Author: Kurt T

Violence, like survival itself, demands raw honesty, and those who cling to fantasy or comfort are the first to bleed out when the world turns feral.

Iraq’s Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, has fired his National Security Adviser, Falih Alfayyadh. The Prime Minister cited the undermining of national security and gross negligence as the reasoning behind the termination. Furthermore, Falih Alfayyadh will not be apart of the new Iraqi government formation that is scheduled to begin this week. Alfayyadh was the leader of the […]

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani expressed the region’s need for further relations with Russia during a meeting with Russian Federation Deputy Minister of Energy Pavel Sorokin this week in Erbil. Russia has been becoming increasingly involved in northern Iraq’s oil production industry, utilizing government-affiliated private companies to go after contracts in the region up for […]

Original archaeological sites that hold significant historical value to the autonomous Kurdistan region have just been given a significant grant from the United Kingdom’s Cultural Protection Fund. The sites date back nearly 10,000 years, and the funding provided will assist with the documentation and damage accountability that has resulted from the recent conflict with the Islamic State. […]

The formation of a new government is on the horizon for Iraq and world leaders are taking note. Recently United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called autonomous Kurdistan regional President Masoud Barzani to discuss the current state of affairs in the region. The two leaders went over the need to continue bilateral consultations and relations […]

Turkish minister of foreign affairs Hami Aksoy has called French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent statements about Turkey’s inability to join the European Union “deplorable.” Aksoy later stated that, “We deplore some of Macron’s remarks about our country and the E.U. membership process,” in an interview with Anadolu Agency this week, Turkey’s state-sponsored media outlet. President Macron claimed Turkish President […]

According to United Nations Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy, the United States’ sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran are unreasonable, unjustified, and illegitimate and should be lifted immediately. Jazairy was appointed by the Human Rights Council in 2015 and has been a key figure in monitoring world policies. Last week Jazairy expressed the concerns surrounding the sanctions in a […]

Presently, the Iranian government maintains control over the majority of the Persian Gulf and they claim that they are adequately prepared put into place a blockade on the exportation of any oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz as well. This measure is to be taken in response to the recently imposed sanctions from the United […]

Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has claimed that the United States intends to use the Kurds of Rojava before hanging them out to dry. Nasrallah addressed Kurdish officials staying the U.S. will “sell you out,” he claimed that their best option was to uphold negotiations with the Syrian regime and President Bashar al-Assad. On Sunday Nasrallah said that, “You do not know […]

According to Turkmen leader Hassan Turan, the Kurdish Peshmerga military forces must remain within the autonomous Kurdistan region’s borders and sending them back to Kirkuk would be “unconstitutional.” Turan, who is the Turkmen Front’s deputy head for Kirkuk, stated that, “The reason for our refusal to allow a Peshmerga return to the province of Kirkuk is because Article 121 […]

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has cautioned Hashd al-Shaabi deputy commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis about refraining from not only politicizing the militia but also against restructuring the PMU without obtaining approval from Abadi first — given his status as commander-in-chief of Iraq’s military. The Prime Minister’s directive was issued with oversight from his secretary, Lt. Gen. Mohammed Hamid Kadhim; the directive […]

In Basra, Iraq health officials have shut down around 100 unlicensed water desalination stations. The shutdowns come after the discovery of an outbreak of dysentery among Basra residents. Basra’s Department of Health Inspections head Zaki Abdulsadda told local press that the region has been experiencing a drastic case of water contamination as of late and the majority of […]