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Stay InformedQuite 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.
Rojava Information Center publishes a SNA Encyclopedia. A Guide to the Turkish Proxy Militias in the occupied territories of Syria
Rojava Information Center (RIC) publishes a report including a compilation of open-source information about the current state of the SNA militias active in the Turkish-occupied territories of Syria (as of August 2022). It updates the already existing descriptions of...
“International Kurdish Solidarity Collective” calls for an end to the Turkish attacks on Kurdish areas (ANF News)
From ANF News, published on Wednesday, 10 Aug 2022 (See article) More than 70 politicians, academics and cultural workers from several countries, who have joined together to form an International Kurdish Solidarity Collective, demand an end to the Turkish attacks on...
PRESS RELEASE – Immediate Call for a No-Fly Zone for North and East Syria/Rojava (KNK, 16-08-2022)
Urgent appeal to UN, Global Coalition Against ISIS, EU, Council of Europe, and League of Arab States: Immediate Call for a No-Fly Zone for North and East Syria/Rojava Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long pledged to unilaterally establish a so-called...
Kurds in exchange for NATO-membership! How repulsive geopolitics can be?
The so-called democratic member states of NATO fail to resist to dictatorial Turkey. Sweden and Finland declare that they will no longer support the Kurds from PYD and YPG/YPJ – who have fought against Islamic State in Syria. Stockholm and Helsinki are also willing to...
The Number of Massacres Of Civilians Carried Out by the Occupying Turkish State in South Kurdistan has Increased to 168 (KNK Report)
TURKEY’S KILLINGS CAMPAIGN AGAINST CIVILIANS The Number of Massacres Of Civilians Carried Out by the Occupying Turkish State in South Kurdistan has Increased to 168 Most recently, three people including two children named Yusuf KOVAN (14) ve Avebnd HISYAR (6) were...
Interview with Artsakh TV – “Whenever there is an economical decline in Turkey, Erdogan starts a war against Kurds”
The Kurdish Institute Brussels was interviewed by Artsakh TV, with the aim of learning more about the Kurdish situation in Turkey. Our Armenian friends in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) show a logical interest for the Kurdish cause. After all, Armenians and Kurds suffer...
Report Inter-Parliamentary Workgroup – The Global Threat From Islamic State – 2 June 2022
On Thursday 2 June, the Kurdish Institute organized a successful Inter-Parliamentary Working Group (IPWK). For this occasion, we had one of the impressive committee rooms of the Chamber of Representatives at our disposal, more specifically the Marguerite Yourcenar...
Joint declaration from the European Free Alliance and the Kurdish Institute Brussels: “Break the silence!”
Monday, 23rd May 2022 - See the joint declaration via the website of EFA EFA and the Kurdish Institute of Brussels call on the international community to break the silence about the use of chemical weapons against Kurdistan Both organizations recall the importance to...
Renewed Attacks by Iraqi Army on Ezidis in Sinjar Who Survived IS Genocide in 2014
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...