Mentions:
1: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) any discussions must include the Kurds in northern Syria? - Speech Link
2: Lord Clarke of Nottingham (CON - Life peer) How will the British initiative bring the Turks, the Russians, the Iranians, the Israelis and many other - Speech Link
3: Hilary Benn (LAB - Leeds Central) , following the combined effort, on the ground by the Iraqi forces and the Kurds in the main, with the - Speech Link
4: Julian Lewis (CON - New Forest East) Only the Syrian Democratic Forces, led by the Kurds, are at all acceptable to us, and they are now under - Speech Link
5: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (CON - The Cotswolds) There are so many ethnic minorities in Syria—the Kurds, the Christians, the Shi’a, the Sunnis and numerous - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Evans of Bowes Park (CON - Life peer) Sergeant Tonroe fought to protect British values and our freedoms, and to keep this country safe.With - Speech Link
2: Lord Newby (LDEM - Life peer) The multi-layered conflicts being played out in Syria—Assad v al-Qaeda, Turkey v Kurds and Iran v Israel—have - Speech Link
3: Lord Hain (LAB - Life peer) proxy conflict involving also Israel, Turkey and the Kurds. - Speech Link
4: Lord Glasman (LAB - Life peer) as defeated Daesh forces, to expel the Kurds and Christians from their homes in Afrin. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alan Duncan (CON - Rutland and Melton) British-Polish relations are excellent and go from strength to strength. - Speech Link
2: Ann Clwyd (LAB - Cynon Valley) Many times in this Chamber we have praised the Peshmerga and the bravery of the Syrian Kurds in taking - Speech Link
3: Alan Duncan (CON - Rutland and Melton) It is about time that this miserable little worm walked out of the embassy and gave himself up to British - Speech Link
4: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) What efforts will the British Government make to support further progress and promote its spreading to - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Mar. 21 2018
Inquiry: Oral evidence from the Foreign SecretaryFound: Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Sir Simon McDonald,
Mentions:
1: Baroness Sheehan (LDEM - Life peer) The Kurds have been key allies in our fight against Daesh and I think that all noble Lords will be appalled - Speech Link
2: Lord Robathan (CON - Life peer) I should say that I am proud of the British Government’s humanitarian efforts and that we are the second - Speech Link
Found: On the ground 5 1.1 De-escalation zones 5 1.2 Idlib and Eastern Ghouta 6 1.3 Turkey, Kurds and northern
Mentions:
1: Crispin Blunt (CON - Reigate) coming out about the way in which the Turks are conducting this operation. - Speech Link
2: David Lammy (LAB - Tottenham) Should not the British Government be absolutely clear that he must now end this offensive, and has not - Speech Link
3: Philip Hollobone (CON - Kettering) Although the Turks have been very generous in providing safe refuge for millions of Syrian refugees in - Speech Link
4: Stephen Lloyd (LDEM - Eastbourne) so many Members: desperate sympathy for the Kurds, who have been fighting Daesh and Islamic jihad for - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Feb. 26 2018
Inquiry: National Security Capability Review: A Changing Security EnvironmentFound: Council, Dr Andrew Rathmell, Visiting Professor, University of Exeter Strategy & Security Institute and
Mentions:
1: Tom Tugendhat (CON - Tonbridge and Malling) forces re-took most of the territory that the Kurds had taken off ISIS. - Speech Link
2: Philip Hollobone (CON - Kettering) Is not the truth about the Kurds that British foreign policy towards them has been wrong for about 100 - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Jan. 09 2018
Inquiry: Kurdish aspirations and the interests of the UK inquiryFound: Q124 Nadhim Zahawi: The UK has provided significant military and political support to the Iraqi Kurds