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Quite some interesting information and news from the Kurdish regions – Bakur (Turkey), Başȗr (Iraq), Rojava (Syria) and Rojhilat (Iran) – is rarely, if ever, reported by the mainstream media.
The Kurdish Institute tries to fill this gap by reporting on a regular basis through its own news page recent facts and events, both from the Kurdish regions and from the rest of the world.
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 terrorist...
Turkish soldiers flee as ISIS spray bullets on village in Suruç – FLASH
ANF - 19/12/14 ISIS gangs have sprayed bullets on the border village of Perepere in Suruç district of Urfa with an antiaircraft weapon they have placed on the Turkish border. A civilian from Kobanê, İslim Müso, was seriously wounded in the ISIS attack after the...
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 groups...
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...
Iraqi Government and Kurds Reach Deal to Share Oil Revenues
By Tim Arango in The New York Times, DEC. 2, 2014 BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government agreed Tuesday to a long-term accord with the autonomous Kurdish region to share the country’s oil wealth and military resources in a far-reaching deal that helps reunite the country in...
GABB Report on figures and needs in the camps for people from Shengal and KobanêÊ PEOPLE
Read it here: REPORT ON FIGURES AND NEEDS IN THE CAMPS OF SHINGALIAN AND KOBANÊ PEOPLE
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign salutes the PKK on the 36th anniversary of its foundation
Since the moment when the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was formally established on 27 November 1978 there have been enormous transformations in both the organisation itself and in the political struggle of the Kurdish people. The current situation where the Kurdish...
Final resolution of Êzîdî Conference at European Parliament
Yezidis; one of the ancient communities in the world have been annihilated in front of the world’s eyes. The isis, also known as Islamic state attacks are ongoing since its start on 3rd August 2014. Yezidis have suffered 72 genocides in their history. 5000 people have...
