Turkey’s Kurdish Path 5 mars 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: HDP, Iraq, ISIS, Kobani, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurds, PKK, PYD, Soner Cagaptay, Syria, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
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Policy Notes (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy) No.23, March 2015
Soner Cagaptay *
Arab Spring success stories have generally not been easy to come by. One, however, may be playing out in a regional non-Arab state, Turkey, where ties between the Turks and their adversary, the Kurds, have been improving. (suite…)
The liberation of Kobani and its repercussions 4 février 2015
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Iraq, ISIL, Kobani, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurds, PKK, Syria, YPG
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Today’s Zaman (Turkey) February 04, 2015, p. 11
Dogu Ergil
Kurdish fighters have liberated the Syrian town of Kobani, located at the border between Turkey and Syria. After an intense 134-day-long battle with Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters, they earned a hard-won victory. (suite…)
Battle for Kobani: Turkey has good reasons for caution 9 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: foreign policy, ISIS, Kobani, Kurds, PKK, Syria
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The Guardian (UK) 9 October 2014, p. 36
Editorial
The eyes of the world have been focused for the last few days on a little Kurdish town in Syria which few had heard of until a week or so ago. The plight of Kobani, close to the Turkish border, and under siege by Islamic State forces as they try to establish control over ever-larger territory in Syria and Iraq, is being presented as a sort of morality tale. (suite…)
How ISIS Could Soon Control Close to Half of the Syrian Border with Turkey 7 octobre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: ISIS, Kobani, Kurds, Max Hoffman, Michael Werz, PKK, Syria
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The National Interest (USA) October 7, 2014
Michael Werz and Max Hoffman *
The end appears very near in Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) in northern Syria as ISIS closes in on the city from three sides. For the past two weeks, Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units, or YPG (the military arm of the Democratic Union Party), have resisted an intense offensive by ISIS militants there. (suite…)
Turkey Wants Secure Syria Zone as Militants Strike Kurds 28 septembre 2014
Posted by Acturca in Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Kobani, Kurds, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, refugees, secure zone, Syria
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Bloomberg (USA) Sep 28, 2014
By Onur Ant and Selcan Hacaoglu
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said setting up a “secure zone” inside Syria is necessary to help refugees return after they fled Islamic State’s onslaught against Kurdish areas into Turkey. (suite…)
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