It is possible that new US President Joe Biden will interact with Turkey and the Syrian Kurds and he would likely will ask Turkey to negotiate with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as well as the Syrian Kurdish-Arab forces known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)," Anthony Avice Du Buisson told KurdPress in an interview.
- Joe Biden would likely pressure Turkey to negotiate with PKK and Syrian Kurdish forces: analyst
It is possible that new US President Joe Biden will interact with Turkey and the Syrian Kurds and he would likely will ask Turkey to negotiate with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as well as the Syrian Kurdish-Arab forces known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)," Anthony Avice Du Buisson told KurdPress in an interview.
12:13 AM - Syrian Kurdish party leader says they are in serious negotiations:
The leader of the Syrian Kurdistan Brotherhood Party (P.B.K) said: The new US representative in the Kurdish-Kurdish talks has come to Syrian Kurdistan and met with the parties to discuss general issues.
12:06 AM - Ankara and Baghdad consider a Kurdish entity as provocative: Turkey Kurdish party leader
The president general of the Kurdistan Islamic Party (PIK) said: "(Turkey President Recep Tayyip) Erdogan's invitation to the Iraqi prime minister to visit Turkey is to put pressure on the Kurds and make the Kurds more economically and politically dependent on Ankara and Baghdad."
11:49 PM - Kurdish movements should understand the sensitive situation of Syrian Kurdistan, official tells KurdPress
A member of the representative office of the Syrian Kurdistan Self-ruling Administration in Erbil said: "It is necessary for Kurdish parties to distance themselves from conflict and understand the sensitive situation of Syrian Kurdistan."
09:37 PM - Failing to make reforms main reason behind unrests in Kurdistan Region, analyst tells KurdPress
The two parties of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are not interested in making real reforms in the Kurdistan Region, and this is causing unrest in the region, an analyst told KurdPress in an interview.
10:50 PM - Syrian Kurds needs a joint deal before anything else: KDP-S official
The head of the branch of the Syrian Kurdistan Democratic Party (PDK.S) in Denmark believes the Kurdish parties in Syria need to make a joint deal before anything else for the benefit of the Kurds in Syria.
09:14 PM - PYD and PYNK do not dare to admit defeat in talks: party leader
The head of the Kurdayati Movement in Syria says negotiations between the Syrian Kurdish National Council (ENKS) and the Kurdish Patriotic Union Parties (PYNK) parties have stopped and it seems unlikely that the talks could resume.
08:24 PM - Relation between Kurdish issue and Armenians in Turkey is inseparable: historian
Approximately 50,000 Yazidi Kurds live in Armenia and have good relations with the Armenian community, Professor Garabet K Moumdjian told KurdPress, emphasizing that there is an inseparable relation between the Kurdish issue and Armenians in Turkey as "Turkey is hostile to the Kurdish issue and always denies the Armenian genocide."
08:43 PM - Biden's policy is softer towards Kurds: party official
A member of the political school of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Party (Al-Parti) said: "Trump did not know politics, during his time the Kurds suffered a lot but Biden (US President- elect Joe Biden will follow a softer towards Kurds."
10:25 PM - Syrian Kurdish commander sees chance to ease tensions with Turkey under Biden
In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, Mazlum Kobane said the former vice president's victory may well spell change in Ankara’s behavior.
10:03 PM - PKK must leave Kurdistan Region: party leader
The secretary general of the Right and Freedom Party (HAK-PAR) calls for the pullout of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from the Kurdistan Region as soon as possible.
05:32 PM - Shingal should become an independent administration like Vatican, party leader tells KurdPress
The head of the Kurdayati Movement in Syria said that in order for peace to return to the Iraqi Kurdish northern city of Shingal, the city should turn into an independent and holy administration like Vatican.
09:15 AM - US policy toward Kurds won’t change with new presidents: party leader
A member of the political school of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Party (Al-Parti) said that the United States has a specific doctrine and it will not change with new people in the politics.
08:33 PM - PKK and KDP should prevent another fratricidal war: party leader tells KurdPress
The President General of the Kurdistan Islamic Party (PIK) called on the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to prevent another Kurdish-Kurdish war in a reference to a 1990s war between the KDP and the Patriotic union of Kurdistan (PUK), two ruling parties in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
08:15 PM - None of Trump and Biden are ideal for Iraqi and Syrian Kurds: analyst
A political analyst and university professor says both US Presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Joe Biden have their advantages and disadvantages for the Kurds in Iraq and Syria and the Kurds in the two countries cannot expect a lot if anyone wins the elections.
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