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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.
Did Ankara-backed group attack Turkish Kurds? – Mehmet Cetingulec
Published by Al-Monitor, June 22, 2015 In January, a deputy from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) submitted an intriguing parliamentary question to the interior minister. Ali Ozgunduz wanted to know whether militants from Syria and Iraq were...
Syrian Kurds, on offensive, seize military base from Islamic State
Published by Tom Perry, REUTERS, Mon. June 22, 2015 BEIRUT - Kurdish-led forces said on Monday that they had captured a military base from Islamic State in Syria's Raqqa province, advancing deeper into territory held by the group and showing new momentum after they...
Captured fighter details Islamic State’s Turkey connection – Amberin Zaman
Published by Al-Monitor, June 17, 2015 When Syrian Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) closed in on their Islamic State (IS) rivals in Tell Abyad, a strategic jihadist stronghold, thousands of civilians flocked to the Turkish border in scenes...
PYD leader: YPG forces will hand over Tel Abyad city to a civil administration
Jan Nasro, ARA News, June 18, 2015 Urfa, Turkey – Saleh Muslim, the co-chair of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) said Wednesday that the People’s Protection Units (YPG) will deliver the liberated city of Tel Abyad (Gire Spi) in Raqqa province to local civilians, after...
With ISIS Out Of Tal Abyad, Syrians Speak Out About Life Under Extremist Rule
Sophia Jones, Huffington Post, June 17, 2015 The Akcakale border crossing has been a scene of chaos and desperation, with Syrians tearing through border fences and handing wailing children to people on the other side. On Wednesday, several hundred Syrians, many of...
Hundreds of refugees return to Syrian Kurdistan’s Tel Abyad after Islamic State defeat
Published by Ekurd Daily, June 17, 2015 AKCAKALE, Turkey,— Hundreds of refugees have returned to the border Kurdish town of Tel Abyad (Girê Spî) from Turkey a day after Kurdish fighters drove out Islamic State militants, media reported on Wednesday. Some 400 men,...
MİT providing ISIL militants safe passage through Turkey, daily claims
Today Zaman, Ankara, June 11, 2015 Turkish intelligence is facilitating a terrorist organization by allowing militants and weapons safe passage through Turkey into Syria, according to a Turkish daily. The National Intelligence Organization (MIT) has been helping...
Syrian Kurds capture and fully control key Islamic State-held Tel Abyad
Ekurd Daily, June 16, 2015 TEL ABYAD, Syrian Kurdistan,— Syrian Kurdish fighters say they have taken the strategic town of Tel Abyad (Girê Spî) in Syrian Kurdistan, a major supply route to al-Raqqa province, a stronghold of the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria. “It’s...
First International Conference on the Crisis in the Middle East, Iran and the Kurds in the European Parliament
Final Resolution: Conference on the Crisis in the Middle East, Iran and the Kurds in the European Parliament June 6, 2015 With the organisation of the Kurdish friendship group in the European Parliament, the KNK and the Eastern Kurdistan Commission on Thursday 4 June...
