Kurdistan

Syrian Kurdish forces release 50 Islamic State detainees

The agreement was reached between the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) and local tribal leaders

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
03/09/2024

Iraqi army downs Turkish military drone over Baghdad-administered territory

The drone was downed over the city's central district, damaging a house and injuring a worker at a nearby construction site.

By THE MEDIA LINE
02/09/2024

The war on Syrian Kurds and the little-known axis of ethnic cleansing

Local and global rights groups have raised alarms about these crimes, but the perpetrators continue their campaign, unrestrained by the international community. 

By HADEEL OUEIS
12/08/2024

My journey through Arab media: A Kurdish journalist’s gloomy account

Suzan Quitaz, a veteran Kurdish journalist, faced bias and hostility in Qatari media for highlighting Jewish and Israeli perspectives.

01/08/2024

Kurdish fighters met with Turkish artillery strikes in northern Iraq

According to Community Peacemakers Teams (CPT), a local NGO operating in Iraqi Kurdistan, the bombing did not injure or kill any civilians.

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
28/07/2024
KURDISH PROTESTERS carry flags and a banner with a portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)

Iraq claims it has arrested PKK-linked cell suspected of planning attacks

Iraqi official said the arrested suspects had also planned to attack busy market areas in the capital, Baghdad, if there was "pressure from the federal government or government forces against them."

By REUTERS
01/07/2024

Kurdistan can be Israel's ambassador to the Muslim world - municipal candidate

AT THE TABLE with Yehuda Ben-Yosef, an Israeli-Kurd community leader and municipal election candidate who wants Kurdistan to be Israel's next Azerbaijan.

Iranian media falsely claims to have ‘injured’ Israeli in Iraq attacks

Iranian media uses antisemitic tropes of an image of a rabbi to claim that a Kurdish businessman was linked to ‘Mossad.’

Iran’s attacks on Kurdistan region and Pakistan escalate Tehran’s threats

The overall message of Iran is that it will continue to carry out attacks where it pleases.

Funeral of members of Iran's IRGC who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Syria, in Tehran

IRGC attack US consulate in Iraq as tensions between the US and Iran escalate

Several civilians are believed to have died in the attack, with Kurdish regional government officials announcing the death of a prominent businessman and four of his family members.

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