Masoud Barzani sets conditions for backing next Iraqi PM

Iraq's oil reduction per the recent OPEC+ agreement will not affect the country's revenues, according to Iraq's oil minister.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call on Friday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about improving bilateral ties and he repeated Ankara’s willingness to do its part to peacefully resolve the war in Ukraine, Erdogan’s office said. 

More than 60 million Turkish voters are geared up for the twin (parliamentary and presidential) elections scheduled to take place in June 2023 the latest. Arguably, these are the most critical elections in the Republic’s history, marking a date for a collective choice as the country celebrates its centennial. The outcome will define the course of Turkey. Whether or not it will continue on its path to a deepened autocracy - an “order of decrees” - under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or return to the path of restoration is an open question. The internal dynamics and balances do not seem to be helpful to rational foresight.

A mild flutter ensued after Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s recent meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York on September 21 when it came to be known that Cyprus figured in their discussion.

Salih Muslim, the co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party, the main party of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, has rejected the PYD having any links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

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their political environment- within and outside the Kurdish communities and that that the ban of both groups is totally outdated in Germany.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.

Dr. Zheger Hassan believes Turkey has a lot of influence in the Kurdistan Region and as a result, there is no need to add it to its own soil.

The former foreign minister of Turkey pointed out that Turkey Kurdish voters make up at least 12% of the country's voting population, and emphasized their role in the country's upcoming elections.

According to the Middle East Institute, the Turkey Kurdish political movement has been under unprecedented pressure and the Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) has been shown a demonic face in the Turkish media.

Iraq's oil reduction per the recent OPEC+ agreement will not affect the country's revenues, according to Iraq's oil minister.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call on Friday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about improving bilateral ties and he repeated Ankara’s willingness to do its part to peacefully resolve the war in Ukraine, Erdogan’s office said. 

Erbil's Friday blast killed a senior commander in a security body affiliated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), sources said earlier today.