MNA Secretary of Irans Expediency Council MohsenRezaei told MNA on Sat. that the US military coalition in Syria seeks to rally Kurds against Turkey, while Turkey is after disrupting US plans in the region. Mohsen Rezaei made the comment in response to a question by Mehr News correspondent about the presence of American troops in northern Syria ...

Alwaght - The US relations with Kurds in Syria and Iraq are turning controversial as Washington tries to boost ties with the ethnic group. Washington holds multiple goals behind its interactions with the Kurdish forces and at the same time avoids making it clear its measures in the Kurdish-inhabited regions of Syria. The analysts insist that ...

Sputnik- Moscows efforts in bringing together Tehran and Ankara to settle the civil war in Syria will bring positive implications by easing tensions between Turkey and Syrian Kurds, Samir Aita, a member of the Syrian Democratic Forum opposition party, told Sputnik on Wednesday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) On Tuesday, the foreign and defense ministers ofRussia,...

Alwaght- After 2014, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced end of peace with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), triggering a new period of struggle and rivalry between the Turkish government and the Kurds. The new period was different for the PKK. Actually, PKK's power and operation range in the new conditions was not limited ...

Turkish Minute- Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said he does not care about being portrayed as a dictator in the Western press in the wake of the latest government crackdown on an opposition newspaper and a pro-Kurdish party in Turkey. They [the Western press] will make caricatures of us with pressure in newspapers, but we will not take ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has received Mala Bakhtiar, Chief of Executive Body of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Political Bureau on Monday. They discussed the latest developments in Iraqs fight against ISIL in Mosul and other related issues where they emphasized upon the unity and solidarity of all Iraqi tribal, ethnic,...

TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei said some regional countries, including Saudi Arabia, are in fight with Kurds living in Turkey, Syria and Iraq. Speaking at a meeting with visiting delegation of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) on Sunday, Rezaei emphasized that Iran, on the other hand, treats Kurds ...

To understand the details of the United States relations with Kurds, we need a flashback to remember that in the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century Kurdish groups in the region were mostly related to Britain and, in some cases, Russia. However, after such important developments as the World War II, independence of Syria, developments ...

Alwaght- The current problems between Iraq and Turkey have their own historical roots. The 2003 US invasion of Iraq has created special conditions for longstanding Iraq-Turkey problems. Additionally, some factors like dubious activities by the Israeli regime is northern Iraq, US military presence in Iraq, uncertainty in the countrys political future ...

During past weeks and following the failed coup attempt in Turkey, Ankara has taken new actions at domestic and regional levels, which need to be given serious attention. Turkey is considered as the main foreign actor behind the existing developments in Syria. The Syria crisis could turn into a quagmire for Iran, which is present in that country ...

The recent measure taken by Ankara through direct military intervention in Syria followed by the occupation of the city of Jarabulus and attacks on the positions of the People's Protection Units have given rise to various analyses among political experts. There are two viewpoints about goals of this military intervention, which was met with serious ...

Regardless of its ups and downs through the history of the past century, during recent years, the issue of Kurds in the Middle East has been characterized with independence-seeking struggles of Kurds against central governments, especially in Iraq, Turkey and quite recently in Syria; increased political and cultural convergence among Kurds in the region;...

The Operation Euphrates Shield and the support lent by Turkey to the Free Syrian Army in the northern Syrian town of Jarabulus proved that after the dust has settled from the failed coup attempt on July 15, Turkey is still zooming in on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as its foremost security priority. It also showed that Ankara is still trying ...

Up to a few months ago, the phrase that Kurds in northern Syria should not approach the western banks of the Euphrates was one of the redlines of the government in Turkey and it clearly proved that Ankara would by no means accept that Kurdish forces affiliated to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) would gain more power in northern parts of Syria....

Alwaght- Exploiting the domestic division of the US-backed SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces), Turkey is looking forward to form a coalition comprised of some Arab and Kurdish forces in a bid to distance the independence-seeking Kurds from the border areas between Syria and Turkey. Fresh clashes between Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa or Brigade of Raqqa ...

A group of lawyers, lawmakers and civil rights activists are urging authorities in Germany to investigate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Kurdish activist group Civaka Azad said lawyers filed the complaint Monday with Germany's federal prosecutor's office that relates to crimes allegedly committed ...

Tehran, June 16, The Iran project The idea of a Greater Kurdistan has long been discussed among Kurds and the regional countries. On the one hand, Kurds have always referred to it as their primary goal, and regional countries, on the other hand, have constantly insisted that they are opposed to the idea. It seems that the field is provided for the ...