Tagged: Kurds

Yazidi woman kidnapped by ISIS freed from Gaza after decade in captivity

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 6 Comments • 7 months ago

Photo: Daily Mail Related: Another daring hostage rescue: Israeli commandos have rescued from an underground tunnel in Gaza a Bedouin Arab hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas during the 7...

LALISH, IRAQ In Northern Iraq there is a place called Lalish where the Yezidis say the universe was born.

Via: krishna • Travel, Geography and Foreign Cultures • 40 Comments • 2 years ago

A while back I seeded an article re: the Yazidis. They are a unique and very unusual religion. I believe they were originally Kurds but have developed their own religion. Like the Kurds in...

Why does the hard left glorify the Palestinians?

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 41 Comments • 4 years ago

Note: This is not an a seed attempting to praise-- or demonize-- leftists in general (or, for that matter, to demonize all of those on the right). For while many political partisans may want to...

Erdogan’s Ambitions Go Beyond Syria. He Says He Wants Nuclear Weapons.

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 61 Comments • 6 years ago

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey addressing legislators from his party this month in Ankara, Turkey. Credit Credit Burhan Ozbilici/Associated Press WASHINGTON — Turkey’s...

7 brutal cartoons about Trump's ongoing Syria disaster

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 72 Comments • 6 years ago

Re: Trump's ongoing Syria disaster: sometimes a picture can be worth a thousand words!

House overwhelmingly votes bipartisan condemnation of Trump withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 7 Comments • 6 years ago

Zach Gibson / Bloomberg via Getty Images WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to condemn President Donald Trump's withdrawal of American forces from northern Syria....

A letter to Kurdish soldiers from a US military wife

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 11 Comments • 6 years ago

Ret. general: Syria pullback looks like an open door to disaster zzzzz Dear Kurdish soldiers, You don't know me, but I have known of you for most of my adult life. When my...

Russia replaces US in northern Syria

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 6 years ago

Russian and Syrian national flags flutter on military vehicles near Manbij, Syria October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki Now in its seventh day, Turkey’s offensive against Kurdish...

MIDDLE ISRAEL: WHAT ARE THE KURDS DOING WRONG?

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 26 Comments • 6 years ago

Kurdistan Flag ( Source ) Let every nation know,” vowed John Kennedy in his inaugural address, “that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend,...

When Saddam Hussein Used His WMDs

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 15 Comments • 6 years ago

Human remains found at a mass grave site in Iraqi Kurdistan , July 15, 2005 - By James Gordon from Los Angeles, California, USA - Zahko, Iraqi Kurdistan (Wikipedia) The Halabja chemical...

SIX YEARS OF WORK DESTROYED IN SIX DAYS: THE COLLAPSE OF EASTERN SYRIA

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 35 Comments • 6 years ago

Occupied Kurdistan (Graphic: Wikipedia) The withdrawal comes after years of American involvement in helping the mostly Kurdish fighters defeat ISIS, and years in which the Kurds had...

The Kurdish-Israel Relationship: Former covert Israeli forces 'training Kurds in Iraq' (during Iraq War)

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 9 Comments • 6 years ago

Duvdevan learn how to "appear out of thin air" (Photo: Ynet, Gadi Gabalo ) Notes: 1.Since the seeded article did not have any photos, I used this photo from an excellent article in...

Fox News: Pentagon planners scramble to produce strategy following sudden withdrawal of US troops from Northern Syria

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 8 Comments • 6 years ago

Pentagon planners scramble to produce strategy following sudden withdrawal of US troops from Northern Syria. A senior U.S. military officer, still actively serving, described the mood at...

Israelis Watch U.S. Abandon Kurds, and Worry: Who’s Next?

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 27 Comments • 6 years ago

Syrian Kurds gathered around a U.S. armored vehicle during a demonstration against Turkish threats near a military base on the outskirts of Ras al-Ain. Credit Delil Souleiman/Agence...

General Keane: Turkish incursion into Syria would force Kurds to flee, freeing captured ISIS members (via Fox news)

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 61 Comments • 6 years ago

Screen Shot - Fox News Retired U.S. Army Gen. Jack Keane warned a military incursion into Syria by Turkey could cause the American-ally Kurds to flee, leaving thousands of ISIS prisoners...

The Beginning of the Universe (Who are the Yazidis)

Via: the-irascible-harry-krishner • History & Sociology • 11 Comments • 2 years ago

Unusually good article abut a group that is little known in the west: LALISH, IRAQ In Northern Iraq there is a place called Lalish where the Yezidis say the universe was born. I drove...

The real reason trump is screwing over our best allies- (the Kurds

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 111 Comments • 6 years ago

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the June 2019 G-20 conference in Osaka, Japan. Presidential Press Service/Pool Photo...

Mitch McConnell joins other Republicans in rebuking Trump’s Syria withdrawal

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 43 Comments • 6 years ago

Photo: Tom Brenner/Getty Images President Trump faced a swift torrent of Republican criticism Monday as lawmakers rebuked his plan to withdraw troops from northeast Syria, a move Senate...

Lindsey Graham accuses Donald Trump of telling a ‘lie’ about defeat of ISIS in Syria

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 17 Comments • 6 years ago

FILE -- Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times) U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is accusing President Donald Trump of...

The Russian Attack Against America You Didn’t Hear About

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 7 years ago

You probably didn’t hear this because few media organizations have even mentioned it, but Russia committed an act of war against the United States a little more than a week ago. No, this is...

Who are the Kurds?

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 7 Comments • 8 years ago

There have been several diaries lately about the Kurds and the Turkish border, Kirkuk, the debacle in Iraq; some of these diaries well sourced, others, not so much... But, who are the...

Wild boars overrun Islamic State position, kill 3 militants

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 20 Comments • 8 years ago

Turkey's ongoing genocide against the Kurds

Via: krishna • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 8 years ago

A participant flashes V-signs during an International Womens' Day Rally in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey. (REUTERS) GENEVA: About 2,000 people were killed and...