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‘A laboratory of horrors’: Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party supporters hold pictures of Figen Yuksekdag, who has been harassed, detained and jailed for her political views in Turkey. Photo: Bulent Kilic/AFP

Scrutiny and robust debate are healthy for our courts

Every judgment in favour of the government is not an indication of a captured court. The fact that we may argue about findings publicly shows how far South Africa is from, for…

Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan. (Murat Kaynak/Andalou Agency)

Key developments in Turkey’s offensive in Syria

Three offensive attacks against the Kurds have come since 2016

Kobani, a Syrian city close to the Turkish border. (Reuters)

For Syria Kurds, the end of autonomy?

As President Bashar al-Assad’s forces deploy towards the northern border, is the Kurdish minority giving up on autonomy?

Erdogan’s blind focus on the Kurds rebounds on Turkey

His obsession with a Kurdish threat hampers more urgent attention to the terrorist menace emanating from Syria and Iraq.

War changes demographics of Iraq

Relations between Kurds and Arabs are volatile at best in the areas captured by peshmerga from Isis.

Kobani, a Syrian city close to the Turkish border. (Reuters)

Isis slyly gains ground as the US and Turkey quibble over strategies

Erdogan is often categorised as a Western ally. This is a misperception. His vision of Turkey is of an emerging great power and regional leader.

Little comfort: A Turkish soldier carries a refugee baby from Kobani. The Turkish president has refused any help to the stricken town.

Erdogan fiddles while Kobani burns

A looming bloodbath is spurring a Kurdish revolt in Turkey that could spin out of control.

Motivated: A member of the Iraqi Kurdish forces overlooks a military operating base in Iraq’s Diyala province while waiting to deploy into Jalawla to fight Isis militants.

Kurds set sights firmly on oilfield

Kirkuk has long been coveted by Irbil. Owning it is now a reality, as Iraq crumbles under Isis attack.

‘Chemical Ali’ gets second death sentence

Saddam Hussein’s notorious hatchet-man, Hassan al-Majid, was on Tuesday sentenced to death for war crimes committed during the 1991 Shi’ite uprising.