Raqqa: Kurds advance on Islamic State
Kurdish-led forces have made territorial gains in a campaign they launched last week to retake al-Raqqa, the Islamic State extremist militia’s de facto capital in Syria,…
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Kurds seize ISIS-held town near Mosul
Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from the Islamic State group, an official said Tuesday, as US-backed militia forces advanced…
Analysts: Kurdish role soared amid civil wars in Middle East
Just-launchedoffensive by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces towards Raqqa – the unofficial capital of the Islamic State (outlawed in Russia) – means that the Syrian…
Iraq: Kurds expel Arabs in Kirkuk
Iraq’s Kurdistan region,— Kurdish authorities in Kirkuk, in their most recent round of displacements, have been ejecting Arab residents and Arab internally displaced people there…
Suspected IS Bomber Killed in Raid in Turkey
Turkish police on Wednesday fatally shot a suspected Islamic State group militant who was believed to be planning a suicide bomb attack in the capital….
20 killed, 47 wounded in a suicide attack targeted a Kurdish wedding in Hasakah -Video
A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest at a Kurdish wedding in northern Hasakah, Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava). According to a Kurdistan24 reporter, at least 20 were…
Turkey Trying to ‘Break up Alliance Between US and Syrian Kurds’
Turkey is “trying basically to separate the US from the Kurds,” he said. This is why President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was “hinting at the Turkish participation with the US…
Syrian Kurds, allies to approve federal plan despite Turkey
Syrian Kurdish groups and their allies will approve a constitution for a new system of government in northern Syria next month, a top Kurdish politician…
Kurdish ‘Angelina Jolie’ died fighting Isis
A female fighter nicknamed the ‘Kurdish Angelina Jolie’ has reportedly been killed in a battle against Isis on the Syrian-Turkey border, Syrian Kurdish media has…
Yezidis of Armenia are faced with a choice: assimilation or emigration?
Every day 750 able-bodied citizens are leavening Armenia forever. And in total for the last 6 months 123,000 people left Armenia and did not return….