Iraq
Will Kobani intervention spur split in NATO?
Turkey protests US aid to the Kurdish defenders of Kobani, calling the YPG a "terrorist group"—while the US now maintains it is a separate organization from the PKK.
South Asia
India: Maoists appeal to Nagas to resist deployment
India's Maoist rebels issued an appeal to the Naga Regiments to resist deployment as a paramilitary counter-insurgency force to guerilla-held regions of the country.
Palestine
Settlers attack olive harvest amid Jerusalem unrest
Israeli settlers torched some 100 olive trees owned by Palestinian farmers near Nablus as the year's harvest began—the latest in a pattern of such attacks.
Greater Middle East
Clashes in Egypt’s Sinai; militants attack Israel
Attacks in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula killed at least 30 troops, one day after militants fired an anti-tank missile at a military vehicle across the Israeli line.
Greater Middle East
Lebanon: Sunni militants battle army in Tripoli
Clashes erupted between the Lebanese army and Sunni gunmen in the northern city of Tripoli following the arrest of a suspected ISIS leader in an army raid.
Iran
Iran, Pakistan battle at Baluchistan border
Pakistani and Iranian forces exchanged mortar fire along their border in the divided region of Baluchistan, after days of Baluch militant attacks both sides of the line.
Iran
Iran: protests against acid attacks on women
Thousands took to the streets of Isfahan, demanding authorities act to halt a spate of acid attacks on young women in the historic Iranian city.
Inner Asia
Uighur leaders to al-Qaeda: No, thanks
Uighur exile leaders were quick to disavow an article in al-Qaeda's media service portraying harsh oppression of Muslims in "East Turkistan," or Xinjiang.
Europe
Russia serves ultimatums to Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars pledge to resist Russian demands that they register their Majlis as a "civic organization" and surrender "forbidden" Islamic literature.
For Arab-Kurdish unity against dictatorship
Spanish propaganda poster in support of Syria's Kurdish resistance reads: "United Against the Dictatorship." Now that ISIS has forced Obama's hand by threatening the entire region, the White House will have to decide whether to throw in its lot with the… Read moreFor Arab-Kurdish unity against dictatorship
Greater Middle East
Assad plays Kurdish card to divide opposition
The Assad regime dubiously claims to be aiding the Kurdish defenders of ISIS-besieged Kobani—a transparent attempt at an Arab-versus-Kurdish divide-and-rule stratagem.
Iraq
US arms Kobani defenders —heightening contradictions
The US has started to air-drop weapons to Kurdish forces defending Kobani against ISIS—opening a new set of contradictions for the Rojava autonomous zone.