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Canada respects Kurdistan Region’s referendum: PM
Pentagon Looking to Georgia to Help Arm Syrian Rebels
Syria (EAN) – The United States negotiated with Georgia to buy weapons for Syrian rebel militias. While both the Pentagon and the Georgian government confirmed the deal, the Georgian government said it was still waiting for formal confirmation on where the…
Iraqi Parliament Preemptively Declares Kurdish Referendum Invalid
Iraq (GPA) – The Iraqi parliament voted Tuesday to preemptively declare the planned Kurdish independence referendum as invalid. The referendum – which would create an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq – is slated for the 25th of this month. The…
Baghdad Not to Recognize Result of Kurdish Independence Vote
Iraq (Tasnim) – The spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s office, described holding an independence referendum in the Arab country’s Kurdistan region as an “unlawful” move, stressing that the central government would not recognize the result of the upcoming vote.…
BREAKING: US Immigration begins deporting Christians to face genocide #NotOnMyWatch
(TFC) – The United States has started mass deportations of Iraqi Christians. The Christians will be sent to an area with an active war zone, many have been told they will be sent to Mosul, a location with an active ISIS…
The ‘success’ of political Islam in the Kurdish context
Turkey (OpenDemocracy) – We need to go beyond the dichotomy between radical and moderate Islam to see how Islamist movements impose hegemony at local, national and international levels. Islamism is one of the most powerful political drivers not only in the…
Turkey Building ‘Great Wall’ on Borders With Syria, Iran, Iraq
Turkey (Sputnik) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara would reconsider its approach to protecting its national borders, including building walls along the border with Iraq and Iran. Thus, the planned walls will add to the one being currently constructed along the…
Turkey blames U.S. support for Syrian Kurdish YPG
Turkey (KurdPress) – Turkey’s National Security Council blames on Wednesday the U.S. government’s decision to arm the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia in Syria and stated that the attempt was “not befitting” a friend. In a statement released after a 4-1/2-hour meeting…
“A homeland that wants to kill us”
Turkey (OpenDemocracy) – “This hatred overdose and systematic lynch campaign is something that none of us were prepared for. We are civilian citizens whose only ‘crime’ is to demand peace.” An open letter. Responding to your kind invitation to a conference,…
PKK claims it downed Turkish military helicopter
Turkey (KurdPress) – The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) claims it has downed a Turkish military helicopter that crashed this week in southeastern Turkey, killing all 13 personnel on board. The PKK said in a statement carried by the Firat news…
Breaking: US Now Arming Kurdish Fighters To Combat ISIS
(TFC) The United States has once again officially changed its preferred ally in Syria. The Donald Trump administration and Department of Defense appear, for the moment, to have swung away from arming “moderate rebels”, admittedly working side-by-side with the Islamic…
Situation in northern Syria will likely escalate: Russian foreign ministry
Syria (KurdPress) – The situation in northern Syria is very likely to escalate in the near future, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday. It is very likely that the situation in northern Syria could escalate in the near future…
Turkish ambassador to US accuses Washington of partnering with terrorists
United States (KurdPress) – Turkish Ambassador to the United States Serdar Kilic accused Washington on Monday of establishment a partnership with a terrorist organization in the wake of the recent US decision to supply Syrian Kurdish forces with US arms, Kom…
Turkey Recruits Thousands of Free Syrian Army Rebels to Fight Kurds
Turkey (Sputnik) – Turkey has ostensibly spent three months training a large rebel force planning to deploy them against the People’s Protection Units (YPG), a commander of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) told Sputnik Turkey on condition of anonymity. “Turkey is…