Iran The Iranian authorities continued their campaign of prosecution targeting Kurds following the November 2019 anti-government protests. In Kermanshah, an Islamic Revolutionary Court sentenced …
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Washington Kurdish Institute
The Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, research and educational organization that was established in September 1996 WKI is committed to increasing public awareness of Kurd-related issues, protecting human, cultural, and political rights throughout Kurdistan, and supporting and developing Kurdistan’s civil society.
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Washington Kurdish Institute February 12, 2020 Syrian refugees suffer empty promises from Erdogan as he uses them to exert political pressure and plans to …
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A weekly brief of events that occurred in the Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Iran The Iranian regime continued pressure on …
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Iran Due to severe weather, a group of Kurdish border porters (Kolbars) were lost during a snowstorm in the Baneh heights near the Iraqi …
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Colin Tait is Program Coordinator at the Middle East Institute (MEI). Most recently, he was a Research Assistant at the Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI). …
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Washington Kurdish Institute By: Colin Tait, February 3, 2020 Today we’re talking with Wladimir van Wilgenburg on his latest book, the Kurds of Northern …
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Iran The Iranian regime continued its campaign against Kurdish border porters (Kolbars) last week. In Selas-Babacani county of Kermanshah, Iranian security forces ambushed a …
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Washington Kurdish Institute By: Giulia Valeria Anderson January 28, 2020 Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Europe has tried to maintain relations with the Iranian …
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How do you describe the Turkish-Russian relationship in recent years? since Turkey shot down a Russian jet in 2015? Russia and Turkey have an …
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Washington Kurdish Institute January 21, 2020 It took three months after Syria’s recent invasion for Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to launch a new …