Posts Tagged: Kurds
Trump Seeks Kurdish Allies Against Tehran, but Analysts Say Plan Is Risky, Could Take Years
The Trump administration, weighing whether the war with Iran could eventually require US troops on the ground, has begun reaching out to Kurdish opposition leaders...
Syria’s Internal Unrest Is Spurred by Turkish Ambitions
“The Syrian Democratic Forces’ [SDF] insistence on protecting what it has at all costs is the biggest obstacle to achieving peace and stability in Syria.”...
Syria Says It Hopes to Hold New Talks With Kurdish Forces as Western States Urge Adherence to Ceasefire
The Syrian government hopes to hold a new round of talks with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, possibly later on Tuesday, to spell out how the force would merge into the central state, a senior Syrian...
Syria Accuses Kurds of Breaking Truce in Threat to Chances of Deal
Syria's government said a drone strike by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces killed seven of its soldiers on Wednesday, though the SDF denied this, in an...
Syria’s Kurds Protest Aleppo Violence as Fears of Wider Conflict Grow
Several thousand people marched under the rain in northeast Syria on Tuesday to protest the expulsion of Kurdish fighters from the city of Aleppo the previous week after days...
Iran’s Execution Spree Continues Unabated, Alarming Human Rights Groups
The Islamist regime in Iran has ramped up its executions in what one human rights watchdog group described as "an unprecedented increase compared to previous...
Turkey Preparing Law to Let PKK Fighters Return Under Peace Plan
Turkey is preparing a law to let thousands of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters and civilians return home from hideouts in northern Iraq under negotiations to end generations of war. A senior Middle East official and a...
Turkey Says It Will Help Boost Lebanese Army’s Capacity Under Mandate
Turkish peacekeeping forces will continue to help boost the Lebanese army's capability under a renewed deployment mandate in Lebanon, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on Thursday. Turkey's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to renew the military's deployment mandates...
US Pulls Out of Two More Bases in Syria, Worrying Kurdish Forces
US forces have pulled out of two more bases in northeastern Syria, visiting Reuters reporters found, accelerating a troop drawdown that the commander of US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces said was allowing a resurgence of Islamic State. Reuters reporters who...
US-Backed Group Fights Syrian Army as Reignited Conflict Spreads
Fighters from a US-backed, Kurdish-led coalition battled Syrian government forces in northeastern Syria early on Tuesday, both sides said, opening a new front for President Bashar al-Assad...
Our Own Worst Enemies
JNS.org - It’s bad enough that we have real enemies who are attacking Israel; the last thing we need is “friends” who, perhaps with the...
Protests in Stockholm, including Koran-Burning, Draw Strong Condemnation from Turkey
Protests in Stockholm on Saturday against Turkey and Sweden's bid to join NATO, including the burning of a copy of the Koran, sharply heightened tensions...
Iranian Regime Intensifies Violence Against Protesters; Will the World Act?
The wave of protests and social upheaval that erupted in Iran after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini has not quieted down. Amini died in...
Turkish Attempt to Reconcile with Assad in Syria: Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat
At first glance, there is little that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an Islamist and nationalist, has in common with Dogu Perincek, a maverick socialist,...
