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Letter from Kurdistan
“Letter from Kurdistan is republished with permission of Stratfor.” By Reva Bhalla At the edge of empires lies Kurdistan, the land of the Kurds. The jagged landscape has long been the scene of imperial...
View ArticleKurdish Forces Push Back Against Islamic State
From Rudaw: Rudaw reporter says that the Peshmerga have made progress in their counteroffensive near Zumar where they intend to cut off the IS militants from retreating into Syria. “We decided to go on...
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In Iraq, the United States and Iran Align Against the Islamic State
“In Iraq, the United States and Iran Align Against the Islamic State is republished with permission of Stratfor.” Summary Since June, a great deal of international focus has been on Iraq, where the...
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Turkey, the Kurds and Iraq: The Prize and Peril of Kirkuk
“Turkey, the Kurds and Iraq: The Prize and Peril of Kirkuk is republished with permission of Stratfor.” By Reva Bhalla In June 1919, aboard an Allied warship en route to Paris, sat Damat Ferid Pasha,...
View ArticleIslamic State Beheads Citizens of Syrian Border Town Kobane
From The Daily Mail: According to those who escaped, the jihadis’ savagery is more hideous than anyone feared. Headless corpses litter the streets of the besieged Syrian border town, they say, and some...
View ArticleNorwegian Telemark Battalion to Train Kurdish Peshmerga
From The Daily Mail: The Telemark Battalion is an elite mechanised infantry unit of the Norwegian Army which has been involved in the fight against the Taliban as part of the NATO-led security mission...
View ArticleGunsmith Keeps Kurds in the Fight Against ISIS
From War is Boring: His shop isn’t much more than a basement under Erbil’s central bazaar. Its only fittings are a work bench, a chair and some tools. Shotguns and air rifles line the walls. He even...
View ArticleU.S. Soldier Recruiting For Kurds In Fight Against ISIS
From The Daily Mail: During his two years in the U.S. military, he never served abroad – but on the second day fighting in Syria, he was struck by a mortar round during a firefight with ISIS. As he...
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Syria: A Chronology of How the Civil War May End
“Syria: A Chronology of How the Civil War May End is republished with permission of Stratfor.” Analysis Editor’s Note: The conflict in Syria is entering a critical phase. Turkey has at long last...
View ArticleUnit of Kurdish Women Take Fight to ISIS
From The Daily Mail: Xate Shingali, 30, who performed traditional Yazidi folklore music all over northern Iraq, was granted special permission to form the unit by the Kurdish President. She formed the...
View ArticleAmericans and Other Foreigners Fighting ISIS
From New York Times Magazine: I found a 26-year-old American civilian named Clay Lawton standing alone, just outside the village. Square-jawed, with large eyes and bright teeth, he was a volunteer...
View ArticleSEAL Killed In Iraq
From Soldier of Fortune: The Navy SEAL killed in a battle yesterday with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fighters responded to an early attack on peshmerga units about 2 miles behind the forward...
View ArticleTexan Fighting Against ISIS With Peshmerga
From The Truth About Guns: I first saw Waco on Instagram where he posts pictures of his life in Iraq as a Peshmerga soldier. Through a multitude of photos with Iraq as the backdrop the young vet beams...
View ArticleFamily Speaks About Mutilated Kurdish Soldier
From Fox News: Ahmed said that his sister, whose real name was Amina Omar, joined the YPG as a fighter after the genocide and capture of thousands of Yazidi women by ISIS in neighboring Iraq’s Sinjar...
View ArticleWhat Will Become of the Kurds?
From The Clarion Project: The U.S. has now agreed to retreat from the Syrian-Turkish border, making way for a planned invasion by Turkey. The result will most certainly mean slaughter for the Kurdish...
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