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By Rebwar Rashed: The first non-violent demonstration against the Bashar Al-Assad regime started in late February 2011, more than 3.5 years ago. The people of Syria demanded more freedom and true political pluralism. However the path to more freedom now looks infinite with two hundred thousand casualties, many millions of displaced people, destroyed homes and…
KT News: ISIS has responded to the US air strikes in Syria by sending more of its mercenaries to Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan) to join the attack on the Kurdish city of Kobanê. “There is a redeployment of (ISIS) from areas that have been hit in the air strikes by the alliance countries towards our areas,”…
By Glenn M Stewart B.A., M.A. Oxon: The political and strategic ramifications of the remarks made yesterday by General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about the possibility of using US advisors in support of both Kurdish and Iraqi government forces to attack IS forces in Iraq have clearly not been thought…
By Glenn M Stewart B.A., M.A. Oxon: The recent statement by the Obama administration outlining a strategy to defeat the Islamic State issued in an attempt to cover its irresponsible but honest admission that it does not have a strategy to defeat the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq is inadequate at best and laughable…
KT News: Peshmerga forces made an important strategic advance yesterday by recapturing Mount Zartak in a battle that left more than 30 ‘Islamic State’ (IS) gunmen dead. The mountain overlooks the Nineveh province plain stretching to Mosul. IS terrorists who recently occupied nearby villages are now within reach of Kurdish firepower. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend…
By Arian Mufid: To understand what IS is about, one must also know who they are and their true identity. How did the world come a point that is, I think, similar to September 11th, 2001? The complex network of IS (also known as ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham) was born following…
By Osamah Golpy: Two major events coincided on June 10, 2014: the Islamic State (IS) overran Mosul, the second-largest city in Iraq; and the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict took place in London, co-chaired by William Hague, the former UK Foreign Secretary, and Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner…
Press Release by Kurdish American Yazidi Relief Fund: Although Kurdish and international humanitarian organizations are ceaselessly continuing to provide food, clean water, sanitation and shelter for the tens of thousands of Yazidi (in Kurdish Ezadi; followers of one of the most ancient pre-Islamic religions in the world) refugees, the enormity of the calamity is too overwhelming…
By Artin Ibrahim: Sadly, in these critical times, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Representation at Washington DC stands accused of being riddled with cronyism, nepotism, incompetence and wastage of public funds. The office has remained without a representative for more than two years due to the rivalry between the two dominant Kurdish parties – the…
By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: On August 20, 2014, The Wall Street Journal carried a photo of the outlawed (in Turkey) Kurdistan flag atop Mosul Dam which was recaptured from the Islamic State (IS or ISIS). The WSJ has been reporting on a near daily basis on Kurds and Kurdistan in Iraq, more frequently in…
By Dr. Sherzad Al-Khalifa: There are a great deal of events happening in the whole region and very fast. Of course most people from the Middle East unfortunately believe in conspiracy theories and read about the events that they face either as fate (God’s doing!) – therefore, nothing can be done about it – or…
By Solin Hacador: The human tragedy in Southern Kurdistan is increasing and it demands more international help. Following Friday’s massacre of Yezidi Kurds in Kocho village of Shengal , there are reports of 300 more civilians killed yesterday by the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists and many are still trapped on the mountain. This can be…
By Sen. Conrad Burns (Ret.): This article first appeared on CNN World In his first inaugural address, Ronald Reagan laid out his vision for re-establishing the United States as an “exemplar of freedom and a beacon of hope for those who do not now have freedom.” This was hardly a new concept in 1981, yet as…
By Freeyad Ibrahim: The terror organization , so-called ISIS, undeniably has multifunctional missions and tasks to achieve in the Middle East. It began first in Iraq. First: to be involved in Iraqi interior affairs and to impose a government to their liking, and that is what has happened recently. Second: to put pressure on the…
KT News: Kurdish peshmarga forces have recaptured the towns of Guwair and Makhmur from ‘Islamic State’ (IS) group jihadists, a senior Kurdish official told Reuters today. Asked how long the United States would have to continue airstrikes to help the Kurds defeat IS, Hoshiyar Zebari said: “As President Obama said, there is no time limit.”…
