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US after rallying Kurds against Turkey: Iranian official

Sat Jan 27, 2018 12:18:08

Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei told MNA on Sat. that the US military coalition in Syria seeks to rally Kurds against Turkey, while Turkey is after disrupting US plans in the region.

Trump says US to stop arming Syrian Kurds

Sat Nov 25, 2017 07:37:50

President Donald Trump has told Turkey's president that the United States will cut off its supply of arms to Kurdish fighters in Syria.

Main Kurdish opposition calls on Kurdish President Barzani to quit

Mon Oct 23, 2017 07:38:15

The main opposition party of Iraq’s Kurdistan region has called on Kurdish President Massoud Barzani to quit, urging the formation of a “National salvation government.”

Iraq Will Remain United: Iraqi Prime Minister

Sat Oct 21, 2017 08:38:49

In June 2014, the cover of Time magazine echoed a sentiment common among pundits and outsiders: “The End of Iraq,” it read. I am proud to say that three years later, thanks to the Iraqi armed forces and the Iraqi people, these predictions were wrong.

Netanyahu backs partitioning Iraq for Kurdish state

Mon Aug 14, 2017 11:25:21

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed interest in partitioning Iraq and establishing an independent Kurdish state in the Arab country during a meeting with a delegation of 33 US Republican congressmen.

Here are Some of the Toughest Battles Still to be Fought against ISIS

Sun Jul 16, 2017 15:13:33

The battle of Mosul is over, but the war against the ISIS is far from done. The militants have lost some 60 percent of the territory they controlled at the peak of their expansion, but that leaves a sizable area, mostly in Syria but also Iraq, to be recaptured.

Kurdish YPG militia expects conflict with Turkey in northern Syria :Reuters

Thu Jul 6, 2017 11:25:51

The head of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said on Wednesday that Turkish military deployments near Kurdish-held areas of northwestern Syria amounted to a "declaration of war" which could trigger clashes within days.

US to take back weapons from Syrian Kurds after ISIS routed, Mattis tells Turkey

Thu Jun 22, 2017 19:24:46

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has told Turkey that the Pentagon will take back weapons supplied to the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) once the Washington-backed militiamen manage to drive ISIS Takfiri terrorists out of Syria's northern city of Raqqah.

US Continues Arming Kurds in Raqqa

Sun Jun 18, 2017 15:41:01

The US has sent tens of trucks full of light and semi-heavy weapons to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

UN won't play any role in Iraqi Kurds' independence vote

Thu Jun 15, 2017 13:46:24

The United Nations said it will not be "engaged in any way or form" in the process surrounding the independence referendum in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdish region planned for September.

Turkey says Iraqi Kurds' referendum plan a 'grave mistake'

Fri Jun 9, 2017 17:08:45

Turkey on Friday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence referendum would be a "grave mistake."

Turkey Denounces UN Human Rights Report Against Ankara as ‘Biased’

Sat Mar 11, 2017 13:20:31

Turkey has lambasted as “biased” a report by the United Nations accusing Ankara of committing serious human rights violations, including displacing half a million people, in its military operations against Kurdish militants in the country's southeastern regions.

Turkey Stands against Agreement between SDF Kurds, Syrian Gov't

Fri Mar 3, 2017 08:10:02

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced that his government has called on the US to evacuate the Kurds from Manbij in Aleppo province immediately, rejecting an agreement between the Kurds and Damascus government to surrender the Western Manbij regions to the Syrian army.

Kurdish SDF Drive Daesh From 130 Villages in Raqqa

Fri Jan 13, 2017 22:33:47

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have driven the so-called Islamic State (ISIS or Daesh) Militia from 133 villages in the northeastern Syrian Raqqa province during the second phase of the Operation Wrath of Euphrates, the SDF said in a Friday statement.

ISIS Preparing for Large-Scale Operation against Kurds in Northeastern Syria

Wed Jan 4, 2017 16:36:31

The ISIS (ISIL, IS, Daesh) terrorist group has dispatched a large number of its forces from Deir Ezzur to the Southern part of Hasaka province to use them in an imminent operation against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), terrorist-affiliated websites disclosed on Wednesday.

VIDEO: Hakim Hails Hashd al-Sha’abi Role in Iraq’s Defense

Wed Dec 14, 2016 12:18:29

A senior Iraqi cleric and politician has hailed the role of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, in defending the country in the face of terrorism threats, Press TV reports.

ISIS Implants Bombs in Copies of Quran Near Mosul

Tue Dec 6, 2016 14:47:30

ISIS terrorists have planted bombs in copies of the Quran before leaving them on the streets and in front of houses in Kan’ous, a village close to the Iraqi city of Mosul, the Iran Front Page has reported.

Amnesty Calls on Turkey to Facilitate Return of Displaced Kurds to Homes

Tue Dec 6, 2016 10:40:40

Amnesty International has called on the Turkish government to facilitate the return of tens of thousands of displaced families to the predominantly-Kurdish, southeastern city of Diyarbakir, where a curfew has been imposed and military operations are ongoing against Kurdish militants.

SDF Fighters Establish Control over 570KM of ISIS-Stronghold Raqqa Province

Tue Nov 22, 2016 22:15:14

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that they have driven ISIS out of over 570 square kilometers of land in the province of Raqqa in Northern Syria in their offensive to capture the self-proclaimed capital of the terrorist group.

Aerial Footage: Kurds Accused of Destroying Arab Homes in Iraq after ISIS Flee

Sun Nov 13, 2016 20:31:28

A leading US-based rights group released a report on Sunday alleging that security forces of Iraq’s regional Kurdish government had routinely destroyed Arab homes in areas retaken from the Islamic State terrorist group (ISIS / Daesh / ISIL) over the past two years.