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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.
The Syrian Experiment with “Apoism”
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...
Seminar on the current situation in Rojava
SOAS Kurdish Society London and Kurdish Institute invite you on a seminar on THE CURRENT SITUATION IN ROJAVA AND PROSPECTS FOR A KURDISH DEMOCRATIC MODEL IN SYRIA Keynote Speaker:SALIH MUSLIM Wednesday, 21st of May 2014 @ 7PM Venue: Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT) –...
Public statement to the Kurdish and global opinion
Because of the intensified media campaign against our party, PYD, from political parties associated with regional and international powers, we feel the need to clarify some issues. Efforts to distort facts and involvement in dirty tricks to destabilize western...
IHEC announces official Iraqi parliamentary election results…
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...
The role of EU and US in the war against Kurds, By Roni Alasor
Brussels, 12 May 2014 - Ararat News (ANP) - Kurdish movement in Turkey (PKK) has been added in EU terror list since 2003 after strong pushing from Turkey and USA. Kurdish politicians and leadership appealed immediately to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which has...
Democratic Union Party (PYD) -West Kurdistan
Media & Public Affairs Office –Europe, Weekly Summary of Latest Events in Rojava-Syria Headlines • People Protection Units (YPG) • Self–rule administration delegation in Europe • Hekmia camp in Derek region • Democratic Islam conference • ...
Syrian Kurds Ache For A Lifeline
TIL KOCER, Syria, May 18 2014 (IPS) - “We all know that Ankara and Erbil have a joint plan to evacuate the entire region,” Abdurrahman Hemo, head of the Kurdish Humanitarian Aid Committee tells IPS. “They want to choke the people here until they flee en masse.” From...
Arab Tribes Split Between Kurds And Jihadists – Carl Drott
Published by Syria in Crisis - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - 5 May 2014 Since summer 2013, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the armed wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), a Syrian Kurdish political group, has been engaged in armed conflict with...
‘They cut hands, cut heads, play with corpses’: Islamic extremists fighting brutal war against Kurds in Syria
A dirty little war is grinding on in northern Syria, off the West’s radar and beyond the reach of much of its media, writes Jonathan Spyer, who has just returned from a visit to the besieged Kurdish enclave of Kobani. The conflict between the jihadist Islamic State of...
