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Syrie, périphérie de Damas : Etranglé par le régime d’Al-Assad, Daraya capitule L’évacuation ce vendredi des derniers habitants de Daraya, en périphérie de Damas, a été obtenue à l’issue d’un accord entre le régime Assad et les insurgés syriens qui lui tenaient tête après quatre ans de siège.
Traînant d’une main une valise à roulettes et de l’autre un enfant en bas âge, des centaines de (...) -
TurkeyTurkey’s incursion in Syria is aimed at defeating the Kurds and overthrowing Rojava
Turkey’s incursion into northern Syria on 24 August was flagged up as a move to drive the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) out of the border town of Jarabulus. But that is just a cover: Turkey’s not very secret major objective is to crush the 50,000-strong Kurdish YPG (people’s Protection Unit) (...)
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Kurdistan in TurkeyDebate – Analysing the PKK: a reply to Alex de Jong
In the wake of the failed military coup in Turkey, and the massive wave of state repression that has followed, building solidarity with the progressive resistance in Turkey and Kurdistan is even more vital. The attention of socialists and democrats worldwide will be turned towards the (...)
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Kurdistan in SyriaStatement from the International (Europe, Turkey, North America) Academic Delegation to Rojava
The battle over Kobanê, which began in the summer of 2014, has brought to the world’s attention the Kurdish resistance to the brutal forces that call themselves Islamic State (IS or ISIS). Contrary to the expectations of many, the defense forces have succeeded in fending off the attacks not only (...)
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LGBT+ EgyptEgypt’s grand mufti says harming gays is unacceptable even as LGBT crackdown continues
In an interview with Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper late last month, Shawki Allam said that he condemned the Orlando massacre in which 49 people were killed and that no one had “the right to hurt homosexuals or to take the law into their own hands.”
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Political situation and debatesFrance: Nice police behaviour against a veiled woman, a “godsend” for “jihadist propaganda”
Updated: French Police Create Propaganda for ISIS by Ticketing Muslim Women on Beaches
PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO of French police officers issuing tickets to Muslim women — for violating new local ordinances that ban modest beachwear as an offense against “good morals and secularism” in more than a (...) -
A gaucheTunisie : Déclarations de dirigeants du Front populaire sur leur refus de voter la confiance au gouvernement Chahed
D’autres déclarations convergentes rapportées par les media sont disponibles sur ESSF aux adresses suivantes
http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article38728 http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article38788 http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article38800
25 août : Jilani Hammami (...)