U.S. gets tougher on Turkey amid strikes against Kurdish allies
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Defence secretary expresses 'strong opposition' toward actions of NATO ally Syrian Kurds attend a funeral of people killed in Turkish...

What is delaying Turkey’s ground operation in northern Syria?
Turkish President Erdogan has said that his country will force the YPG away from the Turkey-Syria border, but a much-threatened ground...


Iran Arrests Supreme Leader’s Niece Amid Crackdown on Critics
The Islamic Republic expands repression on those denouncing the deadly response to protests WSJ’s Shelby Holliday breaks down the history...

Turkey Kurdish strikes: A population living in fear
Souad Khalaf wears a badge with an image of her late daughter Hevrin In the hospital in Derik, Syria, the air is thick with the sound of...


Christians Say Sayfo Martyrs Should Get Genocide Status
Syriac-Aramean Christians, fewer in number than similarly suffering Armenians, assert their Ottoman-era plight deserves separate...

Car bombing in Iraq’s Erbil kills one, wounds four
A rare attack in the northern city of Erbil kills car driver and injures two women and two children in the same vehicle. One person was...


Iran’s Transformative Moment: Kurdistan on the Frontline
What role is Eastern Kurdistan (Rojhelat) playing in Iran’s ongoing protest movement? And why are these uprisings transformative for...


Las fuerzas del régimen de Irán mataron a 92 personas en la brutal represión a las protestas que
estallaron hace dos semanas La ONG Iran Human Rights confirmó la cifra. Las manifestaciones comenzaron por la muerte de Mahsa Amini,...


Iran sentences 2 LGBTQ rights activists to death for "spreading corruption on earth,"
A court in Iran has sentenced to death two gay rights activists on charges of promoting homosexuality, campaigners said Monday, urging...

Iraq: Impunity for Violence Against LGBT People
Killings, Abductions, Torture, Sexual Violence by Armed Forces © 2022 John Holmes for Human Rights Watch (Baghdad) – Armed groups in Iraq...