News for Kurdish Senator Schumer calls for US backing of Kurdish stateSenate minority leader calls on US to recognize Kurdish bid for independence, a position embraced internationally virtually only by Israel. Pentagon: Stand down, Kurds, TurksAs the US-backed Kurds and the invading Turks continue to scrap to the west of the Euphrates, the Pentagon tries to take tensions down. Kurdish city in chaos, double bombing kills 44Serial bomb attacks in Qamishli have strewn the streets with dead and wounded. Mass grave in Iraq tells horror storyAs Europe mourns ISIS's deadly Paris attacks, only now is the scale of another massacre the West could have prevented becoming clear. Turkey: We Killed 770 Kurdish Militants in a MonthState-run media cites intelligence sources saying 430 PKK militants killed in Iraq, another 260 in southeastern Turkey. 'Kurdish Shakira' Wages Music Video War on ISISKurdish pop-star fights back in her own way with English-language music video shot near front lines replete with tanks. Kurds Advance Towards ISIS De Facto CapitalYPG and rebel forces capture 19 villages in Raqa province where ISIS has its stronghold, aided by US coalition airstrikes. Kurds Defeat ISIS in Iraqi Kurdistan's CapitalMajor attack repulsed as 34 ISIS terrorists killed, with tactics and US-led airstrikes turning the tables on jihadists. Kurds Launch Push Against ISIS in North IraqKurds regaining ground in Iraq with the help of US-backed international coalition, officials say. Kurd Leader Says ISIS Has '200,000 Terrorists'CIA estimates put ISIS strength at no more than 31,500, but senior Kurdish official reveals that's 'impossible' given realities on ground. US Airdrops Weapons to Kurds Despite TurkeyAfter Erdogan calls Kurdish fighters 'terrorists' and opposes arming them, arms dropped in Kobane to aid fight against ISIS. US Talking Directly With Kurdish FightersControversial cooperation with offshoot of blacklisted group sees unlikely link between Turks and Kurds; concern over Kobane escalates.Three US Citizens Join Kurdish Fight Against ISISA different type of foreign national: instead of joining jihadists, US citizens found to be joining fight against them. Islamic State Conquering Syria's Turkish BorderThousands of Kurds flee to border as ISIS takes 21 border towns; Turkey initially doesn't let them in - same night 21 wounded Gazans let in. ISIS Seizes Nuclear Materials in IraqIraq warns UN that Jihadist group captured uranium compounds; US and UN brush off threat of 'dirty bomb.' Kurdish Diplomat Firmly Denies Ties with IsraelDespite Israeli PM, FM and president's advances, KRG envoy says policy same as Iraq, which is still technically at war with Israel. Kurds Deny Report of Oil Trade with IsraelKurdish officials say report of oil from independent pipeline being sold to Israel is 'baseless and without evidence.'Syrian Kurds Declare AutonomyAfter months of fighting, northeastern Syria makes official split to Kurdish autonomy.Kurds Concerned Islamists Taking OverKurdish group fighting Assad: Islamists are taking over our cause; call for American support against Al Qaeda.Syrian Kurds Capture Al Qaeda Head in SyriaSyrian Kurdish rebels say they’ve captured the head of ISIS, representing the jihadist Syrian rebel groups linked to Al Qaeda in Iraq. Second Civil War Brewing in War-Torn SyriaA second war is brewing in war-ravaged Syria – this one between the two opposition factions fighting to depose President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian Kurds Prepare for AutonomySyrian Kurds clashed with radical Islamist rebels, killing at least four. Turkish boy killed by stray fire 10,000 Syrian Refugees Wait to Enter TurkeyMore than 200,000 Syrians have fled the savage civil war ripping apart their homeland this year. Now 10,000 are waiting to enter Turkey. Turkey: Assad Gave Heavy Weapons to PKKTurkey's ruling AK Party accuses Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of “heaving heavy weapons” for Kurdish PKK terrorists in northern Syria. |
