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Omanis, Muscat. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Manish Rai | iKurd.net It’s widely believed that there are two main branches of Islam ...

Can Assad and Kurds Peacefully Coexist?

by Manish Rai

December 3, 2019

Syrian president Bashar Assad's poster near Damascus, Syria, 2012. Photo: Reuters Manish Rai | iKurd.net The opinions are those of ...

Sarbaz Hawrami, Iraqi Kurdistan government

Major lawsuit brought against Iraqi Kurdistan government-linked company: documents

by Sheri Laizer

December 2, 2019

Sarbaz Hawrami, Chief of Petrol and Oil Refinery in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2006. Nechirvan Barzani’s office manager in 2012. Photo: ...

Anti-government protests in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhelat)

Open Letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Repression in Kurdistan and Iran

by Dr. Amir Sharifi

November 24, 2019

Anti-government protests in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhelat), November 2019, Photo: SM Dr. Amir Sharifi | iKurd.net November 19, 2019 Michelle Bachelet ...

Turkey-backed Syrian Islamic mercenary militants

Hiding in Plain Sight: Turkey’s ISIS Links, Al-Baghdadi’s Last Refuge and the Jihadist-Controlled “Safe” Zone

by Sheri Laizer

November 17, 2019

Turkey-backed Syrian Islamic bearded mercenary militants, shouting "Allahu Akbar as they pointing their fingers to the Sky, enter the Kurdish ...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds up a map of Syria as he addresses the 74th session of the UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, New York, US, Sept. 24, 2019. Phoro: Reuters

At the UN, Erdogan shouldn’t have been permitted to show his ethnic cleansing map, and call it a “safe zone”

by Omar Sindi

November 15, 2019

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds up a map of Syria as he addresses the 74th session of the UN ...

Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza toward Israel

Islamic Jihad a Headache for Hamas

by Manish Rai

November 15, 2019

Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza toward Israel, November 12, 2019. Photo: AFP Manish Rai | iKurd.net Fresh round of escalation ...

A Syrian boy watches as Turkish military vehicles take part in joint patrol in the Syrian village of Al Hashisha on the outskirts of the Kurdish Gire Spi (Tel Abyad) town in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava) along the border with Turkey, on October 4, 2019. Photo: AP

Why does Turkey attack the Kurds?

by Shakhawan Shorsh

November 14, 2019

A Syrian boy watches as Turkish military vehicles take part in joint patrol in the Syrian village of Al Hashisha ...

Moscow Will Dominate Middle East For Long

by Manish Rai

November 3, 2019

Russian president and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Russia’s Armed Forces Vladimir Putin (C) observed the main stage of Vostok-2018 military manoeuvres. ...

Kurdish YPG/YPJ female fighters in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava)

A Poem Dedicated to The Inseparable Souls of The Heroes of Rojava

by Ardishir Rashidi-Kalhur

October 29, 2019

Kurdish YPG/YPJ female fighters in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), 2017. Photo: ypgrojava.org Ardishir Rashidi-Kalhur | Exclusive to iKurd.net A Poem Dedicated ...