Barham Salih: I will withdraw my candidacy only if Massoud Barzani is nominated for Iraq presidency

As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns of a possible new ground incursion into neighboring Syria, officials from the Kurdish-controlled region are pleading with the Biden administration to intervene.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is dealing inappropriately with the citizens at the border areas of Sulaimani, Halabja and Garmian provinces, Bafel Talabani stated in a meeting with the US ambassador to Iraq.

Turkey has launched a string of offensives in neighboring Syria since 2016 targeting Kurdish militias, Islamic State group jihadists and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.

The names of some members of the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) political school were published by the media of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.

According to Turkish officials and some experts, the possibility of a massive military attack by Turkey against the Syrian Kurds has increased due to the accusation that the Syrian Kurdish forces were involved in the Istanbul explosion.

In his first interview with international media following Tuesday's drone strike on his main headquarters in northeast Syria, Mazlum Kobane (also known as Mazloum Abdi), the commander of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said that the most likely target of a potential Turkish ground offensive against the Kurdish-controlled areas would be his native city of Kobani.

The Joint Chairman of the Executive Council of the Autonomous Administration of the Euphrates Region condemned the drone attack of the Turkish army on the building of the Executive Council of the Autonomous Administration and considered these attacks to be aimed at destroying the autonomous administration and the democratic experience of northern and eastern Syria.

Prof Birgit Ammann believes it has to be made clear that there is also a lot of serious critique against both the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the People's Defense Units (YPG) and their political environment- within and outside the Kurdish communities and that that the ban of both groups is totally outdated in Germany. A professor from the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, she also said it is virtually impossible and unnecessary to figure the number of the Kurds in the world because Kurds do not need a number to justify their claims.

The Kurdish National Council announced it would hold its fourth congress after several years of delay.

A member of the central committee of the Kurdish Democratic Party in Syria (P.D.K.S), stated: Turkey did not receive a message for a ground attack from Russia and the United States, but it wants to make dissatisfaction among the people by destabilizing the situation in northern Syria.

The Commander-in-chief of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said on Tuesday he still feared a Turkish ground invasion despite U.S. assurances and has demanded a “stronger” message from Washington after seeing unprecedented Turkish deployments along the border.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that Iraq's progress has enemies who may not openly express hostility but do not accept its legal government, so Iraq should stand firm against the will of the enemy by relying on the motivated and young people.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani met Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday in Tehran

The political office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) announced Fazil Mirani was elected on Saturday as the head of the executive committee of KDP political office.

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani has once again in less than a week arrived in Baghdad to continue his meetings with the political leaders of Iraq, a statement Sunday said.