If something happens to me in the UK (directly or indirectly), I'm confident that not only UK Research and Innovation and University of Sussex but also the Kurdistan Regional Government will seek justice. Period. #stopbullies #dignityforall

Today’s Erbil sky!

In the city of Sahnaya, located in the countryside of Damascus, Syrian #Christians are celebrating the fall of Bashar al-Assad. They are chanting, {One, one, one — the Syrian people are one.}

Statues of Hafez al-Assad, the father of Bashar al-Assad were toppled in Syria's Latakia and Damascus. Syrians were seen celebrating and cheering as it marks the end of over 50 years of Assad leadership in Syria.

The joy of Syrian refugees near Erbil Citadel at the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will play a more active role in the Middle East following the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria news.sky.com/story/sir-keir…

Members of Kurdish backed SDF demand help from U.S. as Turkish military begins moving toward Kobani. The SDF is the main ally the U.S. relies on to the guard the camps where 10s of thousands of ISIS fighters and their family members are encamped. From trusted SDF source who

As of now, Kurds, Alawites, Christians, and Yazidis face the imminent danger of mass executions and genocide in Syria. Let’s be adults and acknowledge that no one can trust the promises of Jihadist movements as they’ve targeted minorities since 2011. No time for liberal naivety.

This is the Introduction of our new special issue of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: “Subnational Comparative Policy Analysis: Institutions, Methodology, and Research Agenda” ⁦JCPA/ICPA⁩ ⁦🇨🇦 CPSA-ACSP 🇨🇦⁩ ⁦McGill Institute for the Study of Canada⁩ ⁦ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

#Kobanê ist Symbol für den mutigen Kampf der Kurd*innen gegen den IS. Weiteres Blutvergießen ist das Letzte, was die Menschen nach 14 Kriegsjahren erfahren sollten. Auch die #Türkei steht in Verantwortung, Syriens territoriale Integrität & die Hoffnung auf #Frieden zu erhalten.

📢 Call for Special Issue Proposals! RIS invites proposals for its 2026 special issue! Open to all areas, methods, and perspectives—diverse and interdisciplinary contributions encouraged. 🗓️ Deadline: 24 February 2025 🔗 bisa.ac.uk/news/call-spec… BISA - British International Studies Association Juliet Dryden / BISA

NEW: Pentagon says there are now 2,000 US troops in Syria, up from previous level of 900 "core" presence. Additional ~1,100 are "temporary rotational forces" deployed to meet "shifting mission requirements," @PentagonPresSec says.

Getting a revise and resubmit for one of my most challenging #articles has been the highlight of this winter! 😊 Especially after that final-round rejection from one of top journals in my field—this feels like a win! #KeepGoing #AcademicChatter #Walk #WomenInScience #researcher

Watching the Munich Security Conference online gives a clear preview of what to expect in 2025. #globalpolitics #Security #conflict #thinking #academiclife #strategymatters

Rojava Network There is a Kurdish news source that says she was killed by stray bullets. rudaw.net/english/middle…

Mehr als 60.000 tausend Menschen haben heute in Köln friedlich #Newroz gefeiert. Die Feier musste aufgrund des großen Andrangs für zwei Stunden unterbrochen werden um den Druck in der Menge zu nehmen. Von Köln geht ein starkes Signal der Einheit der #Kurden aus.

New from APSA_Preprints - State-making and Borderlands: Informal Control of the Turkish State on an Everyday Level - cup.org/3XRl27Q - Dr.Dilan Okcuoglu @dilanokcuoglu.bsky.social #preprint

Excited to share that this piece is now up on the American Political Science Association's Preprints APSA_Preprints! It was a rewarding challenge in many ways! Cambridge University Press - Politics (and it is the backbone of the book project too) #AcademicTwitter x.com/CUP_PoliSci/st…