Iraq Is Quietly Falling ApartMonday, 5 June, 2023 , 17:58
Foreignaffairs.com | By Michael Knights

On the surface, Iraq appears to have achieved a measure of stability. The country finally has a functioning government after a yearlong political vacuum. Terrorist violence has fallen to its lowest rate since the 2003 U.S. invasion. Even the country’s Iran-backed militias—long a source of tension with Washington—have significantly reduced their attacks on U.S. diplomatic and military sites. In a May 4 speech at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan credited a U.S strategy built on the “twin pillars of deterrence and diplomacy” for the decrease in attacks on U.S. interests. 

 


  

International Conference: From Lausanne 1923 to Lausanne 2023Tuesday, 30 May, 2023 , 17:58

From Lausanne 1923 to Lausanne 2023

What future for the excluded peoples from the Lausanne Treaty in 1923
Current situation and perspective

Organized by the Kurdish Institute of Paris, in partnership
with the City of Lausanne, AFKIV and Switzerland – Armenia Association

June 10, 2023

Hôtel de Ville
Lausanne City Council Hall


  

Kurds and the spirit of freedom on the Iraq-Iran borderTuesday, 11 April, 2023 , 18:32

Jpost.com | By JONATHAN SPYER

In the 1980s, thousands of Kurds made for these mountains and for Iran, to escape the poison gas attacks of the Saddam Hussein regime. Now, the traffic is in the opposite direction.


  

Turkey just tried to kill Americans. Will Biden react?Monday, 10 April, 2023 , 18:25

Washingtonexaminer.com  By Michael Rubin

On Saturday, General Mazloum Abdi, the head of the Syrian Kurdish militia and America’s chief ally in the fight against ISIS , was wrapping up meetings in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaymani. He had been meeting with both the local Kurdish leadership and American officials. Together, the group drove in a convoy to the local civilian airport, where they planned to see Mazloum off on a short flight back to Syrian Kurdistan.


  

 US-backed Syrian Kurdish leader Mazlum Kobane says Turkey's attempt on life not the firstSaturday, 8 April, 2023 , 17:11

Al-monitor.com | Amberin Zaman

Speaking exclusively to Al-Monitor, the commander in chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would do "anything to reach power again" as Turkey prepares for elections next month.

  

2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Turkey (Türkiye)Friday, 7 April, 2023 , 16:31

U.S. Department of State


  

Erdogan’s political fate may be determined by Turkey’s KurdsMonday, 3 April, 2023 , 15:40

Cnn.com |  By Nadeen Ebrahim

Turkey’s persecuted pro-Kurdish party has emerged as a kingmaker in the country’s upcoming election, playing a decisive role that may just tip the balance enough to unseat two-decade ruler Recep Tayyip Erdogan.


  

‘The State Failed These People. They Didn’t Have to Die Like This.’Tuesday, 14 Mars, 2023 , 16:47

Nytimes.com | By Lydia Polgreen Opinion Columnist

ADIYAMAN, Turkey — Beneath each fresh mound in this rapidly expanding graveyard lies a tragedy. One morning at dawn, Zeki Karababa told me about his.


  

EMERGENCY AID FOR THE VICTIMS OF EARTHQUAKEMonday, 6 Mars, 2023 , 19:00

  

I Went to Syria, the Country That Remade Our World, and This Is What I SawWednesday, 1 Mars, 2023 , 17:29

nytimes.com | Opinion | By Lydia Polgreen Opinion Columnist | Feb. 27, 2023

JINDIRES, Syria — She has no memory of the earthquake that broke her back and swallowed her daughters. Khaira Al Halbouni only knows what her husband told her afterward. In the middle of the night the building shook. He grabbed one daughter, Bisan, and their son, Ali. Take Mayas, their younger daughter, and run, he shouted.