The press reports, Colin Powell's UNSC Feb 2003 speech, confirmed that Al Zarqawi was back Iraq, working hand glove with Ansar Al-Islam. Responding to Colin Powell's February 2003 UN address, Iraqi spokesman had stated at the time that Iraqi government helped Kurdish Jalal Talabani..…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Sophie Gregoire Trudeau wave to supporters after the election at Palais des Congres Montreal, Quebec. ..…
Approximately 1,000 American soldiers had been stationed in that region as buffer separating Kurdish forces. ..…
Ankara was launching airstrikes Iraq against PKK, foreshadowing of the attacks this week against Kurdish groups Syria that Turkey alleges are linked to PKK. . ..…
BEIRUT ISTANBUL - Turkish forces and their Syrian allies seized large parts of Syrian of Suluk, on Sunday, as they pressed on with their offensive against Kurdish for in the face of fierce international opposition... ..…
DOHUK, Iraq — Kurdish forces long allied with United States Syria announced new on Sunday with Damascus, sworn enemy of Washington that is backed by Russia, as Turkish troops moved deeper into their territory and President Trump ordered the withdrawal of American military from Syria.. ..…
Turkish-backed Syrian Arab fighters killed at least two Kurdish prisoners on Saturday, one of them lying on the ground with his hands bound behind his back, in illustration of the forces unleashed by President Trump's decision to pull back American troops shielding former Kurdish allies Syria.. ..…
AMMAN, Jordan — The band of Western hostages, enduring in the heart of Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate, somehow summoned the humor to nickname the four guards with English accents. ..…
Approximately 1,000 American soldiers had been stationed in that region as buffer separating Kurdish forces. ..…
Abandoning our partners in the war on Islamic State will jeopardize America's security, strengthen Iran and Russia, and put our allies at greater risk. ..…
Meanwhile, In Iran, Kurds are mainly followers of Shia Islam. Yazidism is considered the Kurdish national religion, but it is too different from orthodox Islam and even from the rather syncretic Sufi Tariqas. . ..…
Jinwar is one of a kind, but it reflects a wider, fascinating trend: In stark contrast to the horrors of war and the waves of radical Islam crashing through the region, Rojava, the Kurdish autonomy in northeast Syria, is shaping up to be a liberal, secular region, striving to make gender..…
Suspected Islamic State fighters being held February by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces after leaving Islamic State's last holdout of Baghouz, Syria. ..…
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Turkish Army has strengthened its military positions in areas under its control in Afrin region in Northwestern Aleppo and set up another military base for Jeish al-Islam terrorists there, the Kurdish-language media reported. . . . . ..…
and distancing themselves from Islam, said Omar Firas, the founder of Kobani's evangelical church.. One man, met Kurdish and Turkish converts there decided to join them... ..…
The fight between Turkey and Kurds has been going on since World War 1, and this time it can affect the region. ..…
U.S military official said Friday the process of withdrawal has begun, declining to comment on specific timetables or movements... ..…
Norway-based Jihadi scholar Mullah Fateh Krekar, who is the former leader of the Kurdish Sunni Jihadi group Ansar Al-Islam, was interviewed on NRT TV (Iraqi Kurdistan). ..…
Congolese doctor who has been fierce critic of his treatment of victims of sexual violence and Yazidi Kurdish activist who was held captive and raped by members of the Islamic State group are the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Friday. . ..…
Would Jaysh al-Islam use chemical weapons in a last-ditch effort to save their existence? ... Kurdish officials claimed in 2016 that Syrian rebels with Jaysh al-Islam likely deployed chlorine gas against Kurdish forces in Aleppo. . ..…
The group could be rebranding of Ansar al-Islam that is allied with Qaeda, or mix of Islamic State and Kurdish jihadists, Roggio said. ..…
The claims recall similar argument forwarded by Syrian Bashar al- Assad and Russian government for invading Aleppo, city with anti- Assad rebel population and Islamic State presence.. ..…
American officials have confirmed that Syrian Kurdish troops have agreed to stay east of Iraq's Euphrates River, demand imposed by Turkish government. ..…
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Turkish government announced at the end of last week that it would begin Syria, in tandem with United States, to create. ..…
The president, Massoud Barzani, is the head of KDP, and PUK's leader is the ailing former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. ..…
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Two bombs exploded minutes apart in Istanbul square Sunday night, killing 16 and injuring more than 150 in what the governor said was terror attack. ..…
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