Posts Tagged: Kurdish
Syria and Kurdish Forces Extend Ceasefire by 15 Days Amid Rising Tensions
i24 News - A four-day ceasefire between Syrian government forces and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which expired on Saturday night, has been extended by...
Damascus and Kurdish Forces Agree to Immediate Ceasefire
i24 News - Syrian state media reported on Sunday that the Syrian government and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reached an immediate ceasefire...
Syria’s Sharaa Hopes for Kurdish Deal to Prevent Conflict
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has expressed hope that his country would avoid military conflict with US-backed Kurdish forces if efforts to integrate their autonomous administration...
Kurdish-led SDF Say Five Members Killed During Attack by Islamic State in Syria
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Sunday that five of its members had been killed during an attack by Islamic State militants on a...
Kurdish PM Says Iran Is Attacking Civilians, Accusations of Israeli ‘Spy HQ’ Are Baseless
Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Tuesday accused Iran of killing innocent civilians in its strikes on the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. Iran's...
Rival Factions of Key U.S. Ally Clash in Eastern Syria
i24 News - In a recent escalation of the Syrian conflict, fierce clashes have erupted in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, driven by a...
Social Media Report Protests by Iranian Oil Workers for Higher Wages
Social media posts on Saturday purported to show a group of protesting oil workers in southern Iran demanding higher wages and retirement bonuses. The reported oil...
‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi:’ Iran’s Kurdish Message
JNS.org - As demonstrations against Iran’s ruling theocracy intensify, many observers have been struck by the slogan chanted by protestors and printed on t-shirts, posters...
Iranian Protesters Defy Crackdown with Nationwide Demonstrations
Protesters across Iran defied a nearly month-long crackdown on Saturday, activists said, chanting in the streets and in universities against the country's clerical leaders in...
Turkish Newspaper Accuses ‘Jewish Businessman’ Murdoch of Spreading Kurdish Terrorist Propaganda
An Islamist newspaper in Turkey accused the Wall Street Journal and its "Jewish businessman" owner Rupert Murdoch over the weekend of spreading "propaganda" for Kurdish terrorism. Newspaper Yeni Akit, which...
The Kurdish Conflict: The Real Challenge to Turkey’s Democracy
In the wake of the Arab Spring and Prime Minister Erdogan's championing of political reforms throughout the Arab world, it has now become more urgent...
