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The Gara Affair: How Not to Rescue Hostages
By Burak Bekdil EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan needed a military success story, and the rescue of 13 hostages held by the PKK in northern Iraq would have fit the bill. Unfortunately, the operation was a tragic failure. Erdoğan now accuses the Kurds, Kurdish political parties, opposition parties, and even the Biden administration […]
Turkey has the largest presence in Iraq and is occupying more lands
In the past two weeks, Turkish forces have occupied new areas in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). The new Turkish military campaign is part of the Turkish expansion plan led by the country’s authoritarian president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The new campaign began with the same old pretext – to “end” the presence of the […]
Iranian bodyguard of PKK leader Murad Karayilan: Killing confirmed
In a special news item, the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch (IKHRW) announced in April 2021 that “Turkish security forces had killed a former bodyguard of Murad Karayilan, commander of the PKK’s armed wing”. The Turkish Interior Ministry said in a statement that the terrorist, Horam Awiyer, whose real name was Hassan Mahmoudi, had been […]
International duty of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region in the fight against terrorist groups
According to international law, the countries, as a duty, must not allow their territories to be used against the national security of neighboring countries. According to the Declaration of Principles for Friendly Relations in International Law, no country should be a host nor a refuge place for terrorist groups. The 1944 Declaration on the Eradication […]
Turkey brought Free Syrian Army fighters to the region to fight against PKK
Aiming to maintain control over a 100-kilometer area in Metîna, Zap, and Avaşîn, the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) advanced only 8 kilometers in 6 days and to reinforce the Turkish Army, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters were brought to the operation area. As the military operation that was launched by the Turkish Armed Forces […]
Barzani: PKK must leave the Kurdistan Region
Masrour Barzani emphasized that the PKK is not an alternative to the Kurdistan government and that the organization should respect the government of Kurdistan. Speaking to Qatar-based Al Jazeera television, Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Mesrur Barzani answered questions on the agenda. Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, who answered a question about the military operations carried out […]
The latest victim of PJAK terrorism: A girl from Makoo city
The process of deception, abduction, execution, and killing the Iranian Kurdish youth and adolescents by PJAK and the PKK began years ago and continues. Under age Kurdish adolescents who are known to have been deceived or abducted all have a single and definite destiny: “Execution and being killed while fleeing PJAK headquarters or in Turkish […]
Bloody internal conflicts in PJAK; Who had Mehdi Rezaei killed?
Due to their closed structure, dictatorship and authoritarianism of leaders, terrorist groups and armed and mafia sects, such as the PKK and PJAK, have never tolerated any opposition or criticism. These bloody internal executions and repressions could involve all members of the group. In fact, in the PKK, with the exception of Ocalan and his […]
Friend or Foe? Group on terror list details US military meeting
Matthew Petti and Hadeel Oueiss Cemil Bayik has a $4 million U.S. counterterrorism bounty on his head. But the Kurdish guerrilla leader says his forces have been meeting with U.S. troops — and he’s ready to make amends. Bayik is a founding member and half of the two-person committee leading the Kurdistan Workers Party, usually […]
A girl from Salmas, the latest Iranian victim of PJAK terrorism: Jamshideh Ziba
The scholars and researchers have always focused on the situation of women in terrorist groups such as PJAK and PKK. Trying to exploit the traditional and sometimes anti-woman atmosphere in Kurdish society, these groups, promise girls and women freedom and prosperity; but in practice, women and girls become sex slaves and simple members of the […]