Kurdistan’s Democracy On The Brink
Iraqi Kurds have long prided themselves on their relatively high standards of governance. But now that reputation is under threat. BY KAWA HASSAN OCTOBER 28, 2015 – 11:39 AM FP: Iraqi … Continue reading
Turkish PM claims Oslo documents leaked by Gülen movement
ANKARA: The Oslo documents, revealing negotiations between the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), were made public by sympathizers of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah … Continue reading
Turkish soldiers demolish a “guerrilla martyrs” cemetery including an Alevi cemevi in Varto Turkey
Iran sentences Kurdish student to four years in prison
Iranian intelligence agency officials summoned Kurdish student political prisoner Omid Dabakhchi Mukri in Mahabad prison on 17 October and told him that he was sentenced to four in prison by … Continue reading
A Statement by the General Command of the People’s Protection Units in response to Amnesty’s accusations
18th Oct 2015 To the Press and the General Public Amnesty International Report, published on 12 October 2015 and titled, “We Had Nowhere Else to Go – Forced Displacement and … Continue reading
Former ISIS slave: We need your help to rescue other girls
Uncut Interview: 20-year-old Kurdish Izedi woman known only as Bazi goes ‘On the Record’ with her story of bloodshed, rape and horror while being held captive by ISIS Watch Greta … Continue reading
Rival Political Forces in Turkey at a Glance
New York Times: The bombs that tore through a peace rally in Ankara on Saturday roiled a complex political landscape, rived by ideology, ethnicity and bitter conflict that spills across … Continue reading
How Old Rivalries in Kurdistan Will Affect The Fight Against ISIS – BY FAZEL HAWRAMY
NewsWeek: While the world grappled with the impact of Russia’s intervention in the Syrian civil war, a less noticed development in Iraq’s Kurdish north threatened to deal another blow to … Continue reading
How will we ever know who was behind the Ankara bombing? Ece Temelkuran
The Guardian: International news agencies are reporting the Ankara bombing in a very neutral tone. Since non-Turkish speakers cannot read what is written on Twitter, which is our only remaining … Continue reading
Turkey part of just three coalition airstrikes against ISIL since August – Sevil Erkuş
Turkey has joined just three coordinated U.S.-led coalition airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in Syria since August. Turkish war have jets struck ISIL positions … Continue reading
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