Les crimes de guerre commis par la "Coalition internationale" à l’encontre du peuple syrien

Le ministère des Affaires étrangères et des Expatriés a adressé un message au secrétaire général de l’ONU et au président du Conseil de sécurité sur le crime commis par la « Coalition internationale », conduite par les Etats-Unis, en bombardant les quartiers dans le villages de Fadhel dans la banlieue sud de Hassaké.

Turkey: Jerusalem holy site closure ‘crime against humanity’

Turkey on Monday blasted Israel’s two-day closure of a Jerusalem holy site, following a deadly attack, as a “crime against humanity.”Israel closed the Haram al-Sharif compound, or the Noble Sanctuary of Jerusalem, on Friday and Saturday after the attack.

CENTCOM confirms use of depleted uranium munitions against ISIS

U.S. Central Command said it destroyed Islamic State targets in Syria with depleted uranium rounds despite a promise not to use the ammunition.

Terrorist group trained and armed by the CIA: Obama Orders Strikes Against Nusra in Syria

The bad news keeps coming for the CIA-backed, Al-Qaeda-linked “moderate” rebels, heritage-wreckers, and head-choppers in Syria.

Mosul residents: 'We want liberation, not destruction'

Islamic State militants have banned satellite dishes and mobile phones in Mosul, but some people are managing to communicate with the outside world.

Syrian FM: “The continued support of France, USA, Britain, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to the Turkish regime is a clear support to terrorism"

Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said on Monday that the violations and massacres committed by the Turkish regime in the Syrian territories form a crime of aggression and crimes against humanity, adding that combating terrorism on the Syrian territories by any side must be done in coordination with the government of the Syrian Arab Republic and the Syrian Arab Army.

Fidel Castro slams U.S. for 'dangers' against humanity

Cuban leader and former president Fidel Castro on Saturday, thanked all the good wishes for his 90th birthday, and slammed the U.S. for the "dangers" it has caused against humanity.

There Must Be Reparation, Says Paraguayan Senator Who Introduced Genocide Recognition Bill

ASUNCION (Agencia Prensa Armenia)—In an interview with Agencia Prensa Armenia, Paraguayan Senator Desiree Masi, who introduced Armenian Genocide recognition bill in the Congress of Paraguay last month, said that, “this statement of the Paraguayan Parliament will lead to greater recognition and a rescue of the historical memory.”

France opens probe into Assad regime for crimes against humanity

France has launched a probe into Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime for alleged crimes against humanity, a judicial source said Wednesday, after world powers sparred at the United Nations over the embattled leader's fate.

Desperate Rohingya 'Boat People' Remain Adrift At Sea

Southeast Asian governments continue to express unwillingness to take in boat loads of migrants and refugees abandoned at sea by people smugglers, worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis.

Turkish PM offers condolences to descendants of Armenians killed in 1915

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday offered condolences to the descendants of victims of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman troops during World War I.

Erdogan’s statement, on the eve of the 99th anniversary of the beginning of mass deportations of Armenians in 1915, was the first such overt comment by a Turkish leader over the killings, which are considered by many, including the French government, as the first genocide of the 20th century.

Turkish historians to discuss Armenian genocide claims

Turkish historians will discuss claims about the genocide and forced deportation of Armenians in 1915, at a symposium on Thursday. 

The chairman of the Turkish Historical Society said the historians will study documents obtained from British, American and German archives during the two-day event. 

Metin Hulagu told the Anadolu Agency that academics across Turkey will meet in eastern province of Van, where Armenians were deported from after conflict in the province in 1915. 

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner says evaluation of 1915 events should be left to historians. Armenian bill not to affect Turkish-American relations. -- Erdogan

The latest U.S. draft resolution that supports Armenian allegations regarding the 1915 incidents was discussed on Tuesday in Ankara in a meeting between Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner.
According to information obtained by Anadolu Agency from Prime Minister's Office, Erdogan reaffirmed Turkey's senstivity over the Armenian claims regarding the incidents in 1915, but told Boehner that the issue should not affect the bilateral Turkish-American relations.
Boehner replied that the claims concerning the 1915 incidents should be handled by historians. 

Gennady Gatilov: Racism and xenophobia in Ukraine have been fueled for years. --"Now these people are marching around in squads, they have weapons and even enroll in the so-called national guards"

Racism and xenophobia have been fueled in Ukraine, especially in its western regions, for years, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told Itar-Tass on Friday.

“We raised the problem of systemic incitement of racism and xenophobia in that country, especially in its western regions, back in the past century,” he said. “Calls for murders by ethnicity are nothing else but incitement to genocide, to crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansings, which are qualified as gravest crimes not only by national legislations but also by international law.”

Turkey "warns" US Congress not to harm bilateral ties over Armenian resolution

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has condemned an “Armenian Genocide” resolution, which passed at the U.S. Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee on April 10 by bipartisan vote.

The ministry warned the U.S. Congress not to “harm bilateral ties” between the two countries through further carrying the resolution to the legislative agenda.

“It’s important that the U.S. Congress does not carry this resolution or similar ones in the legislative agenda, but rather make efforts to reinforce our historical alliance and partnership that have importance more than ever in the current conjuncture, instead of harming bilateral relations with non-constructive initiatives,” said the ministry on April 11 in a written statement.

U.S. Senate committee approves draft bill on Armenian resolution

U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a draft resolution on Thursday that supports Armenian allegations regarding the events of 1915.
The committee, which consists of 10 Democrats and eight Republicans, approved the draft resolution by a vote of 12 to 5 senators.
Committee chairman Robert Menendez called for amendment on the bill, causing references to Turkey to be removed.
The bill reaffirms that women and children were allegedly killed in the events of 1915, according to Committee chairman Robert Menendez.

N Korea hits out at UN abuses report. -Denies crimes against humanity are taking place in the country

State responds to report accusing it torture, rape and murder of political prisoners held inside labour camps.
 
North Korea has hit out at the United Nations which is due to publish a report on the country's human rights abuses including evidence gathered by Amnesty International, the UK-based rights organisation.
In a statement sent to Reuters, the government called the UN report "fabricated and invented" and an "instrument of political plot".
North Korea "categorically and totally rejects" the report due to be published later on Monday.

Russia disappointed by UN experts’ refusal to revisit Syria. -Carla del Ponte said she had turned down an invitation.

GENEVA, September 16 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Foreign Ministry is “deeply disappointed” by the fact that experts from the U.N. commission investigating possible human rights violations in Syria have turned down the invitation to visit that country. “We would like to express our deep disappointment at the fact that the experts did not use two invitations to visit the country, sent to commission member Carla del Ponte by both Syria’s Great Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun and the Syrian Government,” Deputy Russian Permanent Representative to the U.N. agencies and other international organisations in Geneva Andrei Nikiforov said on Monday, September 16.