Israel’s Attack on Iran Largely BackfiredIsrael thought that the aggression on Iran will give it an upper hand, but the attack tightened Iranian national unity and drew international support for Tehran.
Turkmens, and anti-YPG/PKK Kurds, announcing that its mission will be negotiating with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to open the door for cooperation with Turkey.
Omar Dadah, the deputy to the council, earlier said that the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the parent party of the PYD, adopted policies th ...
Turkmens, Assyrians, and Jews make Kirkuk demographically the most important among the 18 Iraqi provinces. Adding to the complexity of the situation in the city is the fact that each of them asserts themselves to be the original owners of Kirkuk based on some evidence and arguments they provide.
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Turkmens who all find the concept of “nation” as a unifying element for them.
This discourse which includes Baathists, puppets, and vassals has turned into the key discourse over the past four months, representing riots, damage, and civil disobedience. Using nationalist slogans with sec ...
Turkmens would have a place in its membership and leadership structure. The symbol of this tendency is his last week's visit to Kurdistan. During the visit, he went among Duhok, Erbil, and Sulaymaniyah people, triggering expert suggestions that the move was promotional and electoral.
Turkmens can send their goods to high seas via Iran's southern waters, with a cheaper costs. The country is landlocked and connecting itself to Iran via railways would allow it to access the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. Connecting Turkmenistan railway to Iran's Sarakhs and from there to Po ...
Turkmens have received two ministries for the first time, and the minister of defense is from them.
Another interesting point is the presence in cabinet of prominent figures from the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), including Ahmad al-Assadi, the head of Jund Al-Aemah Brigades, as the labor ...
Turkmens who want to return to the central government's rule, are living in dire conditions in terms of security, economy and social services. Such conditions hav caused a legitimacy crisis for The Democratic Union Party and its military wing, the Syrian Democratic Forces who are at the co ...
Turkmens eyeing Iran’s railway corridors
A landlocked country, Turkmenistan has for years been seeking railway routes for access to the high seas and trade with the world and to this end, it eyes Iran’s railway corridors.
Due to location in a geopolitically sensitive region ...
Turkmens is a province that has been a source of dispute between central government and Kurdistan local government in northern Iraq. The first elections in Kirkuk were held in 2005, and since then no provincial council elections have been held in this province.
In last week election, Patriotic Unio ...
Turkmens, which has made it the center of political and sectarian conflicts for years.
In addition, Kirkuk is a strategic area that connects the center of Iraq with its northeast. On the other hand, it is regarded as one of the most important sources of income for Iraq due to its rich oil and gas r ...