Tag Archives: Kurds

The New York Times 9:00 am on May 11, 2021
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F.B.I. Asking Questions After a Pension Fund Aimed High and Fell Short

The Pennsylvania teachers’ retirement fund put more than half its assets into risky alternative investments. The math didn’t work out, spurring an investigation.

#budgets-and-budgeting, #federal-bureau-of-investigation, #kurds, #pennsylvania, #pensions-and-retirement-plans, #property-taxes, #teachers-and-school-employees, #wages-and-salaries

The New York Times 7:30 pm on February 21, 2021
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Pressuring France to Bring Them Home, Women Who Joined ISIS Stage Hunger Strike

Frenchwomen who joined the Islamic State and are now held in squalid detention camps in Syria have gone on a hunger strike to protest France’s refusal to bring them back.

#detainees, #france, #hunger-strikes, #islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #kurds, #syria

The New York Times 10:51 am on February 16, 2021
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Turkish Forces in Syria Protect 5 Million People

Three years ago, Turkey’s intervention in Syria was widely criticized. But today Turkish forces are all that protect five million vulnerable people.

#afrin-syria, #akar-hulusi, #assad-bashar-al, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #civilian-casualties, #defense-and-military-forces, #erdogan-recep-tayyip, #free-syrian-army, #humanitarian-aid, #idlib-syria, #islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #kurds, #refugees-and-displaced-persons, #turkey, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #war-and-armed-conflicts

The New York Times 12:25 am on February 16, 2021
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Rocket Attack in Iraq Kills a U.S. Military Contractor

Some saw the barrage of rockets aimed at an airport in the northern city of Erbil as a test of the new administration in Washington.

#civilian-casualties, #erbil-iraq, #iran, #iraq, #kurds, #military-bases-and-installations, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces

The New York Times 9:54 am on October 30, 2020
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What Will Trump Do After Election Day?

Current and former Trump administration officials are worried about what might happen on Nov. 4.

#afghanistan-war-2001, #barr-william-p, #cyberwarfare-and-defense, #espionage-and-intelligence-services, #immigration-and-emigration, #johnson-ron-1955, #kelly-john-f-1950, #kurds, #mattis-james-n, #presidential-election-of-2020, #right-wing-extremism-and-alt-right, #russian-interference-in-2016-us-elections-and-ties-to-trump-associates, #syria, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government, #voter-fraud-election-fraud, #wray-christopher-a

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 6, 2020
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They Came for My Father Nearly 30 Years Ago. It Still Haunts Me.

The recent antigovernment protests in Iraq remind me of Saddam Hussein’s regime of fear and of the rebels who, like my parents, opposed it at great risk.

#abu-ghraib-iraq, #baghdad-iraq, #bush-george, #hussein-saddam, #iraq, #kurds, #kuwait, #politics-and-government, #prisons-and-prisoners

The New York Times 6:56 am on July 24, 2020
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Refugee and Author Long Detained by Australia Gets Asylum in New Zealand

Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish-Iranian exile, said the news showed the vast differences between the two neighboring countries on human rights.

#asylum-right-of, #australia, #boochani-behrouz, #books-and-literature, #human-rights-and-human-rights-violations, #immigration-and-emigration, #immigration-detention, #iran, #kurds, #manus-island-papua-new-guinea, #nauru, #new-zealand, #refugees-and-displaced-persons

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 5, 2020
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An Ancient Valley Lost to ‘Progress’

In his push for economic development, Turkey’s president has flooded the archaeological gem of Hasankeyf and displaced thousands of families.

#archaeology-and-anthropology, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #environment, #erdogan-recep-tayyip, #hasankeyf-turkey, #hydroelectric-power, #kurds, #levees-and-dams, #politics-and-government, #reservoirs, #rivers, #water

The New York Times 3:07 pm on June 10, 2020
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Erdogan and Trump Form New Bond as Interests Align

Relations between President Trump and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey have long blown hot and cold. For the moment, they are finding common cause.

#embargoes-and-sanctions, #erdogan-recep-tayyip, #gulen-fethullah, #hifter-khalifa, #kurds, #libya, #missiles-and-missile-defense-systems, #politics-and-government, #syria, #trump-donald-j, #turkey, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-international-relations

The New York Times 5:59 pm on May 25, 2020
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ISIS Prisoners Threaten U.S. Mission in Northeastern Syria

Overcrowded, makeshift prisons and camps and fears of Covid-19 have led to two riots by hardened fighters.

#assad-bashar-al, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #defense-and-military-forces, #defense-department, #detainees, #international-committee-of-the-red-cross, #iraq, #islamic-state-in-iraq-and-syria-isis, #kobani-mazlum, #kurds, #mckenzie-kenneth-f, #syria, #syrian-democratic-forces, #terrorism, #trump-donald-j