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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has reasserted Tehran’s position that it cannot tolerate the presence of Kurdish separatists on its border with Iraq, PressTV has reported. Raisi made his comment yesterday during a meeting with Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, who was visiting Iran. The day before, Hussein had announced that Iraq had started to relocate […]
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Iran cannot tolerate Kurdish militants on Iraq border, says Raisi
September 15th, 2023 
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Posted in Iraq, Middle East, News 
Tags: border, cannot, kurdish, militants, raisi, tolerate 
No Comments »US in Syria’s Deir Ez-Zor to defuse Arab tribal unrest against Kurdish rule
September 4th, 2023 Awake Goy Senior US officials visited Syria’s eastern oil-rich Deir Ez-Zor province yesterday in an attempt to defuse an uprising by Arab tribes against Kurdish rule that is destabilising northeast Syria, Reuters reported US officials, security sources and residents saying. An Arab tribal backlash against the rule of the Kurdish YPG militia has led to clashes, with over 150 […]
The Kurdish Party in Turkiye not fielding a candidate in the election
March 23rd, 2023 Awake Goy Turkiye's main pro-Kurdish Party said, Wednesday, it would not field a presidential candidate in May elections, giving tacit support to Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rival in the crucial vote, AP reports. According to the report, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) reduces the possibility of a damaging split of the anti-Erdogan vote, boosting the chances of the opposition alliance's […]
Kurdish groups involved in Isfahan attack: report
February 2nd, 2023 Awake Goy TEHRAN – An Iranian media outlet linked to the country’s top security council said “counterrevolutionary Kurdish groups” played a logistical role in the attack that targeted a military facility in Isfahan. Source
The Kurdish issue in Turkish-American relations
January 25th, 2023 Awake Goy The topic of this article, of course, is very complex, profound and ambiguous, which requires more fundamental case studies. The author does not claim to have comprehensive coverage of this issue but will nevertheless try to outline the main features of Turkish-American relations taking into account the Kurdish issue. The Kurdish issue remains an integral […]
Erdogan demands Putin clear Kurdish militias from Syria border region
December 13th, 2022 Awake Goy Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has demanded that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, clear Kurdish militias from the Syrian border region, three years after Moscow guaranteed Ankara it would do so. In a phone call yesterday, Erdogan told Putin that it is "important to clear the [Kurdish fighters] from the border to a depth of […]
At least three killed in suspected Kurdish strikes at Turkey-Syria border
November 21st, 2022 Awake Goy Turkish authorities say the rockets hit a school and two buildings in the town of Karkamis. Source
Photos Show Widespread Protests In Iran Over Kurdish Woman’s Death
September 27th, 2022 Awake Goy Mahsa Amini died days after Iran’s morality police detained her for not wearing her hijab properly, leading to demonstrations by civilians demanding justice. Source
Assyrian loanwords in Kurdish
September 18th, 2022 Awake Goy While many make a huge deal of foreign loanwords in Classical Syriac or Modern Assyrian Aramaic, little do we realise how much our own language has affected our neighbours, particularly the Kurds. As a result, the various dialects of Kurmanji (including Bahdinani) are full of Syriac/Aramaic words borrowed from their Assyrian Christian and Jewish neighbours […]
Semra Güzel: Pro-Kurdish MP arrested in Turkey
September 3rd, 2022 Awake Goy Turkish police arrested a pro-Kurdish member of parliament after photos were published showing him with members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), recognised by Ankara as a terrorist organisation. Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced that MP Semra Güzel of the Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) was arrested while traveling in northwestern Turkey and in possession of […]
Kurdish SDF calls on Russia, Iran to prevent planned Turkish military operation
July 17th, 2022 Awake Goy The head of the Kurdish-led militant group Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has called on Russia and Iran to help prevent Turkiye from launching a military offensive against its positions in northern Syria, as the threat of a new Turkish operation continues to loom. According to the AFP news agency, the SDF's chief commander Mazloum Abdi […]
Kurdish Terrorist Factions bring their Conflicts to Syria from Kurdistan
December 21st, 2021 Awake Goy DECEMBER 18, 2021 ARABI SOURI
There are no friends for Kurdish migrants on the Polish border
November 19th, 2021 Awake Goy US President Joe Biden is worried, and his worry is shared by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Not, I might add, because of the “attempted assassination” of Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi last week. Their feelings, along with those of all of the other US, European and Middle Eastern officials, were deeper than mere concern, […]
Posted in Iraq, Middle East, us Tags: border, friends, kurdish, migrants, polish, there No Comments »Iraqi Kurdistan’s inaction over Kurdish militants angers Iran
September 8th, 2021 Awake Goy Iraqi Kurdistan’s inaction over Kurdish militants angers Iran – Tehran%20Times TEHRAN – In the latest indication that Iraqi Kurdistan’s regional government has not sufficiently heeded Iran’s earlier warnings over the activism of dissident groups, a senior Iranian general starkly warned the Iraqi Kurdish authorities to rein in the activities of these groups. Brigadier General Mohammad […]
Kurdish SDF Terrorists Block Syrians from Voting in Presidential Election
May 26th, 2021 Awake Goy ARABI SOURI MAY 25, 2021 The Kurdish SDF terrorists occupying regions in northern Syria with the help of the US forces have blocked all the crossings from the regions they occupy into government-controlled areas to prevent the Syrians from voting in the presidential election. A statement issued by the so-called Syrian ‘Democratic’ Administration stated that all crossing with […]
Posted in netanyahu, Syria Tags: block, election, kurdish, presidential, Syrians, terrorists, voting No Comments »Iranian movies pulled from London Global Kurdish Film Festival over separatism policy
April 27th, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN – Three Iranian movies were withdrawn from the 12th Global Kurdish Film Festival in London on Monday over its alleged policy of promoting separatism. In statements published by the Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) and Mohsen Sakha, the producers of “Sky Sun, Tile Sun” and “Children of the Night” and “Car Wash”, said […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: festival, global, iranian, kurdish, London, movies, pulled No Comments »EU chiefs to visit Turkey amid tensions over Ankara’s crackdown on Kurdish-supporting party
March 30th, 2021 Awake Goy European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel have announced they will visit Turkey on April 6, amid tensions over Ankara’s crackdown on the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). The trip to Turkey, where the two EU leaders are set to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was announced by the […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: ankara, chiefs, crackdown, kurdish, tensions, Turkey, visit No Comments »Threat to close pro-Kurdish party echoes long tradition in Turkey’s politicskurd
March 22nd, 2021 Awake Goy HDP may be added to long list of left-wing and Islamist parties shut down over the decades by the Turkish state Supporters of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) demonstrate against the party’s closure in front of the Turkish parliament on 8 December 2009 (AFP) By Alex MacDonald Published date: 20 March 2021 10:41 UTC In 1998, […]
Turkish police arrest pro-Kurdish party officials, rights group head
March 20th, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: arrest, kurdish, Officials, party, police, rights, turkish No Comments »Turkey’s move to shut pro-Kurdish party worries its Western allies
March 18th, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source
Turkey plans to shut down pro-Kurdish opposition party, ruling party official says
March 3rd, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source
Turkey to shut down pro-Kurdish opposition party – ruling party official
March 3rd, 2021 Awake Goy Turkey’s government plans to shut down the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the ruling AK Party’s deputy parliament chairman was quoted as saying on Tuesday, the most senior official to endorse nationalist demands for its closure. President Tayyip Erdogan’s government and its nationalist MHP allies accuse the HDP of links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers […]
Turkey will expand operations against Kurdish militants, Erdogan says after Iraq killings
February 16th, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source
Turkey says it killed 15 Kurdish militants preparing attack in northeast Syria
December 28th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
European court rules Turkey must free prominent Kurdish politician Demirtas
December 23rd, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Posted in European Union Tags: court, european, kurdish, politician, prominent, rules, Turkey No Comments »Erdogan ally calls for Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party to be banned
December 17th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Eleven killed in clash between Kurdish, Turkey-backed fighters in Syria, war monitor says
November 24th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Turkey bans Kurdish-language play from Istanbul theatre, organisers say
October 14th, 2020 Awake Goy Turkish authorities have banned a Kurdish-language play from a municipal theatre in Istanbul, according to organisers. “Beru”, a Kurdish translation of the play “Horn and Trumpets… and Petarades” by famous Italian writer Dario Fo, was included in the Istanbul Municipal Theatre’s October programme. But the play was reportedly removed from the schedule on Tuesday. It […]
The world celebrated Kurdish women’s fight against ISIS. Now it’s silent as they’re raped and tortured
October 8th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
Kurdish official says thousands of Syrians to leave detention camp for ISIS families
October 6th, 2020 Awake Goy Download App© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved
