Kurds
Izvestia: Syrian Kurds to hold parliamentary elections in early 2018
The Federation of Northern Syria, also known as Western Kurdistan, plans to hold local elections by the end of this year, and a parliamentary...
Debka’s version on US-Russian understanding
Kurds win Syrian oil under secret US-Russian deal – prize for Raqqa
US-backed Syrian Kurdish militias reported Sunday, Oct. 22, the capture of Syria’s biggest...
Triple assassinat sans commanditaire apparent
par Jean-Paul Champseix
Le titre de l’ouvrage pourrait être celui d’un roman, inspiré d’Edgar Poe. Pourtant, l’affaire est bien réelle et l’enquête qui est menée...
Iraqi forces seize oil city Kirkuk from Kurds in bold advance
By Maher Chmaytelli, Mustafa Mahmoud
BAGHDAD/KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi government forces captured the major Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk on Monday, responding to a...
Damascus demands ‘immediate & unconditional’ pullout of Turkish troops from northwest...
Syria demands an immediate pullout of Turkish troops, whose deployment to Idlib province amounts to “flagrant aggression,” the Syrian Foreign Ministry said as quoted...
Les risques de la prolifération étatique, par Pascal Boniface
Pascal Boniface (@PascalBoniface), directeur de l’IRIS (www.iris-france.org), revient sur les référendums autour de l’autonomie du kurdistan irakien et de l’indépendance de la Catalogne.
If Washington Wants Syria’s Oil, It’s Going to Have to Fight...
US-backed SDF is trying to seize vital resources that are crucial to the Syria’s survival
By Mike Whitney
For more than six years, Syrians have made...
Nightmare No1: Αmerica vs. Russia in Syria
Uncle Sam vs. Russia in Eastern Syria: the Nightmare Scenario
By Mike Whitney
September 22, 2017
The impending collapse of ISIS has touched off a race...
The Race for the Euphrates
US-Backed SDF Claims Was Struck by Russian Jets After Moving Into East Syria Gas Field
By Marko Marjanović
Another serious accusation in the dramatic US-Russian (and Syrian-Kurdish)...
‘We Won’t Allow the Creation of a Second Israel,’ Iraq Warns...
As the Kurdish referendum for independence nears, Iraqi VP's comment comes on the heels of Netanyahu's support for an independent Kurdistan
Iraq's vice president said...