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Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) head Saleh Muslim speaks during a conference in Paris November 13, 2013. (Reuters/Philippe Wojazer)
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A lone Kurdish flag flutters in the wind next to YPG Kurdish fighters standing on the hill after they took over from ISIS militants near Kobani, Syria. (EPA/Sedat Suna)
Kurds need heavy weaponry to defend Kobani from ISIS, say Kurdish officials
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurds fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Syrian town of Kobani need heavy weaponry more than reinforcements, senior members of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) told Asharq Al-Awsat. Responding to the decision by...Caption:
Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) head Saleh Muslim speaks during a conference in Paris November 13, 2013. (Reuters/Philippe Wojazer)
Syrian Kurdish parties reach agreement on Geneva II
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—An agreement has been reached between the Syrian Kurdish National Council (KNC) and the Syria-based Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) on Syrian Kurdish participation at the Geneva II conference. After eight days of meetings between the...Caption:
Prime Minister of the Syrian opposition’s interim government Ahmed Tu’mah, speaks at the National Coalition of Syrian and Revolution and Opposition Forces ahead of his election to the post on September 14, 2013 (AFP)
Tu’mah on Geneva II
Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Ahmed Tu’mah, the prime minister of the Syrian opposition’s interim government, looks toward the Geneva II peace conference and explains why his coalition will not accept embattled Syrian president Bashar...Caption:
Members of Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) are seen on a military truck that belonged to the Islamist rebels after capturing it near Ras al-Ain, in the province of Hasakah November 6, 2013 (REUTERS/Stringer)