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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.
International Initiative Freedom for Ocalan-Peace in Kurdistan
10.3 Million Signatures for Peace and Freedom for Öcalan Statement of the International Initiative, 13 February 2015 In March 1999, when the International Initiative “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan—Peace in Kurdistan” was founded, it was unthinkable. Unthinkable, that...
Kurdish women commander welcomed by French President
Nasrin Abdullah, commander of the Kurdish Women`s Protection Units (YPJ) from Kobani, was welcomed by French president Francois Hollande in Elysee Palace in Paris. Photo: Elysee Palace. By Lorin Sarkisian / Roni Alasor Brussels, 10 February 2015 - Middle East...
Footage of Rojava – Roel Pulinx and Toon Lambrechts
Journalist Toon Lambrechts and Roel Pulinx (camera) are currently working on a documentary about Rojava. They visited different parts of Rojava on two separate journeys, in spring 2014 and winter...
Kurdish forces regain 50 villages in Kobane’s countryside
ARA New, 6/2/15, Suruc, Turkey – The Kurdish fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) announced in a statement on Thursday that they had retaken new villages and killed a number of Islamic State’s (IS/ISIS) militants in the countryside of Kobane in northern...
Shengal Êzîdî Founding Assembly Decleration
TO INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC OPINION AND OUR ÊZÎDÎ PEOPLE, Jan. 14, 2015 On January 14, Wednesday, which is considered a sacred day by the Êzîdî people, we held our conference at the foot of Mount Sengal (Sinjar). Close to 200 delegates from the Newroz refugee camp in...
Turkish military says MIT shipped weapons to al-Qaeda – Fehim Taştekin
Al Monitor, 15 jan. 2015 - Secret official documents about the searching of three trucks belonging to Turkey's national intelligence service (MIT) have been leaked online, once again corroborating suspicions that Ankara has not been playing a clean game in Syria....
Women Gyn Doctors Urgently Needed by Yazidi Refugees – Dr. Amy L. Beam
14/1/2015, Dr. Amy L. Beam: Over 400 Yazidi girls and women have escaped from the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria and made their way to Dohuk in northern Iraq. Some have been bought back for ransoms....
Hasakeh (Rojava): 18 dead as Syrian Kurds battle Assad forces
Unprecedented fighting between Syrian Kurdish forces and pro-Assad troops in the northeastern city of Hasakeh Middel East Eye, Monday 19 January 2015 - At least 18 people have been killed in unprecedented fighting between Kurdish forces and Syrian government troops in...
Syrian Kurdish fighters recaptured a strategic Mishtenur hilltop in Kobani
Ekurd.net, 19/1/2015 KOBANI, Syrian Kurdistan,— Kurdish fighters battling the Islamic State jihadist group in Koban in Syrian Kurdistan have captured a strategic hilltop, giving them line of fire over the town, a monitor said Monday. The Britain-based Syrian...
