Citizens of 12 countries singled out at US airports, document shows
Citizens of 12 countries around the world, including Cuba, Iran and Syria, are automatically subjected to extra screening at US airports unless they have been specifically cleared, according to a leaked document from the Homeland Security department.
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Syria: End Persecution of Kurds 
Arrests of Activists, Suppression of Political and Cultural Expression Intensify
(New York, November 26, 2009) - Syrian authorities should end their unlawful and unjustified practices of attacking peaceful Kurdish gatherings and detaining Kurdish political and cultural activists, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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From Kurdistan To Baltimore, With Love
Josef Nathanson
Lea Magali comes across as brimming with exuberance, with a certain flair, perhaps befitting one trained as an actress and a dancer
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November 12, 2009
Ambassador Pierre Vimont 4101 Reservoir Road, N.W. Washington DC 20007 Greetings and respect,
Kurdish aspiration for self determination and a sovereign homeland it can call its own is longstanding. The Kurdish nation is a dream deferred, Kurds still nurse lingering bitterness over Allied promises of "self-determination" in the immediate aftermath of WWI that have never been made good.
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Syrian Visits Washington as Part of Regional Détente
WASHINGTON — While the Obama administration pursued its high-stakes diplomatic gambit with Iran last week in Switzerland, it was quietly working on another fraught relationship, welcoming to Washington the highest-ranking official from Syria to visit in five years.
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Stateless Kurds seek better life and future
Imelda Moss
- Last Updated: October 03. 2009 12:01AM UAE / October 2. 2009 8:01PM GMT
The Moqoble refugee camp houses 55 families and 48 single people. Imelda Moss / The National
DOHUK, IRAQI KURDISTAN // Moqoble refugee camp does not get many visitors. Its grey tents are laid out in grim rows, and it nestles anonymously in the mountains of Dohuk in Iraqi Kurdistan, near the border with Syria.
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Will Costner’s support help the democratic initiative?
After the announcement of Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy Edibe Sözen that famous film star Kevin Costner had expressed support for the government's recently launched democratic initiative, an ongoing debate was ignited.
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Dr. Zia Ali Aliyev And Kurdish Independence
By JOSEPH PUDER, For The Bulletin
The July 25th elections held in Iraqi Kurdistan, South Kurdistan for Kurds, to choose a new regional assembly and president contained a great deal of excitement due to the appearance of a new challenger to the existing order.
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Interview with US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
Erbil, Kurdistan - Iraq (KRG.org) - Mr Dana Rohrabacher is serving his eleventh term as a Republican member of Congress, representing Southern California’s 46th District.
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Yes, Hillary...You're the Secretary of State
by Gerald A. Honigman
So, we've all heard about Madam Secretary's little "episode" by now, I guess. When being questioned abroad recently about what her husband Bill Clinton might think about some issue,
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Kurdistan delegation with U.S. officials in Washington 
Representatives of the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria (KNA-S), America-Kurdistan Friendship League (AKFL) and sixteen oppositions groups from Middle East met with senior officials of the US Congress from both political parties in regard to the Kurdish national rights,
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SYRIA , ISRAEL AND WATER
By: Joseph Puder
A well known moralistic aphorism is that “one does not live on bread alone…” In the Middle East however, the proper aphorism is “Nations in the region cannot live on oil alone…” In fact, water is a much more valued commodity there.
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Syria tightens Grip on Dissenters
Syrian human rights activists fear that even narrow margin of liberty still open to them will soon be closed.
DAMASCUS - Syrian civil rights groups say the arrest of a prominent human rights advocate is a worrying sign that the authorities are increasing pressure on civil society.
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QNB Syria unit $37 mln IPO oversubscribed -source
DUBAI, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The Syrian unit of Qatar National Bank QNBK.QA (QNB) has raised at least 1.7 billion Syrian pounds ($37 million) through a public offering that is closing on Monday evening, a person close to the matter said.
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Syria has 1,000-megawatt power shortfall: report
DAMASCUS — Syria has a daily shortfall of up to 1,000 megawatts (MW) in its electricity supplies, official daily Ath Thawra reported on Sunday, and this has led to power cuts sometimes lasting several hours.
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Approach Syria with caution Administration's overture
to Damascus gives Israel reason to be nervous
President Obama has embarked on a new Mideast peace initiative that is overflowing with potential — for ill as well as good. By reaching out to Syria,
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Iraq's Assyrian Christians find temporary home in Kurdistan
By ADAM ASHTON McClatchy Newspapers
For Rajo Qardaq Palander, a church security guard, the breaking point came last year, when insurgents demanded that he pay $20,000 or abandon his home in Baghdad's Dora neighborhood.
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Can democracy survive in Kurdistan?
- The elections were a success, but internal divisions point to an uncertain and potentially dangerous future for the whole region
Iraqi Kurdistan's parliamentary and presidential elections have given birth to a viable opposition group for the first time since the autonomous Kurdish region was established in 1991.
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Syria: Follow Through on Commitment to Grant Citizenship to Stateless Kurds
It is like being buried alive,” one stateless man told Refugees International. In 1962, when a census was conducted in the Hasakeh governorate under Decree No. 93, an estimated 120,000 people or about 20 percent of Syrian Kurds lost their citizenship,
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Dancing With Damascus 
Courting Syria really does require the audacity of hope.
After the fall of Baghdad in 2003, George W. Bush dispatched Colin Powell to Damascus to try to win Mr. Assad’s cooperation. Instead, Syria made itself a safe haven for the terrorists who killed U.S. soldiers."
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