Kurdistan 24: Syrian Kurds need more support to secure al-Hol camp – official
A senior Syrian Kurdish official on Friday said that the international community should do more to help...
[read full article]Kurdistan 24: Chaldean Christian woman elected mayor of strategic town in Kurdistan Region
“As the local government, we do not differentiate between these different [ethnic and religious] components.” ERBIL (Kurdistan...
[read full article]Rudaw: CPJ calls on Turkey to release pro-Kurdish news outlet’s journalist
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Turkish authorities on Tuesday to release a journalist...
[read full article]The National Interest: Turkey’s Crackdown on Kurdish Opposition is a Test for Biden
On December 21, Leyla Guven, a member of parliament from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who...
[read full article]The Jerusalem Post: ‘Israel, the West must stand with persecuted people’ – Bernard Henri Lévy
It began with a phone call. Bernard-Henri Lévy and I were speaking while I sat in my...
[read full article]L’Orient le jour: Six manifestants tués en moins de 48h dans le Kurdistan
Six manifestants ont été tués en moins de 48 heures lors de rassemblements contre les autorités du...
[read full article]ANF NEWS: Anti-government protests in Southern Kurdistan continue
For the fifth day in a row, protests against the Southern Kurdistan regional government are taking place...
[read full article]ROJ Info: « Au moins, Biden ne reprochera pas aux Kurdes de ne pas avoir débarqué en Normandie ! »
Interview avec Zagros Hiwa par Chris Den Hond et Mireille Court, décembre 2020. Zagros Hiwa est membre...
[read full article]Rudaw: Two ISIS captives from Kirkuk released for $40,000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=4oBaB7TZ1kY&feature=emb_title ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Two Kirkuk province residents were released by the Islamic State (ISIS) group on Monday after six months in captivity, they told Rudaw. From the village of Yankjah in the disputed district of Daquq, Issa Taha and Dilan Mofaq were taken hostage by ISIS along with a colleague while guarding an oil pipeline. The men were tortured and threatened with death while being held...
[read full article]Al Jazeera: What Biden can and cannot do for the Kurds
Biden may have sympathies for the Kurdish cause, but as US president, he will not always act...
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