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Zeynep Conkar
Zeynep Conkar is a deputy producer at TRT World.
Zeynep Conkar is a deputy producer at TRT World.
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Will the UN’s genocide warning on Al Fasher trigger action against the RSF?
The UN has inched towards a genocide determination in Al Fasher after detailing mass killings, rape and siege tactics against Sudanese communities. What happens next depends more on political will than law.
5 min read
How Israeli weapons are ‘obliterating’ Palestinians and why it constitutes a war crime
Thermobaric and incendiary weapons lead to incineration and fragmentation of bodies, which constitutes a war crime under the principles of distinction and proportionality, human rights lawyers say.
6 min read
When burning homes no longer count as terrorism in the occupied West Bank
A new Shin Bet policy now limits the definition of terrorism to attacks with ‘clear intent to kill'. Palestinians say the change is normalising settler attacks and rendering them invisible.
8 min read
One Syria, reclaimed: How Syrians read the victory against YPG
From Deir Ezzor to Raqqa, from Hasakah to Tabqa, Syrians who endured years of YPG/PKK terror, impoverishment and restrictions are celebrating the return of state control, and with it, the promise of one unified Syria.
8 min read
Will Australia investigate Israel’s president for genocide, or roll out the red carpet?
As Israeli President Isaac Herzog prepares to visit Sydney next month, a legal complaint alleging incitement to genocide could turn a ceremonial trip into a test of Australia’s commitment to international law.
6 min read
Explained: Why Trump's Greenland ambition has Silicon Valley fingerprints all over it
Tech billionaires have been quietly investing in Greenland's rare earth mines. Seeking independence from Denmark through foreign investment, the island may be inviting something worse.
9 min read
Do Trump’s UN exits tear down image of US as defender of international law?
The president is pulling the US out of dozens of UN bodies while openly dismissing international law as a limit on his power. Is this the end of liberal constitutionalism?
6 min read
2025 in review: How the West took a sharp right turn, from Europe to the US
Far-right ideas crossed into the mainstream, as governments across Europe and the US normalised harsher border checks, expanded surveillance, and suppressed dissent.
7 min read
The year accountability failed: How the promise of justice for Palestine unravelled
What began in 2024 as a historic challenge to Israel’s impunity, ended in 2025 as a lesson in power politics, Western complicity, and the limits of international law against those shielded by global might.
7 min read
How ‘moral injury’ is driving a mental health collapse inside the Israeli army
As suicide attempts surge and tens of thousands seek psychological help, psychologists say that the Israeli army is breaking under the moral and emotional toll of the Gaza genocide, and those burdens will shape Israeli society for generations.
7 min read
