16/01/2024
The historical problem faced by the Kurds in the Middle East is that they live in a hostile environment surrounded by powerful enemies.
Yesterday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted several locations in Erbil, the Kurdistan region of Iraq, including the home of a Kurdish businessman who was reported to have been killed and members of his family injured or killed. In the past 4 days, the Turkish army has targeted 75 locations in Syrian Kurdish areas by airstrikes and drone attacks, mostly civilians. Targeting infrastructure in the region deprives about 2 million people of daily services.
Is there an international body or decision center that can deter killers or hold violators of international law accountable?
Some 2,500 years ago, the Greek historian Thucydides wrote in his book "The History of the Peloponnesian War":
“You know and we know, as practical men, that the question of justice arises only between parties equal in strength and that the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.”