Tag: Turkey

9 March 2018

After years of seeing eye to eye on Syria, the disagreements between the US and Turkey are reaching fever pitch. ...

As the UK government cosies up to dictators, one British woman risks everything for democracy [VIDEO]

21 February 2017

As Turkey continues its descent into dictatorship and keeps undermining Syria's prospects for democracy, Britain's silence is deafening. And its backing of ...

As Trump dithers, Turkey issues an ultimatum to anti-Daesh fighters in Syria

15 February 2017

Kurdish-led militias fighting Daesh (Isis/Isil) in northern Syria have provided details this week of new attacks on villages which they had previously ...

Forget fake news, prepare for ‘fake peace’ as Trump’s Middle East endgame looms [OPINION]

11 February 2017

Power games in the Middle East are seldom about fighting terrorism or securing human rights. They're about oil, and who controls ...

Singing could get you 15 years in jail, if you live in a country the UK is selling fighter jets to

by Emily Apple

4 February 2017

12 men are facing 15 years in jail for singing. In a country with which the UK recently agreed a £100m fighter jet ...

Theresa May is being asked to resign, after disgracing Britain in front of the entire world [VIDEO]

by Kerry-Anne Mendoza

19 June 2022

Theresa May is facing calls for her resignation as Prime Minister. As leaders of the EU and the world joined ...

A British volunteer tells us why he’s joined the fight against Daesh in Syria

14 October 2019

The Canary has long reported on the Rojava region of northern Syria, and on the secular, multi-ethnic, and gender-egalitarian democracy ...

Turkey’s President is becoming a dictator, and the UK is helping him out

24 January 2017

Just as Turkey takes a step closer to dictatorship, newly published export statistics show that the UK has been selling its ...

Turkey tries to strong-arm the US with an airbase holding American nuclear arms

12 January 2017

Turkey has sunk to yet another low point. Government ministers have issued more statements attacking the US, this time threatening its ...

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Another British hero dies fighting Daesh in Syria, but the govt sees him as a terrorist [OPINION]

14 February 2019

Learning about the crimes of Daesh (Isis/Isil) in Syria and Iraq, a number of young Brits have travelled to the Middle ...

Amnesty just launched a scathing attack on Turkey’s ‘deeply worrying’ meltdown

Turkey is now turning on the US in its quest for control in the Middle East [OPINION]

4 January 2017

Turkey's volatile president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has issued statements attacking the Obama administration and its role in the Middle East. ...

The British government is failing to act as its NATO ally commits war crimes (IMAGES)

All eyes are on Syria, but it’s the war raging in Turkey that should really be worrying the West [OPINION]

17 January 2017

As the battle for Aleppo comes to an end, all eyes are on Syria. But the international and regional powers ...

Turkey just showed yet again why its Syrian intervention isn’t about fighting terrorism

23 November 2016

Turkey has just issued an arrest warrant for one of the figures in Syria who is key to the fight ...

Turkey’s president is being tried for ‘war crimes’, and his time may be running out

17 November 2016

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is currently being asked to take action against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ministers. ...

Extremism is losing in the Middle East, but one NATO member is getting in the way of progress

15 November 2016

On a number of fronts in the Middle East, Daesh (Isis/Isil) is facing increasing pressure from its many opponents. But ...

This woman is leading efforts to send ISIS to hell, but Turkey has other plans

7 November 2016