Turkish jets bomb Kurdish rebel hideouts in Iraq
12/02/2012 - Turkey - Iraq

Turkish jets bomb Kurdish rebel hideouts in Iraq

Turkish fighter jets have bombed Kurdish rebel locations in northern Iraq for the second time in eight days, the army said on Sunday. Turkey has escalated its attacks on the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party in recent months.
Forbidden Syria (part 2)
09/02/2012 - THE DEBATE

Forbidden Syria (part 2)

Free Syrian Army militias are fragmented, untrained and outmatched by Assad’s firepower. Nevertheless, Guardian reporter Ghaith Abdul Ahad describes a crackdown so bad that protesters would rather risk death than capture and torture.
Forbidden Syria
09/02/2012 - THE DEBATE

Forbidden Syria

Free Syrian Army militias are fragmented, untrained and outmatched by Assad’s firepower. Nevertheless, Guardian reporter Ghaith Abdul Ahad describes a crackdown so bad that protesters would rather risk death than capture and torture.
Homs under fire: who will stop the killing? (part 2)
08/02/2012 - THE DEBATE

Homs under fire: who will stop the killing? (part 2)

As the crackdown in Homs gets even more brutal, François Picard’s panel weighs up the feasibility of a safe haven near the Turkish border and rues the frustrating lack of an immediate solution for stopping the killing.
Homs under fire: who will stop the killing?
08/02/2012 - THE DEBATE

Homs under fire: who will stop the killing?

As the crackdown in Homs becomes even more brutal, François Picard’s panel weighs up the feasibility of a safe haven near the Turkish border and rues the frustrating lack of an immediate solution for stopping the killing.
Turkey, Qatar urge renewed negotiations with Tehran
05/02/2012 - MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE

Turkey, Qatar urge renewed negotiations with Tehran

Turkish and Qatari officials said a military strike on Iran would be disastrous for the region and dismissed suggestions of tighter sanctions to rein in its nuclear programme, saying renewed negotiations with Tehran were the only option.
Turkey welcomes appeal of ‘genocide’ law
01/02/2012 - FRANCE-TURKEY

Turkey welcomes appeal of ‘genocide’ law

Some 130 French parliamentarians have lodged an appeal with the country’s constitutional court to overturn a controversial bill that would criminalise denying that the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey was genocide.
Senators seek review of law on genocide denial
31/01/2012 - FRANCE

Senators seek review of law on genocide denial

A group of French senators have asked the constitutional council to review a law passed last week outlawing the denial of a genocide recognised by French law, namely the Holocaust or the 1915-1916 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks.
François Hollande: Socialist candidate strikes first
26/01/2012 - FRANCE 2012

François Hollande: Socialist candidate strikes first

Socialist presidential candidate hopeful François Hollande is on a roll, while incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy is musing about life after politics. Also on the show, the French parliament ignites a diplomatic storm with Turkey over the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman empire.
Has Team Sarkozy given up?
25/01/2012 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

Has Team Sarkozy given up?

Has Nicolas Sarkozy decided he's already the lost the election? All the papers have seized on an apparently off-the-cuff remark, where he said he would retire from politics if he loses the election.
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