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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.
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Freedom for Sanjar women! Stop genocide of Yzidian people. 3rd of August 2014 the ISIS group (Islamic Caliphate) tried to occupy North of Kurdistan, Sanjar area which occupied...
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Ladies & gentlemen, We would like to inform a final number of organizations and prominent personalities who take part in this urgent call. "the immediate liberation of 2470 female Yezidi’s which are captured and kidnaped by the Islamic State (IS)" The...
Syria’s brutal war threatens international peace and security, says UN rights panel
Mass atrocities by Government forces and non-State armed groups continue to take place in Syria, causing immeasurable suffering to civilians and contributing to a spillover of violence affecting international peace and stability, a United Nations-appointed panel said...
Situation in Northern Iraq, Sarah Parker 21 August 2014
YPG and PKK did the right thing in Sinjar If we are looking for any signs of hope in the long-running tragedy of the people of Iraq, suffering from the rapaciousness of outside powers and the tyranny of sectarian party rule, we should pay close attention to recent...
KURDISH NEWS WEEKLY BRIEFiNG, 16 – 22 August 2014
NEWS 1. Provocations in Turkey as Kurdish peace process gets serious 2. Turkey's imprisoned Kurdish leader Ocalan to release message on Sept 1 3. Turkey seeks direct talks with Kurdish PKK rebels: deputy PM 4. ‘Everywhere Around Is the Islamic State’: On the Road in...
KURDISH NEWS UPDATE: ISIS in Iraq and Syria, 19 August 2014
NEWS ‘Everywhere Around Is the Islamic State’: On the Road in Iraq with YPG Fighters 16 August 2014 / Vice The Syrian Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG) gathered behind a berm of hard brown sand as they prepared to cross the border — smoking and...
VIDEO: Yazidi Refugees Escape Islamic State Fighters (Vice news)
ISIS continues massacres in Kurdistan
In Koco village nearly 600 civilians were shot and buried A few days ago the international media reported that 80 civilian Yezidis (Ezidi) were killed by ISIS in the village of Koco near Sinjar following the invasion from ISIS. Recently 3 Yezidis arrived on Mount...
Demirtas’ HDP only political party raising its percentage: ±10%
After over 95% of votes have been counted in the Turkish Presidential elections it appears that while Prime Minister Erdogan has won over 51% of the vote nationwide, in the Kurdish provinces Selahattin Demirtas has taken a majority of the votes cast. In the event of...
