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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.
Declaration for peace and dialogue: Stop Turkey´s attacks against Afrin
In the past few days, Turkish air strikes have been launched against Afrin, a Kurdish region in Northern Syria, killing and wounding several civilians. This Turkish military operation is taking place without any provocation or attack by either Kurds in this region, or...
Stop Turkey`s War Against Kurds
Stop Turkey`s War Against Kurds Turkey is massacring Kurds, Arabs, Christians and refugees in Afrin Since the outbreak of the Syrian conflict, Turkey has supported all Salafist groups including Al-Qaeda and ISIS. Turkey got these groups to target the Kurds. It...
Chechen commander on terror list participates in Afrin operation
ANF, Thursday, 25 Jan 2018 An article confirming that other groups are participating in the operation Turkey launched against Afrin along with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) under their control has been served by the pro-AKP newspaper Akit. According to the newspaper’s...
CALL Stop the Turkish aggression war against Afrin!
Dear The Turkish AKP regime started a war on 20 January against Afrin, a predominantly Kurdish enclave in northern Syria. Several dozen organizations and individuals have signed a call to stop these hostilities immediately (list below). You can also sign the call,...
UN Security Council Should Stop a Bloodbath and Declare Afrin and Northern Syria a ‘Safe Haven’
By Bakhtiar Amin. Published on Valdai Club on 22 January 2018. The Kurds after their setbacks in the aftermath of their independence referendum of 25th of September in 2017 in Iraq are facing another tragedy, but this time in Afrin in the western part of Kurdistan...
STOP TURKEY`S WAR ON THE KURDS: Turkey air strikes hit Afrin, a Kurdish city in Northern Syria, killing and wounding several civilians (KNK statement)
STOP TURKEY`S WAR ON THE KURDS Turkey air strikes hit Afrin, a Kurdish city in Northern Syria, killing and wounding several civilians Not only the Kurds even Christians, Arabs and all the other entities in Afrin are under a heavy attack by Turkey Turkey`s aggression...
Do not let Afrin become another Kobane (statement)
Stop Turkey`s war on the Kurds and #DefendAfrin (KNK statement)
The seven year long internal conflict in Syria turned into an international war, which resulted in the killings of hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of millions, was almost nearing an end. The Turkish government under the leadership of Recep Tayyip...
Stop Turkey`s war on the Kurds and #DefendAfrin
The seven year long internal conflict in Syria turned into an international war, which resulted in the killings of hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of millions, was almost nearing an end. The Turkish government under the leadership of Recep Tayyip...
