4 Jews Killed in Paris Attack Buried in Israel

January 13, 2015 · Israel, Charlie Hebdo, Jonathan Spyer

Under a cloudless Jerusalem sky, a crowd of thousands gathered at the cemetery at Givat Shaul on Tuesday, to bury the four Jews murdered at the Hyper Cacher in Paris. Yoav Hattab, Yohan Cohen, Philippe Braham, and Francois-Michel Saada were laid to rest in Har Hamenuhot, on the approach to…

Wars Within Wars

May 26, 2014 · Features, Jonathan Spyer, War

Kobani, Syrian Kurdish Region

Kurds in the Middle

October 25, 2010 · Jonathan Spyer, Magazine, Kurds

Iraqi Kurdistan "There is today a strategic alliance between Iran and Turkey’s [ruling AKP party],” says Murat Karayilan, the de facto leader of the PKK. The Kurdistan Workers’ party’s actual number one, Abdullah Ocalan, has been imprisoned in Turkey since 1999 for his war against Ankara dating…