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On march 30, 2016, Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti and claimed that in Syria there would be neither the need nor the popular support for a federal system. He even dared to state that the majority of the Kurds would be against federalism. On the contrary, the absolute […]
Continue reading A retort on al-Assad interview from March 30, 2016Geneva, 17th of March 2016 Kamiran Hajo, chairman of the Foreign Relations Office of the KNC: „PYD and UN seem to have clear stances towards federalism, but neither one has discussed about what it really means“ According to the media, the PYD announced an unspecified kind of federal system for the Northern region of Syria […]
Continue reading Release: Federalism is not separatismIn the morning of Tuesday, March 15, 2016, five years after the beginning of the Syrian revolution, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, chaired by Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, presented its findings based on investigations from 10 July 2015 to 10 January 2016 in the context of the 31st session of the Human Rights […]
Continue reading 15 March 2016: Summary of UN Human Rights Council on report about Syria
Published on Views Around on March 15, 2016 Siamend Hajo, President of the Kurdish Future Movement in Syria and member of the Foreign Relation Office of the Kurdish National Council in Syria (KNC) gave exclusive interview to Manish Rai, Editor of geo-political news agency ViewsAround. In the interview Mr Hajo strongly stressed for the […]
Continue reading Federal System Can Keep Syria United: Kurdish National Council
According to information of the Agence France-Presse the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, said on March 12, 2016 that Syria’s Kurds would not be invited to the upcoming week’s peace talks in Geneva. The Kurdish National Council in Syria (KNC) announces that this statement is incorrect. Correct is that the PYD is […]
Continue reading Correction of a statement made by the UN Special Envoy for Syria on March 12, 2016
On March 8, 2016 a member of the KNC Geneva office attended the 31st UN Human Rights Council`s session on violence against children and on children in armed conflict. Following the reports of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children in Armed Conflict, delegates […]
Continue reading On behalf of children’s rights: KNC-President signed a petition against the recruitment of minors
Interview by Rudaw English on March 4, 2016 Ibrahim Biro, president of the Kurdish National Council in Syria believes that international efforts such as the Geneva talks is one of the best means to find a solution for the Syria crisis and guarantee Kurdish rights. Otherwise, he says, the Kurds have to put their […]
Continue reading KNC leader: If Int’l efforts fail, Rojava Kurds must unite for their own region