Tigris en Eufraat – Irak en ander

* n Lugfoto wys Sinbad-eiland en die Khaled-brug op die Shatt al-Arab-waterweg, wat op 7 Mei 2022 gevorm is by die samevloeiing van die Eufraat- en Tigris-riviere, in Irak se suidelike stad Basra.  Die Tigris- en Eufraat-rivierstelsel staar baie uitdagings in die gesig, soos die afname in waterkwaliteit en -hoeveelheid. Lae waterproduktiwiteit, klimaatsverandering en dambou… Continue reading Tigris en Eufraat – Irak en ander

Republiek van Iran en minderheidsvolke

*Iran se verskillende bevolkingsgroepe word op sowat 87 000 000 beraam, waarvan ongeveer die helfte etniese Perse is wat oorwegend in sentraal-Iran woon,  die res is Koerde, Baluchis, Azeriërs, Arabiere, Turkmeense, Lurs en Kaspiese etniese groepe.   Alhoewel die opeenvolgende regerings in Iran daarin geslaag het om etniese opstande aan te pak, het hulle die ideologiese… Continue reading Republiek van Iran en minderheidsvolke

Kurdistan – Koerde

* The Middle East is in turmoil with proxy wars, ISIS and a struggle between ideologies, values, Sunni versus Shia, and civilians versus dysfunctional states. Meanwhile, the stateless Kurds are gaining an international profile from fighting ISIS and having created islands of relative safety and stability in Iraq and Syria.   Compare the people of the… Continue reading Kurdistan – Koerde

Sykes-Picot Agreement Middle east – Ottomans

  Why is there so much conflict, especially in the middle east?   When Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot met in London and took a pen to a map of the Middle East 100 years ago this week, only one of them had ever been there. It was, some say, as if the two were playing… Continue reading Sykes-Picot Agreement Middle east – Ottomans

Russia/Turkey on joint patrols in NE Syria

  Russia and Turkey launch joint patrols in northeastern Syria.    Maria Khodynskaya-Golenishcheva, a senior adviser to the Russian Foreign Ministry, recalled that the negotiated ceasefire with the United States in eastern Aleppo in September 2016 lasted for just two weeks, because both powers had ignored regional players. 31 October 2019 Fighting has intensified near the northeast Syrian town… Continue reading Russia/Turkey on joint patrols in NE Syria

Kurdish in shock – human violations by various countries – war crimes

This is just not a Russian or Putin idea only.   Here is more behind it than it is publicly announced. This is ridiculous, it is really outrageous to take away so much territory from Syria and the Kurdish province, or country that once was existed as a bigger country and was known as Kurdish territory. … Continue reading Kurdish in shock – human violations by various countries – war crimes

Kurdish – Syria – Turkey – Russian (violation of human rights)

* It was the year 2019, when civilians were fleeing northern Syria as Turkish troops advance in Kurdish-controlled areas. The offensive was made possible by the withdrawal of US troops. It has opened a new front in Syria's eight-year-old war. So, who are the key players in this particular conflict and what are their goals?… Continue reading Kurdish – Syria – Turkey – Russian (violation of human rights)

The Kurds and Arab belt

  The “Arab Belt” is a term describing the confiscation process by the Syrian government of agricultural lands belonging to Kurds and Aghas (chieftains or village heads who were also landowners) in the province of Hasakah, and the distribution of the lands to Arabs arriving from the provinces of Aleppo and Raqqa to be settled in the… Continue reading The Kurds and Arab belt

Statelessness – Violation of Human Rights and international crimes

The current communist government (with the various political parties), as well as the previously old regime, Broederbond, white liberals and classical liberals, already destroyed our Boer peoples' rights since 1994 , to live with no recognition as Boer people in its own country, like Botswana do today.   All of them financed by OSF.SA or Cato… Continue reading Statelessness – Violation of Human Rights and international crimes

Staatloos – Menseregteskending en internasionale misdade

* Ons as Boere volk is nie die enigste volk wat staatloos is nie, wat beteken ons moet onderhewig wees aan 'n meerderheid en 'n magsbehepte kommunistiese stelsel en krummels ontvang vanaf 'n kommunistiese stelsel en grondwet wat ons menseregte skend.    Wie van ons volkslede kan "Onderdanig" aan 'n grondwet en verskeie wetgewings wees… Continue reading Staatloos – Menseregteskending en internasionale misdade