KURDISH

YemenExtra M.A. The Turkish-backed rebels continued their advance inside the strategic Afrin region of Aleppo, today capturing several areas from the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG). Led by the Free Syrian Army’s Assoud…

YemenExtra Y.A Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called on the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to place back all control over the regional oil exports under the central authority of Baghdad, as the area is after all…

YemenExtra Y.A The Iraqi Kurdistan’s politics have stepped into a new chapter following the September 25 2017 secession referendum whose consequences marked the defeat of efforts of Masoud Barzani to separate the semi-autonomous…

YemenExtra Y.A Heavy protests against the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in Iraqi Kurdistan have entered their fourth consecutive day, as hundreds of protesters have clashed with security units all over the region. The…

YemenExtra Y.A Kurdish militias, Peshmerga, have helped ISIS terrorists and their families escape the town of Hawijah prior to its liberation by the Iraqi military earlier this month, an Iraqi commander told. Mahdi Taki, a…

YemenExtra Y.A Kurdish militias, Peshmerga, have helped ISIS terrorists and their families escape the town of Hawijah prior to its liberation by the Iraqi military earlier this month, an Iraqi commander told. Mahdi Taki, a…

YemenExtra Y.A Thousands of Kurdish protesters gathered in central Cologne, Sunday, to demonstrate for an independent Kurdistan and against the recent seizure of Kirkuk by Iraqi government and allied forces. “From 1975 until now,…

YemenExtra Y.A The Iraqi Armed Forces went on their attacks in the Kirkuk Governorate, Saturday, aiming at the remaining towns controlled  by the Kurdish Peshmerga in the eastern part of the province. Led by their counter-terrorism…

YemenExtra Y.A Iraqi embassy in London was scene to the gathering of dozens of angry Kurdish protesters following Iraqi military assault and taking control of Kirkuk. Kurdistan’s illegal independence referendum which was rejected…

YemenExtra Y.A The Iraqi military has taken control of several significant areas in northwestern Iraq this week, compelling the Kurdish Peshmerga to flee their posts, often without a fight. The Iraqi military started the week by…