US-Led Coalition’s Attacks Target Locals for Their Refusal to Join Separatist Militias: FM

Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said the illegitimate US-led International Coalition has been targeting civilians in the villages of al-Hasaka, Raqqa and Deir Ezzor as a retribution for their refusal to join US-allied separatist militias, SANA reported.

Germany wants to extradite Catalonia's independence leader Carles Puigdemont

Ex-Catalan leader, Carles Puigdemont, one of the leaders of the region's secession movement wanted in Spain on rebellion charges, will most likely be extradited from Germany on lesser charges.

Iraq’s Kurdish parliament approves September 25 independence referendum

Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region's parliament approved a plan to hold a Sept. 25 referendum on independence, ignoring Iraqi, Iranian and Turkish opposition as well as U.S and Western concern that the vote could cause new conflicts in the region.

Spain summons Catalan mayors over independence vote

Spain's state prosecutor has ordered a criminal probe of all 700-plus Catalan mayors who have backed an independence referendum, as Madrid seeks to block the separatist vote it deems illegal.

Las alusiones del Monarca provocan críticas de independentistas y la izquierda

Las palabras del Rey y su preocupación por “las intransigencias que conllevan maximalismos y políticas rupturistas” provocaron ayer diferentes reacciones.
Las primeras llegaron desde los partidos nacionalistas catalanes más radicales, críticas con las alusiones al soberanismo realizadas por el Monarca al que, además, afearon no haber abordado temas candentes. También los nacionalistas del PNV recriminaron el tono de su intervención, mientras que IU la consideró una “oportunidad perdida”. Para contrarrestarlas, el PP catalán alabó el mensaje de unidad, mientras que los socialistas no se pronunciaron oficialmente.