In 2019, NBC published a report, “Turkey’s attack on Kurds in Syria betrays those doing the fighting against ISIS — and dying.” But such is the character of Turkey in its ruthless pursuit of regional and global influence; its agenda includes a harsh crackdown on the Kurds. Turkey under Erdogan is essentially an aggressive jihadist […]
Turkey escalates war on Kurds, ready to launch aggressive ground assault amid warnings by Russia and West
Syrian Kurdish fighters have been fighting against the Islamic State for years, and have managed to create “a semi-autonomous region in Northern Syria.” After Kurdish fighters “consolidated control over territory captured from the Islamic State in northern Syria, Turkey and Turkish-backed Syrian militias, including the Free Syrian Army (FSA), moved to recapture cities and expel […]
Iran: Islamic Republic forces murder man who honked his car horn in support of the protests
“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60) “Father Says Son Killed For Honking His Car Horn In Support Of Iranian Protests,” by Fereshteh Ghazi Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, November […]
Iranian Government Focuses its Fury on the Kurds
Iran may be thought of not so much as a country as an empire. The rulers of this empire are the Persians, who make up about 60% of the population. The other 40% consists of four minority groups: the Kurds (13 million), the Azeris (14 million), the Arabs (2 million), and the Baluchis (3 million). […]
U.S. citizen killed in Iran’s rocket attack in Iraqi Kurdistan
Hugh Fitzgerald explains why Iran is striking Kurdistan now here. “U.S. Confirms American Citizen Killed in Rocket Attack in Iraqi Kurdistan,” Reuters, September 29, 2022 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel on Thursday confirmed that a U.S. citizen was killed in the Iranian rocket attack […]
Iran Attacks Kurds In Iraq
Iran is now at the end of the second week of protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman tortured and killed while in police custody, after having been arrested by the Morality Police for not wearing her hijab properly. What started as protests in Tehran and the Kurdish areas have now […]
The situation of Yezidi survivors of the Islamic State’s genocide in Iraq
“I have taken on the role of father and mother to my younger sisters,” says Yezidi survivor “Hala Safeel,” who lives with her family in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Hala Safeel fled from the grip of the Islamic State (ISIS), , which committed genocide against her Yezidi people, […]
Iraqi Kurdistan: Muslim stabs his sister 28 times for marrying against the will of the family
In the Qur’an, a mysterious figure, known as Khidr in Islamic tradition, kills a boy in an apparently random and gratuitous attack. He then explains: “And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief. So we intended that their Lord should substitute for […]
Erbil strike: Iran says it was firing at ‘secret Israeli bases’ in Iraq
Whatever it was doing, it was also testing Old Joe Biden, and he will certainly fail the test. “Iran claims it fired at ‘secret Israeli bases’ in Iraq,” Israel Hayom, March 13, 2022: Islamic republic’s state media says 12 missiles were fired at “secret Israeli bases” in Erbil, the capital and most populated city in […]
Iraqi Kurdistan: Muslima converts to Christianity, her brother and uncle murder her
The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them […]