Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have traded barbs over deadly clashes on the Gaza border. Sixteen Palestinians were killed on Friday after Israeli soldiers opened fire on some violent
‘Thousands could die’: female British fighter urges support for Syria’s Kurds
Rûken Renas, like Anna Campbell who died last week, is one of handful of UK women in the all-female YPJ units
Emboldened Turkey Pushes Deeper into Syria, but Risks Abound
WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against 11 of 15 members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s security team who were accused in connection with the beating of protesters during their visit to Washington last year
Anna Campbell’s death in Syria was futile, but her passion was admirable | Simon Jenkins
The humanitarian sympathy she showed by leaving Britain to fight for the Kurds should not be dismissed“She wanted to create a better world and would do everything in her power to do that.” The words of Anna Campbell’s father on her death in Syria convey the heartbreak any parent would feel. She was, he said, “young, idealistic, passionate, brave, determined”. He was “in pieces”.
Two years ago Chios transformed from a waypoint into a detention centre. A local resident asks, was stripping the island of its humanity worth it?
A refugee on Chios, March 2018. Photo by Mustafa Jado. All rights reserved.
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