Peoples’ Democratic Party Co-chair, Mithat Sancar, spoke at a party group meeting in parliament on Tuesday about the importance of the Labour and Freedom alliance running against the AKP-MHP alliance in Turkey’s elections.
The co-chair of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) executive council, Besê Hozat, told Medya Haber on Tuesday that Kurdish military forces decided to extend the no-action period until the elections to be held on 14 May in Turkey.
Legal proceedings have been initiated against a self-declared Hizbullahist who made a death threat against opposition MPs during a street interview in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Batman on Wednesday.
A Dutch peace initiative highlights the extent of conflict-linked tree loss in Syria since 2018, with Afrin seeing some of the worst deforestation levels, caused primarily by Turkish-backed militants engaging in the lumber trade and the Turkish Armed Forces logging for the construction of outposts.
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