Gendarmerie personnel on duty in the Başkale district in Turkey’s city of Van at an altitude of 2.400 meters, doesn’t forget the animals despite 22 degrees below zero cold. In the previous days, the gendarmerie personnel on duty at the traffic control point at the Bebleşin are on the Van-Hakkari highway, noticed a fox coming towards them on the road. Thought that the fox was hungry, the gendarmerie went up beside to the animal. Gendarmerie personnel fed the fox, which couldn’t find food due to snow and was starving for a long time, with their bare hands. Those moments were recorded by a personnel’s mobile phone camera.
Seven newly identified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide were buried at the Potocari Memorial Cemetery in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the 30th anniversary of the massacre. The genocide, recognized by international courts, claimed over 8,300 Muslim lives during the Bosnian War.
The ceremony drew leaders and officials from across the region and Europe, including Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, and French and NATO representatives.
Bosnian official Denis Bećirović emphasized the years of propaganda and planning that led to the genocide, while French President Emmanuel Macron warned that denialism has no place in EU-aspiring nations. NATO’s Mark Rutte called it a lasting tragedy linking the Netherlands and Bosnia.
Sirens marked the remembrance across cities, and symbolic tributes—including a silent jump from Mostar Bridge and the release of lilies—honored the victims. The newly buried include victims aged between 17 and 67.
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