Kurds

Turkey says it 'neutralized' 20 PKK members in northern Iraq

Nine Turkish soldiers were killed and four others were wounded in Friday's clash with the PKK in northern Iraq, the ministry said after the incident.

By REUTERS
13/01/2024

Kurdish-Iranian woman whipped 74 times for not wearing hijab

As she was flogged, Roya Heshmati chanted "in the name of woman, in the name of life, the clothes of slavery are torn..."

07/01/2024

Iraq heads to provincial elections, first in ten years

Today Iraq is trying to put some of its past behind it.

The US should delist this Iranian Kurdish 'terror' group - opinion

Since its founding in 2004, the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) has never attacked civilians in Iran, or anywhere else. It does not focus its offensive operations against any other government. 

Iraq parliament speaker accused of 'normalization' with Israel

Iraq's sectarian parliamentary system breeds instability and creates incentives to persecute people.

Why is Iran’s regime so afraid of Kurdish dissidents? - analysis

Iran has tended to believe it can oppress minority groups in specific ways and that the groups will not unite in protest at the same time.

Iran Guards detain dual national for 'organizing unrest and sabotage'

The Revolutionary Guards detained a dual national suspected of "trying to organize unrest and sabotage," on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death.

By REUTERS
16/09/2023

Iran cracks down on Kurdish dissidents amid Mahsa Amini protests - analysis

Iran is insisting that the Iraqi government disarm and remove Kurdish opposition groups

Kurds face unprecedented crisis in face-off with Iran, Iraq - analysis

Many of Iraqi Kurdistan's neighbors are jealous of its success and are chomping at the bit to undermine it.

Iraq starts relocating Iranian Kurdish fighters from Iran border

Hussein said he would visit Tehran on Wednesday to deliver the message in person in the hopes that it would prevent any escalation on the border.

By REUTERS
12/09/2023
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