“Turkey is deploying Islamist mercenaries in its attacks on South Kurdistan. There are reports that they are being transferred from Libya, Azerbaijan and Syria via Amman (Jordan). From there, planes take the Islamist mercenaries directly to Erbil Airport in South Kurdistan. Then, they are being deployed to the area Haji Omeran in the Soran region […]

The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Interior made a bombshell accusation late on Thursday (June 10), claiming that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) had sent citizens of European countries to Erbil in an attempt to disrupt the stability of the Kurdistan Region, but did not provide details to back up its allegation. In an official […]

By Dana Taib Menmy, first published on Al Jazeera.     On May 18, Behzad Mahmoudi, a Kurdish asylum seeker from Iran, set himself on fire in front of the United Nations office in Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq. Four years ago, the 26-year-old fled his home city of Boukan […]

Four members of the mountaineering group of the Marivan Green Chia Association were killed in a car accident on the Marivan-Saqez road. The Green Chia Association has announced that on Friday morning, June 5, a car carrying the association’s mountaineering team crashed near the city of Saqqez, killing four members of the association and injuring […]

Five Peshmerga were killed and seven others injured by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Duhok province’s Amedi district on Saturday, according to the Peshmerga ministry. The PKK said they only fired warning shots to stop the Peshmerga from nearing their position and did not kill them. “A Peshmerga force fell into a trap by […]

At least three people died in a Turkish airstrike on Saturday that hit a school playground in a camp in northern Iraq housing thousands of Kurdish refugees from Turkey. The attack on the Makhmour camp 180 km south of the Turkish border came two days after Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan claimed it was a haven […]

Forced conscription by SDF forces has again become a reason for wide protest in Arab-populated areas of North-East Syria. Some demonstrators in Manbij attacked checkpoints in the city in the light of the escalating protests after a general strike against the decision of mandatory conscription. Meanwhile, members of Internal Security Forces (Asayish) shot demonstrators with […]

Written by Hedwig Kuijpers, translated from Dutch.   All of Turkey – and Turkey followers worldwide – are abuzz with the allegations hurled into the worldwide web by Sedat Peker. Yesterday he published his eighth video. The Turkish government has reacted furiously to the corruption allegations of a fugitive gang leader whose YouTube videos have […]

Written by Wladimir van Wilgenburg, originally published on Kurdistan24. Diplomats, UN officials and humanitarian organizations are increasingly alarmed by water scarcity and drought conditions in northeastern Syria, warning that it could negatively affect agriculture and food security.   Food insecurity Mark Lowcock, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, warned UN member states on Wednesday […]