A weekly brief of events that occurred in the Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Iran The Iranian regime detained eight more …
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A weekly brief of events that occurred in the Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Click for interactive map. Iran Iranian authorities …
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Washington Kurdish Institute August 21, 2020 Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long made his disdain for international law clear, through both his persecution …
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Iran The Iranian regime continued its crackdown on Kurdish political activity last week. An appeals court in Saqqez confirmed an activist named Najir Majedian’s …
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Washington Kurdish Institute By: Yousif Ismael August 17, 2020 President Trump’s personal decision to withdraw from Syria last October worsened the situation in the …
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Iran The Iranian regime continued its ongoing crackdown on Kurdish political activity last week and arrested at least a dozen more Kurdish activists. In …
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Washington Kurdish Institute August 10, 2020 marks a century of the Treaty of Sèvres between the remnants of the Ottoman empire and the allied …
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Iran The Iranian regime killed two more Kurdish border porters (Kolbars) last week. On Thursday, Iranian border guards ambushed a group of Kolbars in …
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Washington Kurdish Institute August 3, 2020 Since their establishment, neither Iraq nor Turkey have experienced true democracy. While the level of state repression in …
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Iran The Iranian regime continued its crackdown on Kurdish political activity last week. In Mehabad, an Iranian court extended the detention of a Kurdish …