U.S. Takes Tougher Tone With Turkey as Trump ExitsMonday, 14 December, 2020 , 18:34

nytimes.com | By Lara Jakes | Dec. 9, 2020

Officials said President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. must keep from alienating the government in Ankara even as the U.S. and European allies try to curb Turkey’s military ambitions with sanctions.


  

 Iraq’s Economic Collapse Could Be Biden’s First Foreign-Policy HeadacheMonday, 14 December, 2020 , 15:24

Foreignpolicy.com |  By Farhad Alaaldin, Kenneth M. Pollack

If the Iraqi government fails to pay state workers’ salaries in January, it could lead to widespread instability and violence. The United States and the international community must shore up Baghdad’s finances before it’s too late.


  

Turkish court sentences journalist Ayşegül Doğan to over 6 years in prison on bogus chargesMonday, 7 December, 2020 , 15:59

Duvarenglish.com

A Turkish court has sentenced journalist Ayşegül Doğan to six years and three months in prison on bogus charges that are related to her journalistic activities. "Unfortunately, this ruling shows what the judiciary has come to. I hope the appeals court will overturn it," one of her lawyers said.


  

Bulent Arinç: Free Demirtas and KavalaWednesday, 25 November, 2020 , 15:40
Criticized by President and AKP Chair Erdoğan for saying that Selahattin Demirtaş and Osman Kavala should be released, Presidential High Advisory Board member Arınç, also a former Parliamentary Speaker from the AKP, has resigned from office.

  

Shock Therapy Will Kill, Not Cure, Iraqi Kurdistan’s EconomyMonday, 16 November, 2020 , 16:11

washingtoninstitute.org| Michael Knights | November 13, 2020

Spending cuts are necessary and overdue in the Kurdistan Region, but international players need to ameliorate the impact of politicized provisions in the new funding deficit law.

 


  

Biden addresses Kurdistan parliament in Erbil on 7th December 2002Monday, 9 November, 2020 , 18:01

07/12/2002

Biden addresses Kurdistan parliament in Erbil on 7th December 2002
https://m.facebook.com/kurdistan24.official/videos/

 


  

In Memoriam NAJMALDIN O. KARIM (1949-2020)Tuesday, 3 November, 2020 , 15:48

Institute for the Study of Human Rights

Dr. Najmaldin O. Karim, the Governor of Kirkuk in Iraqi Kurdistan, founding president of the Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI), and a prominent neurosurgeon in the Washington area, died on October 30, 2020. He was surrounded by family and loved ones.  


  

Najmaldin Karim, ‘one-man lobby’ for Kurdish interests on Capitol Hill, dies at 71Monday, 2 November, 2020 , 14:53

Washingtonpost.com | By Harrison Smith

Najmaldin Karim, a Kurdish neurosurgeon and political activist who served as a bridge between the United States and his native Iraq, promoting Kurdish interests on Capitol Hill before returning to his war-ravaged hometown as provincial governor of Kirkuk, died Oct. 30 at a hospital in Olney, Md. He was 71.


  

Death of Dr. Najmaldin KARIMSunday, 1 November, 2020 , 19:21

We are deeply saddened to announce the death of our dear friend Dr. Najmaldin Karim, vice-president of our Institute, on the night of Friday October 30 to Saturday October 31 in Washington at the age of 71, following a long illness.


  

Anthony Loyd: Burnt boy bears the scars of Kurdish betrayal by the WestTuesday, 27 October, 2020 , 17:35

The Times | Anthony Loyd in Hasakah, Syria | Tuesday October 27 2020

Teenager’s screams still haunt Syria a year after raid that nearly killed him.

Under cloudless desert skies the burnt boy keeps to the shade of his basement home, hiding from the sun. Light and heat antagonise his wounds. He cannot go to school, nor even play with his friends after sunset, as sweat also irritates the scar tissue covering his ravaged body.