Questions tagged [kurdistan]
Questions related to the government or politics of Kurdistan.
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Did the Iraqi central government explicitly object to (or approve of) any deals by Russian oil & gas companies with the Kurdish Regional Government?
According to al-Jazeera, citing various (alas unnamed Russian and Kurdish diplomats/officials), Russia financially "saved" the KRG at a crucial time, by having its major oil/gas companies ...
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Why does Sweden support Kurdish separatists in Turkey?
Turkey objects to Sweden gaining NATO membership on the grounds that Sweden supports "terrorism," namely Kurdish separatist fighters. Why has Sweden of all countries taken such an interest ...
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To what extent do Scandinavian countries support the Kurds (PKK and YPG)?
Turkish President Erdogan is opposed to Finland and Sweden's inclusion to NATO because of their alleged support of the PKK. He said Scandinavian countries are "guesthouses for terrorist ...
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Why did the Syrian army recently place the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood under siege?
For the past two weeks, the SAA (Syrian regime army) has been besieging the Kurdish-associated neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud, and also Ashrafiyeh, in Halab (Aleppo).
See coverage from the North Press ...
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Are (or were) US companies involved in exploiting the Kurdish-controlled oil fields in Syria?
Trump said recently about the oil fields in the Kurdish controlled area of Syria:
We’ve secured the oil. If you remember, I didn’t want to go into Iraq. I was a civilian, so I had no power over it. ...
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How many Europeans have died fighting for the YPG & YPJ?
According to a March 2018 UK press report, 8 UK citizens (7 men and one woman) have died fighting as volunteers in/alongside the YPG or YPJ.
Are there any similar broader statistics for Europe?
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How does Germany justify banning the YPG flag?
According to Wikipedia:
In Germany, there is a ban on PKK [Kurdistan Workers' Party] symbols that, as of March 2017, is officially extended the YPG [People's Protection Units] and YPJ [Women's ...
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What Kurdish Syrian parties does the CIA and/or the US consider terrorist [affiliates] and which ones it doesn't?
According to Wikipedia
While the PKK has been designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the United States, the United States' position on the YPG is that it is not a terrorist organization, ...
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Has the US clarified where they (rather than Turkey) expect the SDF to withdraw from?
VOA reported yesterday:
With the withdrawal set to end Tuesday evening local time, Erdogan is warning Washington of its responsibilities to enforce it.
"We expect our American allies to keep ...
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Has Pence essentially granted Kurdish Syrian territory to Turkey, subject to Russian approval?
The Guardian reports
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters would pull back from Turkey’s proposed 20-mile (32km) deep “safe zone” on its border, Pence told reporters in Ankara on Thursday evening ...
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Does the M4 highway in Syria reside entirely in the initially announced Turkish "safe zone"?
According to CNN, Turkey and its proxies having cut off the M4 highway, which runs roughly in the east-west direction along the northern border (but in the Kobane-Aynisa sector it's more like ...
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Has Russia said anything about helping Syria fight Turkey, now that the SDF has allowed Assad's army to move north?
Apparently the Kurds have struck a deal with Assad's government.
The Kurdish-led administration in northern Syria said the Syrian army would deploy along the entire length of the border as part of ...
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Were Kurds Fascist? [duplicate]
Trump recently implied as much. I came across this,
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_Barzani_revolt
Kurds rebelling against the Allies. Were kurds Fascist?
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What is Trump's plan to end or reduce US involvement in Syria?
Trump recently slammed the "endless wars", but an apparently not very well publicized Pentagon press release from Oct 8 says:
Despite continued misreporting to the contrary, Secretary Esper ...
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What is this "very, very powerful article" that Trump is referring to vis à vis the Kurds?
Trump said in a press conference on Oct 10 (or so), referring to the Kurds:
as someone wrote in this very, very powerful article today, they didn't help us in the second world war, they didn't help ...