While the PKK and its Iranian offshoot, PJAK, present themselves as defenders of Kurdish rights, statistics and evidence suggest these…
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The announcement of the withdrawal of PKK forces from Turkish soil, rather than signaling peace, could mark the start of…
Chenur Qovveh’s case illustrates that PJAK’s recruitment network remains active in Iran’s border regions, utilizing relatives and family connections to…
On the borders of Kurdistan, where young people carry the burden of death for a meager living, paramilitary groups have…
For years, the Iranian Kurdistan Human Rights Watch has been meticulously collecting documentation of human rights violations in the Kurdish…
While the armed PJAK group presents itself as the defender of “Kurdish women’s freedom,” a new account from a young…
A regional affairs expert believes that stabilizing border security provides the necessary foundation for increasing the volume of trade, creating…
Kurdish armed groups, backed by foreign nations, are conscripting children into military ranks and training them for combat purposes. The…
While the world commemorates International Day of the Girl Child every October 11th as a symbol of empowerment and equality,…
The de facto alliance between the U.S. and Kurdish armed groups, despite the legal proscription of the PKK, has sacrificed…