Kurdistan Region’s European allies condemn deadly attack on Peshmerga forces
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Three of the Kurdistan Region’s allies in Europe – France, Germany, and the...
[read full article]ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Three of the Kurdistan Region’s allies in Europe – France, Germany, and the...
[read full article]In the fall of 1991, Bernard-Henri Lévy visited the Kurdistan region of Iraq for the first time. He...
[read full article]Tuesday May 4th was the last day of the conference series “Kurds in the Middle East”, co-hosted by the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University and Justice for Kurds. We take this opportunity to look back on four weeks of fascinating conversations, debates and questions. The series of events gathered a wide array of Americans, Europeans, Middle Eastern practitioners, and senior Kurdish representatives from Iraq and...
[read full article]ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – In an exclusive interview with Kurdistan 24, retired US Army Lt. Gen. Jay...
[read full article]Iraqi Kurdish officials blamed the lack of proper coordination between the country's federal and regional security forces for a major Islamic State (IS) attack over the weekend that left three Kurdish military officers dead and two wounded. The attack Saturday targeted a unit for the Kurdish peshmerga forces in Altun Kupri, a district in the oil-rich Kirkuk province, which is part of the so-called disputed territories between...
[read full article]WASHINGTON, DC (Kurdistan 24) – Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and, until 2017, the long-time President of the Kurdistan Region, joined on Wednesday in marking the 30th anniversary of Operation Provide Comfort (OPC). Speaking of the US-led humanitarian operation that followed the February 28 ceasefire to the 1991 Gulf War, Barzani hailed OPC as the start of the Kurdistan Region’s current political system and...
[read full article]Listen to the podcast "The Intelligence", by The Economist on April 21st. The podcast host, Jason Palmer, discusses a range of issues, including the Kurdish cause and its future. Between minute 12 and minute 20 of the podcast, a few topics related to the Kurds are covered: the place of Kurds in the Middle East, the military actions taken 30 years ago to protect the Kurds, and whether...
[read full article]President Barzani’s speech at Justice For Kurds/Jackson Institute opening conference on April 13th was both reminiscent of...
[read full article]WASHINGTON DC, United States (Kurdistan 24) – Dr. Thomas Kaplan, Chairman of the non-profit Justice for Kurds,...
[read full article]We regularly remember mass slaughter with solemn promises to make sure our humanitarian watchwords, “Never Again,” mean...
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