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Turkey bombs Christian villages in Iraq’s Kurdish region – analysis
Written by Seth Frantzman, originally published at jpost.com Turkey continued its campaign of bombarding villages in northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region this week, reportedly damaging homes and a church of local Christian minorities. Ankara claims it is fighting “terror” although there have been no major terror attacks in Turkey for many years. The real terror, according to the locals, […]
Violations of the “right to security” in the Kurdish- and border areas of Iran; What is the duty of the government?
Security means a desirable situation in which a person can ensure that his rights are not violated. The right to security is also a universal right that has been mentioned in authentic international texts and documents. These include Article 22 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 9 of the International Covenant on […]
Iranian PKK member killed in airstrike when visiting a Duhok doctor’s clinic
PKK-affiliated media confirmed the deaths of four of its members, including an Iranian, in Turkish airstrikes, media sources stated: “May 20, a group of PKK members returning from a clinic near the village of Mangeshk, near Duhok. The PKK emphasized that its four members were not armed, and had no major responsibilities, and that their […]
Hussein Kamkar’s father: PJAK killed my son and kidnapped my daughter
In Iranian Kurdistan, the presence of different groups with different names, but the same catastrophic performance, has deprived development and security for years. In recent years, many families have faced the phenomenon of child abduction and extortion by armed and militant groups, and their lives and property and those of their relatives have been threatened. […]
IKHRW Statement – Behzad Mahmoudi
A few days ago, a video went viral of man burning himself in Iraqi Kurdistan, in front of the UN’s head office in Erbil. Iranian Human Rights Watch followed up on the case of Behzad Mahmoudi, and clarified the details surrounding his stay in Iraqi Kurdistan, the reason he had left his home country Iran, […]
PKK confirms that one of its Iranian members was killed in a Turkish chemical attack
Obaid Moloudi (nom de guerre: Xebat Aso), son of Hajar and Hossein, a resident of Javanrood city in Kermanshah province, is the newest Iranian member of the PKK / PJAK to die in the group’s war with the Turkish army. The PKK claimed in a statement that Obaid – among several others of its armed […]
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 […]
KRG officials express concern for Palestine, continue to deal with Israel
Statements expressing “Concern for Palestine” Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani made a statement about the recent violence between Israel and Palestine. Speaking on his social media account, Nechirvan Barzani said, “We are very concerned about the violence between Israelis and Palestinians that cost the lives of civilians, including children, and targets holy places.” Nechirvan Barzani […]
Claims concerning the involvement of Kurdish forces in the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani
By Hedwig Kuijpers Yahoonews has published a long piece about the early 2020 murder of the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and the Iraqi resistance leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, written by Jack Murphy and Zach Dorfman. This article, based on interviews with 15 current and former U.S. officials executed by Jack Murphy (himself a US special […]
Water as a Weapon: Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and the Water Wars yet to come
The first time I’ve ever personally experienced the weaponization of water in conflict was at the end of the summer, in North-East Syria, 2015. As Turkey decreased the water flow of the Euphrates river entering Syria, the local water committee would have to spread rations of water to the different cities and villages it served. […]