Posts Tagged: Kurdistan
Armed Drone Shot Down Near US Base in Northern Iraq
Defense systems shot down an armed drone on Sunday over Erbil airport in northern Iraq where U.S. and other international forces are stationed, Iraqi Kurdistan's...
Iranians Keep Up Protests Over Mahsa Amini Death Despite Growing Death Toll
Iranians kept up anti-government protests on Wednesday despite an increasingly deadly state crackdown, social media reports showed, as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the...
Rockets Land Near Erbil Airport, Three Wounded, Say Iraqi Kurdish Security Sources
At least three rockets landed near Erbil International Airport in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq, wounding three people, Kurdish Peshmerga sources said on Monday. A...
The Messages Behind the Iranian Missile Strike in Iraqi Kurdistan
On September 8, 2018, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a barrage of missiles into Iraqi Kurdistan, targeting the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party...
Iraqi Kurds Gear Up for Elections Hoping to End Turmoil
Campaigning began in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan on Tuesday for parliamentary elections that Kurds hope will help end months of turmoil, a year after the region...
Has Israel’s Support for Kurdistan’s Independence Helped or Harmed the Kurds?
Israel’s public support for the referendum on Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence roused many demons from their slumber. The question now to be asked is whether the...
The Kurdish and Catalan Referenda
On October 1, 2017 -- of those eligible to vote from among the 7.5 million-strong Catalan nation -- two million (42%) showed up for the referendum on independence from...
Backing the Kurds Is the Best Bet to Check Iran’s Expansion
The US and Israel should throw their full weight behind the Kurds and their quest for independence. A Kurdish state represents the biggest opportunity to...
Kurds Could Be Key US Ally in Anti-Iran Efforts
Kurdish President Massoud Barzani, in his first comment on the military rout of his Peshmerga forces, vowed that the overwhelming vote for Kurdish independence in...
Iran’s War, and America’s Shame, in Kurdistan
JNS.org - Prior to the referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan on September 25, the leaders of Iran, Turkey and Iraq all foretold of the coming of a...
Iraqi Kurds Feel ‘Abandoned’ by the US, as Israel Offers Support
JNS.org - As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly lobbies world leaders to protect the Kurds as they lose ground in Iraq, some activists and experts feel that the...
Independence for Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan's recent referendum on whether to declare independence from Baghdad garnered only slight attention in the US. Even the overwhelming vote (93 percent favored...
Alan Dershowitz: The Case for Kurdish Independence
This article was originally published by Gatestone Institute. Over 90% of Iraq’s Kurdish population have now voted for independence from Iraq. While the referendum is not...
Iraqi Kurds’ Independence Is Decades Overdue
The Iraqi Kurdish vote for independence, taking place on Monday, is more than likely to pass. Sadly, however, not a single country (with the exception...
