Greater Middle East
Amnesty: Syrian refugees face abuse in Turkey
Amnesty International accuses Turkey of firing on refugees at the Syrian border, and charges that the 1.6 million refugees within Turkey face destitution.
Tag: Turkey
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
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
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.
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.
Greater Middle East
Kobani Kurds between Erdogan, ISIS and Assad
As PKK militia beat back ISIS at Kobani, the Syrian opposition increasingly looks to Turkey's President Erdogan as an ally against Bashar Assad. Yet another betrayal of the Kurds?
Iraq
Kurdish fighters turning the tide at Kobani
Kurdish fighters at Kobani are starting to gain ground against ISIS forces, days after the jihadists penetrated the besieged town in northern Syria.
Greater Middle East
Turkish fighter jets bomb PKK positions
Turkish fighter jets carried out air-strikes on supposed PKK positions near the Iraqi border, with Ankara claiming Kurdish militants attacked a military base in the area.