By John Lee. The Kurdistan Region is preparing for a bustling winter tourism season, according to a statement from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Sirwan Tofiq, the marketing head at the KRG Board of Tourism, briefed the Department of Media and Information on the efforts to attract winter tourists to destinations like Gara Mountain, Penjwen,
Turkey Neutralized 133 PKK/YPG Terrorists In May
Neutralized terrorists include group’s most senior operatives. Turkish security forces neutralized at least 133 PKK/YPG terrorists in May, according to data compiled by Anadolu Agency on Thursday.
Turkey s counter-terrorism efforts continue decisively in coordination between the Turkish Armed Forces, National Intelligence Organization, Gendarmerie General Command, police force and rangers, also known as village guards.
The operations targeting the terror group and its youth organization also led to the arrest of 103 suspects.
So far, as many as 77 terrorists in 2021 have surrendered to security forces as a result of persuasion efforts. Offenders who lay down arms are eligible for possible sentence reductions under a repentance law.
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February 2021
Criminal groups abducted hundreds in north west, while ethnic and regional tensions ran high in south amid farmer-herder conflict; meanwhile, tensions rose in south east between govt and Biafra secessionists. Criminal groups in Feb reportedly killed at least 112 and kidnapped over 450 people, mostly in Katsina, Kaduna, Sokoto and Zamfara states (north west), but also in Niger state (Middle Belt). Notably, armed group 17 Feb abducted 42 students and school personnel in Niger state, released them 27 Feb; 26 Feb kidnapped 279 girls in Zamfara state. Meanwhile, Auwalun Daudawa, who masterminded Dec 2020 abduction of 344 students in Katsina state, 8 Feb laid down arms along with five of his troops. Amid rise in herder-farmer and intercommunal violence in south since Jan, clashes between ethnic Hausa and Fulani on one hand, and ethnic Yoruba on the other, early Feb killed two dozen people in Oyo state capital Ibadan (south west). Nobel laureate in literature Wole Soyinka 6 F
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Looks Like We Made It - Propane and the 2021 Deep Freeze; Where Are We Now? Here in Texas, the snow is melting, the power is back on, and some of us even have drinkable water. We ll be dealing with the aftermath of the 2021 Deep Freeze for months, and talking about the insane natural gas and power prices for as long as gas and power markets exist. One thing you have not heard much about during these crazy few days is propane. And given what we ve been through, no news is good news. Sure, it was impossible to exchange a tank at the local Quickie Mart, and there were sporadic reports of delayed propane deliveries and local shortfalls. But even up in the coldest Midwest states, there were no market me