The Kurdish-led administration says it is willing to „unite“ with the new administration in Damascus, as it raises the flag of the opposition in the territories it controls in northeastern Syria.
Northeastern Syria, which is controlled by the People‘s Protection Units (YPG) and their US-backed affiliate the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has been under attack by Turkish forces since the ousting of Bashar al-Assad on Sunday.
The group of women spent 11 days in this facility, during which Hussain was taken for interrogation twice, an experience no less traumatising.
„They asked me many questions about my family, my husband and my siblings,“ Hussain recalled.
„The soldiers kept threatening to hurt my children, shouting at me that if I don‘t tell the truth, they will torture and kill my kids.
„They kept asking about my brothers and sisters. One of my brothers is a lawyer and two others are professors and one is a doctor and one barber. They are working people, they have no connection to anything else. They kept insisting that they were ‚activists‘, and when I asked what they meant, they said I knew the answer.
„During the interrogations, they tied me to a chair and a female soldier stood next to me, kicking me and shoving me with her weapon to answer properly.
„They also asked about my social media accounts and I told them I only had Facebook. They threatened they would keep watching me on it.“
After suffering in this undisclosed detention facility for 11 days, Hussain was then moved again, this time to a prison…….
(19.02.2024)
Palestinian women and girls have reportedly been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, often together with family members, including their children, according to information received. “We are shocked by reports of the deliberate targeting and extrajudicial killing of Palestinian women and children in places where they sought refuge, or while fleeing. Some of them were reportedly holding white pieces of cloth when they were killed by the Israeli army or affiliated forces,” the experts said.
The experts expressed serious concern about the arbitrary detention of hundreds of Palestinian women and girls, including human rights defenders, journalists and humanitarian workers, in Gaza and the West Bank since 7 October. Many have reportedly been subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment, denied menstruation pads, food and medicine, and severely beaten. On at least one occasion, Palestinian women detained in Gaza were allegedly kept in a cage in the rain and cold, without food.
“We are particularly distressed by reports that Palestinian women and girls in detention have also been subjected to multiple forms of sexual assault, such as being stripped naked and searched by male Israeli army officers. At least two female Palestinian detainees were reportedly raped while others were reportedly threatened with rape and sexual violence,” the experts said. They also noted that photos of female detainees in degrading circumstances were also reportedly taken by the Israeli army and uploaded online.
For that, they stressed the need for 10 indispensable elements: an immediate ceasefire; protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure; immediate release of hostages; reliable entry points for aid; security assurances and unimpeded access; a functioning humanitarian notification system; roads cleared of explosive ordnance; and a stable communication network.
In addition, they called for the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA) to receive the resources it needs to provide life-saving assistance as well as a halt to campaigns seeking to discredit the UN and NGOs doing their best to save lives.
(17 August 2023)
Saudi Arabia’s holdings of US Treasuries were distributed among long-term bonds worth $99.83 billion, representing 92.3% of the total, and short-term bonds worth $8.29 billion, accounting for 7.7%.
(August 16, 2023)
The Gulf country in June sold more than $3 billion in US government debt, offloading the securities for a third consecutive month to bring its holdings to $108.1 billion, according to Treasury Department data. The neighboring United Arab Emirates sold nearly $4 billion.
The Arab Gulf region’s petrostates are seeking out new avenues for investing to get higher returns in a world where a backlash is building against the hegemony of the US dollar.
(August 3, 2023)
It’s the second time the kingdom has extended the cut, which was first announced in June after a meeting of the alliance between Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other smaller producers.
At almost the same time, Russia announced plans to cut oil exports by 300,000 barrels per day, in September according to Reuters.
US oil prices rose 1.6% on Thursday to $81.05 a barrel. Brent crude, the world benchmark, jumped 1.5% to $84.50 a barrel.
(30.12.2016)
Bürgermeister Michael Müller und die “S.P.D.” sind durch das Attentat am Breitscheidplatz bereits erniedrigt worden. Noch fehlt dem Apparat die Unterwerfung vom Rest der Landesregierung, seitens “die Linke” und Bündnis 90/Die Grünen”.
Was würde passieren, wenn bekannt würde, dass Berlin, die einflussreichste und mächtigste Stadt auf dem Kontinent Europa und die Hauptstadt der Berliner Republik, durch ein stadtweites Spionagesystem “überwacht” wird, durch das jede Person beobachtet werden kann “von dem Moment an dem sie die Türschwelle verlässt, bis zu dem Moment an dem sie zurückkehrt” und dass Arbeit und soziales Verhaltensmuster der Stadtbewohner und -besucher “aufzeichnet, analysiert und archiviert“? Und nicht nur Geheimdienste aus N.A.T.O.-Staaten darauf in Echtzeit zugreifen können?
Nichts. Nichts würde passieren. Die strategische Mehrheit der Bevölkerung würde sich ducken, bücken, beugen, wie sie es in der deutschen Geschichte immer getan hat.
American instructors are training the Ukrainian military in Germany and other European countries as part of providing assistance to the Ukrainian army, Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby said at a briefing on Friday.
„This new training effort in Germany and at other locations in Europe is in direct support of recent U.S. security assistance packages that are designed to help Ukraine,“ he said.
Zynische Schadenfreude vom Anfang bis zum Schluss. Autorin des Kommentars: Anja Kunz. Frauen können genauso bösartig sein wie Männer.
Boris Johnson has ordered Tory MPs who want to meet him in 10 Downing Street to bring „Covid passports“.
„Ich bin ratlos. Was ist in dem LKW eigentlich passiert? Welche Hypothese hat das BKA denn?“ Wenn eine solche Frage vier Jahre nach dem Anschlag vom Berliner Breitscheidplatz von einem Mitglied des Untersuchungsausschusses im Bundestag formuliert wird, im Januar 2021, kann das nur eines heißen: Die Aufklärung des Attentats ist ungenügend, sie muss weitergehen.
Such a move, if they vote against the measure, would wipe out the Government‘s 80-seat majority, although many could choose to abstain, which could make it a close vote and could avoid them possibly losing the party whip if it sneaks through.
What is wrong with Britain?
(22.09.2020)
Piers: „I‘m trying to expose the farce of what happened yesterday.
„They didn‘t take questions which I thought was a bit like North Korea!
„If you‘re going to drop those bombshells on people…and they deliberately used that 50,000 figure to terrify everybody.“
Vorher hatten der englische Chefmediziner Chris Whitty und Patrick Vallance, der Wissenschaftsberater der britischen Regierung, gemeinsam gewarnt, dass es ohne strengere Maßnahmen „ein sehr schwerwiegendes Problem“ geben könne: Dann werde „die Zahl der Toten in direktem Zusammenhang mit Covid weiter klettern, potenziell auf einer exponentiellen Kurve“. Und das bedeute „eine Verdoppelung und eine Verdoppelung und noch eine Verdoppelung“ bis hin zu „wirklich sehr großen Zahlen“.
Masks became a political cause for some in the early months of the pandemic. A growing set of Republican leaders are suddenly pushing Americans to wear them.
„We are in contact with the American team here in Israel,“ Netanyahu said at a Likud meeting. „We are doing so discretely. The issue is not up to [Gantz‘s party] Kahol Lavan. They are not a factor either way.“
Earlier on Monday, Gantz met with Trump‘s special envoy Avi Berkowitz and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman to discuss the Trump administration‘s peace plan.