Nasrin Abdullah, commander of the Kurdish Women`s Protection Units (YPJ) from Kobani, was welcomed by French president Francois Hollande in Elysee Palace in Paris. Photo: Elysee Palace. By Lorin Sarkisian / Roni Alasor Brussels, 10 February 2015 – Middle East...
Journalist Toon Lambrechts and Roel Pulinx (camera) are currently working on a documentary about Rojava. They visited different parts of Rojava on two separate journeys, in spring 2014 and winter...
ARA New, 6/2/15, Suruc, Turkey – The Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) announced in a statement on Thursday that they had retaken new villages and killed a number of Islamic State’s (IS/ISIS) militants in the countryside of Kobane in northern...
TO INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC OPINION AND OUR ÊZÎDÎ PEOPLE, Jan. 14, 2015 On January 14, Wednesday, which is considered a sacred day by the Êzîdî people, we held our conference at the foot of Mount Sengal (Sinjar). Close to 200 delegates from the Newroz refugee camp in...
Al Monitor, 15 jan. 2015 – Secret official documents about the searching of three trucks belonging to Turkey’s national intelligence service (MIT) have been leaked online, once again corroborating suspicions that Ankara has not been playing a clean game in...
14/1/2015, Dr. Amy L. Beam: Over 400 Yazidi girls and women have escaped from the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria and made their way to Dohuk in northern Iraq. Some have been bought back for ransoms....
