Its Missiles Did Little Damage, but Iran Has More Potent Weapons


Its Missiles Did Little Damage, but Iran Has More Potent WeaponsWednesday, 8 January, 2020 , 17:52

Nytimes.com | By David D. Kirkpatrick and Ronen Bergman

Drones, militants and hackers: Iran has an array of stealthier and more effective options if hostilities escalate.

American military and intelligence officials were stunned at the precision, scale and sheer boldness of what they later concluded was an Iranian attack.


  

Iranian Blood Is on Our Hands, Too


Iranian Blood Is on Our Hands, TooWednesday, 8 January, 2020 , 17:03

Nytimes.com | By Geraldine Brooks

General Suleimani is not the only one who harmed civilians.

Ms. Brooks covered Iran as a Middle East correspondent for The Wall Street Journal from 1987 to 1995.

 


  

Engel Statement on Turkey Resettling Refugees in Formerly Kurdish Northeast Syria


Engel Statement on Turkey Resettling Refugees in Formerly Kurdish Northeast SyriaTuesday, 17 December, 2019 , 15:56

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs | Eliot L. Engel | December 11, 2019


  

Two British Kurds win seats in UK elections


Two British Kurds win seats in UK electionsMonday, 16 December, 2019 , 18:23

kurdistan24.net | Editing by John J. Catherine | December 14-2019


  

President Erdogan has issued a license to kill


President Erdogan has issued a license to killTuesday, 3 December, 2019 , 17:41

Washingtonpost.com | By Can Dundar

A few weeks ago, in a meeting with Turkish parliamentarians not long after President Trump’s announcement that U.S. special forces had killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that he regarded the U.S. president as a role model:


  

Opinion | Undoing Trump’s Syria Blunder


Opinion | Undoing Trump’s Syria BlunderFriday, 29 November, 2019 , 17:23

nytimes.com | By Paul Wolfowitz | Nov. 21, 2019

America’s mission to protect the Kurds after the Gulf War is a model for low-cost, low-risk intervention.

Mr. Wolfowitz served in senior posts in the Department of Defense in the administrations of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.

 

 


  

The Iran Cables: Secret Documents Show How Tehran Wields Power in Iraq


The Iran Cables: Secret Documents Show How Tehran Wields Power in IraqThursday, 21 November, 2019 , 17:52

Nytimes.com | By Tim Arango, James Risen, Farnaz Fassihi, Ronen Bergman and Murtaza Hussain 

Hundreds of leaked intelligence reports shed light on a shadow war for regional influence — and the battles within the Islamic Republic’s own spy divisions


  

Erdogan’s ethnic cleansing of the Kurds is still happening now – and we have Trump to thank


Erdogan’s ethnic cleansing of the Kurds is still happening now – and we have Trump to thankWednesday, 20 November, 2019 , 16:17

Independent.co.uk | Patrick Cockburn

Making life impossible for a civilian population can take other effective but less dramatic forms than the use of white phosphorus or roadside killings


  

Turkey’s Tyrant Eats a White House Turkey


Turkey’s Tyrant Eats a White House TurkeyTuesday, 19 November, 2019 , 18:02

nytimes.com | By By Bret Stephens Opinion Columnist | Nov. 15, 2019

Under the avalanche of endless Trump scandals, a superpower is losing its grip.


  

Turkey’s Other Weapon Against the Kurds: Water


Turkey’s Other Weapon Against the Kurds: WaterTuesday, 12 November, 2019 , 17:21

Thenation.com | By Alexandra Marvar *

In times of conflict, war, and climate change, hydropower is state power.