MESOP NEWS KURDISTAN:Turkey-PKK War in Duhok: 30,000 Dunam of Agricultural Fields Burned this Year

15-8-2021- ERBIL — In the past months alone, 30,000 dunam of agricultural fields have been burned amid the military conflict between the Turkish army and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Kurdistan Region’s Duhok province, an official revealed on Saturday.

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MESOP NEWS : Does killing of Iranian dissident foreshadow what is to come for others?

August 15, 2021 by jonathanspyer Jerusalem Post, 13/8

Mousa Babakhani, a leading figure in an Iranian opposition party, was found murdered last Saturday in a hotel room in the Iraqi Kurdish capital city of Erbil.  Babakhani was a member of the central committee of the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDP-I). His body, which according to a statement released by the party, bore ‘signs of torture’, was found in a room at the Guli Suleimani hotel in the city.

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MESOP NEWS KURDISTAN-IRAQ: PROTESTS CONTRA BARZANIA IN ERBIL

Very unusual to see people protesting in Erbil, where security services usually keep tight clampdown on such things. Shows the extent of the problem the KDP faces right now.

Renwar Najm@RenwarNajm

People are complaining about the lack of freedom to protest and demand their basic rights. A protester says the secret agents of the ruling party KDP are chasing and beating protesters. In the meantime, a local official (pictured) attacked journalists while covering the protest.

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MESOP NEWS : Feud between Iraqi Sunni leaders could undercut bloc ahead of elections

Speaker of parliament and leader of the Advancement alliance Mohammed al-Halbusi has accused the leader of al-Azm alliance, Khamis al-Khanjar, of selling Sunni land.

 

Mustafa Saadoun August 7, 2021 – AL MONITOR –

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MESOP WATCH NEWS : If all US troops do not leave Iraq, there will be an ‘appropriate response’: militia spox

Dilan Sirwan @DeelanSirwan AL MONITOR  8.8.2021

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MESOP NEWS : Peshmerga forces diffuse explosives planted by PKK on road in Kurdistan Region’s Duhok: Source

Hiwa Shilani ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Kurdistan Region Peshmerga forces on Thursday defused 65 kilograms of explosives on an intercity road in Duhok province, according to a security source who spoke to Kurdistan 24.

“Ziravani forces of the Peshmerga thwarted an attempt to detonate a quantity of TNT planted by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on the main road between Amedi and Drealuk districts in the area between the Kawani complex and Sargali village,” he said.

The source claimed that the explosive material “was prepared to be detonated near a Peshmerga outpost and Asayish forces in that area,” adding that the engineering unit of the Zaravani’s 1st Brigade had diffused and dismantled the device without incident.

 

 

MESOP NEWS : THE FAT CATS OF KURDISTAN – Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region rocked by political feud

Lahur Talabani, co-president of the PUK party, takes fight against ‘baseless’ allegations to court

Nada AlTaher Aug 3, 2021 THE NATIONAL NEWS – A political row in Iraqi Kurdistan escalated on Tuesday when a leader of one of its largest political parties said he would fight to clear his name in court.Lahur Talabani is embroiled in a complex family dispute that has simmered for months.

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MESOP NEWS : THE SILENT WAR BETWEEN PDK  & KURDISH PKK

Berkhadan: We will not stand idly, if PDK launched attack on HPG

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander Mahmoud Berkhadan warned the Kurdistan Democratic Party, PDK that their forces would not stand idly, if the party continued its attacks on the People’s Defence Forces, HPG, and urged the PDK to retreat from its cooperation with the Turkish occupying state and call it treason.

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MESOP NEWS : TÜRKEI & IRAN & BAGHDAD GEGEN PKK

 

Bruderzwist im Nordirak: Kurdische Parteien bekämpfen sich

30 Juli 2021 RUSSIA TODAY REPORT – Die Lage in der autonomen Region Kurdistan im Norden Iraks ist angespannt, nachdem in den vergangenen Wochen immer wieder Konflikte zwischen den Kämpfern der KPD und der PKK eskaliert sind. Die Auseinandersetzungen forderten beiderseits bereits mehrere Todesopfer.

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MESOP NEWS : Iraq-US strategic dialogue divides anti-US groups in Iraq

The recent strategic dialogue talks between Iraq and the United States have divided anti-US groups in Iraq, as some welcome the results of the dialogue and others reject it and ask for full US withdrawal from Iraq.

Ali Mamouri –  July 29, 2021 AL MONITOR – After a series of talks between Iraq and the United States, the two parties agreed during Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s visit to the United States to end the presence of US combat forces in Iraq by Dec. 31, 2021

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