MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : NUR TRUMP KONTERT IRAN! – US-General zu Raketenangriffen im Irak: “Werden uns nicht vom Iran vertreiben lassen”
21.06.2020 • 08:00 Uhr – https://de.rt.com/2807
US-General Kenneth McKenzie will sich vom Iran nicht unterkriegen lassen. Die “Eskalationsleiter” kontrolliere immer noch das US-Militär.
Im Januar forderte das irakische Parlament den Abzug aller ausländischer Truppen. Die US-Armee mag dem bislang nicht gänzlich nachkommen. Stattdessen sei es der Iran, der durch Raketenangriffe provoziere. Doch man steht zum Auftrag, den IS zu zerschlagen.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : Turkey hammers Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq / Welcomed by Iran, Iraq and Kurdish Regional Government South Kurdistan
Turkey has sent in special forces to fight the Kurdistan Workers Party in Iraq’s north, putting its soldiers on the ground in the third foreign country this year.
Ayla Jean Yackleyajean AL MONITOR – Jun 17, 2020
ISTANBUL — Turkey intensified military strikes against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq on Wednesday, helicoptering in commandos and dropping bombs from the sky in its biggest operation on Iraqi soil in years to counter what it says are threats emanating from across the border.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS SOUTH KURDISTAN / IRAQ : Turkish airstrikes, Iranian artillery simultaneously pound Kurdistan Region border area
8 hours ago RUDAW 16 June 2020 – By Zhelwan Z. Wali
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Iranian artillery shells and Turkish airstrikes simultaneously pounded the Haji Omaran area on the Kurdistan Region’s border with Iran on Tuesday, local officials have told Rudaw.
No casualties as a result of the bombardment have yet been reported, according to the chieftain of the affected village of Alana.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : SCHWERE LUFTANGRIFFE AUF PKK POSITIONEN IM NORD IRAK / Trump unterstützt Kurden
Türkei startet neue Offensive gegen PKK im Nordirak – und verfolgt damit auch innenpolitische Ziele
Die türkische Luftwaffe hat zahlreiche Stellungen der verbotenen Arbeiterpartei Kurdistans jenseits der Grenze bombardiert. Der Kampf gegen die PKK wirft für die Regierung in Ankara nicht nur sicherheitspolitische Dividenden ab.
Volker Pabst, Istanbul15.06.2020, 15.45 Uhr NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS IRANIAN PROXIES : Twin rockets hit Taji military base following US-Iraq Strategic Dialogue
Halgurd Sherwani| 14 June 2020 – 5 hours ago – A sign posted at the entrance of the Taji military, north of Baghdad.
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – On Saturday night, two Katyusha rockets landed in Taji military base, some 35 kilometers (21 miles) north of Baghdad, with the Iraqi military reporting no casualties.
The attack comes following US-Iraq Strategic Dialogue in which Baghdad is expected to commit itself to protecting bases hosting foreign military personal.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS REPORT : Putin reaches for Kurdish oil
Moscow, Erbil should cooperate to diversify Kurdistan Region’s economy : Russian Consul-General
4 hours ago RUDAQ – Karwan Faidhi Dri 13 June 2020
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Russia’s consul-general in Erbil Oleg Levin said Wednesday that the Kurdistan Region and Russia should work together to make the most of the Region’s rich natural resources.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS DOCUMENTS : Joint Statement on the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue
June 11, 2020 – The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq.
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The delegation of the Republic of Iraq, led by Senior Under Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdul-Karim Hashim Mostafa, and the delegation of the United States Government, led by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale, held Strategic Dialogue discussions via video teleconference today, in accordance with the 2008 Strategic Framework Agreement for a Relationship of Friendship and Cooperation between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq. The discussions covered security and counterterrorism, economics and energy, political issues, and cultural relations.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : IRANIAN boundRocket hits Baghdad’s Green Zone ahead of US-Iraq Strategic Dialogue
Halgurd Sherwani | KURDISTAN24 11 June 2020
The US Embassy on the Tigris River inside the fortified Green Zone.
11 June 2020 – ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – On late Wednesday, a katyusha rocket hit Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, without causing any casualties, on the eve of the Baghdad-Washington Strategic Dialogue to redraft political relations between the two countries, Iraqi Security Media Cell said.
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS INSIGHT : HASHD REFORMS IN IRAQ CONCEAL MORE THAN THEY REVEAL
by Michael Knights and Hamdi Malik
PolicyWatch 3325 – June 9, 2020 – The reform measures called for by PMF leaders are so opaque that they could enable militia consolidation masquerading as security sector improvements.
On June 3, a new reform memorandum was issued by the head of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (al-Hashd al-Shabi in Arabic). The one-page document resembles prior PMF statements in two respects. First, it recycles unmet aspirations for security sector reform that have been awaiting implementation for at least a year, or years in some cases. Second, it references a range of secret decrees whose contents are not explained. As U.S. officials head into their formal Strategic Dialogue with Iraq beginning June 10, such statements pose more questions than they answer, underlining the need for the Iraqi government to establish a firmer grip on the reform process and ensure greater transparency over all elements of the security forces.
THE NEW HASHD DIRECTIVE
MESOPOTAMIA NEWS : A SIMPLE PETTY CRIMINAL AS CHAMPION OF THE WORLD: – GEORGE FLOYD!
The killing of George Floyd sparks controversy over African-Iraqi rights
Ongoing protests in the United States over the killing of George Floyd have raised awareness among Iraqis about African-Iraqi rights in the country.
African-Iraqi men sing after their group Movement of Free Iraqis was approved as a political party to run in the coming local elections in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Dec. 6, 2008.
Saad Salloum – AL MONITOR – Jun 9, 2020
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