We condemn the Massacre in Brussels! We condemn vehemently the brutal and inhuman terror attacks that hit the capital city of Belgium, Brussels today. We would like to make sure that we firmly stand in solidarity with the Belgian people and all peoples of...
Published by Rudaw 22 March 2016 Some 15,000 people take part in a protest in Germany’s western city of Dusseldorf last December against Turkey’s crackdown on its Kurds, AFP file photo. MAINZ, Germany – Turkey’s war with its Kurds and a recent refugee deal agreed...
Published by ROAR Magazine 20 March 2016 The story of Newroz is a story of resistance. True to form, and despite a government-imposed ban, many Kurds in Turkey are celebrating the festival nonetheless. Newroz is the yearly festival at the start of Spring to celebrate...
Published by Sputnik News 21 March 2016 Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly Kurds, have been displaced by eight months of fighting between the Turkish military and Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in the country’s southeast. As the situation...
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. Photo: OSD Deputy Secretary of Defense Published by Ekurd 18 March 2016 WASHINGTON,— US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Thursday praised the fighting of Kurdish groups in Syrian Kurdistan (northern Syria) that have declared a...
Published by Middle East Eye 17 March 2016 SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq – They have been locked out of Syrian peace talks, and by extension a future Syrian government, despite controlling much of northern Syria, being the only force to successfully oppose the...
