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The Turkish-backed Syrian opposition on Saturday called for activating the role of the Rojava Peshmerga battalion in a new buffer zone currently under discussion by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the US, and Turkey.

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa, Mikhail Bogdanov, has confirmed the Russian stance toward Kurdish rights in Syria as ‘still supportive,’ members of Syrian’s Kurdish National Council (ENKS) delegation to Moscow said on Thursday.

Iraqi courts have put on trial hundreds of foreign Islamic State members, sentencing many to life in prison and others to death.

"We are all delighted with the coexistence, freedom, and tolerance in the Kurdistan Region."

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry on Monday announced they had detained 17 spies, “trained by the CIA” and reportedly operating inside the country, with some of them already sentenced to death.

The US has warned Turkey against any cross-border attack into northeastern Syria, as Washington and Ankara hold discussions about the security situation there.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) charged on Thursday that thousands, including children, now held in detention facilities in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh face severe overcrowding and other extreme conditions.

The Turkish-backed Syrian opposition on Saturday re-elected Kurdish politician Abdul Hakim Bashar as its vice-president, with other key posts being held by their incumbents as well.

Recently, Israeli historians, including Morris, continue to argue there were no direct orders for the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. The Israeli archives on the other hand, are not accessible as they were in the past. So here is a reminder of what a military order of ethnic cleansing looks like. It is from May 19, 1948 and it is the order to occupy three villages in the north of Palestine. here is a translation of parts of the document. "In the villages lying between Nahraiya and Tarshiha there are no foreign troops for the time being.The villages are armed and ready for action [pappe: villagers had no proper arms of course, only for hunting purposes and people who served in the police; without Arab troops that were absent they stood no chance]. Your orders are to occupy, kill the men [pappe: in April 1948, the Intelligence of the Hagana defined men as any one above the age of 10], destroy and burn down the villages of Kabri, Umm al-Faraj and al-Nahr." Hagana archives, 100\35 [the original reference appears on the photo]/

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