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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.
Public Statement : Dear Sir or Madam,
In the last few days, some officials of the Turkish government issued threatening statements, which resulted in the mobilisation of Turkish troops near the Syrian border. We, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), would like to clarify to our people and the international...
Survivors Describe Entire Families Being Massacred in Brazen Islamic State Attack on Kobane
By Samuel Oakford - Published by Vice, June 27, 2015 As the death toll rises from a surprise attack by Islamic State (IS) fighters on the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, witness and victim testimony obtained by VICE News indicates the militants targeted civilians with...
Syria Kurds regain full control of Tel Abyad after Islamic State attack
Published by Ekurd Daily, July 1, 2015 BEIRUT,— Syrian Kurdish forces regained full control of Gire Spi (Tel Abyad) on Wednesday, expelling Islamic State group fighters who had seized a district of the strategic border town, a monitor said. “Kurdish fighters expelled...
Turkey considering sending troops into Syrian Kurdistan to fight Kurds
Published by Ekurd Daily on June 29, 2015 ANKARA,— Turkey will send troops to Syria to protect its border where Syrian Kurds have made significant gains in the past month, several Turkish media outlets reported Sunday. In response to claims that Turkey would be...
146 civilians killed by Islamic State in Syrian Kurdistan’s Kobani: monitor
Published by Ekurd Daily, 26/6/2015 Kurdish fighter besiege IS militants in multiple areas of Kobani BEIRUT,— The clashes continued between Kurdish YPG forces and remains of Islamic State (IS) militants who are besieged inside the Kurdish town of Kobani, Britain-based...
Islamic State executes 23 Kurds in village near Syria’s Kobani
Posted on June 25, 2015 by Ekurd Daily, Editorial Staff in Kurdistan BEIRUT,— Islamic State group fighters executed at least 23 Syrian Kurds, among them women and children, in a village south of the border town of Kobani in Syrian Kurdistan on Thursday, a monitor...
ISIS Reenters Kurdish-Held Syrian Town Of Kobane, Dozens Dead And Wounded In Clashes
Published by The International Business Time Written by Avaneesh Pandez, June 25 2015 3:03 AM EDT Kobane, the Syrian border town that was recaptured by Kurdish forces in January, is under attack once again. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which...
Islamic State group ‘expels’ Kurdish residents from Raqqa stronghold as militia advances
Kurdish forces and other Syrian rebel groups are presenting the biggest challenge to the jihadists' reign in Syria Published by The Telegraph, written by Magdy Samaan and Ruth Sherlock Beirut, 24 Jun 2015 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) has begun...
Kurds eye new corridor to Mediterranean – Fehim Taştekin
Published by Al-Monitor, June 22, 2015 When the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) expelled the Islamic State from Tell Abyad, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, other Justice and Development Party (AKP) leaders and the pro-government media reacted hysterically....
