by Jonathan Spyer The Times of Israel September 20, 2020 In early March, 2020, when international travel was still unambiguously possible, I was due to visit the United States on an Israeli passport. I had been invited to speak at the annual AIPAC policy conference. In addition, a number of other meetings were in the initial […]
SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq—When Iran’s economy began to collapse last year under U.S. sanctions, Iranian computer programmer Mohsen Heidari decided to look for work in Iraqi Kurdistan. “It’s impossible to support my family, anymore, living in Iran,” said Heidari, who is from the Iranian city of Kermanshah. “Coming here was my last option,” Heidari said of the […]
From its independence in 1947 it was predicted by many in the west that India would collapse. The pro-Pakistan policies of UK, France, USA and many others as well as the sympathy shown by them to secessionist movements, most notably in Punjab, Kashmir and Nagaland, the belief that India is heading to civil war due […]
by Daniel Pipes Oct 12, 2015 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner It’s an especially delicate time in Turkish politics, between a first round of voting in June that resulted in a hung parliament and a second round scheduled for Nov. 1. The frenzied run-up to the latter election has witnessed growing violence against […]
Islamic State (ISIS) group fighters fired missiles containing toxic gas at Kurdish forces in Syria last month, the forces and a monitoring group said Saturday, according to AFP. The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights both reported the late June attacks in Hasakeh province in northeastern Syria, the news […]
By Eddie Peders The Kurdish people are fighting our terrorist enemies and losing their lives in the process, and it’s not just men, 30% of Kurdish fighters are now female fighters, who can never be captured alive. Think about that the next time you can’t find a shopping cart at the local grocery store. Think […]
Are the Kurds the West’s last hope in Iraq? There is speculation that the United States and Iran have reached an understanding on the war with ISIS, which worries Israel and Sunni Arab states. If Iran is being encouraged to take the fight to ISIS, it seems the calculus is that only they are capable […]
(CNSNews.com) – ISIS jihadis are threatening to marry any female Kurdish soldiers they capture in battle, says Colonel Nahida Ahmad Rashid, commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga Female. “The message said that whenever they catch any peshmerga woman, they will marry them,” Col. Rashid told The Daily Mail during an interview on […]
America has been engaging in a series of weapons airdrops to Kurdish forces trying to fight off the brutal Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group as it presses to conquer Kobane, a strategic city in northern Syria. That aid went horribly wrong on Monday, when the drop of hand grenades, ammunition and rocket-propelled grenade launchers (RPGs) […]
As some have said in the West, in fact, the Armenian, Assyrian, Chaldean, Nestorian and Pontian Greek genocides were “Christian genocides”. On the other side were Muslim Turks and Kurds. The basis in society and justification in conscience of these genocides were Islamic rules. Islam gives permission to all Muslims to kill and rape every […]
