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Kurdistan National Congress, INFORMATION FILE, 2014-08-11
ISIS ATTACKS AND KURDISH RESISTANCE IN KURDISTAN Contents INTRODUCTION 3 KURDISH RESISTANCE FOR HUMANITY AND AN EQUAL LIFE 3 KURDISH DEFENCE FORCES ARE PROTECTING THE PEOPLES OF THE REGION 4 MILITARY BACKGROUND TO ISIS ATTACKS ON ŞENGAL 5 ATTACKS IN SOUTH...
Syrian Kurdish fighters rescuing stranded Yazidis
Fox News, Associated Press, 12 Ausut 2014 MALIKIYA, Syria – In a dusty camp here, Iraqi refugees have new heroes: Syrian Kurdish fighters who battled militants to carve out an escape route for tens of thousands trapped on a mountaintop. While the U.S. and Iraqi...
Who Are the Yazidis, the Ancient, Persecuted Religious Minority Struggling to Survive in Iraq?
The U.S. military delivers food and water to starving people and launches air strikes against the advancing militants Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar west of Mosul, take refuge at Dohuk province. Avi...
PKK-Guerrillas in Kirkuk
NF - KIRKUK 10.08.2014 HPG (People's Defense Forces) guerrillas who have sent significant forces to defend Maxmur near Hewler, have also dispatched a detachment to Kirkuk, which also faces the ISIS threat. In every village and town the guerrillas passed through they...
700 Yezidi refugees in Rojava join YPG ranks
ANF - DERİK 09.08.2014 The occupation of the Sinjar city by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) gangs on 3 August forced thousands of people to flee their homes and lands. Thousands of Yezidis in the city crossed into West Kurdistan with the help of People's...
PiK STATEMENT: We support Demirtas the only candidate for change for Kurds and all in Turkey
8 August 2014 Some twenty years younger than his rivals, we believe that Selahattin Demirtas genuinely represents a new generation and the emergence of a new politics in Turkey, one where the voices of the Kurds can be heard in unison with other minorities and...
KURDISH NEWS WEEKLY BRIEFING, 2 – 8 August 2014
For updates on what is unfolding on the ground in Shingal, Iraq, Rojava and across Kurdistan, keep an eye on the Rojava Report (http://rojavareport.wordpress.com/) and Hawar News Agency (http://www.hawarnews.com/english/) which both bring you up-to-date news from the...
Journalist Deniz Fırat killed in ISIS attack in Maxmur
ANF - HEWLER 08.08.2014 Kurdish press worker Deniz Fırat has lost her life during an attack of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) gangs carried out on Maxmur refugee camp on Friday evening. Deniz Fırat, ANF's basic source of information on the ground, died after...
News from Kurdistan
Humanitarian Crisis Looming for Turkey’s Kurds in Mahmur Camp, Iraq By Amy L. Beam, Ed.D: ‘Islamic State’ Invades Another Kurdish Town On August 7, 2014, at 6 PM, the town of Mahmur Camp <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zybr34LppJ8> , established 20 years ago by...
