Translated from Yeni Özgür Politika Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi met the Sinjar delegation and listened to their demands. The delegation presented him with a request/solution statement that addressed 18 concerns and demands. Kadhimi stated that the agreement with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) will be revised. He indicated that two parts of the agreement […]Read More
Idlib was at the centre of an international crisis in the Syrian war. As a result of agreements reached between Turkey, Russia and İran, 29 military observation points were created in the region from Idlib to Aleppo, Hama and Latakia, according to the Astana Protocol. Twelve of these military observation points were under the […]Read More
Police in Turkey on 6 November intercepted Mesopotamia Agency reporter Emrullah Acar and asked him to become an informer, threatening him in the process. Four days later, Yeni Yaşam Newspaper employee Hamdullah Bayram was similarly approached and threatened. The police threatened to burn Bayram and his workplace. According to Mesopotamia Agency, on 6 November, Emrullah […]Read More
by Doğan Çetin Translated from ANF Firat News Agency Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the founder and leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), was killed in an operation that was based upon joint intelligence gathering between the US and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on 26 October last year. He was killed in […]Read More
by Eylül Deniz Yaşar – Diyarbakir Dengbêjs have a significant place in Kurdish history, transmitting the pain and the joy of the Kurds over generations through their songs. Memorizing the events of their time, dengbêjs record what they have witnessed, presenting oral histories. When there was no chance for the Kurds to write down what […]Read More
The German-based BioNTech company – which recently announced that it had achieved a 90% success rate with a coronavirus vaccine it had developed with US-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer – was founded in 2008 by Dr. Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin, the children of two refugee families. Uğur Şahin, an immunologist and oncologist, was born in […]Read More
Residents of Qandil in Iraqi Kurdistan protested against the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP’s) political stance regarding its relationship with the Turkish government. They urged the KDP to halt its “partnership with Turkey” and called for national unity amongst Kurds.Read More
The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) Executive Council member Sabri Ok spoke to Stêrk TV. He discussed the tensions that have arisen between the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and underlined that the only way to resolve the situation is through dialogue. Ok stated that “the real problem is the ongoing […]Read More
During the meetings of the Kurdish National Union Parties (PYNK), the Syrian Kurdish National Council (ENKS) supported teaching materials prepared by the Syrian government instead of teaching materials in Kurdish for Rojava’s schools. However, educators stated that the Kurdish language should be protected and noted that ”the Kurdish language is one of the greatest achievements […]Read More
Yazidis have described the Sinjar agreement between Hewler and Baghdad as a treaty of ”betrayal”. They have voiced the concern that the plan is for Sinjar to be handed over to the peshmerga unconditionally, and they have emphasized that they will never accept such the agreement.Read More
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