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Kurt T

Kurt T

Spent 4 years with the United States Marine Corps and an additional 3 years with the Kurdish Peshmerga and Ukrainian Army.

    Falih Alfayyadh | Twitter, @FalihAlfayyadh

    Haider al-Abadi abruptly fires Iraq’s national security adviser

    News + Intel Sep 03
    A Russian delegation (left) meets with President Masoud Barzani and an accompanying delegation in Erbil on August 30, 2018. | Masoud Barzani office

    Iraqi-Kurdistan’s President meets with Russian officials to discuss the region’s future

    Politics Sep 03
    Detail of a glazed terracotta tile from Nimrud, Iraq. The Assyrian king, below a parasol, is surrounded by guards and attendants. 875-850 BC. | The British Museum

    Large grant given to Kurdistan for artifact preservation by United Kingdom

    Culture Aug 31
    Portrait of Mike Pompeo, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. | By Office of the President-elect, via Wikimedia Commons

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discusses Iraq’s future with Kurdistan’s president

    News + Intel Aug 31
    President of France Emmanuel Macron. | Kremlin

    French President Macron claims that President Erdogan’s Turkey is ‘deplorable’

    News + Intel Aug 30
    Mr. Idriss Jazairy, Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures. | U.N.

    United Nations Special Rapporteur claims that sanctions on Iran are illegitimate

    Politics Aug 30
    President Donald J. Trump signs an Executive Order in Bedminster, New Jersey, entitled “Reimposing Certain Sanctions with Respect to Iran.” | Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead

    Iran threatens to block oil shipments in the Persian Gulf in response to sanctions

    Foreign Policy Aug 29
    Hassan Nasrallah | Hezbollah

    Hezbollah leader claims that United States will ‘sell out’ Syrian Kurds

    News + Intel Aug 29
    Peshmerga soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 1st Regional Guard Brigade, stand in formation during the Modern Brigade Course 2 graduation ceremony at the Menila Training Center, Iraq, July 28, 2016. Representatives from the U.S. Army, which provided equipment, and the Coalition trainers who taught the course attended the graduation to show their support for the battalion. The building partner capacity mission aims to increase the security capacity of local forces fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. | U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kalie Jones

    Turkmen Front leaders rejects the notion of Peshmerga returning to Kirkuk

    News + Intel Aug 28
    The flag of the Popular Mobilization Units; an Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization composed of some 40, mainly Shiite, militias. | Wikimedia Commons

    Iraqi Prime minister addresses concerns about Hashd al-Shaabi

    Military Aug 28
    In this Saturday, July 28, photo, dead trees tower over the area of Siba in Basra, 340 miles (550 km) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq, historically known as The Land Between The Two Rivers, is struggling with the scarcity of water due to dams in Turkey and Iran, lack of rain and aging hydrological infrastructure. The decreased water levels have greatly affected agriculture and animal resources. | AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani

    Hundreds hospitalized because of contaminated drinking water in Basra

    News + Intel Aug 27
    Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov at award ceremony. Moscow, Kremlin. 21 May 2015. | Kremlin.ru [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

    Russia looks to improve relations with Turkey

    News + Intel Aug 27
    Tuz Khurmatu town is the main center of the Tuz District in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, located 55 miles southeast of Kirkuk. The population is mostly Turkoman with significant Kurd and Arab minorities. The name of the city is Turkoman, meaning, "dusty date palm hills." | Wikimapia

    Mortar attack near Kirkuk pits residents against each other as blame shifts to PMU

    News + Intel Aug 26
    Image captured from IS propaganda.

    Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi releases new recording calling for jihad

    News + Intel Aug 25
    Bazaar in Kirkuk's city center. | By Levi Clancy [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons

    Residents fight back against Iraq’s efforts to re-Arabize Kirkuk

    News + Intel Aug 24
    Zeki Shingali was born in 1952 in the Kurdish city of Batman and was a member of the PKK. | DW, via Kurdistan 24

    Iraq condemns Turkish airstrike on PKK commander

    Military Aug 24
    The Anadolu Agency logo in front of the company's headquarters | Anadolu Agency

    Turkish state run media leaks classified information on US military bases in Syria

    Military Aug 19
    Marine Raiders with 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, transition out of the water during a simulated underwater assault force night-raid in Los Angeles, California, Sept. 3, 2015. Training such as this is conducted to meet Special Operations Forces dive requirements and to enhance the understanding, planning and operational considerations when working in a joint operational environment with both special operations and conventional Marine Corps forces. 1st Marine Raider Battalion is organized, trained and equipped to deploy for worldwide missions as directed by MARSOC in support of their regionally-aligned Theater Special Operations Command. | U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott A Achtemeier

    Two Special Operations Marines receive awards for actions in Africa gunfight

    Military Aug 18
    Istanbul skyline. | By Ben Morlok [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

    Tourism skyrockets as Turkey’s financial crisis worsens

    Finance Aug 17
    A long line of civilian trucks wait to be inspected by U.S. Soldiers from the Wyoming Army National Guard prior to a convoy escort mission into Iraq, Jan. 21, 2010. The primary unit conducting this mission is the 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery Regiment, Wyoming Army National Guard, currently serving at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, under the Wyoming Guard's 115th Fires Brigade. | U.S. Army Photo by Brandon Quester

    Turkey and Iraq discuss water, security, and economic issues

    News + Intel Aug 17