Kurdistan 24: WHO opens office in Kurdistan Region, dispatches medical aid; Infected UN workers receive treatment in Erbil
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The World Health Organization (WHO) in Iraq opened its main office in the...
[read full article]The Jerusalem Post: Why is the US still helping Turkey sabotage its role in Syria?
Washington sent its most pro-Turkey diplomat to Ankara this week as Turkey’s regime hosted Hamas leaders in...
[read full article]The National Interest: Joe Biden Will Be America’s Most Pro-Kurdish President
"I don’t like Kurds,” President Donald Trump said, according to former national security adviser John Bolton. Twice now,...
[read full article]Kamala Harris, Vice Presidential nominee on the Kurds
October, 2019: Kamala Harris wrote: "Donald Trump sold out the Kurds and gave hundreds of ISIS fighters...
[read full article]Amnesty International UK – Iraq: 2,000 traumatised Yezidi children abandoned after ISIS captivity – new report
Girls systematically raped, while boys tortured and made to fight with ISIS Angelina Jolie recently raised plight...
[read full article]Al-Monitor: US oil company signs deal with Syrian Kurds
Sources told Al-Monitor the agreement to market oil in territory controlled by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces...
[read full article]Kurdistan 24: Pompeo supports SDF agreement with US company to modernize Syrian oil fields
WASHINGTON DC (Kurdistan 24) – Sen. Lindsey Graham (R, South Carolina) revealed on Thursday that the Kurdish-led Syrian...
[read full article]New Internationalist: 100 YEARS OF HOPE, STRUGGLE AND BETRAYAL
The Kurdish quest for freedom and independence has been long, dramatic and complicated. Here’s a potted history...
[read full article]Rudaw: A Yezidi woman’s journey to freedom, six years after abduction by Islamic State
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/03082020?utm_source=KwikPlayer&utm_medium=KwikShare&utm_campaign=KwikMotion ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Thousands of Yezidi women were captured by the Islamic State group (ISIS) when they overran the district of Shingal (Sinjar) in Nineveh province on August 3, 2014. Rudaw’s Nasir Ali accompanied a Yezidi survivor as she retraced her captivity, visiting sites in Tel Afar and Mosul, before being welcomed back into the Yezidi faith in the spiritual heartland of Lalish in Duhok province....
[read full article]Rudaw – Kurdistan Region’s airports not ready for international flights: interior minister
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Erbil and Sulaimani international airports are currently not ready for international flights due...
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