The New York Times: Europeans Bewildered as Trump Stomps Off
The spectacle of an American president breaking trust with NATO allies as he tries to avoid impeachment is hard...
[read full article]Rudaw: The Islam the West ‘desperately’ seeks can be found in Kurdistan, says a French intellectual
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Kurds follow a moderate, democratic Islam which western countries have been "desperately" looking for, a...
[read full article]The New York Review of Books: The Betrayal of the Kurds
The full consequences of President Trump’s decision on October 6 to withdraw American troops and give Turkish...
[read full article]The San Diego Union-Tribute: Local Kurdish-Americans are calling for congressional action in Syria
They are encouraging senators to impose sanctions on Turkey after their invasions in northern Syria. It’s a...
[read full article]Al-Monitor: Is the PKK worried by the YPG’s growing popularity?
The past month has seen mind-boggling developments in northern Syria involving the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its military wing, the People's Protection Units (YPG). For Ankara, the most glaring unintended consequence of the now static Operation Peace Spring is the newfound legitimacy of the YPG in Western public opinion. The YPG is an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which Turkey, the United States and many...
[read full article]Rudaw: President Barzani: PKK struggle for legitimacy led to Turkish operation at expense of Syrian Kurds
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani said on Tuesday that the Kurdistan...
[read full article]A determined people
Abandoned by the West, the Kurds of Syria were forced to cede to invaders' guns and tanks....
[read full article]Kurdistan 24: Turkish attack on Syria could have been stopped: US official
WASHINGTON DC (Kurdistan 24) – Until Friday, Michael Mulroy was the Pentagon’s top official on the Middle...
[read full article]NBC News: Trump’s Syria pullout follows years of Kurdish struggle
Justice for Kurds Student Ambassador, Shivan Fazil, quoted on NBC News: "They really did feel that this...
[read full article]The American Interest: The Death of Al-Baghdadi—and the Birth of a Tragedy
Washington. Middle East Institute. October 24. New York. Screening room at the New York Times. October 26. On...
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