Tag: Kurds
a vote that arrives more than two years late
Since the morning of October 20, two and a half million voters have been called to the polls to renew the seats in the Parliament of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region.…
Kurdish authorities overwhelmed by the influx of Syrian families
Israeli bombings in Lebanon are pushing more and more Syrian families to return to their country. In the autonomous region of northeastern Syria, the Kurdish authorities are coping as best…
After several postponements, the campaign for parliamentary elections begins in Iraqi Kurdistan
After multiple twists and turns, the parliamentary elections in Iraqi Kurdistan will take place on October 20. Voters in the autonomous region of northern Iraq have not been called to…
Ten years later, the Yazidis are still marked by the genocide perpetrated by the Islamic State
Ten years ago, on August 3, 2014, the Islamic State invaded the Sinjar region in northern Iraq and committed genocide against the Yazidi population. Atrocities that still mark the community…
Shock in Iraqi Kurdistan after deadly shipwreck off the Italian coast
Only eleven people survived the sinking of a sailboat a week ago off the Italian coast. Sixty people are still missing. Among the passengers, a large number were Kurds, from…
“They want us to go away, but they won’t succeed”
In recent weeks, the Turkish army has intensified its bombings on PKK positions in Iraqi Kurdistan. Raids which also regularly affect civilians. Entire villages have been emptied of their inhabitants…
Kurdistan no longer issues visas to Syrian workers
Kurdistan has suspended the issuance of visas for workers from neighboring Syria. This also concerns the renewal of residence permits. In total, this represents 5% of the population of Iraqi…
the contested election of a pro-Kurdish elected official in the municipal elections finally validated
An elected official from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party whose election on Sunday March 31 at the head of a large city in eastern Turkey had been invalidated in favor of…
the votes of the pro-Kurdish left coveted for the municipal elections in Istanbul
In Turkey, the main pro-Kurdish left party, the DEM, organized a large gathering this Sunday March 17 in Istanbul for the Nowrouz festival, which celebrates the arrival of spring. Two…
in Iraqi Kurdistan, civil servants demonstrate after months of unpaid debts
In Iraqi Kurdistan, civil servants demonstrated on Saturday in support of the decision of Iraq’s highest court which ordered the Iraqi government in Baghdad to pay Kurdish civil servants directly,…