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Early Day Motion
Invasion of North-East Syria (No. 2) (27 Signatures)
16 Oct 2019
Tabled by: Ann Clwyd (Labour - Cynon Valley)
That this House is extremely concerned by the Government of Turkey's military invasion of an area in north east Syria controlled by the Syrian Kurds, which is also known as Rojava, and the negative humanitarian consequences of that invasion following the unexpected announcement of the withdrawal of US military forces …
Commons Chamber
Turkish Incursion into Northern Syria - Tue 15 Oct 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

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1: Emily Thornberry (LAB - Islington South and Finsbury) actions of the jihadi death squads, armed and supported by Turkey, which are now freely operating inside Rojava - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Britain's Place in the World - Tue 15 Oct 2019
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Catherine West (LAB - Hornsey and Wood Green) me, is the most tragic situation currently in the globe: what is happening to the Kurdish people in Rojava - Speech Link

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Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington) - @grahamemorris
13 Oct 2019, 6:44 a.m.

I was one of 70 MPs to sign a letter calling on the British Government to use all possible influence on Turkey to stop its bombing and invasion of Rojava intended not just to end its 7-year experiment in radical democracy, but to extinguish Kurdish aspirations of self-government. https://t.co/9huX0XHRBV

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Closed Petition closed 6th November 2019

We call on the British Government to create a No-Fly zone over Northen Syria! - Final Signatures: 24

The British Government must call on its allies to create a no-fly zone over Northern Syria just as they did in 1991 over Northern Iraq (KRG), to protect the innocent civilians who are becoming the biggest casualties from the recent invasion of Northen Syria (Rojava) by Turkey.

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Found: innocent civilians who are becoming the biggest casualties from the recent invasion of Northen Syria (Rojava

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Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Wood Green) - @CatherineWest1
Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
12 Oct 2019, 9:18 p.m.

Could our arms industry be a part of attack on Kurds in Rojava? UK must review arms sales to Turkey. https://t.co/HXdhcbnDsE

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Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Wood Green) - @CatherineWest1
Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)
12 Oct 2019, 3:23 p.m.

Good to be in the Commons this week speaking up for peace for Kurds in the Rojava alongside the excellent @KateOsamor https://t.co/fNFCQ0aeU8

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Paul Sweeney (Labour (Co-op) - Glasgow North East) - @PaulJSweeney
12 Oct 2019, 2:57 p.m.

Signed this letter to @DominicRaab as one of 70 cross party MPs calling for the UK to do all it can to stop Turkish invasion of Northern Syria and its attacks on the Kurds. Solidarity with the Kurdish people. Turkey out of Rojava; victory to the YPG. #riseup4rojava #KurdsBetrayed https://t.co/1mjNFiOykN

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Danielle Rowley (Labour - Midlothian) - @DaniRowley
11 Oct 2019, 2:07 p.m.

@DominicRaab @BorisJohnson The Foreign Secretary must also do all he can through the UN Security Council and High Commissioner for Refugees to ensure Turkey doesn't use the situation to forcibly resettle non-Kurdish Syrian refugees in the Rojava region in an effort to change its ethnic composition.

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Closed Petition closed 6th November 2019

Halt licenses for arms sales to Turkey, due to their invasion of Rojava - Final Signatures: 1,528

The Turkish government has invaded the pluralist and democratic Rojava region of Syria. This assault could lead to many civilian deaths, likely inflicted with British-made weaponry. We call on the government to revoke, and stop newly granting, arms sales licenses that fuel this destructive violence.

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Found: Rojava is a multi-confessional, multi-ethnic region, with a large Kurdish population, whose forces have