Yerevan Saeed
@YerevanSaeed
Barzani Scholar In-Residence @AU_SIS of @AmericanU Director of the Global Kurdish Initiative for Peace. N-R Fellow @GulfStatesInst Views represent me.
I’m wondering what’s the tipping point for the U.S. to step in and limit these kinds of attacks, if there is one?
Drone strikes have halted oil production in Iraq’s Kurdistan region for a 3rd day. GKP, DNO & Hunt Oil suspend output amid damage. No group has claimed responsibility. KRG says attacks target regional stability, per @Reuters. bit.ly/3UhDt3a
The best defense system is a political deal. Saudi Arabia had best defense system and yet in Sept 2019, half of its oil production was taken out.
Erbil has asked the United States to provide the Kurdistan Region with a defence system after recent drone attacks targeted oil fields including some operated by American companies, a government official said on Friday. rudaw.net/english/world/…
France backs new push to bring Kurdish-led SDF and Damascus together after U.S., French, and Syrian officials met in Paris amid tensions over military integration, federalism, and renewed violence in Suwayda, @AlMonitor reports. bit.ly/4lWcgPR
In a call to Iraqi PM Sudani, US Sec. of State Rubio stresses the need for steady Kurdish salary payments & resuming oil exports via Iraq-Turkey pipeline. He warns the PMC bill institutionalizes Iranian influence & threatens Iraq’s sovereignty—@The_NewArab bit.ly/453e2Yh
After decades of conflict, Kurdish farmers and shepherds are returning to the mountains of Hakkari as tensions ease between the PKK and the Turkish state, @AFP reports. france24.com/en/live-news/2…
Spoke with Iraqi PM Sudani about the recent attacks against oil companies in Iraq, including U.S. companies. We support a prosperous Iraq, free of Iran’s pernicious influence.
Why does it often require intervention from Washington for Baghdad to release Kurdistan’s budget share? “The Secretary noted the importance of paying Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR) salaries consistently and resuming oil exports via the Iraq-Türkiye Pipeline.”
Secretary Rubio’s Call with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani state.gov/releases/offic…
I was on Rudawi Amro program @Rudawkurdish to discuss Ankara’s decision to terminate ITP in July 2026, its implications for Iraq, Turkey and the Kurdistan Region.
New🇮🇶🇹🇷: #Iraq has received a Turkish proposal to renew and expand an energy agreement between the two countries, an Iraqi oil ministry official said Monday night — shortly after #Turkey announced that it will terminate, in July next year, a decades-old agreement covering the…
New 🇹🇷🇮🇶: A presidential decree published in #Turkey’s Official Gazette today stated that all protocols and subsequent agreements related to the #Iraq–Turkey oil pipeline agreement, dating back to 1973, will be terminated on 27 July 2026. The pipeline was shut in March 2023…
Quoted in @KrdChronicle, @YerevanSaeed, Director of the Global Kurdish Initiative for Peace at @AU_SIS, comments on the recent drone attacks on oil fields in the Kurdistan Region. kurdistanchronicle.com/babat/4047
“The delegation arrived in the United States following a series of relentless and coordinated attacks by Shi’a militia groups on Kurdistan’s vital energy infrastructure. These strikes have forced international oil companies to halt production, impacting over 200,000 barrels per…
A delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) – led by Safeen Dizayee, the head of the Department of Foreign Relations, and Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister – is currently on an official visit to the United States. Read more:…
Honored to attend this insightful private roundtable where the Head of the KRG Department of Foreign Relations @SafeenDizayee shared his perspectives on recent developments in Kurdistan, Iraq, and the wider region.
Participated in a @MiddleEastInst roundtable led by MEI President Amb. Stuart Jones and moderated by Dr. Ken Pollack, with experts from think tanks, academia and government. Spoke on current developments in Kurdistan, #KRG’s agenda, Erbil-Baghdad issues and regional challenges.
🚨Why forcing the dissolution of Syrian Kurdish forces (SDF) could be a huge US mistake: It risks undermining a key ally against ISIS & ignores lessons from Iraq. Let them maintain cohesion for a stronger Syria. More from @SirwanKajjo : meforum.org/mef-observer/i… #Syria #Kurds…
The whole Kurdistan energy sector is under relentless attack by Shia militia groups who are on the Iraqi government payroll. Nearly 20 drone attacks in month and more than three quarter has been on Kurdistan gas and oilfields.
New: BAGHDAD, July 16 (Reuters) - A drone attack struck an oilfield operated by U.S. company Hunt Oil in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Dohuk on Wednesday, security sources said. The second attack on the Ain Sifni oilfield on Wednesday. #Iraq #KRG #OOTT
It is crucial….to distinguish the chaotic tactics (such as tariffs) from a wider agenda (to remake the global order to bolster US power). Excellent essay from @gilliantett (h/t @YerevanSaeed) on.ft.com/44ZCIlu The New Age of Geoeconomics
Important step towards lasting peace that should be welcomed by all. I encourage the KRG @Kurdistan to preserve the fire pit and the burnt weapons in their current state and consider placing them in a museum for historical preservation and public education.
Kurdish PKK militants burn weapons in Iraq to start disarmament reuters.com/business/media… #PKK #Turkey #Iraq
Quoted in @SPGCIOil, @YerevanSaeed, Director of the Global Kurdish Initiative for Peace at @AU_SIS, comments on the latest developments in the Erbil-Baghdad oil pipeline dispute. spglobal.com/commodity-insi…
My comments here: "The federal government was not pleased with the KRG's independent gas deals, which led to the suspension of budget transfers in May and a pause in negotiations," Yerevan Saeed, director of the Global Kurdish Initiative for Peace at American University. @AU_SIS…
#Baghdad, #KRG make another attempt to solve pipeline dispute, as #US ratchets pressure 🛢️Iraqi PM to form committee to review proposals on #oil payments 🛢️Washington won’t accept ‘indefinite delay’ to export resumption 🛢️US oil companies seek pipeline reopening, fair…
In bypassing #Baghdad, Kurdish leaders calculate that their blockbuster natural gas deals with U.S. firms will attract political cover from #Washington. newlinesinstitute.org/geo-economics/…
If there only one thing Kurds in Iraq have learned is that the worst choice was the “road to Baghdad.” Kurds in Syria need to be very careful not to fall for the same trap!
#BREAKING: US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack tells Rudaw that the Kurdish-led SDF has been "slow" in accepting and negotiating with the Syrian government. "There is only one road and that road is to Damascus," he said, adding that federalism "doesn't work" in Syria.