As we spoke about in our last regional report, the middle east is truly one big dumpster fire. I feel like thats a bit harsh to say but it truly is a total mess. with the poorly drawn lines that don’t match up with their ethnic lines and all the terrorism and fighting that comes with it. War and terror… Read more »
source: cnbc Delil Souleiman | AFP | Getty Images Syrian Kurds wave the Kurdish flag, in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on September 27, 2017, during a gathering in support of the independence referendum in Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdish region. Iraq stopped selling dollars to leading banks in Kurdistan and banned foreign currency transfers to the autonomous region on… Read more »
source: fox Over 90 percent of Iraq’s Kurdish population have now voted for independence from Iraq. While the referendum is not binding, it reflects the will of a minority group that has a long history of persecution and statelessness. The independence referendum is an important step toward remedying a historic injustice inflicted on the Kurdish population in the aftermath of… Read more »
source: the guardian A Russian airstrike has killed 38 civilians as they tried to cross the Euphrates river to escape fighting in eastern Syria’s Deir ez-Zor province, a monitor has said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in Britain, said nine children were among those killed as they tried to cross the river aboard rafts, escaping from areas where… Read more »
(CNN) Forces aligned with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made an incursion Wednesday into the 55km “de-confliction zone” surrounding the US base located at the At Tanf garrison in southeastern Syria, according to the US-led military coalition fighting ISIS. “There was an incursion into the de-confliction zone,” coalition spokesman US Army Col. Ryan Dillon told CNN, adding that after the pro-regime… Read more »
There are rising tensions throughout the middle east but this is especially prevalent in Iraq. Iraq has a large Kurdish population which recently held a referendum to declare independence. Similar things are happening in Spain with Catalonia. The Kurds are a different ethnicity than the rest of Arab Iraq which means there are tensions on these ethnic lines. Recently Iraq’s… Read more »
There are chemical weapons in Syria. And, so far, the international community has no idea how to handle it. At least, that’s what I see. Allowing a destructive government, like that in Syria, to hold such weapons is irresponsible yet almost necessary for the foreseeable future. With the region being so unstable, I am frightened that something like sarin gas… Read more »
Iraq’s first non-Arab president, Jalal Talabani, has died By Tamara Qiblawi and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Updated 10:18 AM ET, Tue October 3, 2017 Former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani pictured in December 2010. Erbil, Iraq (CNN)Former Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, the country’s first non-Arab president, has died at the age of 83, his family said. His niece, Alaa Talabani, an Iraqi… Read more »
Why Israel supports an independent Iraqi Kurdistan By Ian Lee, CNN Updated 9:49 AM ET, Mon October 2, 2017 Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% 0:36 Source: CNN Independence vote complicates war on ISIS 02:50 Jerusalem (CNN)When Iraqi Kurds a look around, they see potential enemies to the north, south, east and west. The Turks, Iraqis, Iranians and Syrians all rejected last week’s referendum for… Read more »
Source: CNN ISIS leader seemingly breaks 11-month silence in audio recording By Tim Lister, Jim Sciutto, Ghazi Balkiz and Michael Callahan, CNN Updated 2:52 PM ET, Sat September 30, 2017 Play Current Time0:12 Duration Time1:58 Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% 0:12 Fullscreen Configuration Subtitles Now PlayingUS intel analyzing new… Source: CNN US intel analyzing new ISIS leader audio tape 01:58 (CNN)The leader of the… Read more »