KT News and Comment: The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has agreed to describe the areas formerly known as ‘disputed territories’ as ‘Kurdish areas not controlled by the KRG’. The idea was first suggested by Arif Qurbani, editor-in-chief of Xandan website. In response, Kurdistan Regional president Masud Barazani phoned him to accept his proposal. Bookmark on…
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Maliki and Barzani halt war of words
KT News: Iraq prime minister Nuri al Maliki and Kurdistan Regional president Masud Barzani have agreed to stop their media campaigns against each other. This follows efforts by Iraq president Jalal Talabani to persuade the Maliki government to stop stirring the cauldron of conflict. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Tweet about…
Talabani lambasts Maliki
KT News: President of Iraq Jalal Talabani was sharply critical of Iraq prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki today. Talabani told Al-Arabiya TV that: “Nuri Maliki either has to change himself or else his list has to change him”. Referring to the stand-off in the disputed territories between Kurdish peshmerga and Iraqi troops, Talabani said that he…
Maliki’s intransigence unites Kurd parties in disputed areas
KT News and Comment: The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) delegation to Baghdad has returned home with the bitter news that Iraq prime minister Nuri Al Maliki has refused to dismantle the Dijla operation forces in the disputed territories. KRG president Masud Barzani has made a statement condemning Maliki’s action as illegal and in breach of…
KRG and Iraq government hold talks in Baghdad
KT News: Amid high tension over the disputed territories, officials from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Peshmerga ministry and the Iraq defence ministry held talks today in Baghdad. Both sides have issued a joint statement saying they have agreed to cooperate in seeking a solution to the dispute. The talks are due to continue tomorrow….
Kurds must unite to confront the threat from Baghdad
Human Capacity Development Scholars Statement: We, as young Kurdish scholars currently studying abroad – in the UK, the USA, Australia, Malaysia and other European countries – do emphasize that now, as ever, we are enthusiastically defending the natural rights of our nation and beloved Kurdistan. As sons and daughters of this nation we always remain…
Erdogan denies concessions but ‘not opposed’ to talks with Ocalan
KT News: Turkish prime minister Recep Erdogan today acknowledged the role of PKK leader Abdulla Ocalan in ending the hunger strike by thousands of Kurdish political prisoners while insisting that the government had made no concessions. “We have not promised anything to Ocalan”, he told the Turkish newspaper Milliyet. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share…
‘Maliki wants to take Kurdistan back to pre-1991’ – Barham Salih
KT News: Iraq prime minister Nuri Maliki wants to take Kurdistan back to the situation pre-1991, Barham Salih said today, referring to the dark period when Kurds in Iraq lacked autonomy and were at the mercy of Saddam Hussein. The former Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) prime minister and current deputy secretary of the Patriotic Union…
Hunger strikes end after call by Ocalan
KT News and Comment: Up to 10,000 Kurdish political prisoners today ended their hunger strike. This was in response to the message issued by PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan through his brother Mohammed who visited him yesterday on Imrali island, where Ocalan has been held prisoner for more than a decade. Ocalan called on the prisoners…
‘We decided to be soldiers for our people, not anyone else’: PYD leader
KT News: In a keynote speech at a Kurdish conference in London today, Salih Muslim Mohammed, leader of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), explained his party’s strategy for West Kurdistan and refuted claims that Kurds are aligned to Syria’s brutal Ba’athist regime. “We have the historical experience of Kurds being soldiers for others”, said Salih,…
Kurdish Genocide e-petition
By KSSO: Dear Friends, Please join us to support British MP Nadhim Zahawi’s petition on the recognition of genocide against the Kurdish people during Saddam Hussein’s regime. The petition has been signed by 12,015 people and supported by several British MPs and peers from the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties. We believe that this…
29 Gorran activists publicly resign
KT Comment and News: 29 active members of the Gorran party have announced their resignations in a joint statement to the south Kurdistan media. “From the beginning we began our political efforts and struggle for our Gorran movement with very clear hearts and minds,” they said. “Our mission was to achieve change for the deprived…
800 Kurdish political prisoners on hunger strike: Support the petition
By Kurdish American Advocacy Group*: Los Angeles, CA- Almost 800 Kurdish political prisoners in 58 prisons in Turkey are reaching the 50th day of an indefinite and irreversible hunger strike. Serious health consequences stemming from the strikes could be imminent as the US-backed Turkish government refuses to meet the political prisoners’ legitimate demands. Bookmark on Delicious…
Millions back hunger strikers in north Kurdistan
KT News and Comment: Millions of people in north Kurdistan are today supporting a mass strike and protests to demand freedom and show solidarity with more than 700 Kurdish political prisoners who have been on hunger strike since 12 September. In the city of Dyarbakir, it’s as if the whole population of one million people…
Kadir Hamajan wants to distort truth about death of ex-mayor of Suli
KT News and Comment: For the last two weeks the trial of those accused of land corruption in the area in Qualraisi has been underway. Last week Kadir Hamajan – director of the Sulaymani security office and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) politburo member – gave his evidence to the court. This has provoked an…
