A weekly brief of events that occurred in the Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Last Thursday, Iranian border guards injured a …
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Washington Kurdish Institute November 5, 2019 Part I As soon as US President Donald Trump ordered a hasty retreat from Syria, the far-ranging consequences …
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Iran The Iranian regime continued its crackdown on the activities of Kurdish border porters known as Kolbars last week. On Wednesday, Iranian authorities ambushed …
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Washington Kurdish Institute October 29, 2019 For nearly three weeks, the Turkish military, backed by a number of jihadist proxy groups, has been relentlessly …
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Washington Kurdish Institute October 22, 2019 The Washington Kurdish Institute had the privilege to speak to Dr. Maria Ottaway, the Senior Fellow at the …
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Iran The Iranian regime killed three Kurdish border porters (Kolbars) and injured four last week. On Monday, Iranian border guards opened fire on a …
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Washington Kurdish Institute October 21, 2019 The effort to pin the ‘terrorist’ label on the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the heroes of the fight …
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Washington Kurdish Institute October 17, 2019 After hundreds of civilian causalities since the beginning of the Turkish invasion into the Kurdish region of Syria, …
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Washington Kurdish Institute By: Ismet Konak October 16, 2019 Imperialism or colonialism refers to the domination and exploitation of a state and nation by …
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Iran Thousands of Iranian Kurds showed solidarity with Syrian Kurds on Saturday and Sunday by protesting Turkey’s continuing invasion of northeastern Syria and the …