Posted: 10/16/2014 8:47 pm EDT
"Ό,τι η ψυχή επιθυμεί, αυτό και πιστεύει." Δημοσθένης (Whatever the soul wishes, thats what it believes, Demosthenes)
Showing posts with label Kurdistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kurdistan. Show all posts
Friday, October 17, 2014
Syrian Kurds Gain Importance In Campaign Against ISIS
Thursday, October 16, 2014
ISIS Retreating from Kobani, Says Kurdish Official
Rishi
Iyengar 4:58 AM ET
TIME
The radical
Islamist militants now reportedly control only 20% of the border town, as
opposed to about 40% before
The Islamic
State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) has suffered setbacks and has begun
retreating from parts of the Syrian border town of Kobani, according to a local
official, who said Kurdish forces were advancing against the militant group.
Idris
Nassan told the BBC that ISIS had previously
controlled almost half the town but currently occupies “less than 20%.”
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
White House insists anti-Isis strategy is on track despite setbacks on the ground
Isis
advances on Baghdad
and Kobani despite 21 air strikes
Dan Roberts
in Washington and Constanze Letsch in Istanbul
The
Guardian, Tuesday 14 October 2014 20.31 BST
The
Guardian
The US-led
campaign to combat Islamic State (Isis) fighters in Syria
and Iraq
is facing a growing crisis of confidence as setbacks on the battlefield
coincide with efforts to improve allied coordination and calls for President
Barack Obama to escalate the military attacks.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Isis onslaught against Kurds in Syria brings ‘man-made disaster’ into Turkey
In the
border town of Suruç ,
there is anger and despair among the Syrian Kurd refugees who have joined the
exodus
Constanze
Letsch in Suruç
The
Guardian, Monday 22 September 2014 20.43 BST
In the
small bus shuttling passengers between Gaziantep
and the small predominantly Kurdish border town of Suruç , all conversation is focused on one
topic only.
“Suruç is
teeming,” says Izzettin Abdi Hacirashad, 51, a spare parts trader. “In the
parks, the bus station, the streets. Everywhere. You will see.”
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Longtime Rivals Look to Team Up to Confront ISIS
The New York Times
By TIM ARANGOSEPT. 9, 2014
BAGHDAD —
As the United States and its allies look to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and
Syria, longtime adversaries with a common fear of the radical movement are
scrambling to see if they can cooperate to defeat the rising threat.
The
jihadist group known as ISIS has so far
thrived in part because its enemies are also enemies of one another, a reality
that has complicated efforts to muster a strong response to its rampage. That factor
has been a crucial consideration in war planning in capitals as diverse as Tehran and Washington , London and Damascus .
But the potential threat has also forced a re-examination of centuries old
tensions between Sunnis and Shiites, Kurds and Turks.
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Kurdish region is exploring whether to be part of Iraq or whether to be independent
The Washington Post
BY KAREN
DEYOUNG AND STEVEN MUFSON July 2 at 8:46 PM
But even if
a suitable government is formed in Baghdad — for Kurds, one that does not
include Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki — “we are not ready to go back to
pre-June 9,” when Islamist militants began their advance across the northwest
part of the country, said Fuad Hussein, chief of staff to Massoud Barzani,
president of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Ένα σενάριο για την Τουρκία! Διαβάστε και κρατήστε το στο συρτάρι σας.
του Σάββα Καλεντερίδη
Σε λίγες ημέρες ολοκληρώνεται ο προεκλογικός αγώνας στην Τουρκία και σύμφωνα με τις δημοσκοπήσεις, το κόμμα του Ρετζέπ Ταγίπ Ενρτογάν θα καταγάγει σημαντική νίκη, πετυχαίνοντας ποσοστό που θα ξεπερνά του 45%. Το κρίσιμο για την επιβίωση της κυβέρνησης Ερντογάν, παρά τα υψηλά ποσοστά που θα λάβει στις εκλογές, είναι η πολιτική που θα ακολουθήσει σε δυο βασικά ζητήματα. Το ένα είναι το λεγόμενο "βαθύ κράτος" και οι μηχανισμοί του, ο ισχυρότερος από τους οποίους είναι οι ίδιες οι Τουρκικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις, και το άλλο είναι το Κουρδικό Ζήτημα.
Το βαθύ κράτος αποτελεί φυσική και πολιτική απειλή για τον ίδιο τον Ερντογάν και για το κόμμα του, και θα εξηγήσουμε γιατί.
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