Patrick Cockburn is a correspondent for teh Independent, as well as author of “The Jihadis Return: ISIS and the New Sunni Uprising”.

Mr Ismail Saymaz is a Turkish investigative journalist for daily Radikal (since May 2002).

Dr Alan Semo is the UK Representative of the Democratic Union Party (PYD).

Mr Jason McCartney is the Conservative MP for Colne Valley in West Yorkshire.

Lord Clement-Jones is a Liberal Democrat Peer, the chair of the Liberal Democrats in Communications Committee, as well as a member of the Communications Committee.

Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman is the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdish Democratic Party.

Lord Maurice Glasman is a Labour Life Peer, as well as a member of Private Bills Select Committee in the House of Lords.

Mr Ahmet Şık is a Turkish investigative journalist, author of several books, and a trade unionist.

Rusen Cakir is senior correspondent for the Turkish daily Vatan and editor of Metis Publishing’s Black and White Book Series, which promotes the work of investigative journalists.

Dr Liam Fox is the Conservative MP for North Somerset, and Former Secretary of State for Defence.