Sweden tells Turkey it doesn’t fund or arm ‘terrorist organisations’: PM

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STOCKHOLM,— Sweden does not fund or arm terrorist organisations, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said Wednesday, refuting Turkish claims and opposition to its NATO bid over its support for Kurdish militant groups. “We are not sending money to terrorist organisations, of course, nor any weapons,” Andersson told a Stockholm press conference. Her remarks came as Finnish […]

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Nechirvan Barzani says KDP-PUK ties ‘better than before’

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SULAIMANI, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— The president of Iraqi Kurdistan region Nechirvan Barzani praised relations between the Barzani’s Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) on Sunday as he concluded an important visit to the latter’s stronghold of Sulaimani, saying their ties are “better than before.” Barzani visited Sulaimani city and met […]

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US warns Turkey against new offensive in Syrian Kurdistan

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WASHINGTON,— The United States on Tuesday warned Turkey against launching a new military operation in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), saying the uneasy NATO ally would be putting US troops at risk. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that Turkey would soon launch a new military operation into the Kurdish northern Syria to create a 30-kilometer […]

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Turkish drones kill five including PKK members in Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan: officials

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TULEQEL, Iraqi Kurdistan,— Two Turkish drones attacked a vehicle early Saturday in the village of Tuleqel in the Chamchamal district in Sulaimani province in Iraqi Kurdistan region, killing five passengers, and reportedly including at least two Kurdistan Workers’ Party members (PKK), security officials said. According to Kurdish security sources, the PKK is operating in that […]

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Iraq asks energy firms in Kurdistan to sign new deals with SOMO

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Iraq bids to control Kurdistan oil revenue with contract switch LONDON,— Iraq has made a fresh attempt to control revenue from the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan by asking oil and gas firms operating there to sign new contracts with state-owned marketer SOMO rather than the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Oil minister Ihsan Ismael on May […]

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Erdogan links Sweden NATO bid to return of Kurdish PKK members

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ANKARA,— Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday Sweden should not expect Turkey to approve its NATO bid without returning “terrorists”, and Swedish and Finnish delegations should not come to Turkey to convince it to back their membership in the alliance. Earlier, Finland and Sweden formally applied to join the NATO alliance, a decision spurred […]

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Turkey becomes a Trojan Horse inside NATO

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Michael Rubin | 19fortyfive Turkey Wants a Bribe for Allowing Sweden and Finland to Join NATO Don’t Bribe Turkey to Allow Sweden and Finland to Join NATO, Play Hardball — Against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s increasingly erratic behavior, Sweden and Finland seek NATO membership. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Putin’s sanctions-evasion lifeline, has threatened to block their application. NATO should […]

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Iraqi Kurdistan judicial council says Kurdish oil and gas law ‘constitutional’

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HEWLÊR-Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan region,— The oil and gas law in the Iraqi Kurdistan does not violate the Iraqi constitution, the Kurdish region’s judicial council said on Tuesday, noting that oil sector management is not solely under the control of the federal government after the law was declared “unconstitutional” by Iraq’s top court in February. The […]

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Iraq balks at greater Chinese control of its oilfields

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LONDON/BASRA,— Iraq’s oil ministry thwarted three prospective deals last year that would have handed Chinese firms more control over its oilfields and led to an exodus of international oil majors that Baghdad wants to invest in its creaking economy. Since the start of 2021, plans by Russia’s Lukoil and U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil to […]

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The Barzanis attend funeral of late UAE president, separately once again

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ABU DHABI,— Iraqi Kurdistan region president Nechirvan Barzani paid a visit to the United Arab Emirates UAE capital, on Monday to attend the funeral of the country’s late president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who died last Friday, two days after his cousin and the prime minister of Kurdistan Masrour Barzani paid his respects in […]

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