Turkish FM Fidan warns Talabani’s PUK in Iraq to distance itself from PKK
Hakan Fidan’s visit coincided with news that Iraq’s National Security Council had officially designated the PKK as an outlawed group.
Northern Iraq
Turkey’s National Intelligence Service Leadership Decapitation Strategy against the PKK/YPG
Turkey’s main strategy is to disrupt the organization’s leadership in order to cause significant damage to the qualified personnel and…
Why Turkey Is Conducting Operation Claw-Lock in Northern Iraq Now
Although Turkey’s cross-border military operations against ISIS (Daesh) and the PKK terror groups are not unexpected, their changing nature is.
What Is China’s Endgame in Northern Iraq?
Chinese investments in Northern Iraq raise some questions. Is the devil is in the details?
YPG’s Retaliation Against the Press: Kurdistan 24 Case
Since the launch of the Operation Claw by Turkey, the PKK has lost strategic hills in the Hakurk region, and…
Independence put on hold
Amid the military operation conducted by the central Baghdad administration in Kirkuk, the KRG administration proposed on Wednesday to freeze…
Israel wants to “exploit” the Kurdish people – Mahmoud Othman
In respect to the Israeli support for the referendum, Othman claimed that “nothing good would come” from Israeli support to…
The KRG referendum: chaos continues
Insisting that the referendum has done nothing but harmed KRG relations with the region and increased the likelihood of safe-zones…
Inside Northern Iraq: Hope and Despair are Side by Side
Threats of sanctions combined with sharp remarks by Ankara, Tehran and Baghdad along with attacks and escalated tensions in Kirkuk…
Ankara and Washington on the upcoming crises: northern Iraq
Following a meeting with the UN Iraq Envoy Jan Kubis, in a statement Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jaafari stated that…
Northern Iraq chooses isolation
During a news conference in Tehran, Ministry spokesman Behram Qasimi said that “At the request of Iraq, we have closed…
UN Security Council warns against Kurdish referendum
In addition to President Erdogan and the US President Trump who are both in agreement that the vote should not…
Northern Iraq proceeding to era of isolation
“The Secretary-General believes that any unilateral decision to hold a referendum at this time would detract from the need to…
Tensions rise as the referendum date gets closer: Northern Iraq
The referendum is due to take place on 25 September 2017.
Intra-Kurdish Approaches to the Independence Referendum in Northern Iraq
The referendum and possible independence process gets even more complicated when the non-Kurdish actors –both within and out of Iraq-…
VIDEOS
Nakba Survivors Speak: “The sky was our blanket and the ground was our mattress”
Politics Today
May 17, 2021
Palestinian refugees still long for returning to their towns and villages from which they were expelled in 1948. As Israeli bombs fall non-stop on Gaza, Politics Today spoke to four Nakba survivors. Nakba has started in 1948 but it has not stopped since then.
Exploiting the Female Body: The YPG Case
Politics Today
February 2, 2021
Women in the YPG are represented in the Western media with happy and pretty faces who fight for freedom, equality and democracy. However, this is a marketing strategy that conceals the fact that these women also suffer from depression, harassment, and exploitation. In this video, two experts, Huseyin Alptekin and Zeliha Eliacik, explain how the female body is exploited by the YPG.
Political Blocks in the Middle East
Politics Today
January 7, 2021
Major political shifts and divides are occurring today in the Middle East. There are alliances and blocks that emerged. This geopolitical restructuring is taking place in a multipolar world, where regional actors will depend more on their hard-power to secure their interest. Andreas Krieg, Ali Bakeer, and Giorgio Cafiero comment on the political blocks in the contemporary Middle East.
How Political Borders Are Redrawn in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle East
Politics Today
December 7, 2020
Political borders are changing and re-drawn in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle East. A revisionist paradigm predominates over the global politics and the status-quo of earlier decades is left behind. Sami al-Arian, Heba Raouf Ezzat and Adam McConnel comment on the changing political borders in contemporary international politics.
Kingdoms of Fire: The Political Backstage (Part I)
Politics Today
October 26, 2020
Kingdoms of Fire is funded by the UAE, directed by a British, and the satellite channel is owned by Saudi Arabia. It is more than just an art that has attracted so much attention due to its funders, timing, and giving a completely different narrative of history. In this video, three experts Dr. Heba Raouf Ezzat, Dr. Vehbi Baysan and Dr. Yenal Göksun explain the political background of this TV drama.
