Washington Kurdish Institute October 26, 2017 On October 24th, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq decided to freeze the results of its recent …
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Iran Another Kurdish border porter (also known as a kolbar) was killed by Iranian border officials this week in Bitoush village in Sardasht. Iranian …
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Iran According to the Human Rights Association of Kurdistan (KMMK), between October 2016 and October 2017 there have been 580 prisoners executed by the …
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Washington Kurdish Institute October 16 Last night, Sunday October 15, 2017, the Iraqi government began a preemptive offensive attack against Peshmerga forces in Kirkuk …
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Washington Kurdish Institute October 10, 2017 On September 27, two days after the completion of a referendum on independence, the Independent Electoral Commission in …
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Iran President Hassan Rouhani and the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei received Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss Iraqi …
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Washington Kurdish Institute October 3, 2017 On October 3, 2017 the Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani known as Mam Jalal (Uncle Jalal) passed away in …
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Iran Much like the joint military drills conducted by Iraq and Turkey last week, this week Iran began conducting joint military drills with the …
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Washington Kurdish Institute October 2, 2017 After years of economic warfare by Baghdad which did not cease even as the Kurdish people and all …
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Washington Kurdish Institute September 27, 2017 Various demonstrations and uprisings throughout the Middle East and North Africa were collectively labelled the “Arab Spring”, though …