First Peshmerga units reach Ezidi resistance fighters in Shingal

First units of the Peshmerga have reached Ezidi resistance fighters in Shingal as part of large-scale offensive aimed at liberating Shingal region from ISIS terrorists. On Thursday evening, first Peshmerga units met with Ezidi resistance fighters from Shingal´s...

US remove PUK, KDP from terrorist list

THE KURDISH GLOBE – Monday, 15 December 2014 The two Kurdish parties in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) led by Jalal Talabani and the Kurdistan Democratic Union (KDP) led by Massoud Barzani, have been removed from the United States...

Battle to recapture Shengal (Sinjar) has started – Jonathan Krohn

The National – 18 december 2014 Kurdish forces have launched an offensive to recapture the Sinjar area in northern Iraq that was overrun by ISIL earlier this year. On a recent visit to Mount Sinjar The National met with the fighters from the patchwork of armed...
Impressions of Rojava: a report from the revolution

Impressions of Rojava: a report from the revolution

by Janet Biehl on December 16, 2014 In early December an international delegation visited Rojava’s Cezire canton where they learned about the ongoing revolution, cooperation and tolerance. From December 1 to 9, I had the privilege of visiting Rojava as part of a...

Latest ISIS attack on Kobanê implicates Turkey once more

by Iskender Doğu in ROAR Magazine on December 2, 2014 This weekend ISIS attacked Kobanê from Turkish soil. While Turkish complicity in the attack is hard to prove, the events raises some important questions. In the early hours of Saturday, November 29, on the 75th day...
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