A group of men look at a large black Islamic State flag in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, Sept. 28, 2013. (photo by MOHAMMED ABDUL AZIZ/AFP/Getty Images) Published by Al-Monitor 29 February 2016 DAMASCUS, Syria — While most Syrian areas have been under a...
People walk to Sur Published by Kurdish Question 2 March 2016 Thousands of people are marching to Amed’s (Diyarbakir) Sur district from all corners of the city to break the siege and curfew by Turkish state forces. People marching from the Kayapınar,...
Published by bianet 2 March 2016 Diyarbakır Governorship has announced that as of 12 a.m./p.m. today, Sur district has been closed off for every entrance except for persons residing in Sur. The Governorship in its written declaration has listed following reasons for...
Published by Al-Monitor 1 March 2016 AMUDA, Syria — Amid the ongoing war ravaging Syria, particularly the Kurdish regions, infighting among the Kurds continues, as does the Kurdish-Arab conflict. As the Syrian revolution enters its fifth year, areas like Homs...
Published by Ekurd 2 March 2016 DIYARBAKIR-AMED, Turkey’s Kurdish region,— The Turkish authorities Tuesday announced the partial lifting of a curfew in a town in Turkish Kurdistan in the country’s Kurdish region in the southeast, in force since December as part...
