military assault on rojava

Internal cleavages in Syria's Kurdish community undermine Rojava project, the perpetual jockeying for power between Kurdish clans and the struggle for preeminence among Turkish, Syrian and Iraqi Kurds. . ... Beginning in the 1960s, Syrian government began moving other populations to..

who are the kurds? -

Western allies made provision for Kurdish state in Treaty of Sevres.. ... In response to uprisings in the 1920s and 1930s, many Kurds were resettled, Kurdish names and costumes were banned, the use of Kurdish language was restricted, and even the existence of Kurdish..

syrian army to seize kurdish-held town in aleppo

TEHRAN - The Syrian military is poised to take over Manbij from Kurdish militants in attempt to prevent Northern city's fall to Turkish army.. ... TEHRAN - The Syrian military is poised to take over Manbij from Kurdish militants in attempt to prevent Northern city's fall to Turkish..

syrian arab fighters backed by turkey kill two kurdish

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..

why the u.s. should support a kurdish state

During Cold War Soviet Union and its ally, Syria, supported PKK, and Kurdish groups, with view to weakening Turkey and NATO.. ... The PYD is handling Kurdish Affairs for Assad. Free elections in Kurdish controlled areas will pro-American groups like Kurdistan National Assembly..

the new kurdish nationalism

In particular, the actions of United States, have created the conditions for the revival of Kurdish political aspirations. ... The fluidity of physical boundaries between Kurds, the creation of Kurdish-run governments such as KRG, the emergence of diaspora communities, and the rise of..

farsnews

Kurdish-language Hawar news quoted the Liberation Forces of Afrin two positions of Turkish army were smashed.. Meantime, 2 military vehicles of Turkish army were destroyed in ambush by Kurdish forces near the town of Kafar Khashar A'azaz Northern Aleppo, killing and wounding 12..

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kurds unite in new effort against linguistic assimilation in turkey

By ferocious clampdown on, The breakup of the peace process reignited clashes between the security forces and armed Kurdish militants, followed Kurdish political quarters that saw the seizure of Kurdish-run local administrations and the arrest of dozens of Kurdish..

barham saleh elected iraq president

BAGHDAD - Moderate Kurdish Barham Saleh to the post of president of Iraq Tuesday evening in parliamentary vote pitting Kurdish heavyweights against each other for the time following independence referendum.. Saleh routed his main Fuad Hussein with 219 votes to 22, dealing blow to Hussein's..

turkey: crackdown on kurdish opposition

While there had been 182 such applications against MPs from pro- Kurdish parties over the period from 2007 to December 24, 2015, 328 were filed in the period between December 2015 and May 2016, 152 of them in the month after the government submitted the amendment and before the final vote on May..

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