Iraq is
working to establish a bilateral committee to end the presence of the US-led
coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) in the country, its prime minister
said on Friday while condemning a deadly American drone strike on a pro-Iran
militia in Baghdad the previous day.
Jan 2,
2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
An Israeli
drone strike on a Hamas office in southern Beirut on Tuesday killed Saleh
al-Arouri, deputy head of the group’s politburo and a founding commander of its
military wing, a Hamas spokesperson told Rudaw.
Jan 2, 2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
A Kurdish
politician on Monday claimed that Turkey has settled 10,000 Palestinians in the
Kurdish city of Afrin in northern Syria, adding that Kurds no longer constitute
a majority.
The Iraqi
federal government on Tuesday condemned the retaliatory airstrikes carried out
by United States forces against pro-Iran militia groups in the country earlier
in the day, saying that the attacks targeted Iraqi military bases, killing one
and injuring 18 others.
Dec 21,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Hundreds of
Alevis staged a demonstration in Constantinople’s (Istanbul) Kadikoy Square on
Sunday, denouncing an alleged rise in religiosity in the state education system
and calling for increased state secularism and equality.
Dec 8, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The
Christian Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party on Thursday held its eighth congress in
Duhok, calling for autonomy and demanding increased efforts to prevent the
emigration of Christians.
US National
Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby on Wednesday said that Washington does
not endorse a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza Strip,
claiming that the Palestinian militants could regroup during a truce.
Nov 28,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
The
majority of women living in the outskirts of the Kurdish province of Amed
(Diyarbakir) in southeast Turkey were unable to benefit from cancer-related
services in 2022 because they could not speak Turkish, revealed a health
syndicate this week.
The Turkish
defense ministry on Friday said its air forces targeted 17 alleged positions of
the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the northern Kurdistan Region where local
officials confirmed the strikes.
A US
airstrike on pro-Iran targets in Iraq killed several militiamen in retaliation
to a missile strike on American personnel that injured eight, the US Central
Command (CENTCOM) told on Tuesday.
Nov 6,
2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
A pro-Iran
Iraqi militia group on Monday claimed to have targeted four US military bases
in Iraq and Syria with drones.
A Turkish
court on Wednesday charged four members and officials of two pro-Kurdish
political parties for their alleged links with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party
(PKK) two days after they were arrested.
Three
drones belonging to Iran-backed militias were shot down Monday by US forces as
they attempted to strike a coalition base in central Syria, a war monitor
reported as anti-US attacks surge in Syria and Iraq over Washington’s support
for Israel.
Russia
repatriated 34 children from camps in Syria housing suspects with links to the
Islamic State (ISIS), a Kremlin official announced on Sunday, adding that
Moscow is set to repatriate an additional 150 children from the camps.
Oct 14, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that United States
military activity with Kurdish forces in Syria poses a threat to Turkey’s
national security, a day after US President Joe Biden cited threats from Turkey
as grounds to extend a 2019 national emergency order on Syria.
Baghdad, Iraq.
Government
officials and political leaders in Iraq on Saturday issued statements of
support for the people of Palestine following a deadly Hamas attack on Israel.
Erbil,
Kurdistan Region.
One person
is dead after a suspected Turkish drone targeted a vehicle on the outskirts of
Hasaka in northeast Syria (Rojava) on Saturday, a local war monitor
reported.
Nightmare
of the Christian community
What the Christian community in Iraq faces can only be defined as intense hatred and hostility. Since 2003, Christians in central and southern Iraq have been subjected to killing, abuse, kidnapping, discrimination, and forced displacement.