Rudaw: ISIS attacks in Iraq and Syria show pandemic isn’t slowing the insurgency
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – While the region locks down to contain the COVID-19 outbreak and the US...
[read full article]Washington Kurdish Institute: With Dangerous Times Ahead, Iraq’s Kurds May Soon Face a Terrible Choice
A combination of unclear policies by the US administration in Iraq, a dysfunctional Iraqi government, and the...
[read full article]Kurdistan 24: Syrian Kurds say Damascus’ weak measures likely to spread coronavirus to the north
QAMISHLI, Syria (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdish-led self-administration in northeastern Syria on Wednesday criticized the Syrian regime...
[read full article]Joey L. – The Red Prison: My Photo Exhibition in a Saddam-Era Jail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=62&v=5ybOaG_LBL4&feature=emb_title When people ask me my favorite places on Earth, typically I respond like this: the best...
[read full article]La jeune dame de Raqqa
Semaine après semaine, je me dérobais. Taraudé par l’ami Dewavrin, ce bon Samaritain des causes lointaines, à...
[read full article]Rudaw – Ghost town: Erbil’s total lockdown seen from the air
Photographs of Erbil captured from the air show the full extent of the government’s total lockdown, imposed...
[read full article]Rudaw: Can Turkey sustain military casualties on multiple fronts?
Since the beginning of this year, Turkey has seen a notable rise in the number of its...
[read full article]Rudaw: Syrian regime forces fire on Kurdish convoy in Qamishli, killing 1
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Syrian regime forces opened fire on a convoy of Kurdish security officials (Asayesh)...
[read full article]Kurdistan 24 – Turkish-backed groups in Syria ‘weaponizing water in global pandemic’: HRW
QAMISHLI, Syria (Kurdistan 24) – Dozens of human rights organizations have warned that the recent decision by...
[read full article]Al-Monitor: Syrian Kurds still fight for rights on unrecognizable battlefield
Syrian Kurds are surrounded on all sides by conflicting forces, but their internal division has also held them...
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