Kurdish resistance figure Apê Nemir dies at 75
Apê Nemir (Xelil Osman), a key figure in the Kurdish resistance and a veteran of the battle of Kobani (Kobanê) ...
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Turkey is enabling ISIS against Kurds, says prominent Syrian Kurdish politician
Salih Muslim, Co-chair of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), argues that Turkey and other international powers either supported ...
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Cultural festival in Kobane honours Kurdish martyr with art, music, poetry
The four-day event featured musical performances, poetry readings, and panel discussions on the role of women in Kurdish literature and ...
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KDP blocks Tunisian musician Emel Mathlouthi from entering North and East Syria
Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) forces have prevented the singers Emel Mathlouthi from Tunisia and Shadi Gholami from Iran from entering ...
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One civilian killed, two injured as Turkey attacks northern Syria
Turkish-backed militias bombed the village of al-Daraj (El Derc) in the north of the Manbij (Minbic) canton in northern Syria ...
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Kobani University hosts third graduation ceremony
Kobani University, located in the Euphrates Canton of North and East Syria (Rojava), has held its third graduation ceremony, honouring ...
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Kobane trial verdict ‘shows Turkish state’s alignment with ISIS and fascism’: DEM Party co-chairs
On Thursday 16 May, a verdict was reached in the eight-year-long Kobane Conspiracy Trial. Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Selahattin ...
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Jailed Kobane trial defendants boycott court, demand Turkey free Kurdish leader Öcalan
A long-awaited verdict is expected to be heard on 16 May in the high-profile Kobane case in Turkey against 108 ...
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Turkey’s political prisoners can only be really free when Öcalan is free
Fréderike Geerdink It’s a joyous occasion when political prisoners are being released. But the joy about recent releases of Kurdish ...
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