Category: Turkey
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The Guardian: Human Rights
Turkey should face international court over Yazidi genocide, report says Exclusive: Investigation by group of prominent human rights lawyers also criticises Syria and Iraq Displaced Yazidis in May at a camp in the north of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region. Photograph: Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images Turkey should face charges in front of the international court of justice for…
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From Declassified UK: REVELATIONS ABOUT UK COVERT OPERATIONS IN SYRIA CHALLENGE MEDIA NARRATIVES ON THE WAR
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MARK CURTIS 18 MAY 2020 Newly-discovered documents show how UK covert operations in Syria helped ‘shape perceptions’ of the war. The British government effectively ran Syrian opposition groups’ media offices and created publicity material aimed at Syrian and UK audiences, challenging the idea the UK has played a small role in the conflict. Documents obtained by investigative…
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From Declassified UK: UK REARMS TURKEY AS ANKARA BACKS WAR CRIMES IN OCCUPIED SYRIA
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Britain has quietly resumed arms exports to its NATO ally Turkey, whose brutal operation in Syria targets the UK’s key Kurdish allies fighting Islamic State (ISIS). Turkish-backed militias are complicit in human rights abuses and include former members of ISIS MATT BROOMFIELD 2 FEBRUARY 2022 Turkish-controlled network of militias known as the Syrian National Army…