CBS had a segment on the PKK, a group I have been reporting on for four years.
A demonstration organised by Kurds against Turkish President Erdogan in Frankfurt, Germany.
Berlin: Some 30,000 pro-Kurdish demonstrators rallied in the German city of Frankfurt on Saturday calling for “democracy in Turkey” and urging a “no” vote in an upcoming referendum on expanding Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s powers.Turkey angrily denounced the demonstration as “unacceptable”. Many demonstrators carried symbols of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which has battled the Turkish state for over three decades in a continuing insurgency.
Tensions are already running high between Berlin and Ankara after German authorities refused to allow some Turkish ministers to campaign in the country for a “yes” vote in the April 16 referendum that would hand Mr Erdogan an executive presidency.
Significantly more people turned up than organisers had been expecting for the rally, which took place ahead of the annual Newroz festival when Kurds mark the traditional New Year.
The Kurds and Yezidis are going after ISIS. They have just captured a important road. Here is some information on who these people are.
Jon
Hours after it began, a large Kurdish offensive has retaken from ISIS a section of a key highway in northwestern Iraq that has served as a main supply route between ISIS forces in Syria and Iraq. More than 7,500 Kurdish fighters began their assault on the ISIS held town of Sinjar early this morning after U.S. aircraft conducted two dozen airstrikes on ISIS targets in support of the operation.
A statement released by the Kurdish Regional Security Council claimed that Peshmerga fighters had captured Highway 47, a strategic road near the town of Sinjar that is a main supply route between the ISIS de facto capital of Raqqa in Syria and the Iraqi city of Mosul.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/world/middleeast/isis-iraq-syria.html
http://www.yeziditruth.org/the-peacock-angel-in-other-religions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidis
http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring05/Shullick/others.htm
humanitarian air drops of food…
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