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Trump urges nations’ warships to protect strait of Hormuz oil route
U.S. president Donald Trump, March 9, 2026. Photo: The White House WASHINGTON,— U.S. President Donald Trump called on other nations...
Turkey urges citizens to avoid traveling to Iraq, Kurdistan
Photo: Creative Commons/pintrest BAGHDAD,— Turkey on Friday urged its citizens to avoid non essential travel to Iraq and Kurdistan Regionas...
Iran’s Mojtaba Khamenei wounded, likely disfigured, Hegseth says
Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a meeting...
Syria appoints YPG senior commander Sipan Hamo deputy defense minister
Sipan Hamo, a senior Kurdish military official from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG)/SDF, Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), March 2026. Photo:...
Mojtaba Khamenei appointed Iran’s new supreme leader
Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran's supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei March 2026. Photo: Creative Commons/tasnimnews.ir/ wikimedia TEHRAN,— Iran...
Israel backing Kurdish plans to seize Iran border areas: sources
An Israeli F-35 fighter jet. Photo: Flash90 Israel now bombing Islamic regime targets in Iranian Kurdistan as part of joint...
Pro-Iran militias may target foreigners, hotels in Iraqi Kurdistan, warns US
Pro-Iran Shiite fighters from the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), Hashd Shabi, advance towards the town of Tal Afar, August...
Trump urges Iranian Kurds to join fight against Tehran
U.S. president Donald Trump, February 27, 2026. Photo: The White House Trump urges Kurdish forces to attack Iran amid US‑Israel...
Iran’s Kurds should ally with opposition and not merely trust U.S.
Kurdish Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistane PJAK/PKK guerrillas on border with Iraqi Kurdistan near the border with Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhelat),...
Freedom and Federalism in Iran’s Uncertain Future
Kurdish women celebrating the Kurdish new year Newroz in Iranian Kurdistan, Rojhelat Kurdistan, 2024. Photo: Creative Commons/Zahra beyrati/wikipedia Shakhawan Shorash...
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