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Erbil Did Nothing Wrong, So Why Is Iran Bombing It?

The Kurdistan Region has not fired a single shot at Iran. It has not hosted offensive military operations against Tehran. It has not provided...

The SDF Is Gone. What Does That Mean for the Kurds of Rojava?

On 25 August 2026, Mazloum Abdi stood at the People's Palace in Damascus and announced that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had dissolved. The...

US Forces to Complete Withdrawal from Kurdistan Region by 30 September, Leaving Erbil Exposed

The United States will complete the withdrawal of all remaining military forces from the Kurdistan Region by 30 September 2026, marking the first time...

Heavy Ordinance Drones Halted Over Erbil Governorate, Turkish Warplanes Next?

Turkish warplanes have struck suspected Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions across Metina, Zap, Hakurk, Gara and Qandil, reportedly hitting 27 targets including bunkers, shelters and insurgent positions. The strikes...

Barham Salih: From a Slemani Prison Cell to the Head of the World’s Refugee Agency

There is a particular kind of authority that cannot be taught, conferred by election or granted by appointment. It is the authority that comes...

Kurdish IDPs Attacked on Return to Sari Kani as Turkish-Backed Factions Strike Convoys

Seven years of exile appeared to be ending on Monday. It ended instead in violence. The return of displaced Rojava Kurds to their northeastern hometown...

Leyla Zana: The Woman Who Spoke Kurdish in the House That Forbade It

There are acts of political courage that require armies and weapons. And there are acts that require nothing more than a voice and the...

The second displacement of Kirkuk’s Kurds

In most cities, a dispute over state-owned land would be an administrative nuisance. In Kirkuk, it becomes a reckoning with ethnic cleansing, oil and...

Mama Risha: The Bearded Uncle Who Never Surrendered

There are names in Kurdish history that transcend biography. Names that become symbols, rallying points, expressions of collective identity that mean something far beyond...

Lindsey Graham, A Steadfast Ally of the Kurds, dies at 71 from Sudden Illness

United States Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina died on the evening of Saturday, 11th July, 2026, following a brief and sudden illness. He...

Rojhelat and the False Promise of Iranian Unity

Iran’s Kurds are caught between a regime that treats Kurdish politics as a security threat and an opposition that often treats Kurdish self-determination as...

Kurdistan Society Launched in London as UK-KRG Partnership Enters New Chapter

A new organisation dedicated to strengthening ties between the United Kingdom and the Kurdistan Regional Government has been formally established in London, marking what...
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