Selon Vladimir Poutine, l'UE a déclenché une vague séparatiste en soutenant l'indépendance du Kosovo

Lors de la 14e édition du Club Valdaï, le président russe a abordé la crise catalane, estimant que le séparatisme en Europe avait été encouragé par la déclaration d'indépendance contestée du Kosovo en 2008, soutenue par l'Union européenne.

¿Qué precio pide Erdogan a cambio de cerrar la frontera turca con Siria?

Aunque no se ha filtrado mucha información sobre lo que ocurrió en el reciente encuentro entre el presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, y su homólogo turco, Tayyip Recep Erdogan, en San Petersburgo, hay signos de avances en el tema sirio y, más concretamente, en lo que se refiere al cierre de la frontera turca con Siria, que Rusia ha pedido formalmente.

Iraq’s Barzani calls for referendum on regional autonomy

Massoud Barzani, president of northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, renewed calls on Wednesday for a referendum on the region’s independence from the central government in Baghdad.

Karayılan: We are discussing creation of free Kurdistan

 PKK Executive Committee Member Murat Karayılan answered Dengê Kurdistan Radio’s questions on the recent developments in Northern Kurdistan.

Israel calls for independent Kurdish state

Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked has called for an independent Kurdistan, a move which she says will weaken Israel's rivals in the region.

Terrorist Militants Using Turkish Lira in Northern Syria

Terrorist militants in northern Syria said on Tuesday they would begin trading in Turkish lira instead of the Syrian pound, as Ankara plans to create an ISIL-free zone along its border with the war-torn country.

Turkey will not accept 'de facto' borders in Iraq, Syria

Turkey cannot agree to de facto borders in Syria or Iraq, and the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant will not be able to realize such an aim, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.

"Turkey cannot say 'yes' to any de facto borders in the Middle East. Steps to be taken in that regard are of the utmost importance," Erdogan said in an address at the prominent French think tank IFRI on Friday.

EU gives European governments go-ahead to arm Iraqi Kurds

BRUSSELS - The European Union gave a green light on Friday to individual EU governments to supply arms and ammunition to Iraqi Kurds battling Islamist militants, provided they had the consent of authorities in Baghdad.
EU foreign ministers holding an emergency meeting in Brussels on the Iraq and Ukraine crises welcomed the decision by several EU governments to send weapons in response to an appeal by Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani.

Additional 130 American military personnel sent to Iraq

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has sent about 130 additional military personnel to Iraq, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Tuesday, as Washington seeks to help Iraq contain the threat posed by hardline militants from the Islamic State.
Hagel, speaking to troops in California, said the soldiers had arrived in the area around Iraqi Kurdistan's capital, Arbil, earlier in the day on Tuesday.

Iraq's Kurds push for independence referendum (Massoud Barzani on Thursday instructed Kurdish lawmakers to prepare a referendum).

Country moves step closer to breaking up as regional government's president calls for preparation for vote to begin.....

The president of the Kurdish region of northern Iraq has asked his parliament to prepare for a referendum on independence, potentially paving the way for the break-up of the country.

Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government, called on parliament on Thursday to form an independent electoral commission that would start organising a referendum on independence for the semi-autonomous region.

Turkey rejects Kurdish independence, wants Iraq unity government (Turkish officials said)

Turkey opposes independence for a Kurdish state in northern Iraq and wants a unity government in Baghdad to counter the threat by Islamist Sunni rebels who have seized large swathes of territory in recent weeks, Turkish officials said.

Iraqi Kurds have benefited from the recent turmoil sweeping the country by occupying territory abandoned by government forces fleeing the advance of Sunni fighters led by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which took Iraq's second city Mosul earlier this month.

Turkey has good relations with the semi-autonomous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq but would not support moves to push for independence from Baghdad, a Turkish government official said in response to questions from Reuters on Monday.

Iraq's Kurds plan Kirkuk status referendum

A plebiscite will be held in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk based upon the Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution, president of the Kurdish region of northern Iraq said Sunday.

"We are calling on the United Nations to get involved in the developments in Kirkuk and other disputed regions of Iraq where we will hold a transparent referendum," the Kurdish administration's government website cited Massoud Barzani as saying after meeting UN's Iraq representative Nikolai Miladinov in Erbil.

Independent Kurdish state not reason for war anymore, says AKP spokesperson Çelik

An independent Kurdish state was a reason for war in the past, however the situation has changed, according to Hüseyin Çelik, spokesperson for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

“In Turkey, even the word ‘Kurdistan’ makes people nervous, but their name is Kurdistan,” Çelik told the Financial Times. “If Iraq is divided and it is inevitable, they are our brothers. Unfortunately, the situation in Iraq is not good and it looks like [the country] is going to be divided,” he added, while cautioning that Kurdish independence was not Turkey’s “number one choice.”

Ισχυρή υποστήριξη του Ισράηλ στο ανεξάρτητο Κουρδιστάν

Ο υπουργός Εξωτερικών του Ισραήλ Άβιγκντορ Λίμπερμαν είπε στον ομόλογό του των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών της Αμερικής Τζον Κέρι ότι η ανεξαρτητοποίηση του Κουρδικού θύλακα στο βόρειο Ιράκ είναι ουσιαστικά «προκαθορισμένη» και ότι ισραηλινοί ειδικοί προτείνουν να αναγνωριστεί το ταχύτερο αυτό το νέο κράτος, εάν σχηματιστεί.