Responding the incidents of serious human rights abuses conducted against the Kurdish population in the Afrin region of northern Syria, the US Treasury Department has announced sanctions against two Turkish-backed groups on Thursday.
The construction of a new settlement in the area surrounding the Kurdish-majority city of Afrin in northwestern Syria had been completed by Turkey with financial support from Saudi Arabia. The project has recently been criticised for being part of an on-going effort of demographic change and Turkification.
A high-ranking ISIS official in eastern Syria was eliminated on Thursday in an operation carried out by The Syrian Democratic Forces in cooperation with the Counter-Terrorism Group of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
The Peoples’ Democratic Party or HDP Democratic Local Governance Women’s Committee organised a protest in Diyarbakir, in which multiple Pro-Kurdish politicians spoke again against the ongoing practice of dismissing Kurdish mayors from their positions and appointing trustees.
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