Turkey building separation wall in Syria’s Afrin - ANSA, Italy

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Original article published in ANSAmed. To divide Kurdish enclave from regime and Russian forces The Turkish army is reportedly building a separation wall in northwestern Syria, dividing the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, controlled by…

A Century After Turkey’s Genocide of Our People, Armenians Are Still Under Threat - Novara Media, UK

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Original article by Hagop Artim Kashejian, Novara Media. My family experienced enormous hardship during the Armenian genocide of 1915. My grandfather’s brothers, his sisters, his mother and father were all slaughtered openly, in…

For their sacrifices in the ISIS war the Kurds deserve better than this - Global Comment, US

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Original article by Paul Iddon, Global Comment, US. Photo: Kurdishstruggle On March 23, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declared victory over the Islamic State (ISIS) group’s self-styled caliphate, after capturing its…

Call for help for Rojava - Medico Internacional, Germany

Original article by Anita Starosta, Medico Internacional, Germany. In Gewahrsam: IS-Kämpfer bei Baghouz. Die medico-Partner müssen Geflüchtete und Gefangene versorgen. (Foto: Rojava Information Center) Der IS scheint besiegt, der…
Key events: International Women’s Day sees ceremonies, celebrations, marches and events across Northern Eastern Syria Read more SDF resume operations against remaining IS enclave Read more Foreign states continue to debate…

‘ISIS matchmaker feared children would be killed’ if she fled terror group - Metro News, UK

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Original article by James Hockaday, Metro News British ISIS member Tooba Gondal wants to return to the UK (Picture: Rojava Information Center) A jihadi bride dubbed ‘the ISIS Matchmaker’ was told her two children would be killed…

US-led coalition says allies foil Islamic State prison break - Associated Press News, USA

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Original article by Associated Press News (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File) BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants attempted to break out of a detention facility in northeastern Syria but U.S.-backed Syrian fighters “successfully”…

Report from Rojava: What the West Owes its Best Ally Against ISIS - NYR, US

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Original article by Debbie Bookchin, The New York Books Review, US. A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) flashes the victory gesture with his hand as he stands next to the SDF's unfurled flag while on watch duty in the village…

Tooba Gondal: ‘We just want a normal life’ - The Independent, UK

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Original article by Lizzie Dearden, The Independent. Former London student previously radicalised teenagers online, while brandishing an AK-47 and claiming she wanted to become a ‘martyr’. A British woman who joined Isis in Syria…

Our treatment of the ‘Isis matchmaker’ will only create the Islamist terrorists of the future

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Original article by Robert Verkaik, the Independent, 3 April 2019 The destruction of Isis as many problems as it has solved – none more so than the plight of dozens of British women who travelled to Syria and…