PUK delegation meets Kurdistan Region political parties
A delegation from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) visited the headquarters of the Change Movement (Gorran) on Thursday and met with its National Council.
Kurdistan Region parliament extends own mandate by one year
The Kurdistan Parliament said 80 of 111 MPs voted in favor of the extension, to last until "late 2023", after a general election scheduled for 1 October was postponed due to disagreements among the political parties on key issues, including how the region be divided up for the vote.
- Earthquake kills more than 3,800 in Turkey, Syria
- At least 20 escape Syria prison holding IS inmates after quake
- Erdogan declares week-long mourning for quake victims
- Turkish gov’t slammed for inaction despite earlier warnings about possible quake
- Iraqi Kurdistan suspends oil exports through Turkey after Monday earthquake
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Analysis
Turkish gov’t slammed for inaction despite earlier warnings about possible quake
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has come under fire over a massive earthquake that killed more than a thousand people in the country due to its failure to take action despite experts’ earlier warnings.
Major quake kills hundreds across Turkey, Syria
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on Monday, killing hundreds of people as they slept, levelling buildings and sending tremors that were felt as far away as the island of Cyprus, Egypt and Iraq.
How did Turkey acquire the capability to produce ballistic missiles? / Fatih Yurtsever
Turkey test-fired a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM), newly developed by Roketsan and named Tayfun (typhoon), over the Black Sea on Oct. 18, 2022.
Kurds unlikely to cut ties with Baghdad due to the Kurdistan Region's share in 2023 budget: MP
A representative of the State of Law Coalition in the Iraqi parliament considered it unlikely that the Kurds would cut ties with Baghdad due to the Kurdistan Region's share in the 2023 budget.
Why are foreign mobsters, drug gangs attracted to Turkey? / Fehim Tastekin
Bloody score-settlings and shootouts between foreign thugs have been on the rise in Turkey, stoking criticism that lax legislation and inadequate action on the ground have made the country a safe haven for crime bosses from the region and beyond.
Interview
Hatred of migrants behind killing of Kurds in Paris, says researcher
A French political analyst Fabrice Balanche believes that the recent attack of a French citizen on Ahmed Kaya Kurdish Cultural Center in Paris is more related to the hatred of immigrants.
Assad rejects requests to meet with Erdogan: report
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has rebuffed Russia's efforts to arrange a meeting with Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, citing Turkey's upcoming elections and the presence of Turkish troops on Syrian soil.
Commander says Kobani likely target of threatened Turkish ground offensive
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.
Euphrates Region Executive Council condemns Turkey drone attack on Autonomous Administration building
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.
Banning PKK and YPG is totally outdated, professor tells Kurdpress
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.
Reports
Earthquake kills more than 3,800 in Turkey, Syria
The major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday has killed more than 3,800 people and flattened thousands of buildings as rescuers dug with bare hands for survivors, Agence France-Presse reported.
At least 20 escape Syria prison holding IS inmates after quake
Prisoners mutinied in a northwestern Syria prison Monday following a deadly earthquake, with at least 20 escaping the jail holding mostly Islamic State group members, a source at the facility told AFP.
Erdogan declares week-long mourning for quake victims
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday declared seven days of national mourning for the victims of an earthquake that killed at least 3,000 people in his country and neighboring Syria, Agence France-Presse reported.
Turkish gov’t slammed for inaction despite earlier warnings about possible quake
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has come under fire over a massive earthquake that killed more than a thousand people in the country due to its failure to take action despite experts’ earlier warnings.
Iraqi Kurdistan suspends oil exports through Turkey after Monday earthquake
Iraqi Kurdistan said it was suspending oil exports through Turkey as a precaution after a deadly earthquake rocked its northern neighbor and Syria before dawn on Monday, Agence France-Presse reported.