To win the war against ISIS, U.S backed Kurdish forces in the north of Syria--the Kurds Democratic Union Party dominated the military front called Syrian Democratic Forces that, with U.S air support, conquered ISIS's Syrian of Raqqa.. U.S seems certain to abandon Kurds, while also..…
Bombs fall on government buildings Baghdad during the shock and awe bombardment at the beginning of the war U.S thus helped Hussein develop the chemical weapons he used against Iraqi Kurds, in Halabja massacre in 1988.. ... The Resistance Begins In to U.S plans for Iraq to be in except name,..…
Iraqi Kurds’ independence referendum risks civil war: Turkish FM . Wed Aug 16, 2017 1:27PM . . . . . ..…
Over the years, Kurdish officials have been at odds with Baghdad over the share of oil income from Iraqi of Kirkuk as part of the crude produced in the area passes through pipelines operated by Kurds... ..…
Sergei Lavrov also said Ankara is using the slogan of the war against terror to suppress Kurds in its own territory and in neighboring Syria.. ..…
The shah of Iran openly helped Iraq's Kurds. Then the Iraqi dictatorship and the Iranian monarchy made a deal. The shah sold out the Kurds, whose rebellion capsized. In return, Iraq gave up its claim to sole jurisdiction over the Shatt el Arab waterway, giving both countries unrestricted..…
'It seems like the Kurds always want an exception,' said Ezzat Shabander, a secular legislator from former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's electoral slate. . ... Some Sunni politicians, who along with Kurds were responsible for forcing interim Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to step aside,..…
But many of them seem to be wondering whether they would not be better off without Americans, too - Sunni Muslims, and Shiites and Kurds - all of. ..…
The law imposed by American occupation was designed, among the three communities Sunni, Shia and Kurds.. ... Muslim Brotherhood's Islamic Party of Iraq is campaigning for Sunni autonomous zone, similar to that of Kurds in the north. ..…
But they did nothing to stop the attack, for at least three reasons to test US's reaction to assess Kurds military capability and in the event of the operation succeeding, to bolster Syrian with the windfall from the oilfield... ..…
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