Joe Biden
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Analyst says US government does not welcome Kurdish-Kurdish talks
Hiwa Osman says that since the beginning of Joe Biden's government, there has been a kind of reluctance in this government towards Kurdish-Kurdish talks in Iraq and Syria, while Washington can help resolve the differences between the Kurds.
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Combat mission of US forces in Iraq would end by January 2022
The US Central Command announced in a statement the end of the US forces' combat mission in Iraq by the end of this month.
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Erdogan’s credibility plunges along with lira / Mustafa Sonmez
Turkey’s president has received the lowest grade from consumers in his political career as his controversial economic policy is expected to further fuel inflation in the coming months.
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Mazloum Kobani hopes for continued US presence in Syrian Kurdish regions
Mazloum Kobani says he hopes the US withdrawal from Afghanistan will not be repeated in Syrian Kurdish-controlled areas and that Washington will continue to support Syrian Kurdish forces.
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Biden is not seriousness in Kurdish-Kurdish talks, party leader tells Kurdpress
A member of the General Council of the Syrian Opposition Coalition said that the US president Joe Biden is not following a serious policy in the Kurdish- Kurdish talks in northern Syria where the Kurdish and Arab forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are controlling the region.
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Iraqi PM, president stress on holding elections on time
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and President Barham Salih on Saturday stressed the importance of holding early elections on time.
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U.S. set to formalize readjustment of troop role in Iraq, says official
The United States and Iraq are expected to formalize the end of Washington’s combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year and continue the transition toward training and advising Iraqi forces, according to a U.S. official.
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Rocket attack hits US base in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria region
The US military has confirmed a rocket attack against one of its bases in Syria.
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U.S. cuts defence funding to anti-ISIS Kurdish-led fighters in Syria
U.S. President Joe Biden’s defence budget for 2022 will cut funding to the Kurdish-led Syrian Defence Forces (SDF) and other groups fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria.
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Mazloum Kobani meets top U.S. commanders in Syria
Commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazloum Kobani, on Saturday met with General Paul T. Calvert, commander of the U.S.-led Combined Joint Task Force (Coalition against ISIS), and Kenneth F. McKenzie, commander of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), Rudaw news website reported.
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US delegation expresses support for Syrian Kurds
A high-level US delegation visited Syria Kurdistan, emphasizing its support for the Kurds and maintaining stability in the self-ruling administration.
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US backs KRG not Kurdistan parties: representative
Representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to the United States Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman said on Thursday, May 6, that US considers the Iraqi Kurds to be a strategic ally and the Region as a peaceful and safe place for the US to operate.
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Turkish-Armenian lawmaker threatened over genocide remarks
A criminal complaint was filed against Turkish lawmaker Umit Ozdag after he threatened Garo Paylan, an Armenian deputy with the Peoples’ Democratic Party, over remarks regarding the Armenian genocide.
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Iraqi Kurds are under foreign pressure and are divided: researcher
"The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is under pressure from the north and south, and the Kurds are not united inside, Dr. Adriano Dirri, a comparative constitutional law researcher at the University of Rome in Italy, told KurdPress.
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Syrian Kurds would receive less concessions in case of a deal with Damascus, professor says
Syrian Kurds are willing to reach an agreement with the Syrian government, but now they will receive fewer concessions than in the past in a compromise with Damascus.
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Expert says Biden's policy over Kurdish question would not see a big change
A visiting Assistant Professor at Indiana University believes there would be a big change in the new US government under President Joe Biden over the Kurdish issue and Kurdish independence.
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Biden administration should support an agreement between Syrian Kurds*
In April 2020, the US Department of State decided to support the opening of a dialogue between the Kurdish National Council (KNC), an umbrella organization of Syrian-Kurdish political parties close to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of Massoud Barzani, and the Democratic Unity Party (PYD), the Syrian branch of the PKK (Kurdistan Worker’s Party). At the end of May, the PYD founded the "Kurdish National Unity Parties", a coalition of 25 political groups, and in June, the talks between the Kurdish Unity Parties and the KNC began in earnest. The aim of these negotiations was, and still is, to reach a compromise regarding the political future of the Syrian Kurds’ autonomous administration thus far solely controlled by the PYD.
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White House says Biden will call Erdogan 'at some point'
U.S. President Joe Biden will call his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan “at some point” in the future, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Friday during a press conference.
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US should have political ties with Syrian Kurdish administration: official
The Deputy Co-Chair of the Syrian Kurdistan self-ruling administration told KurdPress in an interview that it was necessary for the United States to enter into a political relationship with the Syrian Kurdish administration so that the administration can participate in the Syrian-Syrian talks, warning that "the Syrian political process will end into no avail if the Kurdish administration does not enter into political negotiations."
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Turkey to lobby Biden over F-35 jets - report
Turkey has hired an international law firm to help it win back its spot in the US-led F-35 fighter jet program, state media reported on Friday, February 19.
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Kobani hopes Biden would compensate Trump mistakes against Syrian Kurds
The commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazlum Kobani, has expressed hope that the new US administration, led by President Joe Biden, will make up for the mistakes former US President Donald Trump made in Syria.
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U.S. strategy in Syria has failed / Robert S. Ford
Washington must acknowledge that it can’t build a state
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Turkey's scapegoating of McGurk rooted in revisionism / Amberin Zaman
National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk has worked closely with the Turks for many years on a range of knotty issues, and the growls from Ankara suggest that Turkey continues to pin US policies that it doesn’t like on "rogue" individuals.
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US sends 200 troops and 40 trucks of equipment to Syrian Kurdistan
One day after Joe Biden sworn as the 46th President of the United States, 200 US troops and 40 trucks of ammunition and equipment entered Syrian Kurdistan from Iraq.
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Nechirvan Barzani congratulates Joe Biden on his inauguration as US President
The President of Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, congratulated Joe Biden on his inauguration as new US president.
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Joe Biden takes oath as new US president, calls for unity
US President Joe Biden called for "unity" and pledged to be a president for "all Americans" at his inauguration in Washington Wednesday, January 20, but warned of the challenges ahead as he takes on multiple crises.
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Syrian Kurds could reconcile on eve of Biden presidency, says analyst
The new U.S. administration of Joe Biden is pushing Kurds groups in Syria to convene in a national conference and work with each other and other Syrian opposition groups, MiddleEast analyst Seth J. Frantzman said in article released on Tuesday.
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US won't recognize an independent Syrian Kurdistan, analyst tells KurdPress
The United States will continue to support the Syrian Democratic Forces, but will not recognize an independent Syrian Kurdistan, Spyridon Plakoudas told KurdPress news agency.
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Waiting for Joe*
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden faces a formidable task: he must try to bring together a divided society, while at the same time repairing the damage done by his predecessor abroad.
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Brett McGurk helped Syria Kurds militarily and opposed to Kurdish independence referendum: party member
A member of the Central Committee of the Syrian Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP.S) said former US President Envoy for the anti- ISIS International Coalition Brett McGurk did not serve the Kurdish issue in Syria in the national interest of the Kurds and had no role in the Kurdish-Kurdish talks between the Kurdish Patriotic Council (ENKS) and the Kurdish Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PYNK).