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In response to IKHRW, Suleiman Alikhan: Turkey is a threat to all Kurds
Given Turkey’s growing military presence in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), especially in areas controlled by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) led by Massoud Barzani, speculation is growing about Turkey’s real goals in Kurdish circles. On the other hand, the KDP, without Baghdad’s permission, has allowed Turkey to establish about 20 military barracks deep in […]
Outrage in Syria: US-backed SDF seizes bank and empties government buildings in Hasakah
New developments targeting the Syrian government’s presence in Hasakah city come amid the arrival of military and logistical reinforcements for the U.S. military to its bases in the governorates of Al-Hasakah and Deir Ezzor. The PKK-affiliated forces have seized the Syrian Commercial Bank in Hasakah, as they expelled all the employees inside the building and […]
Washington: PKK/SDF does not allow Arabs to decision-making positions
When PKK’s Syrian branch PYD, and its armed wing YPG was founded, it had as primary goal to form a Kurdish statelet in North-Syria. Its plans did not include the Arab majority of the region and many reports by international Human Rights organisations reported ethnic cleansing of Arabs in the territory it occupied. As ISIS […]
PKK detains civilian from Duhok on spying allegations
Relatives of a Kurdish man detained for spying by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Duhok province have called for his release after an alleged video confession was published on Tuesday. The PKK, which captured Jutiyar Muhsin in Amedi on January 29, issued a statement on Monday accusing him of spying on behalf of Turkish […]
PKK’s terror initiative: Children of Fire
The ‘Children of Fire Initiative’, which claims to be a branch of the terrorist organization PKK, which showed its presence on the social networking site Twitter, explained that they caused dozens of fires across Turkey between early 2019 and now. Stating that they will continue to start fires systematically, the group used the following expressions […]
Tensions keep rising in North-Iraq as fears for Turkish invasion grow
Fears are growing of a major confrontation between Kurdish factions in northern Iraq, as tensions continue to rise between Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) over control of a strategic territory. Speculations say that KRG and the Turkish government are conspiring to drive the PKK out of its Qandil headquarters, […]
Ocalan: No one should build their future plans over me
Abdullah Öcalan, who has been serving a life sentence in a prison on the İmralı Island since 1999, was allowed a phone call with a member of his family for the first time in 21 years on April 28. During the phone call, Öcalan focused on the Kurdish unity in the Middle East, as he […]
PKK’s European wing continues to ignore lockdown measures
With the novel coronavirus causing a humanitarian crisis across the globe, and severe lockdowns throughout most of European countries. Social gatherings have been forbidden for two months now in most West-European countries, in an attempt to prevent the spreading of the virus. One of the European cities that has been hit the hardest, is Paris. […]
KCK releases second statement on Zini Werta situation
The KCK has released a statement on the Zini Werta stand-off. It said it would show responsibility. “As a matter of fact, although the area where the peshmergas were sent to is very important for us, we try to respond to the aspirations of the Kurdish people by showing the necessary patience, common sense and […]
PKK attempts to revive Marxism in Syria
The PKK/PYD administration of North-East Syria is known for its attractiveness to excentric people from all around the world, who have been given a green light to perform their political activities as long as they fight under the SDF flag. The area holds marxists, maoists, communalists, anarchists and many more. Strange enough, PYD/PKK can not […]