Rudaw: French-Iranian academic temporarily released from Tehran prison, placed under house arrest

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — A French-Iranian academic jailed on security charges has been temporarily released from a Tehran...

Date: October 3, 2020
Author: Shahla Omar [read full article]

Reuters: Iran-backed groups behind Erbil rocket attack: Iraqi Kurdish security agency

SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iran-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups launched a rocket attack targeting U.S. troops in the...

Date: September 30, 2020
Author: Ali Sultan [read full article]

Rudaw: Six rockets launched toward Erbil International Airport

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least four rockets have landed in the vicinity of Gazna village, northeast...

Date: September 30, 2020
Author: Lawk Ghafuri, Karwan Faidhi Dri, and Yasmine Mosimann [read full article]

Al-Monitor: Turkish army accused of throwing Kurdish farmers from helicopter

Turkish prosecutors have begun to investigate allegations that a pair of Kurdish farmers were brutally beaten and...

Date: September 25, 2020
Author: Amberin Zaman [read full article]

Kurdistan24: ISIS retains huge financial resources: US report

WASHINGTON DC (Kurdistan 24) – “The Islamic State remains flush with cash despite setbacks in the past year, holding...

Date: September 25, 2020
Author: Laurie Mylroie [read full article]

Kurdistan24: Top Kurdistan Region officials receive US envoy James Jeffrey in Erbil

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Tuesday received an American delegation headed by...

Date: September 22, 2020
Author: Hiwa Shilani [read full article]

Bloomberg: The Kurds Have Paid Dearly for Trump’s Recklessness

A new report details the horrific consequences of the U.S. withdrawal from Syria last year. President Donald...

Date: September 17, 2020
Author: Eli Lake [read full article]

The Times: Turkish-backed militias rape and torture Kurds

Turkish-backed militias fighting the Assad regime in Syria are committing war crimes against Kurdish civilians, including rape...

Date: September 17, 2020
Author: Hannah Lucinda Smith, Istanbul [read full article]

RUDAW: US gives Peshmerga $250 million in military assistance

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The United States is giving some $250 million in military equipment to the...

Date: September 15, 2020
Author: Karwan Faidhi Dri [read full article]

Independent Catholic News: Kurdistan: Christian villages hit by Turkish raids on PKK

Fear is growing in Iraqi Kurdistan, along the border with Turkey, since the area was attacked by...

Date: September 15, 2020
Author: Independent Catholic News [read full article]