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16 Oct 2023, 6:05 am
Germany, whose aggressive use of universal jurisdiction has now led to landmark prosecutions of Syrian torturers, twice refused to move on complaints against Bush administration officials for alleged “war on terror” crimes against Muslim detainees, just as France also refused. [read post]
12 Jul 2023, 1:57 am
While indicating they could approve the transfer, several members have expressed concerns over Turkish incursions on Greek and Cypriot airspace and strikes on Kurds in Syria. [read post]
27 Jun 2023, 5:50 am
Many, of course, including The Nation, The Intercept, and Mehdi Hasan used the occasion to recall the dark side of Kissinger’s legacy – his role in the destruction of Chilean democracy and the consolidation of the Pinochet dictatorship, the atrocities of the Argentine military junta (Kissinger told the country’s foreign minister, “If there are things that have to be done, you should do them quickly”), the prolongation of the Vietnam War through the sabotage of Lyndon… [read post]
10 Apr 2023, 4:16 am
Some Western officials suspect Turkey was behind the strike, as Turkey sees the Syrian Kurds as a foe. [read post]
2 Mar 2022, 5:33 pm
To enforce it, they flew around 225,000 sorties between 1991 and 2003 (France pulled out in 1996). [read post]
26 Sep 2021, 4:55 pm
Last year, Davies publicly accused Kurd of plagiarising a gag that compares a smart fridge to a nagging wife. [read post]
14 Nov 2020, 8:45 am
Peter Pry of the EMP Commission on North Korea’s nuclear capabilities, among other things: Loqman Radpey assessed whether Kurds seeking self-governance in northern Syria are protected by international law. [read post]
13 Nov 2020, 5:01 am
In July 2012, Kurds living in northeastern Syria assumed control of the state institutions there to exert independent control over their internal and external affairs. [read post]
29 Oct 2020, 9:01 am
Life is not cheap in the women’s detainee camps for Islamic State-affiliated families in northeastern Syria. [read post]
25 May 2020, 10:30 am
(Catalan separatists have been quite disciplined in making territorial arguments that leave out speakers in Valencia, the Balearics, Andorra and France. [read post]
17 May 2020, 6:30 am
In retrospect, the secessions of European settler colonies from Britain, France, Spain and Portugal, that produced the U.S., Haiti and the Latin American states, while spinning off short-lived polities like the Republic of West Florida, the Republic of Texas, the Republic of the Rio Grande, California’s Bear Flag Republic, independent Yucatan and the Confederate States of America, were part of a one-century wave of decolonization of the Western hemisphere that occurred between… [read post]
21 Feb 2020, 9:59 am
France justifies this bifurcated approach by citing a 2014 bilateral agreement with Turkey that established a repatriation process with Ankara—the “Cazeneuve protocol”—whereby fighters are “transferred to France through very specific channels and rules,” arrested upon arrival and “subsequently tried in France. [read post]
26 Nov 2019, 5:00 am
As Turkey’s military incursion into Syria to target Kurdish forces continues to unfold, reports have surfaced that Turkey used white phosphorus munitions during its military operations. [read post]
22 Nov 2019, 2:05 pm
I hope the following links, excerpts, comments, and reflections (in no particular order) will prove of interest for one reason or another to our readers. [read post]
28 Oct 2019, 6:09 am
According to the government’s detention memo, Henry allegedly harbored “hatred” for those who do not practice the Muslim faith and was inspired by the 2016 truck attack in Nice, France, for which the Islamic State claimed responsibility. [read post]
13 Oct 2019, 7:00 am
While the exact numbers of detained Europeans in Iraq and Syria are unclear, some estimates have suggested that approximately 800 Europeans total, and at least 550 adults and children from Belgium and France alone, are known to be held in Syria. [read post]
11 Oct 2019, 11:58 am
Nonetheless, some European countries, including France, may be condoning the practice. [read post]
7 Oct 2019, 7:50 am
It is the Kurds who hold them. [read post]
20 Jan 2019, 7:00 am
The result may be less reliable allies who, as Frances Brown and Mara Karlin argue, “hedge” foreign partnerships as the Syrian Kurds have done with Moscow for several years. [read post]
26 Dec 2018, 6:15 pm
While it was an American success, it was supported "on the ground from other allies, including France, the UK and Syrian Democratic Forces. [read post]
