Al-monitor.com | Amberin Zaman (Turkey Pulse)

The limits of Turkey’s balancing act in Syria are being exposed as the prospects of a military confrontation between the United States and Russia over Syria continue to grow.

Economist.com

Female Kurdish fighters are celebrated for their battlefield prowess

Ft.com | David Gardner

rudaw.net | March 05/2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bernard-Henri Levy believes directly showing the contribution of the Kurdish Peshmerga to a select group of congressmen through his documentary, 'Peshmerga,' will speak to the "beating heart of American democracy" and not the White House.

Nytimes.com | By TIM NEVILLE

Ancient fortresses, crisp mountain streams, curious people and healing cities: Travelers are discovering the Kurdish region of Iraq, a place of great beauty, haunted by war.

Wsj.com | By Bernard-Henri Lévy

The Turkish president has the insolence to style his ethnic-cleansing campaign ‘Operation Olive Branch.’

gov.krd | Kurdistan Regional Government

Erbil, Kurdistan region, Iraq (cabinet.gov.krd) – Kurdistan Region Prime Minister, Nechirvan Barzani received a telephone call from US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.

Rudaw.net

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Kurdistan Regional Government brought in over $3 billion in oil sales in the first half of 2017, according to an audit report from Deloitte, released by the government on Tuesday.

rudaw.net/english | January 12-2018 |

VATICAN CITY — Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and Pope Francis have concluded their meeting at the Holy See on Friday.

kurdistan24.net/en/ | Sangar Ali | January 12-2018

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – Belgium’s Defense Minister Steven Vandeput revealed that the Iraqi federal government blocked him from visiting Belgian troops in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region and asked Brussels to respond diplomatically.