Tag: Kurds
What’s behind the Ankara-Tehran partnership?
In a video conference on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged to target Kurdish forces in joint military operations. Both countries agreed that the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK)...
Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurds in northern Iraq
Turkish fighter jets launched strikes against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters in northern Iraq on Sunday night in retaliation for attacks against Turkish army bases, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry.
The warplanes took off...
If NATO is going to fight terrorism, it needs Israel
President Donald Trump thought the 70th anniversary celebration of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held earlier this week was going to be a political triumph that would help distract Americans...
In fifth Democratic debate, Sanders says Palestinians should be treated with ‘respect, dignity’
In the fifth Democratic presidential primary debate on Wednesday night in Atlanta, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) remarked that Palestinians should be treated with “respect and dignity.”
“It is no longer good enough for us simply to be...
In White House visit, Trump touts US alliance with Turkey; Erdoğan slams critics
WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump, standing alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, touted at a White House press conference on Wednesday that the relationship between the United States and Turkey, a fellow NATO ally, has...
A Kurdish campaign to boycott Turkey
It is a story that strikes a chord with anyone familiar with the struggle for civil rights in the American South. Jwnaid Murad, a businessman in Iraqi Kurdistan, has decided that he will no...
US House passes resolution recognizing Armenian genocide, bill to sanction Turkey
The U.S. House of Representatives passed on Tuesday both a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide and a bill to enact U.S. sanctions against Turkey for its incursion this month into northern Syria.
Reps. Greg Pence...
Northern Syria ‘desert regions’ suited to Arabs, not Kurds, says Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during a television interview this week that northern Syria is more suitable for Arabs than Kurds because it is “a desert region.”
In an 80-minute interview broadcast on Oct....
Iran views US withdrawal from Syria as an opportunity
Amid the fast-paced violent developments unfolding in northeast Syria, Iran remains a central actor in the area, and it likely views the withdrawal of U.S. special forces from the area as a new opportunity.
The...
Erdoğan, Putin reach ‘historic agreement’ on Syria ‘buffer zone’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Tuesday that Turkey and Russia had reached a “historic” agreement that would remove all Syrian Kurdish fighters from the Syria-Turkey border region. The announcement came following six...