A weekly brief of events that occurred in the Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Iran Fires continue to deal significant damage…
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Iran The Kurdish region’s farmlands and forests continued to be targeted by fire. On Thursday, fire struck a forested parkland outside of Marivan and…
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Washington Kurdish Institute Dr. Ozum Yesiltas June 18, 2019 Turkey’s approach to Syrian Kurds, and especially to the Democratic Union Party (PYD), which Ankara…
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Iran On Saturday, Iranian border guards killed 28 horses used by Kurdish border porters known as Kolbars near Piranshahr. On Friday, a Kolbar named…
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Washington Kurdish Institute June 10, 2019 The Autonomous Administration of North and East of Syria (AANES) retains many internal threats, is surrounded by enemies,…
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Iran Last week, Iranian authorities continued to crackdown on the activities of Kurdish border workers known as Kolbars. On Tuesday, Iranian border guards ambushed…
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Washington Kurdish Institute June 4, 2019 After coming to power in 2002, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AKP) headed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,…
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A weekly brief of events that occurred in the Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Iran Three Kurdish border porters, known as…
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Washington Kurdish Institute May 28, 2019 Leyla Guven, co-chair of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) and a democratically-elected Kurdish member of the parliament of…
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Iran Two Kurdish border porters known as Kolbars lost their lives and another two were injured last week. On Tuesday, a Kolbar died after…