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Opinion: Greater Kurdistan – the Dream and the Facts

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jun 25, 2016 | Opinion

Only candour was new in Mr Masrour Barzani’s call for partitioning Iraq after liberating Mosul. The President of the ‘Kurdistan Region’ Massoud Barzani’s son and chancellor of the Region’s ‘Security Council’ justified his declaration by citing the ‘failure of...

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Forensic experts (L) and firefighters stand beside a Turkish police bus which was targeted in a bomb attack in a central Istanbul district, Turkey, June 7, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Kurdish Militant Group Says Responsible for Istanbul Bombing

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 10, 2016 | Middle East

Kurdish militants on Friday claimed responsibility for a car-bomb attack this week that killed 11 people and injured 36 in Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul, vowing to continue attacks across Turkey. In a statement posted online, the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK)...

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Kurdish peshmerga forces sit on top of a tank on the outskirts of Kirkuk April 18, 2015. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

Defense Ministry Sources: Tehran Withholding Further Armament for Kurdish Forces in Iraq

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jun 10, 2016 | Middle East

Irbil-Iran has been called out for stopping artillery supply convoys scheduled for delivery to Iraqi Kurdistan four months ago, sources at the Iraqi ministry of defense confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. Iraqi Kurdish lawmaker Shakhawan Abdulla accused the Iraqi...

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Turkish army tanks take up position on the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Turkey Shells ISIS in Syria West of U.S.-Backed Assault

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 2, 2016 | Middle East

The Turkish army killed five ISIS militants in Syria in cross-border shelling, Turkish military sources said on Thursday. The army targeted positions west of where an offensive on militants was launched by Syrian fighters with U.S. backing. Thousands of Syrian rebels...

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File photo of Kurdish fighters from the People’s Protection Units (YPG), who are fighting alongside with the Democratic Forces of Syria, standing near the Tishrin dam, after they captured it from ISIS, south of Kobani, Syria December 27, 2015. Reuters/Rodi Said

Syria’s Kurds Change Direction of Battle from Raqqa to Manbij

by Nazeer Rida | Jun 2, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut-The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) amended their plan to control the stronghold of ISIS in Syria’s Raqqa by crossing the eastern bank of the Euphrates River in the direction of Manbij city, one of the main strongholds of the organization in the eastern...