
Farewell to Haidar
On New Year’s Eve, Haidar Khaled Akhalil embarked from Turkey to Greece. What happened after he landed shows that the danger for migrants does not end after surviving the perilous sea crossing.
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On New Year’s Eve, Haidar Khaled Akhalil embarked from Turkey to Greece. What happened after he landed shows that the danger for migrants does not end after surviving the perilous sea crossing.

In the first hours of 2026, Haidar and Hussein were lost. They set off from Turkey on New Year’s Eve to reach Europe and a

Following the escalation of the conflict and the start of joint attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran on 28 February 2026, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has faced sustained drone and missile attacks carried out by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups operating in Iraq.