Posts Tagged ‘kurds’

Russia gave Turkey the green light to attack Syrian Kurds: Keno Gabriel

nsnbc : The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Monday that Russia has betrayed the SDFby allowing Turkey to carry out attacks on the […]

USA a totally unreliable ally. How US went from supporting Syrian Kurds, to backing Turkey against them – in just 9 days

For all the backpedaling and reframing the US officials are now doing, the chronology of the volte-face from Afrin to Ankara is startlingly straightforward. READ MORE: ‘No stepping back’ from Afrin campaign: Turkish Army takes offensive to Azaz district January 13 US announces a 30,000-strong Kurdish YPG-led Border Security Force (BSF) to stave off a […]

Turkish field op against Afrin Kurds ‘de facto underway’ – Erdogan

“The Afrin operation has de facto been started on the ground,” Erdogan said in a televised speech in the city of Kutahya, as cited by AFP. Ankara says ‘has no option’ but to attack Syrian Kurds in Afrin, starts cross-border shelling “This will be followed by Manbij,” he added, referring to a Kurdish-controlled town in […]

Turkey could launch military offensive on Syrian Kurds in Afrin and Manbij within a week: Erdogan

nsnbc : Turkey’s President R. Tayyip Erdogan has said his country could launch a military offensive on Afrin and Manbij in northern Syria, within […]

‘Kurds are pawns in US strategic games’

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) say they could join the government army if they’re allowed to form a federal state in the north of the country. The statement came after Turkey claimed the US president had promised to stop arming Kurdish forces. However, there’s apparently no clear position from the White House on the […]

Iraqi Kurds Renounce Secession Claims – Will Remain Part of Iraq

On the 25th of September, Iraqi Kurds held a secessionist vote based on the principles of extreme ethno-nationalist, where Kurds voted to separate from Iraq. The referendum was boycotted by Arabs, Assyrians, Armenians and local Turkmen and was doubly controversial as it included areas of Iraq that had been unilaterally occupied by Kurdish militants, which […]

Putin and Erdogan discuss political solution for Syria but Kurds cause controversy

nsnbc : Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President R. Tayyip Erdogan met for a working meeting at a presidential residence in the Black […]

Iraqi Kurds proposed 7-point plan on borders and territorial disputes to Baghdad

nsnbc : Jabar Yawar, Chief of Staff of the Peshmerga Ministry of Iraq’s Kurdistan Autonomous Region (KAR) said the Kurdish military delegation in charge of […]

Ceasefire reached between Iraq and Kurds, ending post-referendum violence – US-led coalition

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Iraqi PM meets with Turkish president on Kurds

AP— The Latest on developments in Iraq (all times local): 1 p.m. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on the independence referendum held by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region which both countries strongly opposed. Al-Abadi, who arrived in Ankara on Wednesday, is also scheduled to meet with Prime […]

US-Backed Syrian Kurds Transfer Key Gas Field To Russians After Secret Talks

In a move that surprised many observers of the ongoing war for Deir Ezzor province, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) handed over one of Syria’s largest gas fields to Russian forces on Thursday, possibly as the result of unprecedented direct talks between high ranking Russian officials and Kurdish leaders in Qamishli in northeastern Syria. […]

Islamist terrror hordes against Kurds: Turkey’s armed forces started “reconnaissance” in Syria’s Idlib province

nsnbc : The General Staff of Turkey’s Armed Forces announced that it has launched reconnaissance activities in the de-confliction zone established in Syria’s Idlib […]

Trump administration urges Iraqi Kurds to not hold referendum for independence

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Iraq’s Sunni Mufti said oppression led Kurds to seek independence

nsnbc : The mufti of Iraq’s Sunni community, through a representative, said the Iraqi governments’ oppression against Kurds prompted the Kurdistan Autonomous Region to […]

US & israel’s plan B to destabilise Middle East, using Kurds instead of ISIS

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned against the partitioning of Iraq in the wake of this week’s Kurdish independence referendum, arguing that its cessation from Iraq will set off a chain reaction and lead to more endless wars in the region. “It will open the door to partition, partition, partition,” Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah emphasized, according to Reuters. […]

Turkey, Iraq, and Iran Consider Joint Military Action Against the Kurds

Turkey’s Foreign Minister says the possibility of attacking the Kurds is “on the table.” (ANTIWAR.COM) — Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu today warned that every option is on the table for dealing with Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence bid, and that they are considering a joint military operation with the Iraqi central government against the Kurds. Iran chimed […]

Kurds and Palestinians? There’s no comparison

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From Baghdad to Istanbul: How Iraqi Kurds Could End Up Under De facto Turkish Rule

21st Century Wire says… After seven years of war in Syria, and three years of ISIS marauding through Iraq, one thing is for sure: Iraqi Kurdistan is not what it was five years ago – when its geopolitical chaperone in Washington was still militarily occupying Iraq, and with oil pegged above $100 per barrel and […]

Turkish air force attacked Kurds in Kurdistan Autonomous Region of Iraq

nsnbc : Turkey’s General Staff, on September 24, one day before the scheduled independence referendum in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region of Iraq, admitted that […]

Amidst Universal Opposition To KRG Referendum, Israel Stands By Kurds

With the September 25th scheduled Kurdish Referendum in Iraq less than a week away, nations worldwide including; the US, UK, France, UN, Iran, and Iraq have expressed their objection and dissent and are calling for its suspension. All except for Israel, a lone supporter, and longtime friend of the Kurds. However, this doesn’t seem to have […]

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