After Romanian authorities detained and tried to deport him to Turkey, the journalist Nuri Akman has been released.Read More
by Desmond Fernandes During a recent visit to the region, Nadine Maenza, the Vice-Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), on 31 October and 5 November (two days after the US elections) called for the political recognition of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), also known as Rojava.Read More
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DİAYDER President Melê Ekrem Baran calls for Kurdish national unity
Melê Ekrem Baran, the President of the Association of Religious Scholars, Assistance and Solidarity (DİAYDER), has voiced his concerns about the dangerous situation that Kurds face in Iraqi Kurdistan.Read More
Refugees from Afrin – who have been living in Serdem Refugee Camp in Shahba Canton (Herêma Şahba) in Northern Syria since the Turkish state’s attacks – are having to rely on their own meagre resources to survive the harsh winter conditions.Read More
Translated from HawarNews. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) reportedly detains civilians who have been abducted from Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Camp in the same place in Iraqi Kurdistan that it holds members from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). News reports revealed this situation on 11 October, noting that civilians who had been […]Read More
by Savan Abdalrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan On 11 November 2020, the families of Peshmergas who were martyred in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) protested in front of the Peshmerga Ministry in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan. They burned clothes and shoes they had recently received from a Non-Government Organisation (NGO).Read More
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The Lack of Women’s Participation in Middle Eastern Politics
by Savan Abdalrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan Political participation is a process in which individuals play a role in changing and fuelling the social system by giving life to it. Today, worldwide, we see a wide range of women participating in politics, but this does not change the fact that women’s participation faces oppression and gender […]Read More
The Turkish state’s combat helicopters have been bombing the Bradost region of Iraqi Kurdistan. People have captured images showing these attacks.Read More
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
The occupying Turkish army, alongside mercenary forces, has intensified bombardments in Girê Spi and the surrounding area this month, with heavy shelling in the villages of Bir Khatik, Abdak, Qazali, Arida, Kour Hassan and Saleeb.Read More
