The competition between Iran and United States over Iraq 01/01/2020 On 27th December, a US base near Kirkuk came under attack, killing a US contractor and injuring US and Iraqi soldiers. The US claimed that the attack was launched by a Shia militia group, Kata’ib Hizbullah (KH) pro-Iranian. On Sunday 29th December, the US retaliated by airstrike against five KH bases, three of them in...
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We should make ourselves free from Erdogan’s trap 22/12/2015 There is no doubt that Erdogan and his government are fascist and using every tactic to suppress the resistance of our Kurdish people there. Certainly Erdogan has no any intention to resolve Kurdish issue in Turkey. However, any resistant in a form of guerrilla war, civil war or street fighting is not in our interest. Escalating the...
The social revolution will sweep Turkey Kurdistan sooner or later 12/11/2014 By Zaher Baher from Haringey Solidarity Group and Kurdistan Anarchists Forum Below is the outcome of my visit to Northern Kurdistan in Turkey between 02/11/14 to 08/11/14 as one of a delegation from United Kingdom, organised by Peace in Kurdistan Campaign (PIK), People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Society...
What can we learn from the recent protests? By: Zaher Baher 12/11/2019 This year we have witnessed many protests in the UK and other countries from Yellow Vests in France, protests in Iran, Morocco, Sudan, Extinction Rebellion in more than 120 countries, Haiti, Hong Kong, Ecuador, Chile, Greece, and now in Catalonia, Bolivia, Iraq and Lebanon. All of these protests have been mass movements...
Rojava; between genocide and compromise By: Zaher Baher 16/10/2019 Rojava is going through a very difficult time; its future is not clear at the moment. However what is clear is that there will either be genocide or compromise. What is currently going on in Rojava has been caused by the very complicated background to its struggle going back to the defence of Kobane by the heroic fighters of the...
The latest message from Ocalan and my opinion* By Zaher Baher Aug 2019 The latest of Ocalan’s messages,** ‘calls for a ceasefire’, are good news. It offers great hope and opportunity not just for the Kurdish community in Turkey, but also in fact for all communities there. I support Ocalan’s message, although it has come very late. I hope Erdogan, president of Turkey takes it seriously. No...