The Vineyard of the Saker

RT reports: Masoud Barzani, the president of the Iraqi Kurdistan region, has said that he will use “all capabilities” to defend Kurdish civi...

RT reports that , according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Al-Qaeda-linked extremists hold 200 Kurdish civilians hostage as ‘live shield...

It has been three years now since I interviewed Mizgin , a pro-PKK Kurdish blogger who very kindly introduced me to the topic of the struggl...

Press TV reports : The President of Iraq's Kurdistan local government has warned of a 'civil war' if Baghdad refuses to sign a s...

Press TV reports: US officials and heads of four Kurdish anti-Iran groups have held a secret meeting in the Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah, a Ku...

( The following was sent to me by a reader to whom I am most grateful. VS ) source: http://www.turkishdailynews .com.tr/article.php?enewsi...

by Mehmet Yaman (source: ANF Fırat News Agency) Editor's note: This was translated from Turkish by Cem Ertür from CASMII. Having given n...

Ha'aretz reports the following: Crews from Israel Aerospace Industries, operating unmanned aerial vehicles, are participating in Turki...

I just saw this really interesting piece of news from Reuters . Reporting about the air and artillery strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan Reuters wr...

According to the BBC : " Turkey's air strikes against Kurdish rebels in Iraq on Sunday were approved by the United States in advanc...

Gwynne Dyer Fifteen months ago, the armed wing of Lebanon’s Hezbollah party, listed as a terrorist organization by the United States and mos...

( Iran Daily ) President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday the fate of regional nations are interlinked and they should safeguard one anoth...

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The High Stakes in Iraqi Kurdistan By Patrick Cockburn in Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzani, the leader of the Kurds of northern Iraq, expresse...

( Reuters ) - Iran has access to evidence of U.S. support for terrorist groups in the Middle East, a senior Iranian official was quoted as s...

By Patrick Cockburn in the Qandil mountains, Iraq Turkey used its helicopters and artillery to attack Kurdish guerrillas inside northern Ir...

The Bush Administration is considering air strikes, including cruise missiles, against the Kurdish rebel group PKK in northern Iraq. The mov...

by Amy Goodman President Bush has asked Congress for another $46 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The request brings this y...