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Turkey to establish new military base in Iraqi Kurdistan Ankara has announced that Turkey will establish a military base in the mountainous area of Metina, near the Turkish border, in what critics consider a step toward controlling Iraqi Kurdistan. Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu delivers a speech during a press conference in Ankara April 22, 2019. - ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images April 30, 2021 Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu announced today that Turkey will establish a military base in Metina, a mountainous area close to the Turkish border in Iraqi Kurdis...

  After failing to block Turkey’s purchase of the advanced S-400 Russian air defense system, Washington diplomacy in recent months appeared to have managed to “flip” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to support of US interests in several critical countries from Libya to Armenia to Ukraine, even Afghanistan. With the Turkish economy on the brink of catastrophe as the Lira plunges, it looks more and more like cynical strategists in Washington could have merely lured the wily Erdogan into a deadly bear trap. Turkish President Erdogan has been called a master at playing off all sides...

ANTI-WAR protesters have told of being kidnapped at gunpoint by security services in Iraqi Kurdistan at the behest of Turkey and the region’s ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). Giving an exclusive interview to the Morning Star just an hour after his release, 35-year-old teacher Aso Hiwa said that he and his fellow protesters refused to back down despite their three-day ordeal. “The Asayish [security service officers] caught us on the way to the demonstration. We were walking in pairs carrying flags and leaflets,” Mr Hiwa said. “But they surrounded us and held us at gunpoint. Thi...

JOURNALIST Rebaz Hesen was one of scores detained in Slemani, in the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq, on Sunday night as security services blocked a demonstration against Turkey’s invasion of the region. As many as 30 people were arrested as they tried to make their way from Slemani’s Saholoka district to the Bakhi Gshti park, marching along the city’s high street. Hundreds of Assaysih security service officers swarmed the streets and scores of vehicles, sirens blaring, drove up and down the road, searching out protesters. The action had been called by the Tavgari Azadi organisatio...