Emrah Yıldız İstanbul – BIA News Desk 21 May 2014 The Soma Massacre reveals the mutually constitutive link between the urban transformation of Istanbul under AKP municipal and national governance and the privatized coal mining industries in Western Anatolia. On...
May 20, 2014 – DUHOK, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— The security forces of Iraqi Kurdistan ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP launched operations targeting representatives of the Kurdish National Congress (KNK), as well as many the offices and members...
Political prisoners and prisoners of conscience at Section 350 of Iran’s Evin prison were subjected to assault, beatings and other ill-treatment, with some of those injured denied access to adequate medical care, according to a new briefing published by Amnesty...
(ANF) Syrian regime forces have attacked a fire station under the control of YPG faces in Hesekê, while in Kobanê gangs affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) have kidnapped a group of 15 women and children. According to information obtained from...
By Carl Drott, Swedish Freelance journalist The Syrian civil war has presented unexpected opportunities for many political actors in the region that have been able to establish a presence on the ground and implement their own agendas. Among them is the Syrian Kurdish...
BAGHDAD, May 19, 2014— Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced on Monday May 19 the official results of the parliamentary elections held on April 30. According to the result of the polls held in April 30 Kurdish parties, Kurds won 62 seats out of...
