Entschlossener Widerstand in Xakurke
Die türkische Armee greift mit allen technischen Möglichkeiten die Region Xakurke in Südkurdistan an. Laut HPG leistet die Guerilla entschlossenen Widerstand, viele Soldaten sind getötet worden.
ANF BEHDÎNAN Samstag, 1 Jun 2019, 15:53 – Das Pressezentrum der Volksverteidigungskräfte HPG hat sich in einer schriftlichen Erklärung zur türkischen Invasion im südkurdischen Xakurke und Guerillaaktionen in Nord- und Südkurdistan geäußert. „Der türkische Besatzerstaat greift mit allen ihm zur Verfügung stehenden Möglichkeiten die Region Xakurke an und stößt auf den entschlossenen Widerstand der Guerilla“, heißt es in der Erklärung. Trotz des Einsatzes modernster Waffentechnologie sei das türkische Militär mit Bodentruppen nicht für den Kampf gegen die HPG gewappnet und habe hohe Verluste zu verzeichnen.
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Angriff auf Medya-Verteidigungsgebiete: PDK konzentriert Kräfte
Die südkurdische PDK (Barzani) hat damit begonnen, in Sîdekan und Berbizina Truppen zusammenzuziehen. Schon 1992 hatte die PDK gemeinsam mit türkischen Besatzungstruppen einen blutigen Krieg gegen die kurdische Freiheitsbewegung geführt.
ANF SÎDEKAN Samstag, 1 Jun 2019, 10:34 – Das türkische Militär hat seinen Besatzungsversuch der südkurdische Sîdekan-Region mit dem Absetzen von Truppen am Şekif-Berg und am Tepê Şehîd Derwîş ausgeweitet und scheint eine größer angelegte Invasion der Region vorzubereiten. Im Moment werden die Regionen um die beiden Gipfel sowie das Gebiet Xakurkê in den Medya-Verteidigungsgebieten ständig aus Kampfflugzeugen und Hubschraubern bombardiert.
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IRAQI KURDISTAN CHOOSES A NEW PRESIDENT, BUT INTERNAL RIFTS DEEPEN – by Bilal Wahab – PolicyWatch 3129 – May 30, 2019
The latest step toward ending the KRG’s political gridlock obscures more-worrisome Kurdish divisions, many of which threaten wider U.S.-Iraqi security and economic interests.
On May 28, the Iraqi Kurdish parliament narrowly elected Nechirvan Barzani as the new president of the Kurdistan Regional Government, giving the longtime KRG fixture only 68 out of 111 votes. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the main rival of Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party, boycotted the vote over several issues, including the KDP’s broken promise to name a PUK official as governor of the oil-rich Kirkuk region. Meanwhile, the KDP still controls the northwest part of the Kurdish region and the PUK the southwest, each boasting equally strong armed forces.
Electing a president would normally kickstart the KRG’s government formation process, which has been delayed since elections were held last September. The new president is expected to task his cousin Masrour Barzani with forming the next cabinet. Yet the KRG’s deepening internal rifts will almost certainly delay the process even further.
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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets President of Iraq Barham Salih (R) at Vahdettin Pavilion in Istanbul, Turkey on May 28, 2019. Photo: Turkish Presidential Press Service/AFP
ISTANBUL,— MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih on Tuesday while the Turkish military launched an operation against Kurdish militants in Iraqi Kurdistan.
The two leaders held talks in Istanbul before attending a Ramadan dinner together.
A picture on the Turkish presidency’s official website showed Erdogan and Salih gathering around a round table together with their wives.The visit came as the Turkish military launched an air and ground offensive in mountainous Iraqi Kurdistan against the hideouts of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Special forces and combat drones were also involved in the offensive which started late on Monday, the defence ministry said in a statement.
The operation aims at eradicating “caves and shelters used by terrorist groups”, it said.
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Yerevan SaeedVerified account @YerevanSaeed 27 May 2019 – Yerevan Saeed Retweeted #VetsResistSquadron #VetsResistSuportSquadron
The United States should release itself from the notion that a Shia led government in Baghdad can be a reliable partner despite what the lobbyists claim in Washington. Iraq is a foregone conclusion. Below has been retweeted by Iraqi Foreign Minister.
#VetsResistSquadron #VetsResistSuportSquadron @Domini_Templari
Well it seems @POTUS had brought Unity to the Middle East. #Iraq‘s @maalhakim SUPPORTS #Iran‘s @JZarif NOT @realDonaldTrump…
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Two new articles look at the lives and struggles of Yazidi women after ISIS. Even though ISIS was defeated in March and has been largely destroyed in Iraq and Syria over the last year and a half, many Yazidi women who were kidnapped in 2014 are still suffering. Around 3,000 are also missing.
Time Magazine reports on “And what will become of the thousands of youngsters press-ganged into ISIS’s forces in northern Iraq? The terrorists separated Yezidi children from their families, sometimes killing their parents in front of them.”
A BBC piece also looks at Yazidis “secret children.” It explores the difficult choices women faced who had children as a result of rape. There were controversies in the community about bringing the community back and hurdles faced with Iraqi bureaucracy. The BB program notes “It is estimated that 80% of the Yazidi women rescued from the dying days of the so-called Islamic State have had children with their jihadi captors.”
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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : CHRISTIANITY – NO SHELTER – NO HELP – NO SOLIDARITY
Posted 2019-05-25 16:20 GMT – SALT LAKE CITY — Christians in Iraq are “close to extinction,” according to BBC News.
The Most Rev. Bashar Warda, the archbishop of Erbil in Iraq, accused Christian leaders in Britain of not doing enough to stop Christian persecution in Iraq.He said Christians in Iraq face extinction after 1,400 years of persecution. Specifically, he said the Christian community has dropped by 83 percent since the United States’ invasion of Iraq. He said numbers have dropped from 1.5 million to 250,000, BBC News reports.
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MESOPOTAMIA NEWS HEADLINE TODAY – 25 May 2019 – ERBIL — Washington has accused the Iranian-backed militia forces in Iraq for carrying out the Katyusha rocket attack on Baghdad’s Green Zone last week. The accusation was made by US Vice Admiral Michael Gilday, the director of the Joint Staff, on Friday.The attack was carried out last Sunday. The rocket reportedly fell half a kilometer away from the US embassy in the fortified international zone.Gilday also said they have evidences that prove Iran being “directly” involved in the attacks on tankers off the United Arab Emirates earlier this month.”The attack against the shipping in Fujairah, we attribute it to the IRGC,” Gilday said without providing proofs. More via www.mesop.de
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READ IN: Türkçe Fehim Tastekin May 22, 2019 Article Summary – AL MONITOR – Turkey and Iraq have agreed to work on sealing a military cooperation agreement, and although regional developments dictate the solution of bilateral crises, the volatile relationship between the two neighbors calls for tempered optimism.
During Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s recent visit to Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the prospect of a security and military cooperation accord between the two neighbors, generating some rather splashy headlines in the media. Though Turkey and Iraq have put nothing on paper yet, the mere declaration of intent to resolve problems that have kept them at loggerheads in recent years has created an air of a new beginning. Security cooperation, however, is not a new topic for them. Turkey and Iraq signed a security deal in 2008, but it has had little effect on the ground. And the stumbling blocks in bilateral ties remain tough, calling for more tempered expectations.
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Ex-Kirkuk governor Najmaldin Karim arrested in Lebanon: sources
22 May 2019 – Ekurdnet – BEIRUT,— The former Governor of Kirkuk province Najmaldin Karim was detained by Interpol International Police at Beirut International Airport upon landing in Lebanon’s capital an informed sources said. The source claimed that the move had come on the basis of legal complaints lodged by an Iraqi court against the Baghdad-ousted governor.The sources, who asked not to be identified, said on Tuesday that the arrest took place immediately after the presence of the governor of Kirkuk at Beirut airport.The office of the Iraqi Media Network in Beirut confirmed that the Interpol has arrested Karim,
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