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KURDISTAN REGION’S DIPLOMACY WITH BAGHDAD PAYS OFF IN PARIS
Diplomatic offensive achieves success in Paris meetings with Macron after months of post-referendum uncertainty. BY SETH J. FRANTZMAN, JPOST On Monday, US President Donald Trump spoke with French...
View ArticleSyrian Kurds remain a thorny issue between Turkey and the US
By Emanuele Scimia, ASIA TIMES The Syrian government’s announced offensive against rebel-held Idlib province could further complicate an already tense relationship between Turkey and the United States,...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Your Thinking Out Of The Box Has Been Good…Now Make it Great
By Gerald A. Honigman The Jerusalem Post article by Yonah Jeremy Bob of September 20, 2018 was titled, “Will Iraqi territory be used to fire rockets on Israel from Iran?” A bit earlier, Seth Frantzman...
View ArticleKurdistan is the linchpin to Middle east policy
Trump said Erdogan will “eradicate” ISIS in Syria and praised the Turkish leader as “a man who can do it. By Sherkoh Abbas and Robert Sklaroff, JPOST The Syrian war has become a global conflict...
View ArticleRussia to Mediate Talks Between Syrian Kurds, Assad Regime
By Edwin Mora, BREITBART The Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG/YPJ) have turned to Russia to mediate talks between them and dictator Bashar al-Assad amid threats of an impending Turkish...
View ArticleTrump gives no timetable for Syria exit; wants to protect Kurds
By Jeff Mason, REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States would get out of Syria slowly “over a period of time” and would protect the U.S.-backed...
View ArticleReport: Iraq, Kurds Agree on Withdrawal of Iran-Allied Militias from Kirkuk
By Edwin Mora, BREITBART Baghdad and Kurdish leaders have ordered the removal of Iran-backed Shiite militias from Kirkuk and the return of the oil-rich city to the control of the autonomous Kurdistan...
View ArticleTurkey’s Erdogan Reveals Ethnic Change Plan for Kurdish Syria
By Edwin Mora, BREITBART Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday revealed plans to return four million Syrian refugees to Kurdish-held northern Syria, fueling fears that Ankara is going to...
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Bolton’s partial victory in Syria
T. Belman. It bothers me that the US mission in Syria is still described by Defense as the destroying of ISIS rather than the stopping of Iran. Instead of the full withdrawal the president promised,...
View ArticleFirst the Golan, next Kurdistan
By Sherkoh Abbas and Robert Sklaroff, AMERICAN THINKER On the day Kurds celebrated Nowruz (the Persian new year) and Jews celebrated Purim (the defeat of the Persian who wanted to exterminate them),...
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