On 16 OCT 17 LTC Sangari was interviewed about the Kirkuk fight and the current disposition and future of the KRG and Iraq, how ISIS attacks into Assyria Nineveh Plain  and Kirkuk helped the KRG to expand its footprint and influence in Iraq, and how Barzani ended the KRG through the Kurdish referendum process. Related Articles: https://nec-se.com/2017/10/16/how-barzani-destroyed-his-kurdistan/ https://nec-se.com/2017/10/15/civil-war-or-peace-in-iraq-barzanis-choice/ https://nec-se.com/2017/01/29/kurds-and-their-supporters-in-a-lose-lose-situation/ https://nec-se.com/2016/03/21/the-kurds-will-take-dod-monies-and-support-but-their-hearth-belongs-to-their-first-love-the-russians/ https://nec-se.com/2017/09/30/breitbart-kurdish-independence-referendum-divides-christians-other-minorities-in-iraq/

Excerpts “Brazani has placed his people in a lose-lose position. How will he explain to the people of Iraq that he brought them to a point where they fought not against their regional neighbors but fought within their own nation? How is he going to justify that he turned against the same nation that feed him and supported him and his family, the same nation that raised him and allowed [...]

Excerpts” As of this morning (16 OCT 2017) Kurdish aspirations for statehood in northern Iraq are dead. And KRG president Mahmoud Barzani is to blame.” “Barzani’s refusal to back down on the issue of Kurdish statehood spurred the Government of Iraq (GOI) to take action. Ignoring warnings from Iraqi leaders and the global community, Barzani organized the referendum that saw the Kurds of the KRG voting overwhelming for independence from [...]

On 10 OCT 17 LTC Sargis Sangari was interviewed on The Josh Tolley Show about Turkey ties to ISIS, KRG, regional issues dating back to WWI, WWII, and today, the KRG referendum and election frauds, Assyrian Christian case under the new U.S. administration and after ISIS defeat, KRG economic ties to Russia, and the Iranian Nuclear Deal on future of Turkeys and the region. Related Articles: https://nec-se.com/2016/03/21/the-kurds-will-take-dod-monies-and-support-but-their-hearth-belongs-to-their-first-love-the-russians/ https://nec-se.com/2016/04/19/really-did-billions-of-u-s-taxpayer-dollars-and-4497-u-s-combat-deaths-bring-democracy-to-iraq/ [...]

Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) — The Assyrian Universal Alliance, an umbrella organization for Assyrians worldwide, has sent a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterrs, regarding the establishment of an Assyrian regional government in north Iraq, where the majority of Assyrians remain after being driven out of Iraq since 2004. The population of Assyrian has dwindled from 1.5 million in 2004 to 400,000 today, [...]

On 19 SEP 17, LTC Sargis Sangari was Interviewed on Bill Martinez Live in reference to the 25 SEP 17 KRG referendum, the three state “solution” for Iraq, and the security situation of the Assyria Nineveh Plain and Kirkuk under the current and future conflicts between the Sunni Muslim Kurds and the Iraqi Arabs.

Excerpts: “Both Erdoga and Aksener enjoy enthusiastic support among their followers. But most Turks are growing increasingly weary of celebrity politicians and the cults of personality that form around them. They are troubled by wage stagnation, high unemployment, rampant government corruption, and a widening gap between the haves and have-nots of Turkish society. The rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poor – and more numerous — and the [...]

Excerpt: “NEC-SE is dedicated to providing our readers with the information they need to understand the interrelatedness of economic and political topics and issues in the Middle East. The more we understand the economic footing of the United States the better we can understand its limitations and needs in reference to its Middle Eastern foreign policy. This also holds true for Israel, which is the only nation that has advocated [...]

Excerpts: “Remember we are getting close to the anniversary of 911. Isis is losing ground physically in Syria and also Iraq so this is the next stage of the battle that they will fight on a global stage,” said retired Lt. Col. Sargis Sangari. Sangari is the C.E.O. of The Near East Center for Strategic Engagement. He spent six years of combat deployment in the Middle East, including 22 special [...]

Excerpts: ” Barzani may be able to obtain military aid from Israel. But the support of the Jewish state in arming the new Kurdish state will come at a very high cost, insofar as it earns him the enmity of all Arab nations.” “If that happens, the Kurdish state is doomed from the start, and its downfall will be soon in coming. Accepting aid from Israel will result in a de [...]