‘Turkey fights against terrorists, not Kurds,’ presidential spokesman tells US president over his threat on Turkey Turkey on Sunday warned U.S. President Donald Trump against conflating Syrian Kurds with the PKK terror organization and its [ More … ]
State media says seven others wounded on attack on military base in Eruh district of Siirt province PKK militants staged an attack near a military base in southeast Turkey’s Siirt province, killing six Turkish security [ More … ]
Iraq’s leader Abadi and Turkey’s President Erdogan pledged to strengthen cooperation as ties between their two countries warm in the wake of the Kurdish independence vote. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and Turkish President Recep [ More … ]
By: Mohamed Abu Saada* The Kurdish-Zionist relations can be traced back to the era prior to the establishment of the occupation state (Israel) in 1948, where they significantly deepened and flourished after declaration of [ More … ]
The Syrian Democratic Forces said they captured a major oil field in Deir Ezzor province on Sunday, pressing their offensive against Islamic State fighters in eastern Syria. The US-backed group said they took al-Omar field [ More … ]
Iraqi forces seized the Kirkuk governor’s office – along with key infrastructure – on Monday, as pro-Baghdad troops and militias swooped on the disputed Kurdish-held city. Iraqi forces have entered the Kirkuk and appear set [ More … ]
By : Hussain Abdul Hussain* Of all the countries that announced their position toward the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan, America has probably have taken the most ambiguous stance. Officially, the U.S. opposes Kurdish independence and [ More … ]
Tehran has imposed a ban on flights to and from Iraq’s Kurdish region and Iran in response to ‘the insistence’ of Kurdish leaders in going ahead with the independence referendum. Iran said on Sunday that [ More … ]
BY : Zekeriya Kurşun* On the morning of Sept. 26, there won’t be a new Kurdish state, a new Kurdish republic. Neither will the century-old dreams of Kurds come true as Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President [ More … ]
Iraqi Ambassador to Russia Haidar Mansour Hadi said that Baghdad rejects the referendum in Kurdistan. Iraqi Delegate Praises Russia’s Position on Kurdistan’s Independence Referendum Baghdad rejects the referendum in Kurdistan, it is illegal from the UN viewpoint, [ More … ]
The US has asked Kurdish leaders to postpone the vote over fears it would distract from the fight against the Islamic State Iraqi Kurds have rejected a call by the US to postpone a referendum [ More … ]
US-backed fighters pierced militant-held Raqqa from the south for the first time on Sunday, crossing the Euphrates River to enter a new part of the Syrian city, a monitor said. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) [ More … ]
A referendum would be a mistake that would deteriorate the understanding of Iraq’s solidarity, the Turkish foreign ministry said Turkey on Friday called a plan by Iraqi Kurds to hold a referendum on independence a [ More … ]
BY: ÇETİNER ÇETİN * The exacerbating problems between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and between the UAE and Bahrain can be put in a nutshell by referring to Iran and the growing rapprochement with it. Moreover, [ More … ]
Ankara considers US-backed Syrian rebels to be linked to separatists in Turkey Washington says it is ‘keenly aware’ of Turkey’s concerns about to provide arms to Kurdish elements of the Syrian Democratic Forces US President [ More … ]
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