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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.
U.N. council mulls authorizing cross-border Syria aid access
Friday, 30 May 2014 hawarnews UNITED NATIONS –U.N. Security Council members are considering a draft resolution to authorize cross-border aid deliveries into Syria at four points without government consent, diplomats said on Thursday, after an earlier council demand...
A question of loyalty: if Kurdish mps back new Iraqi government, it may tear Kurdistan apart
Hiwa Barznjy | Erbil | 29.05.2014 Once again, Iraq’s Kurdish politicians may hold the balance of power when it comes to forming the next Iraqi government. And so far, they have taken a unified position. But there’s a problem: While some Kurdish parties simply can’t...
Wars Within Wars, By Jonathan Spyer
In northern Syria, the Kurds try to carve out a territory and fend off the jihadists Kobani, Syrian Kurdish Region With Syrian presidential elections scheduled for June, the incumbent and shoo-in for reelection, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is campaigning on the...
Candidates for EU Parliament: Kurdish Rights Should Be Precondition for Turkey EU Accession, By Deniz Serinci
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – As voters in Europe go to the polls this week to choose the new European Parliament, a number of Kurdish and non-Kurdish candidates spoke to Rudaw about their views on Turkey's possible membership in the European Union (EU), and the Europe-wide...
The Kurdish initiative towards democratic change on the basis of unity and diversity
The Syrian crisis deepened amid blind violence exceeding all limits, in a way pushing the country towards the unknown in the absence of any objective and serious solutions. It is essentially beyond being just a crisis of the regime or the rule or authority, and has...
ON ERDOGAN’S ORDINARY THINGS: The Soma Massacre, the Spine Tower, and the Corporate-State’s Fitrat in Turkey
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 14...
KDP security forces target KNK, PCDK in Iraqi Kurdistan
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 of many other...
Amnesty International: Iran must investigate ‘Black Thursday’ brutality at Evin Prison
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...
Regime Attacks In Hesekê, ISIS Kidnaps Civilians in Kobanê
(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...
