Conference Sovereignty or Nationalism? Free State Rijeka Association and the Coppieters Foundation November 22, 2023 Dear attendees, my name is Orhan Kiliç and for many years, I am a member of the Board of Directors for the Kurdish Institute Brussels. Over the recent...
With a large number of soldiers, armored vehicles and tanks, the Iraqi army entered Sinjar (Şengal) and again attacked the YBŞ (Şengal Resistance Units), the YJŞ (Şengal Women’s Units) and the Asayîşa Êzîdxanê (internal security forces of the Yazidis). There is also a...
Earlier this morning, between 3 AM and 6 AM local time, the Turkish Armed Forces initiated a large-scale cross-border military offensive in the region of Garê in South Kurdistan (Northern Iraq). Turkish airstrikes targeted the villages of Guzê, Meyrokê, Siyanê,...
This book describes the engagement a progressive Iranian left movement’s connection to the Kurdish struggle, both in Iranian and Iraqi Kurdistan. The movement offered both social, political and educational services. The leading cadre of this movement ” the...
Dear Pen International Officials, The Kurds situation and the situation of the journalists and writers in Turkey have come to a level which is very dreadful. We, as Kurdish PEN, would like to inform you about the recent things and ask for your support to end this...
The repatriation of 6 ISIS children to Belgium has been confirmed. At the beginning of June a Belgian delegation left for the refugee camps in northeast Syria to check on the mental and physical situation of the children. Among the participants were initiator Gerrit...
