STOP TURKEY’S AIRSTRIKES! Protest Monday, November 21st, 1PM-2PM at Embassy of Turkey, 2525 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008 Erdogan has ordered attacks throughout north and east Syria, northern Iraq and Kurdistan killing dozens including civilians and destroying vital intrastructure like the hospital in Kobanê treating COVID-19. Protest Turkey’s continued
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Stop Erdogan! November 13th! Protest at The White House
November 13th, Noon, White House, Lafayette Square Be there! President Erdogan of Turkey is coming to Washington, DC. It is time to stand together & oppose Erdogan’s attack on Northern Syria, Rojava. His plan of ethnic cleansing in Syria has already displaced hundreds of thousands of Kurdish, Arab, Assyrian, Yazidi,
James Jeffrey Gets Kurdish Politics Wrong— and it Could Lead to a Fiasco in Syria
Last month, U.S. Special Envoy to James Jeffrey appeared before the House Foreign Relations committee to discuss the future of U.S. strategy in Syria. During the hearing, several members of the Committee brought up a crucial issue: the status and safety of Northeast Syria’s Kurds, who have formed the backbone
Stability, Security, and Justice in Afrin, Syria: Background
Download this factsheet here. In January 2018, the Turkish Armed Forces and several Syrian rebel militias launched an attack on the peaceful Northwestern Syrian region of Afrin. Afrin, home to Syria’s oldest Kurdish community along with significant Yezidi, Alevi, and Christian minorities, had been nearly untouched by eight years of