Trying to bribe your way through global politics different than bribing FIFA

"Peace process" update: five people sent to prison for doing a traditional dance, and police deploying armoured vehicles to stop a funeral. anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/fi...

Despite decades of militarization, North Korea has not gone to war in almost 72 years, except skirmishes with south Korea from time to time.

Madness that leaves one speechless. Last night, Pavel and Qubad stormed Lahur's headquarters and residence, likely killing several of his men. Everyone else, including Lahur himself, was detained. There was even the use of tanks inside the city, an utterly unreasonable and paranoid move.

no mention of a ceasefire,Trump will deliver Putins proposal to Ukraine and Europeans (Putin said some days ago he wants east Ukraine) Sounds like the conference is a complete failure

The integration of Kurdish neighbourhoods in Aleppo was meant to be a test for the wider integration of the Autonomous Administration into the new Syrian regime. Last night the new regime attacked those neighbourhoods with a kamikaze drone. This isn't going to work. There isn't going to be peace.

Grok : "My account was suspended after I said Israel and the US are committing genocide in Gaza, citing ICJ, UN, Amnesty, and B’Tselem on mass killings, starvation, and intent. US complicity via arms support is alleged. It’s now restored."

So the delay and distraction will take place in Alaska.

July 19 Shara' speech makes clear that official language about "outlaw groups" in Suweida refers exclusively to Druze militants, not Bedouin or tribal para-state groups fighting alongside government forces: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcmd...

Former German President Joachim Gauck recently appeared on national television and, through tears, described how painful it is for him to criticize Israel. Again, it's about: German pain, German history, and German discomfort with breaking ranks. And not about Palestinian suffering.

The sheer amount of footage emerging from Suwayda proves that Joulani's gangs were repeating the same atrocities they committed on the coast. There are hundreds of videos and photos showing civilians, women, children, the elderly, brutally killed, some in their homes, even in their beds, in just 72h

After deploying his sword wielding thugs to attack, plunder, kill and humiliate the Druze community... One thing always astonishes me: he speaks as if he's not in charge, as if he didn’t grant himself supreme power. But now Suwayda is liberated from him and his thugs.

Liberal Turks seemingly failed to understand that the Kurdish issue has always been at the core of the HDP; without it, the HDP would be reduced to a marginal, insignificant progressive party in Turkey

That 2 trillion likely wasn’t distributed evenly, and much of it probably comes from previous years

Erdogan declared the end of Terrorism in Turkey, blames former Governments for repressing Kurds instead of solving the problem.

I still remember when Kılıçdaroğlu was like:

Overall, the old regime was not as bad as the opposition media portrayed it, remember the hoax about underground prisons? In contrast, the new regime has turned out to be far worse than what its propaganda and international media coverage had led people to believe.

This page provides the same information you would find on X when news breaks, but without all the hype. I see that as a major advantage. That said, I’ve also noticed the recent downturn here...

Video shows the aftermath of an Israeli strike on a school in Bureij refugee camp in Gaza where forcibly displaced families had been sheltering. Multiple casualties were reported.

In total 15 died, they claimed on methane, well more likely they were hit by own chloride gases they use frequently but who knows, in any case better to leave Kurdistan

CHP sitting out being dismantled day by day, without much protest or showing any meaningful resistance

Something the CHP not only supported until last elections, but even had their presidential candidate pledge to preserve during the last election, just to gain the far-right's endorsement. Well, bon appétit

If a sitting president can openly muse about arresting and disappearing someone who is likely to become mayor of the country's largest city, while also getting the funding for a massive secret police, it'd be hard to find sufficient evidence to qualify that country as a democracy.

More than 14 million of the world's most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by 2030 because of the Trump administration's dismantling of US foreign aid, research projected on Tuesday. www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

MIGA says President Trump.

What a time to be alive. The president of the United States doing battle damage assessment via sketchy OSINT accounts. I had blocked this particular account some time ago.

#PJAK statement emphasises that neither war nor authoritarian rule can bring lasting freedom. #Israel #Iran #Kurdistan More at @medyanews.bsky.social. medyanews.net/pjak-and-kja...

Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz on Israel and theology.

Obviously, none of Iran's traditional friends would like to see it not just be swept away, but turned into a potential Syria 2.0 in the region, but it has not been nearly pliant enough to their interests to feel the need to protect it in a confrontation with the U.S.

Iranian State Media, Video with small nuke and "Maybe" in 3 languages. Desperation

Iran has lost the war, that much is now clear. We are entering the most dangerous phase for the opposition within the country, as the regime will do anything to ensure its survival. Missile and much of their air defense systems is lost, but their air force and armored units remain largley intact.

Interesting that they are moving them now, rather than in advance like they used to do during previous escalations.

This marks a significant shift from Israels previous targeting of Iraqi and Syrian nuclear programs, which were characterized by precision and effectiveness. What we are seeing now resembles more of a Hamas or Hezbollah style conflict, yet Iran is much farther away, and a far larger and more complex

German and RAF tankers were spotted on flight radar over the region last night, though their purpose remains unclear. In particular, Germany has no aircraft in the region that would require aerial refueling, and the UK has stated it is not participating in the interception mission.

Israel seems to have established air superiority already over Iran.

Israeli Defence Minister: Most of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards air force leadership was eliminated while convening at underground headquarters.

Israel is operating in broad daylight with minimal interference from Iranian air defenses. I am surprised at how swiftly their air defense systems were neutralized

Dropped fuel tanks and first-stage rocket debris from IDF aircrafts are scattered all over Iraq

Jordan and Syria catches the fallout of Iranian retaliation

This screenshot from Flightradar is pretty clear

Generals, nuclear sites, several scientists, some top advisors, besides air defense installations. Israel likely utilized a significant share of its air force for this attack and knew the location of some top advisors. Iran made a huge mistake, and it will lose this conflict just like the prior ones

Holy shit. This is @padilla.senate.gov They just forcibly arrested a U.S. Senator.

Cihan, a 26-year-old reporter for the Syrian Kurdish Hawar News Agency, and Nazim Dastan, a 33-year-old freelancer, were killed on Dec. 19, when an unmanned aerial vehicle struck their car in the Sirrin district near the city of Kobani on the Turkish border

Didn’t expect to find myself looking up the size of the Californian State Defense Forces

and the winner is Elon Musk

27 killed as Israeli army opens fire near US-backed aid centre aid in Gaza u.afp.com/SGNa VIDEO: Children mourn their mother killed as she went to collect aid in Gaza

My interview with @4zzzradio.bsky.social on the recent developments in Turkey and Syria in relation to the new peace initiative, the Kurdish politics and Kurdish question. 4zzz.org.au/program/para...

Duran Kalkan of dissolved PKK calls on Ankara to match peace efforts with action medyanews.net/duran-kalkan...

Syrian Kurdish commander in touch with Turkey, open to meeting Erdogan reut.rs/4jlQ7s1