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Iraq won’t tolerate a ‘2nd Israel’, Baghdad’s response to Kurdish independence rally
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U.S. doesn’t support Kurdish independence in Syria and the greater region: Satterfield
nsnbc : The United States does not support Kurdish independence in Syria or the greater region said David Satterfield, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near […]
Pentagon is planning a new war against Syria, this time with Kurdish troops
While the Syrian Arab Army, the Russian aviation and Hezbollah are preparing to finish off Daesh, the Pentagon is planning a new war against Syria, this time with Kurdish troops. Just as the mission of the Caliphate was to create a Sunnistan straddling Iraq and Syria, so the mission of « Rojava » is to […]
Iran’s Larijani: Iraq’s neighbors opposed to Kurdish independence referendum
Tasnim – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Iraq’s central government and its neighboring countries, including Iran, are strongly opposed to a unilateral plan by the semi-autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence referendum. “I believe that holding the referendum in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region would be to the detriment of the people,” Larijani said in […]
Turkey-backed Tahrir al-Sham attacked Syrian – Kurdish positions
nsnbc : The Turkey-backed Tahrir al-Sham attacked positions held by the Syrian – Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) on Monday. Attacks were repelled. In […]
Chief of Iran’s Expediency Disernment Council claims Iraqi Kurdish independence leads to war
nsnbc : Mohsen Rezaei, the head of Iran’s powerful Expediency Discernment Council, appointed by Iran’s Supreme Leader, warned Iraqi Kurds about the likelihood of a 20-year-long […]
A History of Violence: The Myth of the Moderate Kurdish Rebel
Sarah Abed has finally posted part 3 of her series on the Kurds. I put up a commentary on the first two parts back in July in which I wrote, by way of introduction: What are we to think of the Kurds–often portrayed by mainstream media as gallant freedom fighters, with lots of cute girls fighting in […]
Iranian security forces blamed for cancelling Kurdish football match
nsnbc : The Saidsadiq football club from Iraq’s Kurdistan Autonomous Region has claimed that security forces in Iran have cancelled a friendly match between it […]
A History Of Violence – The Myth Of The Moderate Kurdish Rebel
A Kurdistan separatist fighter waits at his position near Degala, Iraq. Oct. 16, 1996 during fighting between rival Kurdish factions. (AP/Burhan Ozbilici) SYRIA (Analysis)-– In Part I of independent analyst Sarah Abed’s three-part analysis for MintPress News, Abed began exposing the modern day Kurdish/Israeli alliance that both parties have tried to keep hidden in order […]
Turkey sentences two Czech nationals for links to Syrian – Kurdish YPG
nsnbc : A court in Turkey sentenced two Czech nationals to six years and three months for membership in the Syrian – Kurdish People’s […]
Turkey arrests French journalist over links to Syrian – Kurdish YPG
nsnbc : Turkish authorities have arrested the French freelance journalist Loup Jean Rene Bureau over alleged links to the Syrian – Kurdish People’s Protection […]
Turkey arrested UK citizen who fought alongside Syrian – Kurdish YPG forces
nsnbc : The 23-year-old UK citizen Joe Robinson was arrested in Turkey and faces terrorism charges there because he has fought alongside fighters of […]
SYRIA: The Myth of the Kurdish YPG’s Moral Excellence
Article in Rolling Stone: Anarchists vs Islamic State By, Stephen Gowans A barbed criticism aimed at the International Socialist Organization, shown nearby, under the heading “If the ISO Existed in 1865” encompasses a truth about the orientation of large parts of the Western Left to the Arab nationalist government in Damascus. The truth revealed in […]
US-backed Syrian – Kurdish forces foil Turkey-led attack north of Aleppo
nsnbc : Fighters of the Syrian – Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), supported by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, foiled major Turkey-led attack north […]
The Kurdish Connection: Israel, ISIS And U.S. Efforts To Destabilize Iran
An Iraqi Kurd reads a copy of the magazine Israel-Kurd on a street in Irbil, Iraq in 2009. (Azad Lashkari/Reuters) SYRIA (Analysis)– In Part I of independent analyst Sarah Abed’s three-part analysis for MintPress News, Abed began exposing the modern day Kurdish/Israeli alliance that both parties have tried to keep hidden in order to avoid […]
Iran Revolutionary Guard killed three Kurdish Peshmerga during alleged anti-ISIS operation
nsnbc : The Iranian – Kurdish Komala party confirmed that Iranian Revolutionary Guards had killed three of its militants after the Guard announced it […]
Saudi Arabia Showing Signs Of Support For Kurdish Fighters, Shows Possible Rift With Turkey Over Qatar
By Brandon Turbeville Only days after the falling out between Saudi Arabia and Qatar that resulted in a virtual blockade of Qatar by Gulf countries and Egypt, overtures are apparently being made between Saudi Arabia and Kurdish political and military units. While many may not understand the connection between the two events, rest […]
U.S. denies Syrian – Kurdish PYD leader Salih Muslim visa for conference in Washington D.C.
nsnbc : The United States has, for the second year, denied Salih Muslim, the leader of the Syrian – Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) […]
‘Truckloads’ of US arms and ammo reach Kurdish militia in Syria – reports
The US arms shipment was reserved for the multi-ethnic Syrian militia known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) dominated by Kurdish YPG units, according to the media reports. US to send heavier weapons to Syrian Kurds and reassures NATO ally, Turkey – Pentagon The SDF is fighting Islamic State (IS, former ISIS/ISIL) and is preparing […]
‘Not if, but when’: US intel chief warns Kurdish secession from Iraq imminent
Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence from Baghdad appears to be only a matter of time, presenting a tremendous challenge to Iraq’s future, according to the head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency. “Kurdish independence is on a trajectory where it is probably not if, but when. And it will complicate the situation unless there’s an agreement […]
In pictures: Kurdish unit defects to Iraqi Army ranks in Nineveh province
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (8:50 P.M.) – Following tensions between the Peshmerga and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Sinjar region, a Kurdish commander decided to defect to the pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) and bring with him the entire unit under his command along with their US-supplied weaponry. The rare incident took place on Thursday […]
Syrian Kurdish PYD won’t attent Geneva talks: Salih Muslim
nsnbc : The Syrian Kurds will not be able to attend the next round of Geneva talks on Syria due to Turkey’s anti-Kurdish sentiment […]
Leader of Iraqi – Kurdish Gorran movement returned from London to Iraq
nsnbc : Nawshirwan Mustafa, the leader of the Iraqi – Kurdish Gorran party (Change Movement), who spent about eight months in the United Kingdom […]
Heavy casualties as ISIS suicide bomber hits Kurdish convoy north of Raqqa
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:00 P.M.) – On Saturday, an Islamic State suicide bomber blew up amid a gathering of Kurdish militants, inflicting heavy casualties on the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northern Raqqa countryside. According to Amaq Agency, some 20 Kurdish fighters of the US-backed SDF were killed and an additional 10 wounded. The SVBIED […]
U.S. And Turkey On Collision Course Over Kurdish Forces In Syria
A top adviser for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ilnur Cevik, warned on May 3 that United States troops and equipment risk being destroyed due to their proximity to Kurdish forces in Northern Syria. Turkey claims those fighters are aligned with the Kurdish militant group the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been […]
US troops could be ‘accidentally’ hit in strikes against Kurdish militants – Erdogan adviser
“It doesn’t matter whether they [US troops] are patrolling there. If those PKK [Kurdistan Workers’ Party] terrorists continue their activities within Turkey…you know they are infiltrating from northern Syria [into Turkey]…” Ilnur Cevik, a senior political adviser to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told Turkish radio station CRI TURK on Wednesday. “…If they go a little […]
KDP official on Tehran’s comments on Kurdish referendum in Iraq: The Ayatollah should mind his own business
The KDP official went on to say that Kurdistan wanted to be a good neighbor to all of its neighbors and that more than two decades of self-rule had proven that the Kurdistan Region is no a source of threat to its neighbors. “We have never been the source of threat or never threatened the national security […]