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palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

In this past year in Turkey, thousands of people were massacred for a one-man regime, cities were torn down, tens of thousands of people have been arrested for having different opinions than the government.
http://anfenglish.com/news/record-time-for-genocidal-operations-in-turkey-during-2016

»Niemand kann sich mehr sicher fühlen«

Gespräch. Mit Sakine Esen Yilmaz. Über fehlende Rechtsstaatlichkeit in der Türkei, Imame, die in Schulen ein- und ausgehen, und ihren Antrag auf Asyl in Deutschland
http://www.jungewelt.de/2017/01-07/064.php

Foreign volunteer unit fights to save lives in Syria

In September, when northern Syria was still hot enough for sand flies to bite, John Harding sat at a makeshift table of plywood and concrete bricks at a former dairy that is now a base for the People’s Protection Units (YPG). He was telling his favorite story from his second tour serving as a volunteer alongside YPG and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighting IS.

The Syrian city of Manbij had been liberated from IS in mid-August after months of fierce fighting, and the Tactical Medical Unit (TMU), also known by its Kurdish name Yekineyen Bijiski Taktiki — a group of around half a dozen mostly Western volunteers — was approached by a local who was holding one of the many IS mines left in the city.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/12/northern-syria-foreign-medical-volunteers.html

YPG releases balance sheet of war for 2016

YG said 2016 was a year of great importance for the Rojava Revolution as their forces fulfilled a defense mission along all border lines and joined the operations Wrath of Khabur, Elin and Cudi, Manbij and Wrath of Euphrates within the body of SDF.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/ypg-releases-balance-sheet-of-war-for-2016

YPG announces the death of two volunteers from the UK and Canada

YPG announced that British volunteer fighter Ryan Lock and Canadian volunteer Nazzareno Antonio Tassoned have died in the ongoing fight against ISIS near Raqqa.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/ypg-announces-the-death-of-two-volunteers-from-the-uk-and-canada

Kurds may be the victim of the Russian-Turkish cooperation

Lyon II University faculty member and Washington Institute fellow Middle East expert Fabrice Balanche published an analysis in Le Figaro on the aggreement signed among the regime and the groups they are in conflict with by the mediation of Russia, Iran and Turkey. Balanche underlined that there is a risk that the Kurds may be sacrificed as a result of the Russian-Turkish cooperation.

The analysis was published with the title “Syria: Why the ceasefire doesn’t announce the end of the war” and in it Balanche argues that Turkey has joined the Russia-Iran alliance in a tactical move and that the ceasefire was “so far a success”.

Balanche pointed out that the ceasefire doesn’t include regions under Fatah Al Sham (previously known as Al Nusra) control and foresaw Bashar Asad staying in power until 2021, and stated that the “withdraw” of Asad mentioned in the agreement was “just to lure the West and the Gulf countries to the table”.

Balanche stated that the Ahrar Al Sham gang was added to the agreement with Turkey’s imposition and the radicals in the gangs are opposed to it. Balanche foresaw that the agreement may increase the divide and divisions among the anti-regime groups, primarily Ahrar Al Sham, and underlined that that was in line with the military goals of the Asad regime.
http://anfenglish.com/news/balanche-kurds-may-be-the-victim-of-the-russian-turkish-cooperation

Iraqi Kurdistan oil a slippery issue

Iraqi Kurdistan has been shipping oil to Turkey without Baghdad's knowledge, resulting in Iraq violating an OPEC agreement, according to accusations leveled Jan. 3 by Iraq's prime minister. Also, Iraq recently confirmed that a Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) minister had offered to sell oil fields to Turkey for $5 billion, again without consulting Baghdad.

Meanwhile, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh plans to visit Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi next week to discuss cooperative projects related to oil and gas. Chief among these is the establishment of an oil pipeline from the province of Sulaimaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan to Iranian territory.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/01/iran-iraq-turkey-oil-ceyhan-sulaymaniyah-barzani.html

Kurdish President hosts Turkey’s PM, discuss PKK withdrawal from Sinjar

Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Sunday met Kurdish President Masoud Barzani in Erbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, to discuss recent developments in the region.

The withdrawal of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and affiliated groups from the Yezidi region of Shingal/Sinjar in northern Iraq was at the top of the Erbil meeting’s agenda.

Barzani and Yildirim have also discussed the developments of the fight against ISIS.

Turkey’s PM also stressed the importance of the Turkish-Kurdish cooperation in the Bashiqa military base in northern Iraq.
http://aranews.net/2017/01/kurdish-president-hosts-turkeys-pm-discuss-pkk-withdrawal-from-sinjar/

Êzidîs call upon the PKK and the worl

The Democratic Êzidî Society Coordination had held a meeting, with the participation of more than 60 delegates from across Kurdistan, Europe, Russia and Armenia, on Mount Shengal between December 25-28. The coordination issued the final declaration of this meeting, where it described the PKK as the hope of Êzidî people and called upon the guerillas to not withdraw from Shengal.

‘MASSACRES ARE NOT OUR FATE’

In its declaration, the coordination emphasized that massacres are not the fate of Êzidî people, who now want to put an end to massacres. For this purpose, the coordination underlined the importance of learning lessons from the latest 74th massacre and drew attention to the necessity of unity and solidarity. The coordination called for initiatives that would unify Êzidî people and achieve a platform and mechanism that represents the will of Êzidîs.

CALL TO LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL FORCES

The Democratic Êzidî Society Coordination described Shengal as the motherland of all Êzidîs and called upon Êzidî people to prioritize Shengal in all of their efforts. The coordination called for material and moral support to Shengal, and described the recent debates on Shengal as disturbing and painful. The coordination said ‘Those that have nothing to say to Êzidî people are claiming to take control of the Êzidîs in Shengal and are using the support of the AKP government, who is an enemy of Kurds and Êzidîs. After abandoning Êzidîs to ISIS, they act like nothing has happened and try to establish their rule over Shengal. We demand that the UN, EU and other international organizations function as guarantor parties, and that the PKK, which is an effective national force in the fight against ISIS, continues to defend our society. PKK asked nobody when it came to our rescue, and nobody was able to prevent it then. They came with a humane and national responsibility…We call upon the PKK: If you had not come to our rescue, we could have been wiped or Shengal could have been abandoned if survivors migrated from the city. With your arrival, you became the hope of our people, who have seen you as their security and decided to stay and resist under the most difficult conditions. Many of these people’s problems, such as security and administration, have not yet been resolved. We think that you still have a responsibility and, although you have not made an official statement or attempt, we do not think that it would be right for you to withdraw from Shengal. We believe that this society needs you and that you will be sensitive on this issue.’

‘SHENGAL’S AUTONOMY WILL BE THE BASIS’
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/ezidis-call-upon-the-pkk-and-the-world

palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (RTE) doesn’t only have gangs made up of secret soldiers brought from Eastern Turkistan and Kyrgzystan and Central Asia. He also has a secret gang of Kurds. These gangs made their name when they attacked Aleppo’s Eşrefiye neighborhood in 2012. Since that day, these gangs have been emerging under different names. Most recently, these people have been seen in the plan to invade Syria named “Euphrates Shield”.

After the Rojava Revolution, a secret gang group of Kurds RTE got his hands on through some forces was formed. This gang is activated occasionally and discarded when the deed is done.

RTE chooses the men he picks, turns into gangs and discards from Azaz, Rai, Exterin, Shehba and Bab.

These people were made to form two groups named Azadi and Selahattin around Aleppo first. These groups formed in the beginning of 2012 first made their name heard by attacking the Kurdish neighborhood of Eşrifye. Then they took part in the so-called FSA in Qestel, Cindo, Tel Hemis, Tel Birak, Serekaniye and many other places and attacked Kurdish people, cities, towns and villages.
http://anfenglish.com/features/erdogan-s-kurdish-gangs

Bilgen: TAF(turkische armee force)given a mission for “minesweeping” in Syria

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen held a press conference in the party headquarters on the recent developments.

Ayhan Bilgen first criticized Turkey’s Syria policies and said: “The policy in Syria has been wrong from the start, and now Turkey is paying for that mistake. They first negotiated with ISIS, and dubbed them ‘an indignant crowd’. When international reaction towards ISIS grew stronger, they continued their relationship over Al Nusra. Our deputies stated numerous times in the parliament that the relationship built with Al Nusra will cost Turkey greatly. Al Nusra was deemed a terrorist organization in Russia, but state officials have made comments that they don’t see it as such. The whole world knows how ‘moderate’ an ‘opposition’ the FSA is. We will soon see the organizations under the FSA structure dubbed terrorist organizations.”
http://anfenglish.com/news/bilgen-taf-given-a-mission-for-minesweeping-in-syria

Is Turkey recruiting militants evacuated from Aleppo?

Although the Syrian armed opposition has lost its six-year war to declare Aleppo the “capital of the revolution” and the Syrian equation has changed drastically, the curtain is not yet down on this act of the bloody play.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/12/turkey-syria-ankara-recruit-militants-from-aleppo.html

Erdoğan, once again: We won't allow a Kurdish state in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again confessed that Kurds were the target of their Syria policy.

Speaking at the DEİK General Assembly meeting in Istanbul, Erdoğan said the followings regarding the “aim” of the Kurds in Syria:

“What they aim is to found a new state in North Syria. It must be known that we will not allow such a state to be founded. Without doubt, we are deeply hurt by our martyrs in this process but we must know that there is a need for martyrs and veterans in order for a land to exist.”
http://anfenglish.com/news/erdogan-once-again-we-won-t-allow-a-kurdish-state-in-syria

Rojava leader: Turkey cannot stop Kurds from advancing in Syria

Fawza al-Yusuf, a Syrian Kurd from a modest family, left northern Syria as a teenager and student in 1991, fearful of arrest for her political activities. She joined the uprising that broke out in the Kurdish areas of southeastern Turkey in 1977 and remains ongoing, calling herself Zakho Zaghrous after Zakho, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan, and Mount Zaghrous, which dominates the mountain range between the Iranian- and Iraqi-ruled Kurdish regions.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/12/syria-kurds-uprising-turkey-federal-raqqa.html

Pressure mounts on PKK over Sinjar presence

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the United States recently reiterated their opposition to the continued presence of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the Sinjar region.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/12/pkk-iraq-sinjar-turkey.html

HPG: Nobody can push us out of Shengal

HPG said they forces went to Shengal for a human and moral mission, and that HPG, whose 230 freedom fighters were martyred there, won't leave Shengal as long as the threat against the people remains.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/hpg-nobody-can-push-us-out-of-shengal

YBŞ: HRW report not true, we invite them to the battle front

HRW claimed in a report two days ago that armed groups affiliated to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have recruited boys and girls, and that these groups sent children into direct combat, placing them at risk by training them in areas that Turkey has attacked with airstrikes in its conflict with the PKK, such as Iraq’s Qandil mountain area.

Shengal Resistance Units (YBŞ

General Command released a statement which denied the report and said it was aimed to defame the YBŞ.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/ybs-hrw-report-not-true-we-invite-them-to-the-battle-front

palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

The veil of mystery has yet to be lifted over an alleged airstrike on Nov. 24 against Turkish-backed opposition rebels in northern Syria that left at least four Turkish soldiers dead and several others wounded. The incident, which under normal circumstances would have led to a torrent of indignant chest thumping by Turkish leaders, appears to have been quietly buried, with no mention of it in today’s headlines. Its absence prompts the question, Why?
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/turkey-backed-opposition-syria-air-attack-ypg.html

Turkey scrambles to cut its losses in Syria

Amberin Zaman reports that “Turkey’s outsize ambitions in Syria lie in shreds as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad press on to assert control over the rebel strongholds that remain in Aleppo.”
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/12/turkey-syria-policy-kurds-aleppo-russia.html

Kurdish authorities harming recovery of Iraq's Yazidis: HRW

Kurdish restrictions on the movement of goods are harming the recovery of Iraq's Yazidi minority, which was targeted for genocide by the Islamic State group, Human Rights Watch said Sunday.

It said restrictions imposed by the autonomous Kurdish government "disproportionate to any possible security considerations are causing unnecessary harm to people's access to food, water, livelihoods, and other fundamental rights".

It said the restrictions affected the Sinjar area, the main hub of the Yazidis, a Kurdish-speaking religious minority whose faith is despised by jihadists.

The area is theoretically under the authority of the central government in Baghdad, but it is largely controlled by the forces of the autonomous Kurdish region.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/kurdish-restrictions-harm-recovery-iraqs-yazidis-hrw-522184451

What's brewing between the Kurds, Syrian regime?

Among all the complex alliances and shifting loyalties in Syria, the Kurds seem caught in the middle. Common sentiment is that the Kurds are now at a critical threshold of relations with the Damascus regime, and the outcome could be cooperation or, just as easily, combat.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/12/turkey-syria-kurdish-knot-sheikh-maqsoud.html

Is Turkey’s fight against Syrian Kurds enabling Assad?

Turkey’s policy aimed at preventing Syrian Kurds from gaining a swath of territory along the Turkish-Syrian border has totally trumped its desire to see the end of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Developments show that Turkey at this point is even enabling Assad’s drive to regain control of Syria.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/12/turkey-drive-against-syrian-kurds-enabling-assad.html

Doppelte Standards für Salafisten

Berlin und andere EU-Staaten planen Maßnahmen gegen die Einreise salafistischer Prediger aus Saudi-Arabien und anderen arabischen Golfstaaten. Dies geht aus Medienberichten hervor. Demnach schlagen deutsche Geheimdienste Alarm, weil die auf gut 10.000 Personen angewachsene deutsche Salafistenszene von Missionsvereinen vor allem aus Saudi-Arabien systematisch gefördert wird. Mit einem weiteren Erstarken sei, so heißt es, zu rechnen. Tatsächlich ist eine saudische Einrichtung in Bonn jahrelang eines der wichtigsten Zentren des deutschen Salafismus gewesen; aus dem Milieu rekrutieren sich so gut wie alle deutschen Jihadisten. Riad betreibt seine weltweite salafistische Mission seit den 1960er Jahren an der Seite der westlichen Mächte; Hintergrund war zunächst das gemeinsame Vorgehen gegen dem Westen nicht willfährige und der saudischen Monarchie feindlich gesinnte politische Kräfte. Riads Mission hat maßgeblich dazu beigetragen, Länder, deren Islam als traditionell friedlich galt, für jihadistischen Terror zu öffnen, darunter Afghanistan und Mali. Während die Bundesregierung die Salafismusförderung im eigenen Land verhindern will, nimmt sie sie in anderen Staaten billigend in Kauf oder stärkt ihr - wie in Syrien - sogar den Rücken.
http://www.german-foreign-policy.com/de/fulltext/59503

palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

Bekannt sind die Bilder von Kobanê, der kurdischen Stadt in Rojava/Nordsyrien, die 2015 vom IS fast eingenommen worden wäre, aber von den kurdischen Volksverteidigungseinheiten YPG/YPJ zurückerobert wurde. Der erfolgreiche Kampf der Kurden um diese Stadt wurde weltweit gefeiert, abgesehen von der türkischen Regierung, die sich nicht nur rausgehalten hat, sondern den IS laut vieler Indizien mit Waffen und Support unterstützt hat.
https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Tuerkei-Grosse-Teile-von-Sirnak-dem-Erdboden-gleichgemacht-3505854.html

Why Turkey issued arrest warrant for this Kurdish leader

As Turkey continues with its stance in claiming the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and actors in Rojava (the term Kurds use to refer to western Kurdistan in Syria) are one in the same, Co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) Salih Muslim was accused of involvement in the Feb. 17 bomb attack in Ankara. Along with key PKK names, including Cemil Bayik, Murat Karayilan, Fehman Huseyin, Zubeyir Aydar and Remzi Kartal, now there is also an arrest warrant for Muslim.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/turkey-syria-issue-arrest-warrant-for-pyd-chief-muslim.html

46 DBP Co-Mayors have been arrested and 38 Co-Mayors have been dismissed so far. Also, 7 Co-Mayors have been issued arrest warrants and 35 trustees have been appointed to DBP municipalities.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/46-dbp-co-mayors-arrested-so-far

Turkey accused of planning assassination of Kurdish activists abroad

The Turkish government is accused of planning plots to kill Kurdish officials abroad.

The German media reported that the state prosecutor’s office in Bremen had initiated an investigation into a Turkish agent conspiring to kill two people active in the Kurdish community outside Turkey.

One of alleged targets of the murder plot was Yüksel Koc, a Kurdish activist based in Bremen. The second was Remzi Kartal, who lives in Brussels and is the chair of the Kurdish organization Kongra-Gel, reported The Local newspaper.
http://aranews.net/2016/11/turkey-accused-of-planning-assassination-of-kurdish-activists-abroad/

Antep is the second stronghold for ISIS after Raqqa

“THE ISIS MEMBERS WHO COMMITTED THE MASSACRES WERE EXECUTED SO THEY WON’T TALK”
“ANTEP IS THE CENTER OF ISIS TURKEY ORGANIZATION”
http://anfenglish.com/features/antep-is-the-second-stronghold-for-isis-after-raqqa

Occupant Turkish soldiers and affiliate gang groups are attacking Olaşa village 29 kms to the west of Manbij with Katyusha missiles and artillery.

Violent clashes broke out when Manbij Military Council fighters responded to the attack.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/turkish-army-hits-olasa-village-with-missiles

Will Iraq's Sinjar become new base for PKK?

In its quest to become part of the Mosul operation, the Turkish government has been warning that the predominantly Shiite volunteer Popular Mobilization Units will ethnically cleanse Sunnis from Mosul and its environs. But since that argument has not yielded the desired results of being able to intervene in Iraq, Ankara is now using the argument that the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has turned Sinjar into a base. By declaring that “Sinjar is on the way to becoming a new Qandil, we cannot allow that,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made Turkey’s position clear.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/turkey-syria-iraq--shengal-become-second-qandil.html

Im Windschatten des Krieges

Im Windschatten des Krieges gegen den IS vertreibt die von Berlin unterstützte Kurdische Regionalregierung im Nordirak arabischsprachige Bewohner und zielt damit auf die Arrondierung eines klar kurdisch dominierten Herrschaftsgebiets. Das zeigen Recherchen von Human Rights Watch. Demnach lässt sich für 21 Dörfer und Städte im Nordirak zeigen, dass die kurdischen Peschmerga gezielt Häuser arabischsprachiger Sunniten zerstören, während Häuser in kurdischem Besitz unversehrt bleiben. Hintergrund sind Bestrebungen der Kurdischen Regionalregierung unter Präsident Masud Barzani, die kurdische Autonomieregion vom Irak abzuspalten und ihr zuvor noch möglichst weite Gebiete einzuverleiben, darunter die besonders ölreiche Region Kirkuk. Barzani und sein Clan arbeiten seit Jahrzehnten eng mit bundesdeutschen Politikern zusammen und haben Berlin Zugriff auf die reichen Ölvorräte der Autonomieregion angeboten. Im Gegenzug unterstützt Deutschland im Krieg gegen den IS vor allem die Peschmerga und verweigert der Regierung in Bagdad ähnliche Hilfe. Darüber hinaus sieht die Bundesregierung über die faktische Vertreibung der arabischsprachigen Bevölkerung aus dem kurdischen Herrschaftsgebiet hinweg.
http://www.german-foreign-policy.com/de/fulltext/59487

German arms company stops supplying weapons to NATO-member Turkey

German defense manufacturing company Heckler & Koch will stop providing arms to Turkey.

“We only want to deliver to reliable countries, also not countries that are unequivocal democratic, not corrupt, and are part of NATO or close to NATO,” an anonymous employee of the organization told the German newspaper Die Welt.

Turkey as a result was removed from the customer list.
http://aranews.net/2016/11/german-arms-company-stops-supplying-weapons-nato-member-turkey/

What do Kurds expect from Trump?

Turkey’s Kurds are calling on US President-elect Donald Trump to follow up on the remarks he made in his July 21 interview with The New York Times: “It would be ideal if we could get them [Kurds and Turks] all together.”
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/turkey-united-states-trump-policy-on-kurdish-issue.html

palestina libera · Beiträge: 1665

Prague is a favorite honeymoon destination for Turkish newlyweds, and the Czech Republic is generally idealized in Turkey as a mecca of beautiful women and febrile intellectuals, all sipping the country’s famous brews. It must have therefore come as something of a shock for many Turks to read the headline news today that two “Czech terrorists” had been arrested in the predominantly Kurdish town of Sirnak, in southeastern Turkey.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/turkey-czech-arrest-terrorists-kurdish-sirnak-ypg.html

WATCH: ‘Turkish Soldiers’ Execute 2 Female ‘Kurdish Fighters’
http://heavy.com/news/2016/10/turkey-turkish-soldiers-executing-killing-female-pkk-kurdish-kurds-fighters-women-full-uncensored-twitter-video/

Soldiers and police burn a house: One woman burned to death in Erciş

Turkish soldiers and police raided Ahmet Ataman’s home in Çelibibağı neighborhood in Van’s Erciş district in the middle of the night. The Ataman family stated that the house had been set on fire. Nurettin Ataman said his brother Ahmet Ataman and brother’s wife Hediye Ataman were inside the house and that Hediye Ataman’s burned body was retrieved from the house that was torn down with diggers in the morning.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/soldiers-and-police-burn-a-house-one-woman-burned-to-death-in-ercis-1

Med Nuçe and Newroz TV won, Eutelsat and Turkey lost

Paris Commercial Court ruled in favor of Med Nuçe whose broadcast had been halted by the French operator Eutelsat. Med Nuçe’s lawyer said it was “a great victory in the name of press freedom”.
http://anfenglish.com/freedom-of-the-press/med-nuce-and-newroz-tv-won-eutelsat-and-turkey-lost

Raqqa activist group RBSS under scrutiny for making pro-ISIS propaganda

The activist group ‘Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently’ (RBSS) is coming under increased scrutiny for making pro-ISIS propaganda and ethnic chauvinism, and trying to undermine the SDF-led campaign to capture Raqqa from ISIS.

Sharvan Darwish, spokesman of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Tuesday accused the RBSS of distorting events in Raqqa, saying the group is “competing with Nazi propaganda and Turkish government propaganda” instead of focusing on the Raqqa civilians liberated from ISIS terrorists by the SDF forces.

However, the group denied the accusations. “SDF spokesman keep accusing RBSS for being with ISIS because we publish the violations against civilians in the area,” the group said.
http://aranews.net/2016/11/raqqa-activist-group-rbss-scrutiny-making-pro-isis-propaganda/

‘Raqqa’s fall will bring the end of Erdoğan’

Fighters of the Internationalist Brigade that participate in the operation to liberate Raqqa stated that the fall of ISIS capital Raqqa would also bring the end of the fascist AKP-Erdoğan dictatorship in Turkey.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/raqqa-s-fall-will-bring-the-end-of-erdogan

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Turkey is not prepared to take a step back in its spat with Baghdad. The mood in Ankara remains defiant despite Baghdad’s insistence that Turkey not be allowed to participate in the Mosul operation and demands that Turkish troops in Bashiqa near Mosul be withdrawn.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/10/turkey-iraq-kurdistan-regional-government-main-ally.html

Der Author mein als wäre ganze KRG die Talabani politik unterstürtz, aber wie unten jemand hat geschrieben es gibt bei dem Krg die gegen diesen Politk ist ...

(The article is superficially fine.

The weak point in it is that it equals Barzani (and implicitly his family dominated KDP) with the KRG.

This is patently incorrect.

The PUK and its ally Gorran control Suleymania, Halabja and Kirkuk provinces, both politically and militarily and are closer to Iran and Baghdad and allied to the PKK.

The position of Barzani within the KRG is politically unsure as his present presidency is illegal and disputed by all KRG parties except for his own KRG.)

Kirkuk officials deny displacing Arabs in anti-IS operation

KIRKUK, Iraq — Flags bearing Shiite slogans such as "Ya Hussein" flutter conspicuously every 20 meters or so on Kirkuk’s Republic Street, in a district filled with government buildings and the blackened facades of hotels attacked during an Oct. 21 assault by over 100 Islamic State (IS) operatives.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/kirkuk-iraq-kurdistan-islamic-state-arab-sunni.html

A look at battle for Raqqa from a Kurdish perspective

Following the operation launched to liberate Mosul from the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria, an expedited operation code-named Wrath of the Euphrates was initiated to liberate the IS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria. Ankara has been perceptibly upset since it became known that the Raqqa operation was initiated by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces despite earlier optimistic predictions that Ankara, which was sidelined from the Mosul operation, would be in partnership with the United States at Raqqa
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/11/turkey-syria-euphrates-from-kurdish-perspective.html

Raqqa: Syrian Arab fighters pull out of Kurd-led offensive

The Syrian Arab component of forces attacking Raqqa have withdrawn from operations, declaring Kurdish forces had broken an agreement to allow them to lead the charge into the Islamic State (IS) group-held city.

In a statement released only days after the "Euphrate's Wrath" offensive began, Liwa Thuaar Raqqa (Raqqa revolutionary brigade) said it would no longer fight alongside the Kurdish YPG militia.

The brigade accused the US of trying to "sideline" its men in favour of the Kurdish forces, placing pressure on the YPG's backers in Washington who had pledged to let Arab forces take the lead in the operations.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/syrian-arab-fighters-pull-out-kurd-led-assault-raqqa-941399028

Turkish soldiers attack Efrîn residents resisting on the border: 5 wounded
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/turkish-soldiers-attack-efrin-residents-resisting-on-the-border-5-wounded

YPG Press Office stated that Turkish troops have intensified their attacks on YPG forces and Rojava soil since the beginning of the Operation Wrath of Euphrates. YPG said the Turkish state wanted to harm the YPG fighters as they have started an operation to liberate Raqqa from ISIS.

Turkish army carried out two separate attacks on November 8 night.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/ypg-turkish-army-and-gangs-intensify-their-attacks

A total of 120 people including 30 minors have been taken into custody during the raids and demonstrations held in Adana province for the last 5 days. The detainees also include HDP Adana provincial branch co-chair Hüseyin Beyaz.
http://anfenglish.com/news/120-people-including-30-minors-detained-in-adana-in-5-days

HPG releases balance sheet of war for three months

1,736 soldiers and police, including 21 high-ranking, were killed and 214 guerrillas lost their lives in the ongoing war during the months of August, September and October.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/hpg-releases-balance-sheet-of-war-for-three-months-1

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Tukish jets launched a massive assault on People’s Protection Units (YPG) forces in northern Syria on Oct. 20 to prevent the Syrian Kurdish group from taking the strategic town of al-Bab in northwestern Syria.

If the YPG, which is linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), seizes al-Bab, there would be a corridor connecting Syrian Kurdish regions east and west of the Euphrates River — something Turkey has vowed not to let happen.

Amberin Zaman reported that “the strikes mark the second time Turkey has attacked the YPG from the air, raising interesting questions about Ankara’s relations with Russia and with the Syrian regime. YPG sources who spoke to Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity said Turkey is unlikely to have initiated the strikes without informing Russia, whose planes effectively control the skies over northwestern Syria. Russia and Turkey are on opposite sides of the Syrian conflict, but Ankara’s fears of the emergence of a PKK-run Kurdish entity along its borders appear to have surpassed its desire to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. This is one of the main reasons Turkey was so keen to patch up ties with Russia, and some claim with Damascus, after downing a Russian jet over the Syrian border last year.”
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/10/russia-putin-green-light-attack-turkey-kurds-syria.html

Iraqi Kurds step into Ankara-Baghdad row

The deepening row between Turkey and Iraq took a further turn as Baghdad requested an emergency session of the UN Security Council to review what it considers the illegal presence of Turkish troops at the Bashiqa camp near Mosul, while a top Turkish official claimed the soldiers were there at the request of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/10/turkey-iraq-row-deepens-mosul-krg-kurds-isis.html

Turkish army attacks YPG positions in border villages of Tirbespiyê
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/turkish-army-attacks-ypg-positions-in-border-villages-of-tirbespiye

Joining the fight against ISIS is a moral obligation: French YPG member

Julian is a 23-year-old French fighter who has enlisted in the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). He is known among his Kurdish comrades by his nom de guerre, Heval Shoresh.

Speaking to ARA News, Julian said that his principle motivation for joining the YPG was his desire to safeguard civilians threatened by the Islamic State (ISIS).
http://aranews.net/2016/10/french-member-of-ypg-joining-the-fight-against-isis-is-a-moral-obligation/

Iranian Kurds see no change in Iran, opt for armed struggle

The Iranian Kurds see no difference in the repressive mentality of Iran since the assassination of Sadegh Saharafkani, 24 years ago, and that this is the reason they launched their armed struggle again inside Iran, a senior Kurdish politician from Iranian Kurdistan told ARA News.

On Saturday, Kurds revived the 24th anniversary of the assassination of Sharafkandi, the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party-Iran (KDP-I). He was murdered by assassins at Berlin’s Mykonos restaurant on September 17, 1992, along with two of his deputies.http://aranews.net/2016/09/iranian-kurds-see-no-change-iran-opt-armed-struggle/

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The Turkish military said its fighter jets hit Syrian Kurdish targets in northern Syria, and killed up to 200 fighters, according to state media.

The jets hit 18 targets in Maarrat Umm Hawsh, a region north of the city of Aleppo, the official news agency Anadolu said.

Quoting the army, the report claimed that between 160 and 200 fighters from the YPG (People's Protection Units) group were killed in the raids on Wednesday night.

A Syrian-Kurdish forces leader, however, said that while Turkish jets and artillery were attacking, no more than 10 fighters had been killed so far.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group, said at least nine YPG fighters were confirmed killed and 26 people were injured in some 20 raids.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/turkey-army-kills-200-ypg-fighters-aleppo-161020070457309.html

Rojava Coordination condemns Turkey’s attacks on Efrîn and Shehba

Rojava Cantons General Coordination has condemned Turkish fighter jets’ intervention and attacks on Shehba and Efrîn in a written statement. The Coordination stated that with these attacks, Turkey has proven once more that they are protecting ISIS.

The Coordination’s statement is as follows:

“Last night, Turkish fighter jets started bombing the Um Al-Qura, Um Al-Hosh and Al-Hesiye villages in the Shehba region liberated from the gangs by Revolutionary Forces intensely. The bombing occurred a few hours after the Revolutionary Forces liberated 5 villages around the Shehba Dam and one cell tower belonging to Syriatel company form the gangs. Bombing of the region and villages in the Efrin Canton continues. Dozens of civilians have lost their lives in the attacks.

As the Rojava Cantons Democratic Autonomous Administration General Coordination, we condemn this intervention by Turkey. We will defend the civilians in Northern Syria with all our means. Turkey has shown once again with these practices that they are protecting ISIS gangs and that they are not in favor of villages in the Shehba region to be liberated from the ISIS gangs.

With these practices, Turkey has trampled international law. We are calling on the peoples of the world, the UN, US, Russia, international law associations and NGOs to break the silence in the face of this situation and pressure Turkey to stop their attacks on Rojava.

We hope the international community won’t stay silent in the face of the Turkish state’s practices, and we call on all cultural structures in Syria to take a stance against the Turkish state’s bombings.”
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/rojava-coordination-condemns-turkey-s-attacks-on-efrin-and-shehba

Nach den Journalisten werden die HDP-Vertreter verhaftet

Nach der Schließung fast aller kritischen Medien stehen nun die Parteibüros und Politiker der HDP/DBP im Fokus. Beim Militär sind es die Soldaten der türkischen Nato-Truppen
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/49/49749/1.html

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As noted Sept. 12 in Al-Monitor, in “Ankara hardening anti-PKK strategy,” the Turkish government, confident in its declaration of a state of emergency and experience gained in its struggle against the Gulen movement, has settled on a strategy of total liquidation of the PKK to the exclusion of attempts at deterrence. In this regard, Ankara last month introduced on the battlefield the Turkish-made medium-altitude, long-endurance Bayraktar TB2 armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The drone's manufacturer, Baykar Makina, is owned by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son-in-law Selcuk Bayraktar.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/10/turkey-pkk-learn-from-isis-drones.html

ISIS emir Abdullah: Turks are the MVPs of ISIS

ISIS emir Ahmet Osman Abdullah, code name Ebu Omer Ceza, who surrendered to the YPG made striking confessions on Turkey-ISIS relations.

ISIS emir Ahmet Osman Abdullah escaped from ISIS in 2015 and surrendered to the YPG and has been arrested for some 10 months. Ahmet Osman Abdullah spoke about why he joined ISIS, what he saw once he was there, the conflicts he experienced, the relationship between ISIS and the Turkish state and why he surrendered to the YPG.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/isis-emir-abdullah-turks-are-the-mvps-of-isis

Shehba people: Turkish army and affiliated gangs force us to migrate

Civilians from Shehba region who have been through a forced displacement due to the attacks of the Turkish state and affiliated gangs spoke to ANHA.

The displaced civilians stated that Turkish jets bombed their villages and made the affiliated gangs attack them with the goal of invading the region.

80-year old mother Meryem from Soran territory of Shehba stated that Turkish jets bombed their village and made their living areas uninhabitable.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/shehba-people-turkish-army-and-affiliated-gangs-force-us-to-migrate

Turkey's invasion from Jarablus to Exterin: 50 villages evacuated
http://anfenglish.com/features/turkey-s-invasion-from-jarablus-to-exterin-50-villages-evacuated

Kurdish protests continue in Iran despite government crackdown

Iranian paramilitary forces arrested dozens of Kurdish activists on Friday amid continuing anti-government protests.

The demonstrations broke out last Tuesday in Iran’s restive Kurdish region. Hundreds of angry Kurds took to the streets in the cities of Mariwan and Mahabad to condemn “suppression by the Iranian authorities.” The protests have now spread to other cities, including Sanandaj, the capital of Kordestan Province.
http://aranews.net/2016/10/kurdish-protests-continue-in-iran-government-crackdown-escalates/

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YPG Press Office announced the balance sheet of war for the months of September. YPG stated that 81 enemy fighters were killed, 4 others were taken as prisoner, and 10 car bombs, 2 military vehicles, 1 artillery and 1 bulldozer were destroyed during September.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/ypg-turkish-army-attacked-rojava-26-times-during-september

Shengal Coordination statement on the murder of two peshmergas

Shengal Coordination issued a written statement about the death of two volunteer peshmergas in their 60s in Shengal, and emphasized that the peshmergas’ bodies were found between two KDP Asayish checkpoints.
In its statement, the Coordination recalled the recent statements Turkey has made on Shengal, and underlined that regional intelligence agencies have planned and carried out provocative actions in the region. Shengal Coordination recalled that the disappeared peshmergas were earth digger operators over 60 years old, and said that it was inhumane and immoral to massacre two people that patriotically serve their land, dump their bodies on the side of the road, and steal their guns and vehicles. Shengal Coordination remarked that the statements that accuse the Coordination for the event, that are mostly made on Rudaw media group, show that the killers had a purpose of blaming the Coordination for the murders.
http://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/shengal-coordination-statement-on-the-murder-of-two-peshmergas

'Settlement schmettlement': Turkish purges target Kurds

Kadri Gursel writes that the Turkish government’s purge following the attempted July 15 coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expanded beyond presumed supporters of Fethullah Gulen to include alleged followers and sympathizers of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

The Interior Ministry this month replaced 24 mayors for supporting the PKK, which is a designated terrorist organization in Turkey, as well as its affiliate, the Kurdistan Communities Union. Half of those removed from office are already in jail awaiting trial. Gursel explains that the mayors “were elected in the March 2014 local elections on the ticket of the Peace and Democracy Party, which soon became the Democratic Regions Party (DBP). The same year, the Kurdish movement, teaming up with some elements of the Turkish left, created the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which aspired for a nationwide outreach. While the DBP focused on local administrations, the HDP won parliamentary representation in the two general elections last year to become the voice of the Kurds in national politics.”

The Ministry of Education then suspended 11,825 teachers for supporting the PKK by “disrupting curfews” and participating in demonstrations that “obstructed the right to education,” Gursel writes.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/09/turkey-gulen-coup-pkk-mayors-crackdown-intellectuals.html

British YPG fighters 'head to Manbij to face Turkish forces'

A brigade of British volunteers fighting with a US-backed Kurdish militia in northern Syria say they are planning to oppose advances by Turkish-backed forces, a day after senior Turkish officials said all would be confronted as "terrorists".

In a series of statements on Twitter on Friday, the Bob Crow Brigade said that its members were leaving the Raqqa front, where they had been fighting the Islamic State (IS) group, to travel to Manbij, a town in northern Aleppo that the YPG took from IS last month, and where pro-Turkish forces now are massing.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-ypg-volunteers-head-manbij-face-turkish-forces-1840728706

First IS, then Iran: Kurdish-Iranian leader has eyes on ultimate goal

The PAK group has helped roll back IS in Iraq. Flush with western training, the group's leader has eyes on the future - a homeland in Iran
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pak-leader-first-then-tehran-978014082