Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton joined SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam and co-host Steve Bannon on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about Kurdish independence and the future of Iraq.
TEL AVIV – Senior Iranian officials claimed Monday’s independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan was a “plot” orchestrated by Israel and the United States.
Contents: Iraqi Kurds’ independence referendum appears headed for big approval; Israel may be the only country recognizing the Iraq Kurdistan referendum
The majority of Iraqi Kurdistan’s population voted “yes” to independence, a move that has provoked Iran and Turkey to threaten military action in retaliation.
Over 90 percent of the three million voters in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq voted to secede from Iraq and establish an independent Kurdistan Monday, in an election widely heralded as free and fair.
The Iraqi government has announced it will not hold talks with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) following Monday’s independence referendum, describing the process as “unconstitutional.”
UNITED NATIONS – Syria’s foreign minister told world leaders Saturday that his country is “marching steadily” toward the goal of rooting out terrorism—and “victory is now within reach.”
A violent brawl broke out at a New York hotel on Thursday afternoon after protesters crashed a speech being delivered by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Contents: Next, Turkey will teach that the sun orbits around the earth; Stanislav Petrov, “The man who saved the world,” dies at age 77
The United Nations, echoing the United States and Iran, has come out against Iraqi Kurdistan’s independence referendum, scheduled to pass this month.
It’s the book “every American taxpayer should read,” says international lawyer Robert “Bob” Amsterdam about his newly-released publication “Empire of Deceit: An Investigation of the Gülen Charter School Network.”
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s foreign ministry has summoned Germany’s ambassador in Ankara to protest the country for allowing “terror propaganda” by Kurdish militants.
Pro-Syrian opposition Turkey along with allies of the country’s dictator Russia and Iran are getting close to finalizing an agreement on establishing four de-escalation zones in Syria, according to a senior Kremlin negotiator.
Pakistan is open to engaging in joint border patrols with Afghan forces, the Pakistani prime minister (PM) told reporters this week, amid U.S. pressure on Islamabad for harboring terrorists who are fighting and killing American troops and their allies in neighboring Afghanistan.
The government of Turkey confirmed this week that it had signed a deal to purchase a Russian S-400 missile system, alarming other fellow NATO members who discourage such military deals with Moscow.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed to reporters this weekend that he expects to meet with his American counterpart Donald Trump in person during next week’s United Nation’s General Assembly.
Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro met Sunday with prominent Middle East presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and Hassan Rouhani of Iran this weekend, seeking support amid a global outcry against his regime.
Authorities received complaints from a neighborhood in Ankara, Turkey, this week demanding a local woman shut her curtains if she continues to wear shorts in her private home. The incident is the latest in the rapidly Islamicizing country in which women have been subject to abuse and persecution for being “immodest,” or violating Sharia law.
Turkey and Russia are inching toward an accord for the first major Turkish weapons purchase from Moscow, troubling Ankara’s allies in NATO even though the deal may not ultimately materialize.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – Romania’s coastguard says it has intercepted a fishing vessel carrying 87 migrants in the Black Sea that was sailing toward the Romanian coast. A statement said border police spotted the vessel on Sunday morning east of
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday denounced the indictments in the United States of 19 people, among them 15 Turkish security officials, calling them “scandalous.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hinted this week that Ankara is considering escalating its military operations in neighboring Iraq and Syria in the name of national security.
Turkey has questioned the merits of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indictment against Turkish security personnel accused of brawling with protesters during President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the American capital in May, decrying the charges as “unfounded” and “biased.”
American forces have clashed with Turkish-backed rebels in northern Syria, reports CNN, citing an unnamed military official with the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
Tens of thousands of Syrians who fled their country’s civil war to Turkey are returning home temporarily to Syria to celebrate a major Muslim holiday, Turkish officials said Monday.
Turkey’s main opposition leader on Saturday begins hosting a four day “justice congress” in a bid to keep up the momentum from the success of a month-long foot march protesting against alleged injustices under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The head of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) defined the independence referendum scheduled to be held in Iraqi Kurdistan in September as a “cause of war” in remarks Thursday. Turkey maintains a significant military presence in Syria and Iraq, opposed by the governments of both countries.
YouTube temporarily suspended the account of the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units, better known as the YPG, on Wednesday. The account was reactivated Thursday morning after the YPG objected to what they thought was the permanent termination of their account.
A militant Islamist group has demanded Turkey remove a statue of the ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes from a public square in Sinop, arguing that its presence promotes unseemly “Greek ideology.”
BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s foreign minister says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking his country in a “false and dangerous direction” away from the prerequisites needed for European Union membership.
Police in Turkey evacuated Syrian refugees from their homes on Monday after one person was killed as an angry mob attacked the housing area in the Central Anatolian province of Konya’s Karapınar district.
BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s justice minister is calling for European Union countries to reconsider how they deal with Turkish warrants following the arrest in Spain of a Turkish-born German writer.
In a televised speech on Sunday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claimed that the attempts by Western powers to remove him from power have failed even if the long civil war in Syria is not over.
Secretary of Defense James Mattis arrived in Jordan on Sunday, his first stop on a trip that will also include travel to Turkey and Ukraine.
Contents: Done with Mosul, Iraqi forces begin operation to eject ISIS from Tal Afar; Turkey warns of sectarian war following battle of Tal Afar; President Trump to announce US strategy in Afghanistan
Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday refused any security cooperation with Western nations or the reopening of their embassies, until they cut ties with opposition and insurgent groups.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Kurdish diaspora in America has come out in support of the upcoming vote for Kurdish independence, scheduled to take place on September 25. However, some still believe the timing is not yet right for such an event to take place.
ISTANBUL (AFP) – Turkey on Saturday lashed out at “arrogant” German reaction to comments by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urging ethnic Turks in Germany to vote against both parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition.
Contents: Erdogan tells Turks living in Germany not to vote for Angela Merkel; Germany accuses Erdogan of extortion by ‘hostage diplomacy’
In an interview with Lebanese television on Thursday, a top adviser to Syrian President Bashar Assad, Bouthaina Shaaban, said the Syrian civil war has reached its “penultimate stage” after six long and bloody years. She described the capture of the long-besieged city of Aleppo as a “U-turn” in the conflict.
