Rudaw: Yezidis ready to celebrate first new year since defeat of ISIS

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — On the occasion of Yezidi new year, the UN’s representative in Iraq has...

Date: April 18, 2018
Author: Rudaw [read full article]

The Atlantic: Neither Precise Nor Proportionate

“Precise and proportionate,” is how Secretary of Defense James Mattis described the recent shower of missiles that...

Date: April 16, 2018
Author: Eliot A. Cohen [read full article]

Rudaw: Kurdistan holds emotional ceremonies for the Anfal genocide

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Kurds are remembering the Anfal campaign on its 30th anniversary when 182,000 people...

Date: April 14, 2018
Author: Rudaw [read full article]

The New York Review of Books: How Turkey’s Campaign in Afrin Is Stoking Syrian Hatreds

Mohammed is not his real name. He asked me not to share personal details, fearing retaliation from...

Date: April 14, 2018
Author: Molly Crabapple [read full article]

Le Monde: La Turquie redouble ses opérations contre les rebelles kurdes du PKK dans le nord de l’Irak

L’aviation turque ne cesse d’intensifier ses bombardements aériens sur les positions tenues par les rebelles kurdes du...

Date: April 12, 2018
Author: Marie Jégo [read full article]

Fox News: Syrian chemical attacks spark horrific memories for Iraqi Kurds, gassed by Saddam

ERBIL, Iraq –  Images of tiny bodies foaming at the mouth and gasping for air following the...

Date: April 11, 2018
Author: Hollie McKay [read full article]

La Croix: Legislative elections in Iraq: “It is one of the most important elections in a long time.”

Législatives en Irak : « C’est l’une des plus importantes élections depuis longtemps » La campagne électorale pour les élections...

Date: April 10, 2018
Author: Eddie Rabeyrin [read full article]

Roj Info: “Do not participate in the genocide of the Kurds”

Entretien avec Cemil Bayik, Co-président du conseil exécutif du KCK (Union des Communautés du Kurdistan), à Firat...

Date: April 10, 2018
Author: Roj Info [read full article]

The Guardian: Trump says he will respond to Syria gas attack within 48 hours

Donald Trump has condemned the “heinous” deadly chemical weapon attack on a Damascus suburb and said he...

Date: April 9, 2018
Author: Patrick Wintour in London, Pippa Crerar in Stockholm and Julian Borger in Washington [read full article]

IRIN News: How Afrin became Syria’s latest humanitarian disaster

For the past two months, Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels have been fighting the YPG –...

Date: April 9, 2018
Author: Aron Lund [read full article]