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Turkey arrests pro-Kurdish mayor two months after election
Reuters· 7 days agoPolice detained a pro-Kurdish party mayor in southeast Turkey on Monday over alleged militant links and he has been replaced by the state governor, the interior ministry said, two months after ...
‘Strangers in their own land’: Iraqi Yazidis and their plight, 7 years on from genocide
Stamford Advocate· 6 days agoDuring my ethnographic fieldwork in a refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2019, I witnessed how this festival brings joy to the displaced Yazidis as they celebrate with family ...
Turkey objecting to Kurdish groups’ election plans in northern Syria | Northwest Arkansas...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 6 days agoPlans by U.S.-backed Kurdish groups to conduct local elections in northern Syria are "unacceptable"...
Pro-Kurdish lawmakers stage protest in Turkey's parliament to denounce the ouster of a new mayor
Midland Reporter-Telegram· 6 days agoMore than a dozen legislators from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party staged a demonstration in parliament on Tuesday to denounce the arrest and expulsion from office of a newly elected ...
Turkey arrests pro-Kurdish mayor two months after election
Reuters via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAfter previous municipal elections, Turkey detained pro-Kurdish mayors, removing virtually all from their posts to be replaced by state officials over charges of ties to the outlawed
Lawmakers brawl in Turkish parliament over pro-Kurdish mayor's detention
Reuters· 5 days agoLawmakers from Turkey's ruling AK Party and the pro-Kurdish DEM Party brawled in parliament's general assembly on Tuesday over the detention and replacement of a DEM Party mayor in southeast Turkey.
‘Strangers in their own land’: Iraqi Yazidis and their plight, 7 years on from genocide
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 days agoDuring my ethnographic fieldwork in a refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2019, I witnessed how this festival brings joy to the displaced Yazidis as they celebrate with family ...
Map shows countries with bans on Israeli passport holders
Newsweek· 7 days agoThe Maldives has announced it will ban Israelis from entering the tiny South Asian island nation, in...
Turkey convicts pro-Kurdish party mayor for militant ties
Reuters· 5 days agoMehmet Siddik Akis, 53, mayor of Hakkari province bordering Iran and Iraq, was detained on Monday and accused of having a high-level role in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers ...
Iraq: Rage Against The Machines
Strategy Page· 3 days agoNovember 23, 2021: The November 7 attack on the prime minister and its aftermath did not work out to Iran’s advantage. The attack caused some material damage and wounded a ...