Tag: Kurds
Who was Peshraw Dizayee, the tycoon killed in the Iranian attack in Iraqi Kurdistan?
Tehran presents the attack carried out in Erbil on the night of January 15 to 16 as a “ targeted operation ” against ” a spy headquarters “. Kurdish authorities…
Kurdistan sells its oil on the black market through Iran
Iraqi Kurdistan sells its oil on the black market via Iran, according to a local independent media, with supporting evidence. 1 min With our correspondent in Erbil, Théo Renaudon The…
more than 110 dead in attack on army, Kurds targeted by Turkish strikes
More than 110 people were killed on Thursday October 5, 2023 in an attack on a military academy in Syria, at a time when Turkey carried out strikes against Kurdish…
after airstrikes against the PKK, members of the pro-Kurdish party arrested
The Turkish army carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq in retaliation for the suicide attack which injured two police officers in front of the Interior Ministry on Sunday October 1.…
autonomy in decline, six years after the region’s independence referendum
This Monday, September 25, the Kurdish leaders of the Kurdistan Democratic Party – including the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan – celebrated the sixth anniversary of the referendum for the…
Iraq: situation still tense in Kirkuk after the death of four Kurds during demonstrations
After clashes between groups of rival demonstrators and Iraqi security forces on Saturday, the city of Kirkuk was still under tension on Monday, September 4. Kurdish protesters gathered at different…
The noose tightens around journalists in Iraqi Kurdistan
On Thursday, the criminal court in Erbil increased the sentence of Kurdish journalist and human rights defender Sherwan Sherwani, already imprisoned since 2020 for “undermining national security”, by four years.…
The Kurdish administration announces that it will try former fighters of the Islamic State group
Former Islamic State fighters should finally be tried in Syria, according to an announcement from the Kurdish autonomous region in the northeast of the country. Among these former jihadists, many…
Presidential election in Turkey: Kemal Kiliçdaroglu accuses Erdogan of “stigmatizing” the Kurds
The candidate of the opposition alliance for the presidential election, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, accused Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday April 18 of associating the Kurds with terrorism in the run-up to…
At least two dead in Iraqi Kurdistan in new strike attributed to Turkey
At least two people were killed and two injured in a strike that took place on Saturday evening April 15 in Iraqi Kurdistan. The operation is attributed to Turkey, Ankara…