French Foreign Jihadi Fighters in Syria Battle New Government Forces Over Custody Case
Al-Shueib Mosque in Idlib, Syria | Picture Credits: Ahmed Akacha/Pexels In October 2025, Syria’s new security forces clashed with a camp of French jihadists in Harem, on the outskirts of Idlib province, over a seemingly domestic issue: who gets custody of a young French girl. The family dispute over the fate of an 11-year-old girl, […]
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The Struggle and Revival of the Kurdish Language
Once whispered in secret and prohibited from even the simplest outdoor conversations, the Kurdish language has long shared the struggle of its people–enduring repression, exile, and erasure. Today, as a result of decades of struggle, it is beginning to carve out a fragile presence in the world, finding its voice in the context of new […]
How Turkey’s 2025 Mining Law reshapes land, law, and resistance
A new omnibus bill is currently being debated in the Turkish parliament, with five articles approved as of July 17, 2025. Officially titled the “Bill on Amending Certain Laws” (2/3159) but referred to by the public as the “Süper İzinli Talan Yasası” (literally, the “Super Permit for Plundering Law,” amplifying the bill’s enabling of environmental […]