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Daily News: Pro-Kurdish HDP reps removed from voting centres outside Turkey, Green Left Party introduces new candidates ahead of Turkey's May elections, Amnesty says HDP closure would violate international law, plus more!

Daily News: Moscow meeting for Ankara-Damascus rapprochement set for May, hundreds protest Turkey's attack on Sulaymaniyah airport, suspected poison attacks in Iranian schools reignite protests and quake-hit regions celebrate Palm Sunday.

Listen our Daily Review: French senators denounce Turkish occupation of AANES, HDP won't present its defence in court, earthquake survivors in Hatay rally two months after disaster, Turkish opposition parties facing armed attacks.

Listen our Daily Review as Hatay quake victims are arrested at rubble dumping protest, IPPNW expert says there is enough evidence to claim Turkey's chemical weapons use, a senior ISIS leader is killed in a US strike, plus more.

Listen our Daily Review: "Freedom for Öcalan" campaign intensifies for Kurdish leader's 4 April birthday celebrations, Pro-Kurdish HDP's Buldan urges votors to unite with Green Left against Turkey's ruling alliance, plus more!

Listen our Daily Review: Erdoğan furious over US ambassador's visit to opposition, Afrin Yazidis forcibly converted to Islam by Turkey-backed factions, police raids in Turkey target HDP members and Kurdish journalists, plus more.

Listen our Daily Review: Turkey's opposition Kılıçdaroğlu under attack in "prayer mat" scandal, Turkey's Human Rights Association calls for an end to torture in prisons // Lice Massacre lawyer applies to join Green Left, plus more.

Watch our Daily Review: 22 individuals indicted in Turkey after nine-month wait, international conference bringing together Kurdish and Western ideas to be held in Hamburg, journalist claims Turkey is getting ready to attack PKK refuge in Qandil Mountains.

Listen our Daily Review: Sancar says Turkey's People's Alliance is "darkest in history", a self-declared Hizbullahist threatens opposition, and deforestation in Syria's Afrin since the 2018 Turkish takeover, plus more...

Listen our Daily Review as Amnesty International highlights persistent rights violations in Turkey in it's latest annual report, a shipment of cocaine bound for Turkey with a street value of $20 million was seized at a Peruvian port, plus much more!

Listen our Daily Review as Kurdish party officials are detained ahead of elections, oil exports from Kurdistan Region of Iraq are set to resume, Turkish security forces blockades in Şırnak and a huge Newroz crowd in Frankfurt is "reminiscent of 1990s".

Listen our Daily Review, as Kurdish civilians are arrested on way to Jinderes Newroz-killing protests, Hatay residents condemn earthquake debris-dumping, and German intelligence monitors far-right groups linked to Turkey's People's Alliance.

HSM warns Kurdish forces against government provocations in the run up to Turkish elections, Ferit Şenyaşar applies to become HDP MP in ongoing search for justice, HDP's Mithat Sancar calls for unity among opposition parties.

Listen our Daily review as the pro-Kurdish HDP announce they will run under the Green Left in Turkey's elections, thousands attend a funeral ceremony for anti-terror SDF unit fighters, and the White House celebrates Kurdish, Iranian Newroz.

Listen our Daily Review as Syrian rebels kill four Kurds at Newroz celebration, Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk calls for unity ahead of elections, Bogdanov says Russia continues to coordinate Turkey-Syria-Iran reconciliation talks.

After the meeting on 20 March with six-party opposition alliance CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, HDP officials are expected to decide whether to field their own presidential candidate or to support the alliance by withdrawing from elections. Following days of uncertainty, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria announced on Friday that two of its helicopters had crashed due to bad weather...

The first execution of a protester has taken place in Iran. Mohsen Shekari was involved in the Jina Amini protests, and was arrested and hanged for wounding a member of the paramilitary Basij force. At least 11 protesters have been sentenced to death. Shekari is the first to be executed. Turkish air strikes in North East Syria have displaced families and deprived people of necessary supplies, aid...

Damascus has refused Ankara’s invitation to hold a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. The Turkish government has hinted at reconciliation with Damascus, but officials in the Autonomous Region of North and East Syria said this would pave the way for Turkish occupation in parts of Syria. Female protesters in Iran’s Evin Prison endure dire...

In the Turkish General Assembly planning next year's resource allocation for security and defence has caused heated debate. Co-chair of the People’s Democratic Party Pervin Buldan criticised the government for compounding unemployment and poverty with a $25 billion dollar "war budget". Two Swedish MPs call out hypocrisy in the Swedish government, saying condemnations of Russia’s actions were follo...

Allegations regarding Turkey’s use of chemical weapons against Kurdish fighters in Iraq and Syria can only be confirmed through an independent international inquiry, a French newspaper reported. A Syrian Opposition MP, Firas Qassas, has said that Ankara and Damascus share a common interest in destroying the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. “In terms of their aims, the...

Mazloum Abdi, Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces has welcomed a United Nations’ Security Council Briefing which warned against continued Turkish attacks on North and East Syria and encouraged the possibility of dialogue and a peaceful solution to the crisis. United States Foreign Affairs Committee officials have shared their concerns about Turkey launching another invasion into Syr...

Once again, Turkey has targeted the security forces at al-Hol camp, which houses thousands of ISIS affiliates. ISIS activity has reportedly increased in the chaos that Turkey’s airstrikes brought. Selahattin Demirtaş, jailed former leader of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party, has appealed to Turkey's Justice Ministry to meet with imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Abdullah...

Syrian Democratic Forces commander Mazloum Abdi has said that they need stronger opposition from the United States and Russia to prevent another full scale Turkish invasion into North and East Syria. Director of the Middle East Political Information Network has called on the US President to intervene and prevent Turkey's cross-border operations, asserting that an attack will lead to the re-emergen...

John Kirby, a member of the United States' Security Council says that in terms of Turkey’s attacks on North and East Syria, the US doesn’t want to see any actions that would negatively effect anti-ISIS efforts in the region. Terrorism expert Munir Edib has warned that Turkey’s latest operation in northern Syria is likely to cause a re-emergence of ISIS activity. Medya News hosted a Twitter Spaces...

Turkish officials have renewed threats of a ground incursion into North and East Syria, saying that Turkey will be ready to launch the operation in only a few days. The officials also stated that they intend to take Manbij, Kobane and Tel Rifat in order to link occupied territories along their border. Turkey has continued to carry out out intensive air strikes across the region. In the early hours...