Free and independent Kurdistan is coming soon.

[Alan]

So as I predicted, now Russia and USA want to work closer together with Kurds. Russia is trying to find a consens between Kurds and Assad and USA has given up it's support on "rebel groups" (most of them switched between sides between FSA and ISIS /Al Qaida daily anyways) and wants to allot closer with Kurds and search for some new allies with which it will try to find consensus to Kurds.

Pentagon head: US to change Syrian rebel training program


U.S. officials have said the new effort would focus more on embedding recruits with established Kurdish and Arab units, rather than sending them directly into front-line combat. Last week, a commander of one of the U.S.-trained rebel units turned over a half-dozen U.S. vehicles to extremist militants.
"The work we've done with the Kurds in northern Syria is an example of an effective approach," Carter said. "That's exactly the kind of example that we would like to pursue with other groups in other parts of Syria going forward."
He called it a "more strategic approach" than what the U.S. has been doing from the beginning. "We have been looking for now several weeks at ways to improve that program," Carter said. "I wasn't satisfied with the early efforts in that regard."
Instead of fighting IS in small units, the U.S.-trained rebels would be attached to larger existing Kurdish and Arab forces. They would be equipped with U.S. communications gear and trained to provide intelligence and to designate IS targets for airstrikes in coordination with U.S. troops outside of Syria, the officials said.
The $500 million training program has been beset by a series of embarrassing setbacks. The first group of trainees largely disbanded soon after they were sent into combat; some were captured or killed, while others fled. A second class yielded only a small number of new fighters, drawing criticism from U.S. lawmakers who condemned the program as a joke and a failure.
The top U.S. commander in the Middle East, Gen. Lloyd Austin, acknowledged that the program got off "to a slow start" and he told Congress that he looking at options that would best employ the moderate forces.

http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-change-training-program-syrian-rebels-120945061.html

PYD leader in Washington: Russia wants to work with Syrian Kurds


WASHINGTON,— A Syrian Kurdish leader in Washington this week seeking greater US military support says that Russia has also offered to collaborate with Syrian Kurds in its current offensive against Muslim terrorist groups.
Ilham Ehmed, a senior member of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), told Al-Monitor in a brief interview Oct. 8 that “Russia says it wants to work with us” to combat the group that calls itself the Islamic State (IS) and other extremist organizations.
The Barack Obama administration has accused Russia of focusing on more moderate Sunni Arab opponents of the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, rather than IS. According to the Kurds, the United States has also frustrated their desire to expand their area of control in Syria, known as Rojava.


Russia’s stunning intervention in Syria appears to have given the PYD a new card to play with the Obama administration.

Asked for the Kurds’ view of Russia’s bombing campaign, Ehmed said it was “a good step for the fight against terrorism but on the other hand, it is empowering the Assad regime, which is a bad point.”

Ehmed also asserted, however, that there are no members of the US-backed Free Syria Army (FSA) in the area around Aleppo and Idlib that is being pummeled in the current Russian offensive.
The Pentagon and White House have a different view and say that Russia is hitting fighters there who have received US funding and training.
Fabrice Balanche, a French expert on Syria and visiting fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told Al-Monitor that the PYD, which has expanded its territory in Syrian Kurdistan (northern Syria) on the border with Turkey since a battle for Kobani earlier this year, wants to unify two pockets of Kurdish control. He said the Kurds want to take Azaz, al-Bab, Manbaj and Jarabulus, which are all west of the Euphrates River. Balanche said Azaz is now occupied by Jabhat al-Nusra and a brigade of the FSA.

http://ekurd.net/pyd-russia-wants-work-kurds-2015-10-09


As I predicted and said all this is a golden opportunity for us Kurds. If our leaders are smart they will know to take advantage of this. FSA is DEAD. Turkey only has the choice between Kurds or Assad. US would probably manage to appease the Kurds, but Assad will turn the world to a Hell for the Turkish government the moment they gain more ground be sure about that. Russia is also not going to bomb the Kurds, no way and they are going to cooperate with us and find a consensus with Assad. This scenario is even worse for Turkey. A Kurdish autonomy to the North and Assad still on power. Welcome to Hell.

But our leaders should be smart and not led themselves be dragged onto one side and become the enemy of the other. We Kurds should finally understand that it is important to work first for our own interests. And our own interest is to establish our autonomy/country and not to help Assad or the not so moderate nationalist "Rebels".

 

[Boreas]

Strong Relationship between Kurds in Iraq and USA is clear. North Iraq or Iraq Kurdistan is part of Western Pact. Kurds in Turkey also not to much USA friend but EU friend. How will Syrian Kurdistan be Cuba in the MiddleEast for Russians? This is just a Late September and check it now.

Russia's true face will be seen after Assad Army took the control of Aleppo province. We will see what will they do about Kurdish Canton Afrin/Efrin

 

[LeBrok]

Strong Relationship between Kurds in Iraq and USA is clear. North Iraq or Iraq Kurdistan is part of Western Pact. Kurds in Turkey also not to much USA friend but EU friend. How will Syrian Kurdistan be Cuba in the MiddleEast for Russians? This is just a Late September and check it now.



Russia's true face will be seen after Assad Army took the control of Aleppo province. We will see what will they do about Kurdish Canton Afrin/Efrin

Indeed will shall know soon.

 

[DuPidh]

Something bothers, actually why are you posting under a false flag? The way your posts have been pro Turkish it can't be simply coincidence.

Do you honestly thing. NATO will risk a war with Russia for the not so loyal and listening Turkey? Russias weakness? USA will expose what? Holy cow that guy seriously believes there will be a direct war between US and Russia over Syria.

And sorry to burst your bubble. Russia will not attack the Kurds, they made this clear from the first minute they entered Syria. But no one can guarantee if Assad will not try. But than I doubt Assad will ever gain control over all of Syria again.

You have a problem. You don't want to see the reality as it is. Reality is that Turkey is a lot more influential and important in the region than Kurds. Do you really believe that Russia will fight your battles? Do you really think Russia will sacrifice Syrian territories to appease Kurds?
Do you really think that in a struggle to divorce from Turkey you will emerge as winners?

 

[LABERIA]

I think that Syria will be a new Afganistan for Russia

 

[Goga]

Indeed will shall know soon.

You don't have to wait.

Afrin was, is and always will be Kurdish, Kurdistan. It's impossible to take.

a) Afrin is a very mountainous area, so it's well defended.
b) In Afrin live the real Kurds. Rojava & Ezdi Kurds, who will fight untill the last man standing. They will never give up, the best fighters.
c) There is no Barzani there. So, there are no traitors there.

 

[Goga]

@ this is the latest map of Rojava. Soon, Afrin will be connected to Kobani! Also, Arin is connected to Bakur, Northern Kurdistan

 

[Goga]

You have a problem. You don't want to see the reality as it is. Reality is that Turkey is a lot more influential and important in the region than Kurds. Do you really believe that Russia will fight your battles? Do you really think Russia will sacrifice Syrian territories to appease Kurds?
Do you really think that in a struggle to divorce from Turkey you will emerge as winners?

This is ridiculous. You seem to have BIG problems with the reality. You can't STOP 50 million Kurds. The Kurds/Medes are coming !

Turkey is the biggest loser, because Turkey is supporting and is part of the dark side. Turkey is about to break apart like the Ottoman was broken 100 years ago!


Russia is attacking Sunni Muslims because Sunni Muslims can become a threat to Russia in far future. So Russia is about to take them down now. Better now, then waiting till the last moment.

The Kurds will TAKE their ancestral land back. You like it or not.

 

[Goga]

I think that Syria will be a new Afganistan for Russia

Keep dreaming. In Syria there're people who support Russia. Together with Russia, Kurds will destroy Sunni Muslim terrorist groups. POWER to the PEOPLE!

 

[LABERIA]

Keep dreaming. In Syria there're people who support Russia. Together with Russia, Kurds will destroy Sunni Muslim terrorist groups. POWER to the PEOPLE!

I want to explain you, that i have nothing against the aspirations of your people. I am an albanian and against my people in the last 200 years is committed a genocide by both our neighbors, Greece and Serbia, especially from Serbia. Have been made plans and are writing books and "scientific" platforms, on how to exterminate Albanians. Only the Jews have suffered more than the Albanians. Albanian Golgotha was named. Russia has always been the inspiring of these plans. For the plans of the Russian strategist, the Albanians are an obstacle to their expansion in the Adriatic.
All of this genocide has occurred in the middle of Europe, which did not react in front of this attempt to exterminate a whole nation, the most oldest nation of the continent. Only the USA and Vatican, but especially the USA - for understandable reasons - on more than one occasion had saved Albanians from extinction. Hence we Albanians, are grateful to the of USA and the Holy See. I hope all the best for your people, but i don`t agree with some of your post, where you speak for the extermination of Turkey and the Turks. Because due to the history of my nation, i am in principle against the extermination of one nation, whoever he may be, including our neighbors.

Remember that the Russians historically are been shown unfaithful. So be carefully.

Regards
Laberia

 

[DuPidh]

This is ridiculous. You seem to have BIG problems with the reality. You can't STOP 50 million Kurds. The Kurds/Medes are coming !

Turkey is the biggest loser, because Turkey is supporting and is part of the dark side. Turkey is about to break apart like the Ottoman was broken 100 years ago!


Russia is attacking Sunni Muslims because Sunni Muslims can become a threat to Russia in far future. So Russia is about to take them down now. Better now, then waiting till the last moment.

The Kurds will TAKE their ancestral land back. You like it or not.

My last comment on this topic. You take whatever lands you wish. But you appear to dream with open eyes. Russia is not in Syria for religion. Its there to protect its military base in Latakia. Turkey its not going to break apart any time soon. The only real chance Kurds have is Iraq. Something is not working there too.

 

[Angela]

ANYONE proposing genocide or the extermination of a people or ethnic entity will find themselves banned if it's the last thing I ever do. Comprende?

 

[Goga]

My last comment on this topic. You take whatever lands you wish. But you appear to dream with open eyes. Russia is not in Syria for religion. Its there to protect its military base in Latakia. Turkey its not going to break apart any time soon. The only real chance Kurds have is Iraq. Something is not working there too.

Turkey is next in line to be disintegrated. The process of balkanization of Turkey is already happening, right NOW!

You are just making a mess here on this topic and don't understand any basic politics and don't know anything about the history.

I do exist because Russian saved my ancestors 100 years ago from the Sunni Muslim Ottoman terrorists. When the Sunni Muslim extremist Ottoman terrorist Turks committed a genocide on Armenians they also committed a genocide against the Ezdi Kurds 100 years ago. Russians saved al lot of Christian Armenians and Ezdi Kurds from the Muslims. Ezdi Kurds have a long history with the Russians. Russians NEVER betrayed the Ezdi Kurds.

 

[Goga]

ANYONE proposing genocide or the extermination of a people or ethnic entity will find themselves banned if it's the last thing I ever do. Comprende?

So you can't work (and propose) for the exterminations of Sunni Muslim terrorist groups like Daesh, Al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda? Those who are committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. Do you want to give Nobel price to them? What's wrong with you?

 

[Goga]

Turkey, Erdogan and other Turkish Islamists are in panic. Their terrorist Daesh soldiers are getting destroyed by mother Russia, Daesh are fleeing and there (Turkey) country is falling apart. Turks don't even understand what they are doing. Out of frustration they kill innocent women and children.

Game, set, match. It will be vey soon game over for Turkey and Turks can't do anything about it! The best thing Turks can do is leaving the Kurds alone and let West Turkey join the EU.


Great Kurdistan, from Amed to Kermanshah, here we come. The mighty ancestral land of the MEDES!

 

[LeBrok]

I wonder how this Putin's new adventure is perceived by Russian Muslims which are overwhelmingly Sunni. To support Assad is to support Shia and Alawis against Sunni.
This could potentially backfire in more Sunni terrorist attacks back in Russia.

 

[Goga]

I wonder how this Putin's new adventure is perceived by Russian Muslims which are overwhelmingly Sunni. To support Assad is to support Shia and Alawis against Sunni.
This could potentially backfire in more Sunni terrorist attacks back in Russia.

Do you know that the so called Sunni Muslims folks eat pork meat in all area of the USSR? Muslims in Russia are acting like kittens, no voice at all. Communists made them very tame. It started from kindergardens to army. Muslims were ashamed to say that they were Muslims. I was born in the USSR, so I know what I'm talking about.


I salute you mother RUSSIA! POWER to the PEOPLE!

 

[Kurdishpatriot]

“We do the same to you as the IS”: Ezidis leave Akre refugee camp

“We do the same to you as the IS”: Ezidis leave Akre refugee camp

Akre – The cause that led to recent clashes between Muslim Kurds and Ezidi refugees on Friday in a refugee camp located in Akre has now been clarified.

About 12,000 refugees are currently housed at the refugee camp of Mamilian, including around 9,000 Ezidis from Shingal as well as 3,000 Muslim Kurds who had to flee the Iraqi metropolis of Mosul. This camp for internally displaced persons was completed earlier this year and is under the management of Dohuk Province. In March this year, UNHCR estimated the number of refugees there at 12,503 people.

LageMamilianLagerAn ezidiPress correspondent went to the refugee camp to obtain information on the course of the incident. The camp administration told him that the Kurds in the camp had asked for the construction of a mosque on the premises of the camp. The Ezidis, however, protested the plan, claiming that there was no plausible reason for the construction since there were already hundreds of mosques located in that area, adding that the call of the Mueezin would further traumatize those Ezidi women and children who had to flee the “Islamic State” from Shingal.

On Friday morning, a verbal dispute then erupted between members of the Kurdish Shabak, Zebari and Harky tribes on the one side and Ezidis on the other. The heated verbal exchange continued until noon. Soon after, the Muslim Kurds of the camp called in their fellow tribe members from the surrounding areas who rushed to the scene armed and in the hundreds, surrounding the camp and firing shots in the air, as several refugees confirmed.

“The Kurds mobilized their relatives and fellow tribe members from the villages who then surrounded the camp. They were armed and fired shots over the camp and shouted slogans of DAESH (editor´s note: Arabic acronym for IS) terrorists. When they shouted that they would do the same to us what the IS did, the Ezidi families began to hide their women and children out of fear for them”, says an Ezidi refugee describing the course of the incident.

In several places the mob finally broke into the refugee camp, whereupon the situation escalated. Two Ezidis were seriously injured and had to be treated in hospital while other Ezidi refugees were slighlty injured. Only when security forces and Peshmerga penetrated into the camp, the mob broke out. The security forces cordoned off the camp until the next day because more clashes could not be excluded.
EzidiRefugeesInAkre

Mamilian IDP camp near the Kurdish town of Akre in KRG (EP)


Back in 2013, the Zebari tribe had attacked and surrounded the Assyrian village Rabatki near Akre. As on Friday, tribe members had fired shots over the village to intimidate the non-Muslim villagers. Even the large Harky tribe is widely considered as Islamic-conservative. The majority of the Kurdish population took in the Ezidis fleeing the IS in August last year, providing for them for weeks. However, conflicts consistently flare up again.

Several Ezidi families have already fled the camp. In contrast to the camps located in Sharya, Esiya, Baadre or Khanke near the Kurdish town of Duhok, the Mamilian refugee camp is not situated in an area that is predominantly inhabited by Ezidis. The Ezidi MP Vian Dakhil visited today the camp and promised to relocate the refugees to another one. The refugees are now supposed to be transferred to a newly built camp called Meme Reshan in Sheikhan region.
ezidipress. com/en/we-do-the-same-to-you-as-the-is-ezidis-leave-akre-refugee-camp/

 

[Kurdishpatriot]

islamic conservatism=terrorism NO tolerance for islamist coservatism or religious islam!

 

[Goga]

islamic conservatism=terrorism NO tolerance for islamist coservatism or religious islam!

The native homeland of the Ezdi Kurds, Ezdixan (as part of Great Kurdistan) will be free soon. Ezdixan = Shengal + Shexan.

Ezdi will run their own ancestral region by their own in the near future. Muslim Kurds know that Islam will not be really welcome in Ezdixan. So Muslim Kurds force the Ezdi out of Muslim areas, because they know that Ezdi will get their own administration and that Muslims will be not welcome in Ezdixan.