Police raided the Mesopotamia News Agency (MA) office in Van (Wan), seized computers and hard drives, and detained the journalist Dindar Karataş, according to reports.Read More
Turkey launched a military operation in the Efrin region of North East Syria in January 2018 and occupied the region according to Hawar News. The region has been under Turkish state rule since then. Many civilians in the region have reportedly been subjected to severe mistreatment and acts of barbarism by the mercenaries of Turkey.Read More
As tensions continue to rise in Iraqi Kurdistan between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the KDP has continued to deploy its forces in the areas where PKK forces are located.Read More
Sinjar’s Democratic Autonomous Assembly (MXDŞ), which has been closely following developments in Iraqi Kurdistan related to the agreement signed by the Baghdad and Hewlêr governments over Sinjar, has reported that Sinjar faces a new calamity unless action is urgently taken.Read More
by Uğur Deniz “While the funeral of a Jew is being prepared in Medina, the Prophet Muhammed stands up. The people around the Prophet ask ‘why are you doing this?’ Our Prophet replied, ‘he was a human being’. Ya, that’s what we are!”Read More
by Nuran Imir, the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP’s) MP for Şırnak (Şirnex), Turkey The Botan region of Turkey, which has a strong culture of resistance as a result of the impact of the significant Kurdish political movement that developed there during the 1990s, has been targeted by repressive forces ever since.Read More
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The Peace Mothers Initiative in Mardin (Mêrdîn) appeals to the
Amidst the rising tensions between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Peace Mothers Initiative in Mardin (Mêrdîn) in Turkey issued an appeal to the KDP “not to be deceived”. They threw white scarves to the ground expressing their demand for peace.Read More
After suspending performances due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the Diyarbakır (Amed) City Theatre has resumed business with a staging of Italian writer Dario Fo’s play Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman.Read More
The Kurdistan National Congress (KNC) and parliamentarians from Iraqi Kurdistan held a meeting titled “Kurdistan Parliamentarians’ Union Progressing Internal Dialogue Workshop” on 21 November.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan Research Report by Dastan Marif, ChawyXelk Website In the streets of Sulaymaniyah a wide range of women and children can be seen begging. Some are doing it to earn a living, some are under pressure, and others are working as prostitutes.Read More
