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Who Are The Kurds?

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Duration: 3:01
Updated: 17 Jul 2014

With ISIS all over the news, it's easy to forget that there are many more groups in Iraq fighting for control. One of these groups of people are the Kurds and they're starting to become a force to be reckoned with. Who are they and what do they want in Iraq? Learn More: Who Are The Kurds? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/daily/feb99/kurdprofile.htm A largely Sunni Muslim people with their own language and culture, most Kurds live in the generally contiguous areas of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia and Syria A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF THE KURDS http://www.institutkurde.org/en/institute/who_are_the_kurds.php The first question which comes to mind is that of the origins of the Kurds. Who are they? Where do they come from? _________________________ TestTube's new daily show is committed to answering the smart, inquisitive questions we have about life, society, politics and anything else happening in the news. It's a place where curiosity rules and together we'll get a clearer understanding of this crazy world we live in. Watch more TestTube: http://testtube.com/testtubedailyshow/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testtubenetwork TestTube on Twitter https://twitter.com/TestTube Tara Long on Twitter https://twitter.com/TaraLongest Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/TraceDominguez TestTube on Facebook https://facebook.com/testtubenetwork TestTube on Google+ http://gplus.to/TestTube Download the New TestTube iOS app! http://testu.be/1ndmmMq Iraqi Kurdistan http://atlismta.org/online-journals/0607-journal-development-challenges/iraqi-kurdistan/ "The Kurds are a group of people who inhabit the mountainous border region between Southern Turkey, Northern Iraq, and Western Iran, as well as parts of Syria, Azerbaijan and Armenia." Peoples Without Borders: Kurdish, Basque and Tuareg Nationalism https://basque.unr.edu/docs/Zoe-World_Politics_Review.pdf "The Persistent Boundaries of Kurdish Nationalism" Willing to Face Death: A History of Kurdish Military Forces - the Peshmerga - From the Ottoman Empire to Present-Day Iraq http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3203&context;=etd "Translated as "those who face death", the peshmerga have become a staple of Kurdish culture in the last 100 years." The Kurdish Conflict: Aspirations for Statehood within the Spirals of International Relations in the 21st Century http://www.kurdishaspect.com/doc060910SK.html "The ability of the Kurds, a scattered, divided and stateless people, to engage in International Relations (IR) never ceases to surprise."

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Kurds Assert Control of Hasakah: The Battle for Rojava (Dispatch 3)

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Duration: 8:11
Updated: 13 Aug 2015

The northeastern city of Hasakah is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse in Syria. Its population of Kurds, Sunni Arabs, and Christians was until recently politically divided between equal zones of Kurdish and Assad regime control. Immediately following the fall of the strategic border town of Tal Abyad from Islamic State (IS) fighters to Kurdish YPG forces in June, however, IS hit back with a sudden shock offensive on the regime-held half of Hasakah, causing regime forces to crumble in a matter of days. As the Syrian army and loyalist militias relinquished control to IS, the YPG entered the battle, first encircling IS positions and then launching a ground offensive supported by pounding coalition airstrikes. Despite IS using their elite forces in the offensive, the combination of airstrikes and YPG ground troops proved too much and IS fled its recent gains in the city, leaving behind only ruined buildings and mangled bodies. With IS pushed back from Hasakah's southern outskirts, VICE News follows the YPG as they become masters of areas of the city that until a few weeks ago had always been held by the Syrian regime. With government forces and the YPG facing off across this disputed territory, the future status of Hasakah is now unclear. Watch "Pushing Back the Islamic State: The Battle for Rojava (Dispatch 1)" - http://bit.ly/1TjDm3U Watch "Night Operation Against the Islamic State: The Battle for Rojava (Dispatch 2)" - http://bit.ly/1J5SHOI Read "In Photos: Grief, Pride and Hope in the Ruins of Kobane" - http://bit.ly/1PmshJw Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideos

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SINJAR BLOODY BATTLE, KURDS VS. ISIS 1/2

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Duration: 50:40
Updated: 26 Jun 2015

Iraq war - Kurds - ISIS - Sinjar battle - Kobane battle - Kobani - female soldier - Arin Mirkan - Zozan Cudi - Syria war - Female soldiers IDF - Yezidis - iraq Christians - Peshmerga - Kurdos - IDF - Kurds female fighters - Gaza - YPJ - Kurdish YPG - Ukraine war - James Foley - ISIL - killing ISIS - PKK - IS - Ayn Al-Arab - Jordan Matson - Kobanê - feminism - Daesh . Kurdistan - Guns - Snipers - Gun Battle - great battles

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SINJAR BLOODY BATTLE, KURDS VS. ISIS 2/2

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Duration: 9:02
Updated: 26 Jun 2015

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On The Kurdish Front Line In The Fight Against ISIS

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Duration: 28:34
Updated: 16 Feb 2015

Kurds Vs ISIS - The Kurds Holding The Line In The Fight Against ISIS Subscribe to Journeyman for daily current affairs and science reports: http://www.youtube.com/journeymanpictures For more coverage of the battle with ISIS visit our comprehensive playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlGSlkijht5jce963GbgXfI7uqoBW1K2D For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=68269&bid;=2 In the disputed area on the edges of IS-controlled territory are the last outposts of Kurdish resistance to IS. With incredible access this report meets the hardened fighters and embittered refugees among them. Since the start of the Syrian war, nearly 13.6 million people have been displaced, crossing bridges and passing through checkpoints at great peril to escape the violence. Mosul is one of the towns to recently fall under IS control. "IS controls everyone's daily routine. Everything you hear about them is true", says a man who fled the town. He has made it to Erbil, recently recaptured by Kurd forces, who are waging a bloody war with Islamic State to protect their land. Gunfights, car bombs and aerial attacks are a daily reality for the soldiers and the displaced who occupy this zone, mere kilometres from the waving flags of the Islamic State. Marco Maisano - Ref 6364 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world's most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world's top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you'll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.

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The Kurds Forging A New Nation In Syria

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Duration: 23:13
Updated: 20 Nov 2014

Secret Revolution: Out of the chaos of Syria's civil war, Kurdish leftists have forged a mini-state run on communal lines. Subscribe to Journeyman for daily news and current affairs: http://www.youtube.com/journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=68023 Out of the chaos of Syria's civil war, Kurdish leftists have forged a radical, multi-ethnic mini-state. But with ISIS attacking them at every opportunity, how long can this idealistic social experiment last? "It's not about religion here. We protect all sects" says a Kurdish soldier. Made up of enclaves across Northern Syria, Rojava is built on the principles of equality, providing sanctuary to a spectrum of minorities as well as refugees on the run from ISIS. Described by Aldar Xalil, member of the Rojava Government Council, as a “consensus based, democratic way of life”, the state enjoys a political liberty unfamiliar to other areas of the Middle East. Here, no religious restrictions are imposed on public behaviour and women are encouraged to engage in running municipalities and combat. But a close association with the PKK, a Turkish militant group with a similar ideology yet brutal past, has earned Rojava inhabitants the scornful label of “terrorists” and a cautionary approach from international players. As YPG spokesmen Redur Khalil explains, however, the national army of Syrian Kurdistan could be key in the fight against ISIS: “for the American and European plans to succeed, they will need allies on the ground”. Mehran Bozorgnia - Ref. 6317 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world's most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world's top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you'll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.

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The Time of the Kurds

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Duration: 9:54
Updated: 04 Jun 2015

This video is part of the Council on Foreign Relations' InfoGuide Presentation, "The Time of the Kurds": http://www.cfr.org/kurds The Kurds are one of the world's largest peoples without a state, making up sizable minorities in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Their history is marked by marginalization and persecution. Yet some Kurds may be on the verge of achieving their century-old quest for independence in a Middle East undergoing the convulsions of Syria's civil war, Iraq's destabilization, and conflict with the self-proclaimed Islamic State.

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Rand Paul: I will arm the Kurds and give them Kurdish State

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Duration: 15:51
Updated: 25 May 2015

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The Kurds' quest for a homeland

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Duration: 24:46
Updated: 27 Jun 2015

Kurdish aspirations for statehood are being boosted by recent territorial gains. Kurds are the most effective group standing up to ISIL. Kurdish fighters are again trying to fend off an attack by ISIL fighters on the border town of Kobane. And they recently captured Tal Abyad, a strategic border town which ISIL used to bring foreign fighters and supplies to areas they control inside Syria. The Kurds' fight is driven by their dream of a homeland of their own. They are scattered across the region and the world. Their quest for their own nation is boosted by the continuing wars in Iraq and Syria. What challenges are they facing? And what risks?

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Origin of Kurds & History of Struggle in Iraq (Documentary & Archive Clips)

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Duration: 38:47
Updated: 11 Aug 2014

Kurds are a group related to Europeans in Linguistics and DNA. During the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Treaty of Sevres outlined the creation of a Kurdish Nation in present day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. ( Due to Kemal Ataturk's military revival and formation of modern Turkey, Treaty of Lausanne supersedes Sevres and failed to mention Kurdistan. While today's Kurdish parties formed post-WWII, the Kurdish struggle for Independence began long before. Kurdistan Region has historically hosted wars between the Iranian Empires and Roman Empires, and the Ottoman Empire. During Ottoman Empire and Safavid Empire, The Kizilbash (occupying borders between Iran and Turkey) and of probably Kurdish origin, identified with the Safavid Empire and rebelled against the Ottomans. This video covers the identity and origin of the Kurdish people, and their struggle for independence in Iraq dating back to Mustafa Barzani and the Pahlavi Dynasty. Including during the Iran-Iraq war, and Chemical Weapons attack on Halabja. Ethnically: "Discoveries from Kurdish Looms" by Robert D. Biggs, Mary & Leigh Block Gallery: "Ethnically the Kurds are an Iranian people Iraq After the Muslim Conquest p.265: '...Kurdish presence in Iraq was merely an extension of their presence in Western Iran' Iraq After the Muslim Conquest p.265: 'Iranian groups in foothills/mountains of Zagros were called Kurds at that time' E. J. van Donzel: "Kurds are Iranian people who live mainly at the junction of Turkey, Iran Iraq, Syria & Transcaucasia". John Limbert: "..The historic road from Baghdad to Hamadan and beyond divides the Kurds from their Iranian cousins, the Lurs" Case of the Bronze Age by Carl C. Lamberg-Karlovsky: Iranian people belong to the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) community which is ancestral to the Celtic, Italic (including Romance), Germanic, Baltic, Slavic, Indo-Iranian, Albanian, Armenian, Greek, and Tocharian languages. There is an agreement that the PIE community split into 2 major groups. One headed west for Europe and became speakers of Indo-European (all the languages of modern Europe save for Basque, Hungarian, and Finnish) while others headed east for Eurasia to become Indo-Iranians. The Indo-Iranians were a community that spoke a common language prior to their branching off into the Iranian and Indo-Aryan languages. Iranian refers to various Iranian people such as Persian, Laki, Luri, Baluchi, and Dari speakers. Indo-Aryan: Sanskrit, Hindi and its many related languages. As noted in these academic sources: 1. http://fr.academic.ru/pictures/frwiki/73/IndoEuropeanTree.svg 2.http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/european_languages/familytree.shtml

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The Kurds mock ISIS in a new hilarious music video…how can you not love the Kurds

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Duration: 3:59
Updated: 21 Oct 2014

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BREAKING: Turkey Attacks The Kurds!! Not ISIS?

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Duration: 5:27
Updated: 11 Aug 2015

Turkey has just attacked the Kurds in Iraq despite the agreement with America to help fight ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) http://www.paulbegleyprophecy.com also https://www.eventbrite.com/e/texas-explosion-tickets-17672124801?ref=ecount also https://www.facebook.com/paul.begley.37?ref=aymt_homepage_panel also http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/08/10/turkey-strikes-on-kurds-could-drag-us-into-new-front-military-sources-fear/

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Kurds vs turkish ISIS

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Updated: 24 Mar 2015

turkish terrorism agains kurdistan

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Can We Trust the Kurds to Fight ISIS?

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Duration: 10:11
Updated: 15 Nov 2014

–Stephen Mansfield, author of The Miracle of the Kurds: A Remarkable Story of Hope Reborn in Northern Iraq, joins David to discuss the history of the Kurds and their potential importance in the current battle against ISIS –On the Bonus Show: North Korean slave labor in Qatar, the Turkish army bans Game of Thrones and requires a course on Islam, Iran bans the ownership of dogs, more… Website: http://www.davidpakman.com Become a Member: http://www.davidpakman.com/membership Be our Patron on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/davidpakman Discuss This on Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow TDPS Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/davidpakmanshow David's Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dpakman TDPS Gear: http://www.davidpakman.com/gear 24/7 Voicemail Line: (219)-2DAVIDP Subscribe to The David Pakman Show for more: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=midweekpolitics Support TDPS by clicking (bookmark it too!) this link before shopping on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/?tag=thedavpaksho-20 Broadcast on November 10, 2014

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Iraqi Flags Gone, Kurds Move Toward Independence

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Updated: 04 Jul 2014

"The president of the Kurdish region of northern Iraq has asked his parliament to prepare for a referendum on independence, potentially paving the way for the break-up of the country. Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government, called on parliament on Thursday to form an independent electoral commission that would start organising a referendum on independence for the semi-autonomous region. "It will strengthen our position and will be a powerful weapon in our hands," he said."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. *Read more here from Al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/07/iraq-kurds-call-independence-referendum-201473125010428418.html ********** The Largest Online News Show in the World. Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. LIVE STREAMING weekdays 6-8pm ET. Young Turk (n), 1. Young progressive or insurgent member of an institution, movement, or political party. 2. Young person who rebels against authority or societal expectations. (American Heritage Dictionary) The Young Turks (Winner - Best Political Podcast & Best Political News Site of 2009) were the first original talk show on Sirius satellite radio and the first live, daily webcast on the internet. But that is not the revolution. We are a rare show that combines all of the news that people care about in one place. We are not afraid to talk about politics and entertainment and sports and pop culture. But that is not the revolution either. The real revolution is in daring to be honest with people. We don't patronize our viewers or lie to them. We have real conversations and deliver the news honestly. Download audio and video of the full two hour show on-demand + the members-only post game show by becoming a member at http://www.tytnetwork.com/tytmembership. Your membership supports the day to day operations and is vital for our continued success and growth. Join The Young Turks Network mailing list https://www.tytnetwork.com/secure/sign-up-free/ or Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://www.youtube.com/user/theyoungturks?sub_confirmation=1 Like Us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheYoungTurks Follow Us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TheYoungTurks Support TYT for FREE by doing your Amazon shopping through this link (bookmark it!) http://www.amazon.com/?tag=theyoungturks-20 Get your TYT Merch: http://shoptyt.com

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US Iraq war veterans join Kurds against ISIL

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Duration: 2:42
Updated: 13 Jun 2015

US soldiers with combat experience from the occupation of Iraq are joining Kurdish units holding off armed group. Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from southern Kirkuk. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

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Syrian Kurds reclaim Tal Abiyad in country's north

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Duration: 2:23
Updated: 17 Jun 2015

Syrian Kurds have added the town of Tal Abiyad to an expanding area of territory they control in northern Syria. The town, along the Syria/Turkey border had been under ISIL control for 14 months - until U.S airstrikes helped the Kurds force ISIL out. Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports from the Turkey-Syria border.

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The Kurds of Kurdistan, yesterday and today - Conversation with Stephen Mansfield

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Duration: 27:08
Updated: 25 Dec 2014

Hundreds of thousands of Kurds were murdered under the tyrannical regime of Saddam Hussein. Some four thousand Kurdish villages were destroyed. Betrayed again and again by the nations of the world, the Kurds were as decimated as any people in history. Then came the Kurdish Miracle, that combination of ancient wisdom and modern economic genius that is now making the Kurdish homeland one of the most prosperous places on earth. Bestselling author, Stephen Mansfield, The Miracle of the Kurds: A Remarkable Story of Hope Reborn in Northern Iraq gives a primer on Kurdish history and what's happening there now. "When America went to war what they wanted Iraq to be was democratic, pro-Western, oriented towards human rights, non-militarist ... you have all of that in Iraqi Kurdistan." -Stephen Mansfield

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Kurds killed ISIS rats in villages in Rojava in June 2015

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Updated: 13 Jun 2015

Kurds killed ISIS rats in villages in Rojava in June 2015

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What The Fall Of Tal Abyad Means For ISIS And The Kurds

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Updated: 16 Jun 2015

Tal Abyad has been captured by a Kurdish-FSA coalition, and ISIS has been driven out. So what does it mean for the players involved? Follow Christian Bryant: http://www.twitter.com/bryantcp See more at http://www.newsy.com Transcript: ISIS has lost Tal Abyad, Syria. Now what? (Video via People's Protection Units) A joint force — of both Kurdish People's Protection Units and Arabic Free Syrian Army fighters — called Euphrates Volcano has successfully driven ISIS militants out of a key Syrian-Turkish border town. YPG's media account declared the Tal Abyad liberated within 24 hours after the siege began. Footage of FSA and Kurdish battalions celebrating at Turkey's border and erecting the FSA flag was posted online not long after. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the deaths of 40 ISIS militants and said the rest fled into southern and western villages. The YPG is now attempting to clear the area of landmines. The city's fall concluded weeks of gradual progress by Kurds and FSA forces from two regions, or cantons, in northern Syria — Kobane to the west and Jazira to east. Up until now, the two regions were isolated from one another. Taking Tal Abyad means Kurds have now created what is essentially a bridge between the two cantons. This brings two advantages for the Kurds: Fighters can now travel freely between both cantons without having to go into Turkey, and second, Kurdish Peshmerga forces from Iraq can now theoretically reach farther into Syria if the need ever arises. The YPG-FSA forces owed their advancement in part to U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, which helped pave the way for fighters to push ISIS out of one village after another. (Video via Euphrates Volcano) The city's capture marks ISIS' most significant defeat since it lost the Iraqi city of Tikrit in April. But this loss may be a much bigger strategic blow to the self-declared caliphate. That's because Tal Abyad served as one of ISIS' vital links to the outside world. Being less than 60 miles from the de-facto ISIS capital of Raqqa, Syria, it was the most direct route for both foreign fighters and supplies to reach the organization. The group still has another border crossing to the west, but only a river separates the city from the Kurdish-dominated Kobane canton, and the crossing is much farther away from Raqqa than the prior crossing near Tal Abyad. The activist group called Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, which reports covertly from within Raqqa, said earlier ISIS was digging trenches around the city as well as urging its people to stockpile supplies for a potential siege. (Video via Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently) But while the liberation of ISIS-held territory up until now has included a mix of Arab and Kurdish populations, villages south toward Raqqa are primarily Arab. That may pose a problem. (Video via Euphrates Volcano) Although the two share a common enemy, Kurdish progression into Arab land has the potential to cause friction between the groups if Arabs perceive Kurds are pushing them out of their homeland. (video via Euphrates Volcano) Sources: People's Protection Units http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28ISd7DWrPA Euphrates Volcano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU5sGRcaxUA Twitter http://twitter.com/Media_YPG/status/610504932668649473 YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caXeAGHqvPU Syrian Observatory for Human Rights http://www.syriahr.com/en/2015/06/ypg-and-rebels-take-full-control-on-tal-abiad-city/ People's Protection Units https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy4MzOGB_aY Euphrates Volcano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoCS29RcOWk Twitter https://twitter.com/raqqa_mcr/status/610510702122561536 Twitter https://twitter.com/raqqa_mcr/status/608781787662282752 Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWteN1FjQtI Euphrates Volcano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9YTpJyW6Cs Euphrates Volcano http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T85r3n3PHs Image via: People's Protection Units http://ypgrojava.com/en/index.php/news/718-pictures-two-sides-of-resistance-first-merged-together-june-16-2015

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American fights with Kurds against ISIS

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Updated: 27 Oct 2014

CNN's Ivan Watson profiles an American soldier fighting with a Kurdish militia against ISIS forces in Syria.

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Battle For Kobane, ISIS Versus YPG Kurds

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Duration: 9:16
Updated: 16 Oct 2014

Scenes compiled from both Kurdish and Islamic State forces in the battle for Kobane, A Syrian city on the boarder of Turkey. Coalition jets rip through the skies overhead, striking ISIL targets.

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ISIL suffers heavy losses fighting Kurds (Video)

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Duration: 5:11
Updated: 24 Dec 2014

One week of intense fighting between Kurdish Peshmerga forces and the Islamic State (ISIL) has left many militants dead, especially inside the town of Shingal. Kurdish military officials said that

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Kurdish separatist leader Murat Karayilan's interview

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Duration: 2:59
Updated: 24 Aug 2014
author: Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera's correspondent Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from the mountains of Northern Iraq as Turkey's parliament weighs authorising a military incursion into n...

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Interview YPG fighter Zozan Cudi,Syria Kurdistan

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Updated: 11 Dec 2013

Zozan Cudi a 20 years old brave girl one of the many girls joined the Kurdish YPG fighting against imported wahabi rapegangs .. Fighting for her people,land and leader. It gives a bit a picture about the thoughts and idealogy of the young men and women joining/serving (in)the Kurdish guerilla and protection units.

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Interview with Kurdish Singer Helly Luv

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Updated: 08 Jun 2015

Interview with Kurdish Singer Helly Luv

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Talk to Al Jazeera - Massoud Barzani: Flying the Kurdish flag

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Duration: 25:01
Updated: 30 Aug 2014
author: Al Jazeera English

There are more than thirty million Kurds - most of them living in an overlapping area of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. It is said to be the biggest ethnic co...

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Kurdistan President: We don't need boots on the ground...

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Duration: 17:09
Updated: 01 Jun 2015

President of Iraqi Kurdistan: 'We don't need boots on the ground' In interview with i24news, Massoud Barzani says Kurds require arms to continue battling IS Iraq's Kurdish forces need international help to reinforce their military equipment and weaponry as part of their ongoing battle against the Islamic State, but do not require a ground operation from the US-led coalition, the president of Iraqi Kurdistan said. In an interview slated to be aired on i24news Monday, Massoud Barzani thanked the international coalition for its help so far in the battle against Islamist groups in the region. The peshmerga have emerged as a key partner for the coalition in its campaign to “degrade and destroy” the extremist group, which they have driven back in northern Iraq with the help of airstrikes. "We want to thank them and express our gratitude," Barzani said. "Everything that has been done until today is exceptional, but what we need and what we expect has not yet come to pass." "I am referring especially to the issue of equipping the peshmerga forces on the ground with the kinds of weapon systems that we need in order to carry out a ground operation," he added, noting that the Kurds did not however require the support of foreign troops. http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/middle-east/70794-150511-president-of-iraqi-kurdistan-we-don-t-need-boots-on-the-ground ******* Commander Sirwan Barzani said. The Iraqi government considers the peshmerga merely a regional force and controls their funding, he says. In recent months, Baghdad hasn’t given them much money or weaponry, and it’s even imposed strict salary caps for the peshmerga. The New York Times reported last month (http://goo.gl/LOMaz3) that Commander Sirwan Barzani had dipped into his own personal funds to provide cars, food, and weapons for his troops.

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Kurdish Singer ready to risk it all for Kurdistan independence

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Duration: 7:27
Updated: 28 Oct 2014

Kurdish singer Helly Luv ready to 'Risk it All' for independence Kurdish pop singer Helly Luv says she will not be put off by death threats from Iraqi Islamist militants since release of her first music video but, drawing on its title, insists she will "Risk It All" to help a push for an independent Kurdistan. Iraqi-born Luv, 25, has seen her video rack up more than 2.5 million views on YouTube since its release in February; but she has faced criticism for what some see as provocative imagery in the clip accompanying the modern mix of dance, hip-hop and traditional Middle Eastern music. Luv said the video, which includes exploding petrol bombs, backing dancers with AK-47 rifles, and the singer dancing in a mid-thigh silver dress atop a citadel, represents the Kurdish spirit and struggle for an independent state. "There were death threats from many Islamic groups... it was a really hard time for me," Luv said in an interview in Arbil, the autonomous Kurdistan region's capital. "(But) my whole message is that, Kurdish people, we need to risk everything for our dreams and fight for our country." Iraqi Kurdistan's population of roughly 5 million people has enjoyed a degree of independence from Baghdad since the end of the first Gulf War in the early 1990s. But the Kurds are now closer than ever to leaving Iraq altogether, with Massoud Barzani, leader of their autonomous region, calling on his parliament to ready a referendum on independence after the latest violence in the country. Critics argue that Kurdish leaders' actions could lead to broader chaos in Iraq and beyond its borders, promoting rebellions in Kurdish areas of neighbouring states.Luv's mother was a Kurdish 'peshmerga' fighter before the family emigrated during the Iran-Iraq War. "You can see in Kurdistan right now that people don’t want war, we have been through so much already," Luv said. "We have fought so much to get this freedom, so we're not going to let nobody take it away." Her management team declined to say whether any of the death threats she had received came from the Islamic State, the group previously known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), saying they did not want to give any of the groups or individuals publicity. The Islamic State's lightning takeover of the northern city of Mosul and advance towards Baghdad stirred the latest crisis in Iraq, and saw the autonomous Kurdish Regional Government expand its borders and take over oil areas as Iraqi military forces retreated. Luv recently visited Kurdish peshmerga forces that have been involved in skirmishes with the Islamic State. Photos on her Facebook page show her wearing an old-style peshmerga uniform, red and black scarf and aviator sunglasses, standing before ranks of black-uniformed Kurdish troops.

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British YPG Fighter Jack Inteview with ANHA

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Duration: 2:57
Updated: 31 Mar 2015

British YPG Fighter Jack speaks to Hawar News Agency (ANHA) on joining the YPG and his acceptance by the Kurdish people.

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Bafel Talabani interview about the Islamic State on Sky News

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Duration: 7:54
Updated: 01 Sep 2014

Counter terrorist specialist Bafel Talabani talking to Sky News about the situation in Iraq, the Kurdish people and the war on terror.

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POV Helmet Cam Of Kurdish YPG And Western Volunteer Fighters Raid On A IS Held Village In Syria

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Duration: 6:56
Updated: 19 Jun 2015

Rare POV helmet cam combat footage of a Kurdish YPG operation supported from western volunteer fighters from the USA and Sweden in a IS held village in Syria surfaced. The footage shows YPG and western voulunteer fighters searching houses during a raid and later engaging IS militants in a small firefight and an english interview with some durch, brazilian and american western volunteer fighters by Ronahi TV reporter Mohammed Hassan. There is not much information about the location of operation, the battle itself and its outcome. This video was sent to us and we have not been able to find the original source so we actually cant provide more info. All what we can say is that this is the first time GoPro POV Helmet cam combat footage from kurdish YPG members and western volunteers during fighting in Syria surfaced in that lenght. The interview was done by Mohammed Hassan Ronahi TV. Check their channel for english news reports from the Kurdish parts of Syria: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnBXzcAUpsL0aQq_xfyRmuQ/feed ►Syrian War Documentaries: http://amzn.to/1RcMSkQ ►Books about the War in Syria: http://amzn.to/1cTwzdq This footage is part of an ongoing documentary of the war in Syria through raw combat footage. ►Subscribe to WarLeaks for more daily combat footage: http://bit.ly/Nnic4n ►Follow Warleaks at https://FB.com/WARLEAKER for more daily combat footage. Get the most realistic military simulation available here: ►https://www.g2a.com/r/mostrealisticwargame * Description contains affiliate and referral links. This is not a sponsored video. All opinions are genuinely our own. *

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Interview With Jordan Matson On Fighting ISIS In Syria | Funker530 Exclusive

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Duration: 30:43
Updated: 29 Jul 2015

Jordan Matson, the former American soldier who left his home to fight ISIS with the YPG, sits down with Will and Logan from Funker530 to discuss his experiences fighting in Syria. We had the opportunity to sit down with Jordan Matson as he travels back to the U.S. to petition congress for more support for the Kurdish people in Syria and Iraq. We're going to be conducting more videos like this moving forward, to allow the public to hear the truth about what is really going on overseas without a mainstream media twist. Thank you for helping us kick this series off Jordan. Donate to Jordan's supply and travel fund here - http://www.gofundme.com/zd4mcc Follow Jordan on Facebook here - https://www.facebook.com/jordan.matson.3 Funker530 on Facebook - http://Fb.com/Funker530 Funker530 on Twitter - http://Twitter.com/Funker530

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Stephen Hawking Extended Interview (HBO)

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Duration: 7:39
Updated: 16 Jun 2014

John Oliver talks to Stephen Hawking in the first installment of Last Week Tonight's new "People Who Think Good" series. They cover such topics as parallel universes, artificial intelligence, and Charlize Theron. Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight Find Last Week Tonight on Facebook like your mom would: http://Facebook.com/LastWeekTonight Follow us on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news: http://Twitter.com/LastWeekTonight Visit our official site for all that other stuff at once: http://www.hbo.com/last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver

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Zozan Cudi, the defiant Kobane fighter. 2015

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Duration: 1:51
Updated: 13 Jan 2015

Zozan Cudi, the defiant Kobane fighter. #ZozanCudi #YPG #saveKobane #Kobane

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london kurdish 1991.by Kawa Rash

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Duration: 3:12
Updated: 12 Oct 2012
author: kavo poet

d. dlawar aladin been an interview about kurdish people who those left home because off saddam.

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CNN Interviews Captured ISIS Terrorist in Kurdish Prison

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Duration: 2:25
Updated: 27 Dec 2014

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Kurdish Question Interview Jordan Matson

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Duration: 6:00
Updated: 10 Mar 2015

Kurdish Question had the opportunity to interview Jordan Matson.

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Jordan Matson's Message to American People

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Duration: 8:22
Updated: 25 Oct 2014

American YPG Fighter Jordan Matson Speaks to Zana Omer of the VOA Kurdish Service

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EXCLUSIVE: Gill Rosenberg, first foreign female to join Kurdish fight against ISIS

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Duration: 7:25
Updated: 05 Aug 2015

PLEASE DONATE TO SUPPORT TheRebel.media's first hand coverage of Israel and the Middle East! http://www.therebel.media/israel_projects_crowdfunding After moving from Canada to Israel to join the Israeli Army, in 2014 Gill Rosenberg became the first female to join the Kurds fighting ISIS. In this EXCLUSIVE interview with Igal Hecht of TheRebel.media, she explains that learning that women and children were being raped and tortured in Iraq and Syria prompted her to volunteer to battle ISIS. Rosenberg says her Jewish heritage, with its principle of "Never Again," inspired her to fight against this new genocide. She details the battles she fought in alongside other female soldiers, and her close call with a suicide bomber. (Camera: Lior Cohen) PLEASE DONATE TO SUPPORT TheRebel.media's first hand coverage of Israel and the Middle East! http://www.therebel.media/israel_projects_crowdfunding

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Two Songs Of Kurdistan | NBC News

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Duration: 14:30
Updated: 04 Sep 2014
author: NBC News

The story of two Kurdish musicians navigating the rapidly transforming landscape of a post-Saddam Iraq. One, Helly Luv a rising pop star, the other a humble ...

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ISIS Terrorist & Turkish Government Killing Kurdish People

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Duration: 52:50
Updated: 17 Aug 2015

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Iraqi Kurdish leader on region's future

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Duration: 12:52
Updated: 17 Aug 2014
author: Emad Muhiaddin

By Mick Krever, CNN Iraqi Kurdish President Massoud Barzani gave his strongest-ever indication on Monday that his region would seek formal independence from ...

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Kurdish female fighter ‘killed herself’ to avoid being ISIS hostage

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Duration: 1:00
Updated: 06 Oct 2014

A Syrian Kurdish female combatant, who appeared on a BBC report in September, shot herself with a last bullet during fighting with militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) last week, according to media reports. Ceylan Ozalp, 19, was reportedly surrounded by ISIS fighters near the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobane also known as Ain al-Arab. After she run out of ammunition Ozalp said “goodbye” over the radio and spent her last bullet on killing herself. The reports of her suicide, which follows the beheading of seven men and three women by ISIS in Kobane earlier this week, took social media by storm and appeared in several Turkish news websites such as the daily Radikal. But other reports suggested Ozalp, also known as Diren –which means “resist” in Turkish, never left the northern Syrian town of Jezaa, which is still under the Kurdish control, according to International Business Times. Al Arabiya News Channel could not independently verify the authenticity of the report on her suicide. During her interview with the BBC last month, Ozalp said: “We’re not scared of anything…We’ll fight to the last. We’d rather blow ourselves up than be captured by IS (ISIS).” “When they see a woman with a gun, they’re so afraid they begin to shake. They portray themselves as tough guys to the world. But when they see us with our guns they run away. They see a woman as just a small thing. But one of our women is worth a hundred of their men,” Ozalp told the BBC. Like Ozalp, many Syrian Kurdish women have joined the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), an offshoot of the guerrilla group, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Pictures of these Syrian Kurdish female combatants carrying their Kalashnikovs, or those of their Kurdish Iraqi counterparts - the Peshmergettes - stand out as a striking anomaly in the region’s often male-dominated conflicts. Several reports accuse ISIS of using female hostages as sex-slaves, often citing stories of Yazidi women – or other minorities – being married off to ISIS fighters. The United Nations last week said ISIS has committed mass killings, kidnapped women and girls and used them as sex slaves and employed children as fighters, in systematic violations that may amount to war crimes. http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/10/05/Kurdish-female-fighter-killed-herself-to-avoid-being-ISIS-hostage.html

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New video of jordan Matson - short interview after battle

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Duration: 1:40
Updated: 30 May 2015

from may 22, 2015 In a two-week offensive, Syrian Kurdish fighters of the YPG (People's Protection Units) recaptured dozens of villages and towns from Islamic State militants. It's one of the few successful anti-IS operations, as the militant group continues to take ground elsewhere in Syria and in neighboring Iraq. VOA Kurdish Service reporter Zana Omer is on the frontlines in Tal Shamiran, where the YPG are getting help from America, both in the air, and on the ground. Robert Raffaele narrates. Originally published at - http://www.voanews.com/media/video/2786197.html American Volunteer "Lions of Rojava"

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Kurdish forces confront ISIS (2pac when we ride on our enemies)

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Duration: 6:40
Updated: 04 Sep 2014
author: hoka hey

Tribute to the brave Peshmerga (Those who confront death) and Kurdish forces. http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistanSangawi: 'The attacks by the Peshmerga forces...

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File - Syria President Bashar al-Assad addresses reporters following his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday Dec. 9, 2010.

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Syria's Bashar al-Assad: West is to blame for refugee crisis

CNN

16 Sep 2015

(CNN)Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is blaming Western nations for fueling the refugee crisis by supporting opposition groups in his country's bloody civil war. "If you are worried about them, stop supporting terrorists," he said in an interview with Russian news organizations. "That's what we think regarding the crisis. This is the core of the whole issue of refugees." ... 'European double standards' ... U.S. accused of 'willful blindness' ... ....

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File - Kanye West accepts the video vanguard award at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in Los Angeles.

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Kanye West's last minute NYFW show angers designers

CNN

16 Sep 2015

(CNN)Rapper Kanye West has managed to offend some folks during New York Fashion Week. Imagine that. The star added a last-minute show to NYFW to present his Kanye West X Adidas Originals Collection on Wednesday -- which did not endear him to some other designers ... Kanye West's show will be fashionably late ... "Our show date has been scheduled for months and has been on the Fashion Calendar for weeks ... ....

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In this March 13, 2006 file photo, German Khalid al-Masri who says CIA agents abducted him and transported him to Afghanistan attends a meeting of the European Parliament committee investigating claims of U.S. secret prisons and flights in Europe at the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, eastern France.

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A German man held captive in the CIA’s secret prisons gives first interview in 8 years

The Washington Post

16 Sep 2015

In early 2004, Khalid el-Masri, a German and Lebanese citizen, was turned over to the CIA by the authorities in Macedonia where he had been detained while trying to enter the country on a short trip. He was taken to Afghanistan and spent several months in the CIA’s then-secret interrogation program. Reports by the CIA’s […] ... ....

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Boys play amid the rubble of a house destroyed by a Saudi-led airstrike in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015.

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Shame of West as it props up odious Saudi dictatorship

Belfast Telegraph

16 Sep 2015

In Geneva tomorrow a range of human rights organisations will co-sponsor a side event at the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council addressing "the extensive use of torture and other forms of cruel and degrading treatment in the Saudi criminal justice system". The discussion will focus also on human rights abuses arising from the six-month Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen ... At least three million have become "displaced persons"....

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Apple faces hurdles as it positions iPad Pro for business use

Yahoo Daily News

16 Sep 2015

By Mari Saito and Yasmeen Abutaleb. The iPad Pro's biggest competitor is likely Microsoft's 12-inch Surface Pro 3, also geared towards the business market. While the Surface has the same starting price as the iPad Pro, Apple charges extra for a keyboard and stylus ... "The most formidable opposition to adoption is price ... Gownder, a Forrester principal analyst ... (Editing by Stephen R....

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Five police killed by Kurdish militants in Turkey`s southeast

Zeenews

16 Sep 2015

Five Turkish police officers were killed in two bomb attacks by Kurdish militants in the country`s southeast overnight, Turkish security sources said Wednesday.... ....

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A sense of instability settles over Turkey as conflict with Kurds flares

Topix

15 Sep 2015

ISTANBUL Nationalist and pro-government throngs filled the streets of Istanbul and Ankara for two nights last week, chanting "God is great" as they stormed a prominent newspaper and set fire to the offices of a Kurdish political party. Turkey's economy, long an emerging market darling, has cooled and the value of the Turkish lira slips by the day.... ....

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Turkey deploying more soldiers, police, prosecutors to break Kurdish foes

Topix

15 Sep 2015

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is deploying more soldiers, police and prosecutors in an attempt to put down an escalating separatist Kurdish rebellion with an iron fist. Anti-terrorism forces are battling autonomy-seeking Kurdish PKK militants in urban areas, while warplanes carry out strikes on bases in neighboring northern Iraq .... ....

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Majority Of Armenians Voted For Kurdish Party In Turkey

Topix

15 Sep 2015

PAKRAT ESTUKYAN. MAJORITY OF ARMENIANS VOTED FOR KURDISH PARTY IN TURKEY 13.29, 14.09.2015 Region.Armenia, Diaspora, Turkey Theme. Politics YEREVAN. - The Armenians are more politicized in the modern Turkey as compared to previous years, editor of Agos newspaper Pakrat Estukyan said during discussions in Yerevan on Monday.... ....

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In Syrian Kurdish city, IS suicide car bombings kill 26

Jakarta Post

15 Sep 2015

Two car bombings, half an hour apart, killed 26 people on Monday in a predominantly Kurdish city in northeastern Syria, the country's state-owned media and activists reported, in an attack swiftly claimed by the Islamic State group. Among the victims of the explosions in the city of Hassakeh were a woman and her two children and several Kurdish fighters, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights....

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Turkey on the verge of civil war, says Kurdish leader

The Guardian

15 Sep 2015

Head of Peoples’ Democratic party raises fears after spate of clashes near Syrian border between Turkish nationalists and Kurds ... The HDP – a grouping of leftists and liberals, Kurds and other minority groups – scored a historic electoral victory in June by appealing to both rural Kurdish voters in south-east Turkey and urbane anti-Erdogan voters in the country’s western cities....

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Kurdish forces retake nine Iraqi villages from Daesh

Topix

14 Sep 2015

Kurdish Peshmerga forces have managed to recapture nine villages in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk from Daesh militants after they launched a major ground offensive to drive the extremists from the oil-rich areas. On Saturday, Peshmerga fighters advanced toward Tal Rabaa village as they made some of their most significant gains over the past few months.... ....

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Turkey's Civil War Takes Toll on Kurdish City

Wall Street Journal

14 Sep 2015

Thousands of Kurds flooded a square in this southeastern city for a mass funeral, as Turkish forces offered a short respite from their longest crackdown on separatist militants since a civil war reignited in July.... ....

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DW.COM Turkey re-imposes curfews on Kurdish cities

Deutsche Welle

14 Sep 2015

News, Analysis and Service from Germany and Europe - in 30 Languages Turkey has restored daylight curfews in the southeastern to suppress Kurdish militants. The measure came into effect after thousands turned out for funerals of 16 people killed in the besieged city of Cizre .... ....

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Turkey's PKK Conflict Takes Toll on Kurdish City

Wall Street Journal

14 Sep 2015

Thousands of Kurds flooded a square surrounded by dusty hilltops in this southeastern city for a mass funeral as Turkish forces offered a short respite from their longest crackdown on separatist militants since an insurgency reignited in July.... ....

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Iraq calls on Turkey to coordinate its strikes on Kurdish militants

Topix

14 Sep 2015

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari speaks during a news conference in Baghdad March 23, 2015. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily Comments submitted by third parties on this site are the sole responsibility of the individual whose content is submitted.... ....

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Turkey lifts second curfew from Kurdish city

Yahoo Daily News

14 Sep 2015

... authorities on Monday lifted a second curfew imposed on the predominantly Kurdish southeastern city of Cizre....

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Turkey lifts new curfew in Kurdish city

BBC News

14 Sep 2015

Turkish authorities lift a fresh curfew in the south-eastern Kurdish city of Cizre, just 12 hours after it was re-imposed.... ....