Archive for the 'Kurds' Category

Romancing Rojava: Rhetoric vs. Reality

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, July 31st, 2018

Helsinki Meeting Does Little to Clarify America’s Syria Policy – By Joshua Landis 

Posted by Joshua on Monday, July 16th, 2018

“When the SDF was shocked”- Azaz Opposition Activist’s Analysis of Russian-Turkish Relations, Afrin, & Why US Will Dump Kurds for Turkey

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Tuesday, January 30th, 2018

A Sustainable United States Policy for North Syria, the Kurds, Turkey and the Syrian Government – by Landis and Barber

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 24th, 2018

What the KRG’s Loss of Kirkuk Means for Iraq

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

Minorities and the Kurdish Referendum—by Alda Benjamen

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, October 11th, 2017

Will the U.S. Abandon the Kurds of Syria Once ISIS is Destroyed? by Landis, Itani, Simon

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 1st, 2017

KRG Targets Minorities Ahead of Kurdistan Independence Referendum — Part Two: Annexing Christian Lands

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, September 30th, 2017

Iraqi Minorities Face a Dilemma in Kurdish Independence

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, September 24th, 2017

Kurdish Independence and the Unheard Yazidi Voice — by Murad Ismael

Posted by Matthew Barber on Friday, September 22nd, 2017

Resolving Article 140: Settling the Issue of Iraq’s Disputed Territories Ahead of an Independence Referendum for Kurdistan

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, July 13th, 2017

Why the U.S. Should Team Up with the Kurds & Not Turkey to Take Raqqa and Destroy the Islamic State

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 17th, 2017

Further Response to Roy Gutman: Balancing the Picture

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, February 13th, 2017

Yes, Syrian Kurds Have Committed War Crimes – Roy Gutman Responds to Aymenn Tamimi

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, February 12th, 2017

A Response to Roy Gutman’s “Have the Syrian Kurds Committed War Crimes?”

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, February 11th, 2017

The KRG’s Relationship with the Yazidi Minority and the Future of the Yazidis in Shingal (Sinjar)

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, January 31st, 2017

Kurdish Blockade of Sinjar Harms Yazidis: New HRW Report

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, December 6th, 2016

Report on Mass Graves of Yazidis in Sinjar

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, January 30th, 2016

Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa: History, Analysis & Interview

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Monday, September 14th, 2015

The Administration of the Local Council in Azaz

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Saturday, March 21st, 2015

The Kobani Model: Strengthening Kurdish-Arab Relations in Syria

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, March 19th, 2015

Video: ISIS, Yazidis, and the Enslavement of Thousands of Women

Posted by Matthew Barber on Wednesday, December 10th, 2014

The Factions of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab)

Posted by Aymenn Al-Tamimi on Friday, November 21st, 2014

“What’s at Stake in Kobani: Islamic State and Kobani Calculations,” By Carl Drott

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, October 9th, 2014

The Yazidis Are Not Getting Support

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, October 5th, 2014

If the U.S. Wanted To, It Could Help Free Thousands of Enslaved Yazidi Women in a Single Day

Posted by Matthew Barber on Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

IS Routs Peshmerga, Takes Control of Sinjar Mountains, Jeopardizes Yazidi Homeland

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, August 3rd, 2014

Starvation: a Twisted Example of the Assad Regime’s Terrorism

Posted by Matthew Barber on Saturday, February 1st, 2014

“Why Syria’s Kurds are beating Al Qaeda,” By Balint Szlanko

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

Problems for Syrians in Egypt; News from Kurdish North; Looting & Oil; Round-up

Posted by Matthew Barber on Thursday, August 1st, 2013

“The Turkish-Syrian Border Dispute: A View From the Past” – By Meir Zamir

Posted by Matthew Barber on Sunday, June 2nd, 2013

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Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013

Syrian War Spillover in Iraq Will Be Much Worse than in Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 28th, 2012

The Kurds and the PKK in Ashrafiye, Aleppo

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 26th, 2012

Syrian Kurdistan: Can it Make a Peaceful Transition?

Posted by Joshua on Friday, September 21st, 2012

Nuri al-Maliki’s Strategy toward Syria and Syrian Kurds

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

Assad’s Kurdish Strategy

Posted by Joshua on Monday, August 20th, 2012

Assad Responds to Clerics’ Demands

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

“Syrian Corruption” by Lina Sinjab; Tourism and Preserving Syrian Heritage; Stateless Kurds

Posted by Joshua on Thursday, December 30th, 2010

Drought, Water Management, and the Kurdish Question

Posted by Joshua on Friday, October 15th, 2010

Tuykey and Syria Struggle to Resolve Their Kurdish Question

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Drought Hits East for Forth Year Causing More Distress

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

News Round Up (21 March 2010)

Posted by Joshua on Monday, March 22nd, 2010

“The Armenian Genocide: The Islamist and Kemalist Consensus,” by Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

“Turkey at a Crossroad: Democracy or Military Rule?” by Firat Demir

Posted by Joshua on Friday, March 5th, 2010

Economics, NGOs and More

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Arab Unity? Yes on Kurds, No on Palestinians, Perhaps on Lebanon

Posted by Joshua on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Emanuel’s Father Calls Arabs Floor Cleaners

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Why Syria Doesn’t Want War with Israel

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, October 4th, 2008

News Round UP (1 Sept. 2008)

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 31st, 2008

News Round Up (3 Nov. 2007)

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

The Kurdish National Assembly of Syria fights for Federal Democracy

Posted by Joshua on Friday, May 25th, 2007

Pelosi’s Trip to Damascus

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Kurds Commemorate the “Intifadah” of 12 March 2004

Posted by Joshua on Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

News Round-Up Nov. 10 2006

Posted by Joshua on Saturday, November 11th, 2006

Can Bush Bring Down Syrian Regime?

Posted by Joshua on Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Kurds Protest; Israel Says No to Peace

Posted by Joshua on Monday, October 2nd, 2006