Posts Tagged: Kurds
The Kurdish and Catalan Referenda
On October 1, 2017 -- of those eligible to vote from among the 7.5 million-strong Catalan nation -- two million (42%) showed up for the referendum on independence from...
Kurds Could Be Key US Ally in Anti-Iran Efforts
Kurdish President Massoud Barzani, in his first comment on the military rout of his Peshmerga forces, vowed that the overwhelming vote for Kurdish independence in...
Alan Dershowitz: The Case for Kurdish Independence
This article was originally published by Gatestone Institute. Over 90% of Iraq’s Kurdish population have now voted for independence from Iraq. While the referendum is not...
Trump Betrays Kurdistan
JNS.org - It is difficult to look at the scandalous international response to the Kurdish independence referendum and not think, at the same time, of the...
Iraqi Kurds’ Independence Is Decades Overdue
The Iraqi Kurdish vote for independence, taking place on Monday, is more than likely to pass. Sadly, however, not a single country (with the exception...
A Lesson in Democracy for Turkey’s Islamist President
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Washington, DC this past May, he was greeted outside the home of the Turkish ambassador by a small...
The Time Is Ripe for Kurdish Independence
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will hold a referendum on independence on September 25, 2017. By all accounts, the majority of Iraqi Kurds under the...
Are Syrian Kurds the Key to Defeating ISIS?
JNS.org - What steps can the West take to defeat the Islamic State? According to leading experts, the US and Israel should work to push the Syrian...
Assyrian Statehood Would Help Kurdish-American Relations
JNS.org - President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban against citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries has been met with a growing backlash in the Middle East. To take one...
Erdogan Will Never Defeat the Kurds Through Violence
Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan has claimed that military operations against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will continue until “the very last rebel is killed.” What...
The Betrayal of Syria’s Kurds
JNS.org - From Moscow to Washington, we are told that the principle enemy in the Middle East is the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization. At the same...
Leader of Syrian Islamist Group Threatens Kurds
A radio transmission between the commander of an Islamist brigade with ties to the US-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) and a Kurdish man contained a chilling message, threatening to...
Report: Iran May Send Hamas to Fight ISIS
Iran is reportedly planning to deploy Hamas operatives to fight the Islamic State in Mosul, according to a-Sharq al-Awsat and reported by the Jerusalem Post. The report suggests that Iran still...
Kurdish Commander Exposes Iranian Plan to Seize Oil-Rich Iraqi Cities
A Kurdish commander revealed to the London-based Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat on Monday an Iranian plan to take over the oil-rich Iraqi cities of Kirkuk and Mosul. The...
