Published time: 9 Jul, 2017 Get short URL FILE PHOTO: Turkish forces and members of the Free Syrian Army are seen at the al Baza’a village on the outskirts of al-Bab town in Syria © Khalil Ashawi / Reuters Ankara will respond decisively to any threats on its borders, […]
The offensive to take Raqqa back from Islamic State has begun. Kurdish fighters are leading the charge in the hopes of eliminating the Islamist scourge — but they are also hoping to expand their power in northern Syria. By Christoph Reuter Photos ALICE MARTINS / DER SPIEGEL June 14, 2017 […]
Reuters International JUN 7, 2017 FILE PHOTO: Iraq’s Kurdistan region’s President Massoud Barzani gestures during a joint news conference with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel (not pictured) in Erbil, Iraq […]
Reuters International MAY 23, 2017 By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Iraqi Kurdish push for independence from Baghdad appears likely to be a question of “not if but when,” in a significant challenge to Iraq’s stability, the head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency said on Tuesday. Iraq’s main […]
by BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY Bernard-Henri Lévy is one of the founders of the “Nouveaux Philosophes” (New Philosophers) movement. His books include Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism, American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville, and most recently, The Genius of Judaism. ERBIL – By history […]
Reuters International APR 6, 2017 FILE PHOTO: Kurdish Peshmerga forces celebrate Newroz Day, a festival marking spring and the new year, in Kirkuk March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed/File Photo (reuters_tickers) […]
Ayşegül Aydın and Cem Emrence December 2016 Download the full paper Kurdish groups in the Middle East are once again occupying global headlines today. While the Western media typically labels them as trustworthy friends in a region rife with enemies and shifting alliances, many regional actors see the Kurds as problematic, […]
Reuters International FEB 9, 2017 – By Emily Wither and Girish Gupta ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – At a training course in northern Iraq, people displaced by the wars in Mosul and neighbouring Syria are learning how to code. Some are already being sought by global companies even though they […]
Jan 04,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen] The Daesh-claimed attack on the upmarket nightclub in Istanbul must be counted as a “blowback” to policies adopted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Having been ready to use takfiris as tools to advance his policies, his government is now regarded as “apostate” […]
Reuters International DEC 7, 2016 – American vehicles are seen in Bartila, Iraq December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (reuters_tickers) By Dominic Evans, Maher Chmaytelli and Patrick Markey BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – In the early days of the assault on Islamic State in Mosul, Iran successfully pressed Iraq to change […]
By AP – Oct 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Rebel fighters ride a military vehicle on the outskirts of the Syria Democratic Forces-controlled Tall Rifaat town, northern Aleppo province, Syria, on Saturday (Reuters photo) BEIRUT — A leading northern Syrian rebel coalition warned civilians in Aleppo to stay away from […]
Oct 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Amer Al Sabaileh According to various security reports, the last few weeks have seen systematic mass withdrawal of Daesh fighters from Mosul, in anticipation of the battle to free this city from the terrorist group’s grip. The US insists on separating political and military […]
There is support, but a lot of the time it’s delayed,’ says one general Loveday Morris, Thomas Gibbons-Neff Kanhash @lovedayM Saturday 22 October 2016 families wait to receive food supplies at a processing centre for displaced people In Qayyara, south of Mosul REUTERS Iraqi and Kurdish forces, who have relied […]
Posted on October 23, 2016 by Editorial Staff KHAZER, Iraq,— Iraqi and Kurdish forces have launched a new offensive on a town near Mosul as part of a massive operation aimed at retaking the country’s second largest city from the Islamic State group. The Kurdish forces, known as peshmerga, said […]
17 October 2016 The long-planned, US-directed offensive to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has begun. On Monday morning, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared on national television: “Today, I declare the start of these victorious operations.” The assault on Mosul starkly […]
15 Oct 2016 WRITER: AFP ARBIL (IRAQ) – Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani said Saturday that preparations for the operation to retake Mosul from jihadists have been completed and it is time for the battle to begin. Massud Barzani (centre) says it is time for the battle for Mosul to […]
By AFP – Oct 14,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Members of Iraqi security forces gesture as a convoy advances on the outskirts of Mosul, to fight against the Daesh terror group militants in Kirkuk, Iraq, Wednesday (Reuters photo) BAGHDAD — The Iraqi foreign ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador on […]
This man’s story, told with the usual anonymity for this tragic place, must melt a heart of stone and so I tell it in his own words Robert Fisk in Diyabarkir @indyvoices Home again: Turkish Kurds returning to Diyarbakir in the spring after a curfew on the city is lifted […]
The democratic Kurdish parties are dwarfed by this battle, which consumed the centre of Diyabarkir last winter and early spring, and then Cizre – and then Nusaybin Robert Fisk in Nusaybin @indyvoices The PKK enlists women and men as suicide bombers and rifle-carrying suicide guerrillas in its battle against the Turkish […]
Special Report – In fight against Islamic State, Kurds expand their territory A member of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces gestures in Zumar, Iraq October 25, 2014. REUTERS/Ari Jalal/File Photo left right 1/12 By Isabel Coles and Stephen Kalin | ZUMAR, IRAQ From the terrace of the house Abu Suhail occupies, […]