{"id":594,"date":"2018-02-03T23:24:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T23:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/?p=594"},"modified":"2018-02-03T23:24:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T23:24:08","slug":"urgent-action-by-labour-party-against-turkish-attack-on-afrin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/2018\/02\/03\/urgent-action-by-labour-party-against-turkish-attack-on-afrin\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent action by Labour Party against Turkish attack on Afrin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">Dear John and Jeremy, 30 January 2017<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">I am writing to you on behalf of the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR). I hope you are both well. The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees fully supports you in your<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">recent struggles within the Labour Party.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\"> I am writing to you today to bring your attention to the recent attack on the city of Afrin by the\u00a0far.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">The city of Afrin is part of the autonomous region of Rojava. The<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">Turkish Govenment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Symbol;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">323,000 civilians of Afrin are at risk. The bombing and ground attack by Turkey has led to thousands of people being displaced; dozens of people have been killed and wounded so<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">The attack on Afrin is not as Turkey claims to defeat terrorism or to protect its borders; it is<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">not about the PKK; it is not about direct national policies as Afrin is located in northern Syria<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">many miles from Turkey. Following the decline of Turkey\u2019s power in the region, in particular<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">the failure of its policies towards Syria. Turkey is aiming to play a role in reshaping the balance of power in the region. The attack on Afrin comes in this context and is within the framework of clear international consensus, especially between Russia and Turkey.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">IFIR believes the repercussions of the Turkish attack will lead to the creation of conflicts and<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">the settling of new accounts between the various regional and local forces in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">Each of those forces and states are competing with each other for the sake of taking part and remaking the political and economical formula of the area in Syria. This will ultimately lead to more destroying, more killing of civilians ultimately leading to more refugees running away from the country. This attack on Afrin which is being led by Turkey and its followers is<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">not only leading to the people of Afrin facing a humanistic disastrous problem, but also makes the bad situation of war and the damages which is being forced on Syrian people,<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">wider and longer.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">Johnson have said that Turkey has the right to &#8220;make its<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">borders secure&#8221; and that the UK and Turkey have a shared goal of &#8220;reducing violence&#8221;. It is<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">shameful that the US calls for &#8220;restraint&#8221; and that France states it is &#8220;worried&#8221;! At the same<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">time as the people of Afrin are under attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">The Conservative Party and Boris<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">Contact:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">Large Demonstrations against Turkey\u2019s attack on Afrin have taken place in many cities<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">across the world, including European countries and countries across the region including<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">Istanbul, Iraq, Kurdistan. The reactions of the governments of America, UK, France and<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">European countries to the attack on Afrin are disgusting. Events show clearly that security,<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">IFIR: .CONTACT:00447856032991, 0041788532004,009647701421416 ifir@hotmail.co.uk www.federationifir.com 07895636633 , 009647707524343,<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14px;\">stability, peace and uprooting the roots of terrorism and terrorists are the work of the working<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">class.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">We call on you to:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">\uf0b7 \uf0b7 \uf0b7<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">\uf0b7 \u00a0Call on Turkey to stop the military action on Afrin<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">\uf0b7 \u00a0immediately recall all Turkish military from Afrin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\"> We look forward to hearing from you on this important issue.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">Best Regards<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\">Dashty Jamal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Symbol;\"> Secretary of International Federation of Iraq Refugees-IFIR<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear John and Jeremy, 30 January 2017 I am writing to you on behalf of the International Federation of Iraqi Refugees (IFIR). I hope you are both well. The International Federation of Iraqi Refugees fully supports you in your recent struggles within the Labour Party. I am writing to you today to bring your attention &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-home","category-information","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.federationifir.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}