In an impassioned parliamentary session yesterday, Danielle Simonnet, an MP for France's New Popular Ecology and Social Union, called on Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrault to strengthen France's long-standing alliance with Kurdish forces in northern and eastern Syria. Simonnet has recently visited the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), an experience she described in detail in her speech. Amid [...]

EU High Representative Kaja Kallas faces mounting pressure from MEPs to take a stronger stance against Turkey’s ongoing military aggression in North and East Syria, warning of grave humanitarian and security consequences. In an open letter, the MEPs criticise Kallas for her recent visit to Turkey, where they argue she failed to address the government's deadly airstrikes targeting civilians, critical [...]

KCDK-E announced that they will be protesting in front of Turkish consulates in all of Europe, Australia and Canada on 29 January to support the resistance in Tishrin and defend Rojava, and called for mass participation. The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress (KCDK-E) issued a statement calling on "mass participation in the simultaneous protests to be held in front of [...]

Amadeo Ciaccheri, President of Rome VIII district, was detained in Istanbul on his way back from Rojava. He was released following intervention by Italian authorities. Amedeo Ciaccheri, President of Rome VIII district, participated in the events in Rojava marking the anniversary of the liberation of Kobanê from ISIS ten years ago. The Turkish state declared Ciaccheri 'persona non grata' and [...]

The occupying Turkish state continues targeting civilians as part of its genocidal campaign in various parts of Kurdistan. The RojNews agency based in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) reported that an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) of the Turkish state hit a civilian vehicle in Çiwarqurne sub-district of Ranya district in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq on Monday. One of the [...]