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Listen our Daily Review: SDF commander says international and domestic diplomats oppose Turkish attack plans in Syria, Turkey intensifies shelling in Kobane NE-Syria, Turkish opposition leader faces charges after calling Erdoğan a dictator.

Kurdistan Workers’ Party commander Karayılan made a speech on Monday, marking the 38th anniversary of the PKK’s armed struggle for Kurdish self-rule. Karayılan discussed how Kurdish fighters have held their own through a historic defence. The Community Defence Forces for Women are delivering self-defense and weapons training to all the women in the region of Tell Tamer, in preparation against Turk...

Protests erupt throughout the Turkish occupied Syrian territories after Mevlut Cavusoglu calls for reconciliation between the Syrian opposition and the Assad regime. Remziye Temel, one of the 16 journalists who was recently detained in Diyarbakir has continue to report from prison, and has recently released a story about a fellow detainee. As the Turkish economy worsens, the Moody’s rating agency...

Since the establishment of the modern state of Turkey in 1923 out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire, the newly formed Turkish state abandoned any idea of granting the sizeable population of Kurdish people, mostly living within the south east borders of the state, autonomy or any rights of self-determination as had been stipulated and provided for in the terms of the Treaty of Sèvres, signed just...

Listen our Daily Review: RSF and CPJ decry violence against journalists, International officials condemn Turkey, SDF announces 23 Turkish casualties, HDP hold 3 rallies in a row, plus more

Listen our Daily Review: 16 Journalists remain behind bars, US concern over suppression of protests, Yazidi documentary wins prize, plus more.

Listen our Daily Review: Trader shot on Iranian border, Turkey plans to weaponise Syrian refugees, harassment of journalists in Turkey, singer Aram Tigran commemorated, plus more.

Listen our Daily Review: German MP claims democracy can only be achieved in Turkey with involvement of Abdullah Öcalan, Argentieri says the only hope for a no-fly zone to protect Rojava comes from the international community, Buldan claims HDP holds key to peace, plus more.

Turkish drone strikes in North and East Syria’s Qamishlo result in the death of two children and two adults. Peoples’ Democratic Party co-chair Mithat Sancar has called on the opposition to unite against Turkey’s attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan. In other news, a meeting was held in Sochi between Erdogan and Putin where both renewed their commitment to fighting terrorism together in Syria.

Turkish forces have targeted North and North East Syria at least 38 times since the beginning of 2022, resulting in approximately 27 fatalities. A Kurdish director and a journalist have released a new documentary which discusses the Turkish army’s 2015 siege of Cizre, and the Kurdish struggle more broadly. In Turkey, the health of disabled eighty year old prisoner Makbule Özer has been deteriorati...

Listen our Daily Review: SDF announces Operation Oath to root out Turkish intelligence active in North and East Syria, Yazidi journalist Berfin Hezil discusses KDP's role in the 2014 Yazidi Genocide, a report shows rising pressure on free press in Turkey, plus more.

Listen our Daily Review: Kurdish activist's hunger strike, Turkish army’s five-year bombardment of villages in Erbil Governorate’s Bradost area, call to release journalists in KRG prisons, Kurdish singer silenced in Turkey, plus more.

Listen our Daily Review: Turkish media maintains silence on Zakho Massacre in Iraqi Kurdistan, Erdoğan slanders 1970's democratic political figure Fikri Sönmez, ISIS leader receives life sentence in US, renewed call for Tuğluk's release, plus more.

In a podcast interview with Medya News, the representative of the Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) in the Kurdistan Region called on the international community to stop military support to Turkey because war crimes are being committed with these weapons. “Turkey has armed drones, but would not be able to carry out operations and war crimes without the arms of Canada, the UK, Germany and other stat...

Listen our Daily Review for French MPs' condemnation and German Foreign Minister's criticism of Turkish incursion plans, Turkish soldiers dying in KRI, police raiding HDP official’s home, and the opposition praising Baerbock for her clarity with Çavuşoglu.

Mark Campbell interviews YPJ International volunteer Berçem from northeastern Syria for a Medya News Podcast, in which she speaks about gains for women in the last 10 years, about remembering Şehid Jiyan Tolhildan and about the threats to Rojava from Turkey.

Çavuşoğlu and Kalın both make claims that a Turkish incursion into Syria can begin at any minute. A missile attack hit a Turkish consulate in Mosul, Iraq as tensions already run high between Baghdad and Ankara due to a drone strike targeting Duhok in the Kurdistan region. Former HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş makes a statement claiming that all of the opposition parties in Turkey need to reach a...

During an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein condemned Turkish attacks and called for a withdrawal of Turkish troops from the region. A former member, and a victim of the atrocities of JITEM speak out about the methods used by the intelligence organization.

Listen Daily Review for: UN condemnation of Turkish attack in KRI, Turkey encourages deforestation, Turkish teachers sued for racism, opposition calls for Demirtaş's release, Turkish soldiers killed in the KRI and secret state witness messes up in court.

Listen our Daily Review: ➤ Iraqi statement on Duhok massacre. ➤Thousands attend funeral of 3 Kurdish fighters. ➤Kurdish conference held in Lausanne on 1923 Treaty. ➤HDP Co Chair condemns immunity vote. ➤ New research on voting patterns in Turkish prisons.

Listen our Daily Review for how Turkey killed four people in two incidents in Syria, Turkish police arrested 11 people for protest at football match, Baghdad calls for boycott of Turkish goods, and the Iraqi FM's comments on Turkish violations of Iraqi soil

Listen our Daily Review: the aftermath of a Turkish shelling that killed nine civilians in Iraq sees international outrage, protests across Iraq, and comparisons to the 2011 Roboski massacre. İHD co-chair Keskin recounts Turkey’s human rights record, plus more.

Listen the Daily Review: Turkish shelling kills at least nine civilians in Iraq, Iraq demands Turkey withdraw, Turkish President requests Iranian and Russian backing, NATO supports Turkey's Genocidal Policy, says PKK. Plus more reviews.

On the 10th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution, it is today a great honour for us at Medya News to be joined by Janet Biehl joining us from her home in the United States to talk about her extraordinary new book called Their Blood Got Mixed which is a graphic novel detailing and depicting the events and ideas behind the extraordinary revolution that took place in the north and east of Syria.

SDF commemorates The Rojava Revolution, fresh evidence of Turkish chemical warfare arises as the Turkish military campaign in KRI escalates, and SOHR reports of 'hotbed of terrorists' in Turkish-occupied Syria.