Dylan Hasan – Beirut Lebanon was formed with different minorities living within its borders. Sizeable minorities are mainly defined by their religious beliefs whilst some are defined by their ethnicity. Many Kurds migrated to Lebanon between 1925 and 1945 and then during the post-Second World War period from 1945 to the early 1960’s.Read More
by Fréderike Geerdink When the Capitol building in Washington DC was stormed, I couldn’t help but think of the summer of 2016, which I spent in a PKK language camp in the Qandil mountains.Read More
When Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) guerrillas have free time, apart from spending time reading and educating themselves, some also make bracelets to give away as presents.Read More
As part of new coronavirus measures, a curfew began throughout Turkey at 21:00pm on the 31st of December.Read More
Sama television, which is affiliated with the Damascus government, announced that an ISIS (The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) attack took place on the Deir ez-Zor-Homs road on 30 December 2020 and that 28 people were killed.Read More
The Kurdistan Worker’s Party’s (PKK’s) Executive Committee member Duran Kalkan was interviewed in a special programme broadcast on Medya Haber TV. Kalkan expressed his views about the political and military struggle in Syria and Rojava and the position of the Kurds in the region.Read More
Civilians in Derindere (Çemêkurk) village of the Derecik (Rubarok) district of Hakkari (Colemêrg) in Turkey were attacked by soldiers as they were on their way to have a picnic, Mesopotamia News Agency has reported.Read More
The indefinite-rotating hunger strikes launched on 27 November 2020 by political prisoners in Turkey to protest against the prison isolation conditions of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan as well as the violations of rights that are taking place inside prisons in the country has reached its 36th day.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
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
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