Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Region, has sent condolences to the family of Abu Layla, an outstanding Kurdish commander who died from injuries sustained from an Islamic State (ISIS) ISIS sniper bullet in Rojava earlier this month. “On a phone call with Yousif Abdul Aziz, a brother of martyred …
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It might have been a moment of hope: an internationally negotiated ceasefire that would lead to a political deal to end a war that has probably killed nearly half a million people and turned millions more into refugees. The accord was thrashed out by America and Russia on February 12th …
Read More »Partial No-Fly Zone Included in US-Turkey Consensus
A recent joint action consensus between Turkey and the United States, which includes the use of the İncirlik Airbase in southern Turkey in fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists, also covers a partial no-fly zone over the Turkey-Syria border, according to sources. The 90-kilometer …
Read More »Kurdistan Presidency: Liberation of Gire Spi is Great News
The Kurdistan Regional Presidency issued a statement Monday congratulating the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) fighters for liberating the ethnically Kurdish Syrian town of Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) from ISIS. “Thank you YPG fighters and other forces who took part in the liberation process for Gire Spi,” said the presidency …
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