Palestine

ISIS targets Jordan —and vice versa

Militants declared for ISIS in Jordan's restive city of Maan. France has supplied Jordan with new warplanes, and the kingdom is reported to already have troops in Iraq.

Iraq

Rojava revolution speaks in New York City

A forum at New York's City College featured a Skype link to Saleh Muslim, political leader of the Kurdish resistance at Kobani, and vividly described life in the besieged autonomous zone.

Iraq

US ground troops for Mosul assault?

Martin Dempsey, head of the US joint chiefs of staff, arrived in Baghdad, where he admitted that "we're certainly considering" sending US ground troops to assist in re-taking Mosul.

Iraq

Kurdish revolution: what odds for survival?

Will the anarchist-oriented Rojava Kurds ultimately be crushed in deference to Washington's NATO ally Turkey—or coopted into imperial clients? Is a third revolutionary option possible?

Greater Middle East

Kobani defenders claim advances against ISIS

A joint force of Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga and Free Syrian Army units launched a new offensive at Kobani, driving back ISIS  west of the city.

Greater Middle East

Peshmerga come to aid of Kobani: strings attached?

Peshmerga fighters have joined the battle for Kobani, with Turkish acquiescence. But will Ankara and the West wrest a political price for this aid from Syria's Kurdish resistance?

Greater Middle East

Global mobilization for Kobani

Supporters of the Kurdish resistance at Kobani will hold a global mobilization Saturday Nov. 1, with the New York City rally at Union Square at 3 PM.

Iraq

Kurds as pawns in Turko-Russian game?

An alarming confrontation between Turkish and Russian warplanes over the Black Sea ironically comes as both Ankara and Moscow seek to divide Kurds from the Syrian rebels.

Iraq

Turkey plays FSA off against Kurds

Turkey insists the FSA must take control of Kobani if ISIS is defeated—but fails to say how this will be accomplished without fomenting war between the FSA and Kurdish forces.

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.