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The Atlantic
February 14, 2018
Turkey's intervention has weakened the Kurds and the Kurdish alliance with the United States, which might explain why Russian mercenaries and other forces ... But there were a series of other wars, mostly caused by the Syrians and the Israelis and Iran and Iraq, that took us all the way to 1990, to find aÃÂ ...
The Daily Star
January 26, 2018
“The coalition to defeat ISIS has retaken almost 100 percent of the territory once held by these killers in Iraq and Syria,” Trump said in a speech at the ... The coalition said the Syrian Democratic Forces, a U.S.-backed Arab-Kurdish alliance fighting Daesh, had assisted in target observation prior to the strike.
The Straits Times
January 26, 2018
"The coalition to defeat ISIS has retaken almost 100 per cent of the territory once held by these killers in Iraq and Syria," Trump said in a speech at the World ... It said the Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed Arab-Kurdish alliance fighting ISIS, had assisted in target observation prior to the strike. KurdishÃÂ ...
Rudaw
January 14, 2018
So far, one Kurdish alliance has been announced for the May 12 Iraqi elections. Gorran, the Islamic Group (Komal), and the Coalition for Democracy and Justice (CDJ) will run on a joint list in the disputed areas. They have called their coalition Nishtiman and will be headed by Gorran's Yousif Mohammed.
Christian Science Monitor
October 16, 2017
October 16, 2017 Basel, Switzerland—The euphoria last month of the Kurds who moved forward with a controversial referendum on independence in Iraqi Kurdistan is quickly giving way to alarm as the central government of Iraq and powerful regional neighbors make good on their pledges to push back.
Newsweek
September 25, 2017
Turkey joined Iraq and potentially Iran as well in drills meant to represent a show of force to the nearby autonomous Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government. ... of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a mostly Kurdish alliance of Arabs and ethnic minorities planning their own push for greater autonomy.
Christian Science Monitor
May 9, 2017
The YPG expectation will be for support for a de facto autonomous zone, he says, similar to that set up for Iraqi Kurds in 1991 in northern Iraq. Such a zone was included in one unofficial paper circulated last week by Russia during Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan. But the final agreement – signed byÃÂ ...
CNN
December 31, 1999
Turkey sees the quest by the Kurds -- who are spread out in Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq -- to establish an independent homeland as an existential threat to its territorial integrity. And Turkey has long warned that it will not tolerate YPG control of much of its border with Syria. An estimated 16,000 people haveÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
August 6, 2017
... fighting IS in Iraq and Syria, said a U.S.-led Arab-Kurdish alliance has ... which captured Raqqa, along with wide swathes of Syrian and IraqiÃÂ ...
The New Arab
July 27, 2017
Washington is divided on the Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, ... Without the Kurds, Iraq is likely to get bogged down into intractableÃÂ ...
DAWN.com
July 23, 2017
... of Mosul” in Iraq, British Major General Rupert Jones told reporters, using ... He said that the US-backed Arab-Kurdish alliance known as theÃÂ ...
The Daily Star
July 23, 2017
He said that the U.S.-backed Arab-Kurdish alliance known as the Syrian ... many of the same tactics employed in the Iraqi city of Mosul, including the ... in Iraq and Syria, says 744 civilians were killed in coalition strikes in SyriaÃÂ ...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
July 23, 2017
... pointing out that IS continues to put up resistance in Iraq after it was driven from its ... He praised the Arab-Kurdish alliance known as the Syrian ... large swathes of territory in 2014 from Syrian and Iraqi government forces.
Intelligencer Post
July 17, 2017
Despite the socialist components of Ba'athist ideology, the Iraqi economy was .... The elections saw a Shi'ite-Kurdish alliance emerging as theÃÂ ...
ARA News
July 12, 2017
... did US forces supporting the Iraqi military in Mosul, according to the official. “They are much more exposed to enemy contact than those in Iraq,” said Col. ... are there to train and assist the SDF, an Arab-Kurdish alliance.
The New Arab
May 4, 2017
Harsh differences between the Kurdish parties and the ruling National Alliance in Iraq – which consists of seven blocs and religious politicalÃÂ ...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
... for the Syrian Democratic Forces, a mostly Kurdish alliance of Arabs and ethnic ... The U.S.'s influence in Iraq may also be waning, in Russia's favor. Last week, Iraqi Vice President Nouri al-Maliki visited Moscow to make anÃÂ ...
Gulf Digital News
January 2, 2017
U.S.-backed Iraqi forces are currently fighting to push Islamic State from the northern city of Mosul, the militants' last major stronghold in the country, but are facing fierce resistance.
Jordan Times
December 24, 2016
Still, Daesh controls only half the territory it seized in 2014 in Iraq and Syria, with its heaviest defeats coming this year at the hands of coalition forces.
Deutsche Welle
December 23, 2016
Despite its recent gains, IS still only controls half the area it seized in Syria and Iraq in 2014. ... The Syrian Democratic Forces, an Arab-Kurdish alliance backed by the US, launched an offensive to take the base in early November, but has yet to ...
المونيتور
December 16, 2016
We also know there is a need by the Turkish state to point the finger at PKK to justify the unjustifiable actions they have carried out over the past 1.5 years towards Kurds in Turkey, and to detract attention away from all of it's mis-adventures in Syria and Iraq, to put ... attempts to crush Syrian Kurds either using ISIS or other jihadi proxies, the constant threats to USA over PYD, the constant attempts at forming an anti-Kurdish alliance with Iran and Syria, the loggerheads they're at with EU over ...
Al-Monitor
December 13, 2016
... to look favorably on US dealings with the YPG. Indeed, some Turkish officials suggested in off-the-record conversations with Al-Monitor that Ankara might even weigh sending its own troops to Raqqa if that is what it takes to squash the US-Kurdish ...
Hurriyet Daily News
December 11, 2016
The new step on the offensive of al-Bab came on the same day as a U.S.-backed Arab-Kurdish alliance announced "phase two" of its campaign for ISIL's de facto capital of Raqqa, which lies to the southeast of al-Bab, as Washington said it was sending 200ÃÂ ...
The National
December 10, 2016
AALIYAH, SYRIA // A US-backed Arab-Kurdish alliance on Saturday announced "phase two" of its campaign for ISIL's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa as Washington said it was sending 200 more troops to back the offensive.
Yahoo News
December 10, 2016
He was sentenced to seven years in prison in Paris in 2008 for his part in a drive to send young jihadists from France to Iraq. He was released in early 2011. His network included Cherif Kouachi, one of two brothers ... In Syria, a US-backed Arab ...
Yahoo News
December 10, 2016
Aaliyah (Syria) (AFP) - A US-backed Arab-Kurdish alliance announced Saturday "phase two" of its campaign for the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion of Raqa as Washington said it was sending 200 more troops to back the offensive.
Kuwait News Agency
December 4, 2016
BAGHDAD, Dec 5 (KUNA) -- Iraq's politicians were busy discussing a draft bill on a political settlement in the country, proposed by the National Iraqi Alliance (NIA) leader Ammar Al-Hakim, when another one on Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi (Popular MobilizationÃÂ ...
DunyaNews Pakistan
November 27, 2016
ALEPPO (AFP) - Government forces have retaken a third of rebel-held territory in Aleppo, forcing nearly 10,000 civilians to flee as they pressed their offensive to retake Syria's second city.
The Nation
November 26, 2016
DUBAI - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for greater cooperation between regional rivals Iran and Turkey to help establish stability in Syria and Iraq. "Today when the region is in a critical condition, cooperation and consultation ...
Asharq Al-awsat English
November 25, 2016
For more than two years the United States has led a 66-nation coalition using air strikes against the jihadists' positions in Syria and Iraq. Washington also has deployed special forces in Syria to advise the Arab-Kurdish alliance, the Syrian ...
Al-Manar TV
November 24, 2016
US soldiers walking around at a military base which hosts US troops north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad (photo from 2014). Americas ... "The entire counter-ISIL Coalition sends our condolences to this hero's family, friends and teammates," Townsend said ...
Telegraph.co.uk
November 8, 2016
French investigators have identified a Syria-based extremist who Amnesty International campaigned to care for in Iraqi jail as a suspected coordinator of attacks in Paris and Brussels, sources close to the case have told French media.
The New Arab
November 7, 2016
The coalition is said to have provided hundreds of US special forces to work with the Iraqi army and Kurdish fighters in Syria and Iraq. An AFP correspondent saw at least one soldier who had US markings on his helmet with SDF fighters in Ain al-Issa.
Latin American Herald Tribune
October 26, 2016
BEIRUT - The preparations for retaking control of the Syrian city of al-Raqqa from the Islamic State group are neither at the required level nor at the level declared by the U.S.
Newsweek
October 18, 2016
Case in point: Iraq. In the early 1970s, when that country was aligned with the Soviet Union, the Shah of Iran persuaded the United States to arm Iraq's Kurds to fight Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Eventually, however, Iran withdrew its support, as ...
Newsweek
October 19, 2016
Case in point: Iraq. In the early 1970s, when that country was aligned with the Soviet Union, the Shah of Iran persuaded the United States to arm Iraq's Kurds to fight Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Eventually, however, Iran withdrew its support, as ...
عيون الخليج
September 30, 2016
Kirkuk, IRAQ: Supporters of the dominant Shiite Unified Iraqi Alliance list brandish pictures of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and their ink-stained fingers to show their participation in the general election, during a parade in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad. Though the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq cautioned that ballots were still being counted, preliminary estimates indicated results similar to the last elections, with the religious Shiite Alliance sweeping the south again, and the Kurdish ...
Middle East Monitor
September 27, 2016
The dismissal of a prominent Kurdish minister from the Iraqi government has put at risk the future of the 9-year-old Shia-Kurdish alliance, AlKhalieejonline reported on Monday. Last Wednesday, the Iraqi parliament ousted finance minister and member of ...
Kurdistan24
September 26, 2016
The YPG and its Arabo-Kurdish alliance of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) liberated Manbij from the Islamic State (IS) group with air support from the US-led anti-IS Coalition in mid-August.
Al-Arabiya
September 22, 2016
... Iran if talks with Kurds fail. Iraq's government would consider selling crude through Iran should talks with the autonomous Kurdish region on an .
Al-Monitor
September 9, 2016
The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), which has expanded its operation in northern Syria by sending tanks to al-Rai, needs a win. Just as important, the Turkish government needs a story about how the balances have shifted since the TSK's intervention and howÃÂ ...
Middle East Eye
August 27, 2016
However, there are no Sunni and Shia entities, and demarcating their boundaries could trigger a new wave of strife: Unlike the Iraqi Kurdish population, which is concentrated in the north and northeast of Iraq, Iraqi Sunni and Shia communities are ...
Romper
August 22, 2016
DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images TOPSHOT - Syrian children sit on the back of a pickup in the northern Syrian town of Manbij as civilians go back to their homes on August 14, 2016 more than a week after the Arab-Kurdish alliance, known as the ... Known ...
Al-Monitor
August 22, 2016
The move may presage a dramatic shift in the course of the war that could severely test the US-Kurdish alliance, trigger violence between Arabs and Kurds, provoke direct Turkish intervention and eventually undermine the Kurds' giddying gains.
The Guardian
August 19, 2016
The SDF, an Arab-Kurdish alliance of fighters, took control of the northern Syrian city of Manbij last week after 10 weeks of fierce fighting.
Middle East Online
August 15, 2016
The jihadist group has implemented its ultra-conservative Islamist ideology across swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria where it declared a self-styled "caliphate" in 2014.
Deutsche Welle
August 15, 2016
While Assad received massive backing from Russia, Iran and Shiites in Lebanon and Iraq, the West failed to come up with a joint Syria policy.
Al-Arabiya
August 14, 2016
ISIS militants were on Friday forced out of the city of Manbij near the Turkish border by a US-backed Arab-Kurdish alliance in a blow the Pentagon said showed the extremists were "on the ropes." Russian-backed government forces are also battling ...
Hindustan Times
August 14, 2016
Syrian children sit in a cart, loaded with belongings, in the northern Syrian town of Manbij as civilians go back to their homes on August 14, 2016 more than a week after the Arab-Kurdish alliance, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), pushed ...
The Straits Times
August 14, 2016
Its fall would mark the effective defeat of ISIS in Iraq, according to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who has said he aims to retake the city this year.
