#RojhelatProtests and Iran: Deliberate Coverup of Brutal Crackdown
12 Days After Protests, Authorities Refuse to Announce Death Toll (Beirut) – Iranian authorities are deliberately covering up the scale of the mass crackdown against protesters, Human Rights Watch said today. The … Continue reading
Syria: Civilians Abused in ‘Safe Zones’
Summary Executions, Blocked Returns by Turkish-Backed Armed Groups (Beirut, November 27, 2019) – Factions of the Syrian National Army (SNA), a Syrian non-state armed group backed by Turkey in northeast Syria, have summarily executed … Continue reading
Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Refugees’ Movements Restricted
Link 2 Miscarriages From Lack of Hospital Access (Beirut) – Security forces for Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have arbitrarily imposed restrictions on movement for most residents of Makhmour refugee camp for … Continue reading
Turkey’s ethnic cleansing of #Rojava Kurds
Erdogan’s ethnic cleansing of the Kurds is still happening now – and we have Trump to thank – Patrick Cockburn Independent- Direct Link Mass expulsion or the physical extermination of … Continue reading
KURDISH ACTIVIST ARBITRARILY DETAINED
Kurdish civil society activist Zahra Mohammadi, aged 29, has been arbitrarily detained since her arrest in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, Iran, on 23 May 2019. She is charged with national security … Continue reading
Erdogan Wants to Redraw the Middle East’s Ethnic Map
FP: Turkey’s plans in Syria are part of a long and dark history of population transfer stretching back to the Ottoman era. Nick Ashdown November 8, 2019, 11:09 AM Turkish … Continue reading
Carlos Farinha’s statement about his works on #Kurds and #Rojava
Carlos Farinha October 27 at 9:38 AM I follow the reality of the middle east since 2014 and these paintings portray events and important figures of the fight against daesh. … Continue reading
Sherko Kirmanj – To: Nechirvan Barzani
To: Nechirvan BarzaniYesterday at MERI forum you said that “Turkey has no problems with Kurds in Syria” but it has issues with the YPG/PKK. Mr Barzani I would like to … Continue reading
What happened in #Rojava? Seth Frantzman
The more I read about the “US betrayed Kurds,” I don’t think it’s betrayal; I think it was calculated primarily at the State Department by Pompeo and Jeffrey since last … Continue reading
Kurdish Issue 