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Latest in Tag: kurds
Bolton makes US troops withdrawal from Syria conditional on IS downfall, Kurds’ safety
Trump previously said that IS had been defeated, “all” 2,000 US troops in Syria will be “coming back now”
US warns Turkey against Syria operation targeting Kurds
Turkish president has vowed to launch new offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria soon
15 days into Turkey’s operation in AfrinÂ
Syrian Kurds targeted before Washington’s eyes
Turkey rolls on with Syria operation as US confirms retreat of Syrian Kurds
At least 10 more Turkish tanks have crossed into Syria, a day after pro-Ankara Syrian opposition fighters ousted jihadis from Jarablus.
Turkish soccer brawls: the battle for the future of the Kemalist state
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan dresses up his increasing authoritarianism with nationalist and religious overtones, sparking battles over the future of the Kemalist state. Those battles, pitting nationalist and conservative forces against secularists and Kurds, are nowhere more evident than on Turkish soccer pitches. A series of incidents in recent months highlighted the mounting tensions …
Egypt strongly condemns terror attack in Ankara
28 people were killed, 61 injured in a terror attack in the Turkish capital on Wednesday
Kurds will not be invited to Geneva talks: French FM
As the refugee crisis intensifies, Egypt condems new Danish law allowing police to seize assets from Asylum seekers
Syrian Kurds take strategic dam from ‘Islamic State’
An alliance of US-backed Syrian Kurdish and Arab rebels has taken a key dam on the Euphrates River from the so-called “Islamic State.” The alliance has pushed back “IS” from large swaths of territory.
US soldiers reportedly arrive in Syria to train Kurds fighting ‘Islamic State’
The Britain-based monitoring group, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said on Thursday that “more than 50 American instructors” had arrived in northern and northeastern Syria in the past two days
What is Syrian about the Syrian war?
By Hakim Khatib After five years of the Syrian war, we can recognise four conflicting parties on the ground – Al-Assad, ”Islamic State”, rebel groups and the Kurds. Each one of these conflicting parties has regional and international backers, who ironically do not agree with each other about whom they are fighting for or against. …
Erdogan pays tribute to Ankara bombing victims
Turkey’s President Erdogan and his Finnish counterpart have visited the site of the weekend’s twin bombings in Ankara. Three top level security officials in the capital have been sacked for the probe into the incident
Turkish football supports Erdogan’s war against the Kurds
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF), in a demonstration of the inseparable ties between sports and politics, has effectively declared its support for renewed Turkish-Kurdish hostilities designed to enhance the prospects of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party in forthcoming snap elections. With armed Kurdish youth effectively taking control of at least one predominantly Kurdish city …
Turkish soldier killed in alleged PKK attack amid government offensive
A Turkish army captain has been killed in an attack on a military outpost blamed on Kurdish PKK militants. The government has vowed to keep up its military campaign against the group, which has left a truce in tatters. The captain died of his wounds after an attack on a military outpost in Beytussebap district …
Kurdish forces targeted in northeastern Syria: monitor
The target of the attack was the headquarters of the Asayish security agency set up by an autonomous Kurdish administration in northern Syria
Peshmerga, US strikes fail to dislodge ‘Islamic State’
“Islamic State” still dominates parts of northern Iraq a year after forcing thousands of Yazidis to flee. US airstrikes have had little effect, and criticism of Kurdish Peshmerga has grown, Birgit Svensson reports. “We want the good people to hear our prayers and free our country as soon as possible,” said Johanna Boutros Moshe, the …
Re-configuring the Middle East: IS and changing demographics
By James M. Dorsey The Syrian civil war and Iraqi sectarian conflicts involving “Islamic State” (IS) have had far-reaching consequences for the demographics across the region. Once a relatively ethnically homogeneous autonomous region, Iraqi Kurdistan has seen its demography change radically as large numbers of Arab refugees pour into what was once an independent …
From Syria and Iraq to Iran: Kurdish minorities push for autonomy
By James M. Dorsey More than three years into Syria’s brutal civil war, Syrian Kurds have carved out an entity of their own close to the border with Turkey. Their battle against Islamic State (IS), the jihadist group that has conquered chunks of Syria and Iraq, for Kobani, a stone’s throw from the Syrian-Turkish border, symbolises …
The foreigner’s gift: Why Iran would gain from US military intervention in Iraq
By Michael Young What does one make of the apparent rapprochement between the United States and Iran over Iraq? It’s difficult to say, principally because both countries have very different agendas in the country, even if their shared aim is to contain the offensive of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). For Iran, fragmentation …
Iraq presses counter-offensive as US deploys warship
The militants, spearheaded by the powerful jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), have overrun all of one province and chunks of three more since they launched their offensive late last Monday.
Iran president visits Turkey hoping to fix troubled ties
Rouhani will meet his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, where the powerful neighbours are expected to discuss security concerns as well as trade opportunities.
Kurdish rebels ramp up pressure ahead of Turkey vote
Erdogan is widely expected to run, but to win he needs support from the country’s Kurdish minority, who make up one fifth of the population and form a majority in the southeast.
New Kurdish opposition group calls for Iran dialogue
They dubbed it the “Organisation of Free and Democratic Society for East Kurdistan,” abbreviated to KODAR.
Iraq criticises Kurds over oil ‘grey area’
Baghdad argues that all oil sales must be overseen by the central government, and regards any independent exports as tantamount to smuggling.
Kurdish rebels begin pullout from Turkey
A major step towards ending a decades-long conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people
Dozens die as Kurds, rebels clash in northern Syria
At least 122 people were killed nationwide on Monday in Syria
Iraq PM warns Kurd security forces to stay put
Kurdish leaders want to expand their autonomous region across a swathe of territory that stretches from Iraq’s eastern border with Iran to its western frontier with Syria
Attack in east Turkey: seven dead
Kidnappings and attacks on civilians: PKK hardliners gaining upper hand
Turkey receives terrorist threats related to the Syrian crisis
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, considered a terrorist group by Turkey, threatened to exercise “counter measures”
Turkish parliamentarian kidnapped by rebels
Kurdish forces draw attention amidst a military offensive
Turkey reports PKK casualties
Erdogan, has in recent weeks accused the regime in Syria of giving Kurdish rebels a free hand in the north of the country