https://thecradle.co/Article/Investigations/19494 US and Israeli-backed armed Kurdish separatists on the Iraqi border have participated in every incident of Iranian domestic strife, from 2009 to 2022. ” Since April 2003, after the illegal US invasion of Iraq, West Asia transformed into a vast playground for an array of foreign states and entities. Among them are Iranian Kurdish […]
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https://web.archive.org/web/20171028184128/https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2016/04/irans-forgotten-kurds-step-up-struggle.html From the past to the present ( the present featured in the second report for today) original url https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2016/04/irans-forgotten-kurds-step-up-struggle.html Still viable url! https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/iran-s-forgotten-kurds-step-up-the-struggle-1.140788 KDPI PJAK, PKK, KDPI So the present day problem in Iran with the alphabet Kurdish groups has been present for a very long time Far longer than this nearly 7 year […]
via the wayback machine https://web.archive.org/web/20140815170104/https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2014/08/maliki-stands-down-us-regime-change.html my blog from 2014 original url to June 14/14– try the wayback again. https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2014/06/obama-delivered-ultimatum-to-maliki-via.html The Obama administration had been weighing the use of US ground forces and aircraft to mount an emergency rescue That strategy depends on the formation of a new Iraqi government Therefore it’s correctly written that the […]
IndianPunchline The curtain is coming down on the brutal 11-year old Syrian conflict, which former US President and Nobel Laureate Barack Obama initiated, as the Arab Spring swept through West Asia two decades ago. The United States has suffered yet another big setback in West Asia as the year 2022 draws to a close. The […]
And a possible Erdogan, Putin, Assad meeting. A brief digression.. oh that the resources of my old blog were public, sigh 🙁 This is part 2 to the report below; Turkey prepared to hand over Syrian regions under it’s control to Syrian government- as long as the Syrian secure the territory Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut […]
Far too many have chosen to ignore that which was staring them in the face. Turkish forces in the Idlib area were there with the acknowledgment and agreement based on an invitation from Russia, which Syria was surely a party too! This fact, which appeared to myself to be an obvious one was addressed on […]
An interesting perspective on Syria’s importance in the region particularly as it relates to Israel’s wanting to dominate the Arab people and their lands Link to article Former diplomat Frederic Hof explores how Damascus is Tel Aviv’s last frontier in overcoming the Arab ‘problem’ As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
Link The defense ministers of Turkey, Halusi Akar, and Syria, Ali Mahmoud Abbas, met on Wednesday in Moscow. The meeting is the first between the defense ministers of the two countries since 2011 and was part of a tripartite meeting with their Russian counterpart Serghei Shoigu. The announcement was made by the Russian defence ministry. […]
In weasel wording terms this means “get your mind right” Promote the right narrative. The politically expedient narrative. The narrative that suits the agenda. And serves the interests of those promoting the narrative for political reasons. Before we get to the main information of this post it’s equally as important to document the fact that […]
As stated the other day… never let a good crisis go to waste TRT Protests in the French capital are “definitely” not in support of families of victims in Friday’s shooting, but an expression of “hatred of the Turkish people” by PKK members, says Jean-Michel Brun. A French journalist has stressed that the PKK terrorist […]