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Anyone who advocates for justice in Turkey is faced with the state’s relentless crackdown on freedom. In the past few months alone, several pro-Kurdish elected mayors have been removed from their posts, and a four-day film festival in Istanbul was cancelled in protest at a ban on showing Queer, a…

Individuals arrested last month are accused of belonging to Kurdistan Workers’ party, Met police say

The brutal 54-year reign of the Assad family in Syria looks to be over.

The swift and unexpected fall of the Syrian capital, Damascus, to Sunni opposition forces marks a pivotal moment in the modern history of the Middle East.

Kurdish-led fighters in Syria face threats to their autonomy from opposition insurgents, prompting security measures in the region.

The forgotten Syrian civil war has again flared up with the spectacular capture of Aleppo by opposition forces. A complex set of circumstances created the right time for rebels to strike, plunging Syria into an uncertain future and catching President Bashar al-Assad by surprise.

Turkey could be one of the big winners from the new Syria crisis, giving it a chance to tackle its Syrian refugee problem and the Kurdish threat along its border, observers say.

Several hundred demonstrators marched through central London.

Around 100 demonstrators gathered, some holding placards with “stop the attacks on Kurds” and “hands off our community centre”