The War Report 2017: Page 30

​There was one more situation of belligerent occupation in 2017 than in 2016, as Tur - key occupied part of northern Syria (for details, see the pro file on Turkey at rulac.org).

ELEVEN MILITARY OCCUPATIONS

Belligerent occupations continued in parts of ten states and territories: Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Eritrea, Georgia, Lebanon, Moldova, Palestine, Syria, Ukraine and Western Sahara.

​‘With the exception of Turkey’s occupation of Syria and Russia’s occupation of Ukraine, these are long-term occupations that have lasted for decades, as in the case of Cyprus, Eritrea, Palestine or Western Sahara’ underlines Annyssa Bellal.