Unpredictably describes the jihadi surge in Syria, which has been reported as a “lightning offensive.” Assad has “issued a decree raising salaries for military personnel by 50% earlier this week.” According to Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, “a vast swathe of territory has come under the control of non-state actors,” including the […]
Erdogan-backed militias target Kurds amid Syrian regime’s collapse, ‘videos look like Hamas videos of October 7’
Last year, as the world focused on Gaza, the opportunist president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed attacks on Syrian Kurds. Now Turkey sees another opportunity. According to the Jerusalem Post article below, the Syrian National Army – SNA is a “former Syrian rebel group that is now backed by Turkey.” It attacked Kurds, committing […]
Turkish President Erdoğan accuses Israel of genocide, then bombs the Kurds
Erdogan’s ongoing violence against the Kurds emanates from the fact that the Kurds seek their own independent state. Kurdish fighters performed heroically and were a critical American ally at the height of the battle against the Islamic State. Yet Erdogan abuses the Kurds unceasingly, while he accuses Israel of genocide. It is obscene that Turkey […]
Zoroastrianism Makes A Comeback In Iraqi Kurdistan
About 15,000 young Iraqis, almost all of them Kurds, have in recent years left Islam to embrace Zoroastrianism. In March 2024, the news site Shafaq ran a startling headline: “Kurdistan celebrates birth of Zoroaster,” Shafaq News, March 26, 2024: Shafaq News/ Kurds in the city of Al-Sulaymaniyah celebrated the birth of Zoroaster (Zarathustra,) the founder […]
As world focuses on Gaza, Turkey renews attacks on Syrian Kurds
In 2019, NBC published a report, “Turkey’s attack on Kurds in Syria betrays those doing the fighting against ISIS — and dying.” But such is the character of Turkey in its ruthless pursuit of regional and global influence; its agenda includes a harsh crackdown on the Kurds. Turkey under Erdogan is essentially an aggressive jihadist […]
Turkey escalates war on Kurds, ready to launch aggressive ground assault amid warnings by Russia and West
Syrian Kurdish fighters have been fighting against the Islamic State for years, and have managed to create “a semi-autonomous region in Northern Syria.” After Kurdish fighters “consolidated control over territory captured from the Islamic State in northern Syria, Turkey and Turkish-backed Syrian militias, including the Free Syrian Army (FSA), moved to recapture cities and expel […]
Iran: Islamic Republic forces murder man who honked his car horn in support of the protests
“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60) “Father Says Son Killed For Honking His Car Horn In Support Of Iranian Protests,” by Fereshteh Ghazi Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, November […]
Iranian Government Focuses its Fury on the Kurds
Iran may be thought of not so much as a country as an empire. The rulers of this empire are the Persians, who make up about 60% of the population. The other 40% consists of four minority groups: the Kurds (13 million), the Azeris (14 million), the Arabs (2 million), and the Baluchis (3 million). […]
U.S. citizen killed in Iran’s rocket attack in Iraqi Kurdistan
Hugh Fitzgerald explains why Iran is striking Kurdistan now here. “U.S. Confirms American Citizen Killed in Rocket Attack in Iraqi Kurdistan,” Reuters, September 29, 2022 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel on Thursday confirmed that a U.S. citizen was killed in the Iranian rocket attack […]
Iran Attacks Kurds In Iraq
Iran is now at the end of the second week of protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman tortured and killed while in police custody, after having been arrested by the Morality Police for not wearing her hijab properly. What started as protests in Tehran and the Kurdish areas have now […]