A regional election took place in the northern Kurdish provinces of Iraq Saturday. It is reported 78% of the 2.5 million eligible voters headed to the polls. The self-controlled and semiautonomous Kurdish region will select a new President and a 111-seat Parliament. Kurdistan...
Iraqi Kurds voted in the semiautonomous Kurdistan region today and hundreds lined up for hours before polling places opened to cast their ballot for the local presidential and parliamentary elections. They are...
created by Amy Judd | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 96 views | 16 recommendations | 3 comments
Today in London, the Kurdish community gathered to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, a tradition going across countries in Middle East and Central Asia. It coincides with the spring equinox of 21st of March...
created by Luis Rubim | 2 years ago 1340 views | 13 recommendations | 1 comment
This is becoming routine. Itwill be interesting to see ifthere is as much of an uproarin the Arab world about this as there was about Israeli strikesin Gaza, for the same reasons. " Turkish warplanes bombed...
"The front door of the Turkish Embassy located in the Kaivopuisto area of Helsinki was set on fire around 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Police say it's possible the arson was politically motivated.[...]A Kurdish demonstration was staged by the Turkish Embassy on Monday. Four...
created by Pasi | 3 years ago 135 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
Five people are dead after a militant group ambushed Police officers in Turkey. 19 others were injured, some seriously. Four of the killed were police officers and one was an employee of a local precinct. Turkey's parliament extended their mandate to order strikes against...
The hand shaking between the Iraqi president (and Kurdish) Jalal Talabani, and Israel defence minister Ehud Barak is interesting historically because of the Israeli connections with the Kurds in the past,...
created by korzac | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 322 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
London (ANTARA News/AFP) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari warned Saturday that Turkey`s ground offensive in northern Iraq should end quickly before it destabilises the region, in an interview with the BBC.Zebari, quoted by the BBC website, said that Iraq did not...
created by uusjio | 3 years ago 189 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
As this photo of a Typical Kurdish Family, certainly attests to Kurdish Bloodlust, you know they're just asking for a can of Turkish Whup Ass! These Kurds, so smug and smarmy living...
created by Barry ORegan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1545 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Also see the AP's story on the military operation.KUWAIT - Feb 21 8:47 GMT: A Turkish army communiqué announced that a land offensive have been launched against Kurdish rebels PKK in northern Iraq.
The...
created by Kuwait | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1152 views | 17 recommendations | 8 comments
The AP is reporting that about 300 Turkish troops have crossed into northern Iraq. Ankara hasn’t confirmed the reports but Kurdish officials are saying that Turkish troops entered Iraq overnight and moved up to...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 518 views | 27 recommendations | 10 comments
Tangerang (ANTARA News) - Two female Indonesian workers who had been
rescued from a conflict area in Kurdistan, Iraq, by non-governmental
organization (NGO) Migrant Care arrived here on Wednesday afternoon
aboard an Emirates flight.
The two, identified as Ellly Anita and...
created by uusjio | 4 years ago 262 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Kurdistan, somewhere: Someone is, indeed, supplying the PKK militia
with weapons and so-called "intelligence". It is highly unlikely that a
simple, isolated terrorist organisation could kill and abduct dozens...
created by Daniel Neun | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1035 views | 27 recommendations | 6 comments
Turkey on the move, against US governments protests has sent troops along it's Southern Border with Iraq to quash Kurdish Rebels along it's own borders."SIRNAK, Turkey -- Turkey said on Monday eight of its...
created by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 672 views | 2 recommendations | 6 comments
Kurdish terrorists have recently upped their attacks on Turkey in an effort to gain control over a portion of Turkey for themselves. The Kurdish terrorist group, Kurdistan Workers' Party, has had some recent...
created by BigT | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 932 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments