Both open and covert political and security contacts from the US and Russia have expanded in recent days in attempts to find the best way to normalise the situation in Syria.
The “Erdoğan Not Welcome” initiative will hold a demonstration outside Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s office in Berlin on 27 January, coinciding with the Turkish President’s visit to Germany.
The Kurdistan National Congress has said that the German parliament’s decision to recognise the Yazidi Genocide is positive, but not enough and more must be done to ensure the safety of the Yazidi community in Shengal.
Protesters gathered outside the Council of Europe Parliament building in Strasbourg on Monday to launch a three-day protest against the severe isolation conditions imposed on Kurdistan Workers’ Party leader Abdullah Öcalan in Turkey’s İmralı Prison.
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