Posts Tagged: Kurds Iraq
Israeli PM Netanyahu Endorses Kurdish Statehood Ahead of Controversial Referendum
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially endorsed Kurdish statehood ahead of a controversial referendum held in the Kurdish region of Iraq in late September. Israel...
Assyrian Statehood Would Help Kurdish-American Relations
JNS.org - President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban against citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries has been met with a growing backlash in the Middle East. To take one...
Iraqi Kurds Commemorate Expulsion of Jews in Unprecedented Ceremony
An unprecedented ceremony marking the deportation of Iraqi Jews seven decades ago was held on Monday in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Agence France Presse reported. The...
US Says ‘Credible’ Reports of ISIS Chemical Weapons Use Are Under Investigation
The U.S. is investigating what it believes are "credible" reports that ISIS fighters used mustard agent in an attack against Kurdish Peshmerga this week, causing...
Israel’s Ashkelon Port Set to Receive First Kurdish Crude Oil Shipment Despite Baghdad Threats
Israel's Ashkelon Port on Friday gave safe harbor to the controversial SCF Altai tanker, prepared to deliver the first shipment of crude oil from Iraqi...
Why the Kurds Are a Beacon of Hope in the Middle East
JNS.org - During the war in Iraq, when I was still living in London and coordinating news coverage of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein...
Pro-US Iraqi Kurds Reach Deal with PM al-Maliki
Times of Israel - Just six months ago, Erbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, was buzzing. Walking through the streets of...
