Tag Archives: SYRIA
Assassinations of tribal leaders in SDF-held part of Deir-ez Zor continues
The lack of security in Deir ez-Zor has long been a major problem in the area. The part of the region held by SDF-affiliated forces has known a multitude of assasinations of tribal leaders and religious leaders. The series of such assassinations started on July 31, 2020, when ISIS claimed responsibility for the killing of […]
Corruption in Kobane; the Abdi dynasty
Through the last years, the US government has backed the Syrian democratic forces in their fight against ISIS in North-East Syria. Their battle has led to the establishment of a semi-autonomous region in the country. A leading role in the establishment of ‘Rojava’ is held by general Mazloum Abdi, who is famous throughout the world […]
Iraqi Kurds want American troops at their border because of escalating intra-Kurdish tensions
Iraqi-Kurdish president Masrour Barzani asked Washington on Tuesday afternoon to station their troops on the border with Syria after yet another escalation between the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) and the KDP (Kurdish Democratic Party), as reported by al-Monitor. According to the KDP, the Syrian-Kurdish YPG (People’s Protection Units) tried to infiltrate their territory. This resulted […]
UN Human Rights Council to SDF: Stop child soldiers recruitment
The report of the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council on human rights violations in Syria condemns human rights violations by Turkey and the PKK-affiliated Syrian Democratic Forces. The Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch (IKHRW) provides presents a summary: The 25-page UN report on widespread human rights abuses by Turkey and its proxy […]
Panic in North-East Syria: Russia threatens to leave Til Temir
For months we have witnessed the cat-and-mouse game Russia and the USA have been playing in North-East Syria. Last year, when the USA left the area and the Kurdish people to Turkish invasion, it was the Syrian army and the Russian-Turkish peace deal that saved the Kurds. The USA, feeling threatened by this deal, decided […]
Guchlu: “PKK opposes any Kurdish unity”
In an interview, Ibrahim Guchlu, a Kurdish politician in Turkey, said that the PKK openly opposes any agreement reached by the Syrian Kurds, citing recent remarks by Jamil Bayik, current head of the PKK. Aiming to thwart any attempt to reach an agreement, the PKK ordered a number of its members to attack the offices […]
Lack of water in Hasakah: PKK sells water to the people
Hasakah province is one of the most fertile areas in Syria, parts of which are controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a branch of the PKK. These armed groups and Turkish-affiliated armed groups are fighting over power and looting the region’s wealth, and after the defeat of the SDF and the control of the […]
US’s mad plan for Syrian oil: will it save or will it blow out the Kurdish experiment for good?
US’s mad plan for Syrian oil The US has had a mad plan to steal, or “save Syria’s oil”, since the day it told the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to get ready for the liberation of the non-Kurdish region of Deir ez-Zor, in eastern Syria (which holds Syria’s largest oil fields). The SDF, that […]
A new Kurdish-Assyrian alliance
The northeastern part of Syria, or what has become known as the term ” east of the Euphrates “, is witnessing a political movement between the various forces opposing the Syrian government , as several political currents are heading to forge an alliance with them, while the Syrian Kurds are still trying to bridge the […]
Trump and his unwanted ally; the Kurds
An Analysis of John Bolton’s Memoir I took the bullet for my dear readers and struggled myself through John Bolton’s 570-pages long memoir: ” The Room Where It All Happened “, to highlight the most important passages on the Kurds, of what the former national security adviser reveals about the Trump administration’s actions. Some passages […]