About two weeks ago, Turkey launched an air and ground offensive in Rojava, targeting the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) and their all-female brigade, the YPJ, in the Afrin region.
Kimberly Taylor, 27, joined the Kurdish YPJ, the female faction of the People’s Protection Units (YPG), to fight IS over a year ago. The British volunteer said the YPJ’s involvement in the war against ...
Iraq's Kurdish region goes to the polls with a flagging economy and political infighting top of mind
Residents of Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region are going to the polls in long-awaited parliamentary elections under the shadow of ongoing rivalries, economic instability ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The primary competitors are the two dominant Kurdish parties: the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), and the ...
The primary competitors are the two dominant Kurdish parties: the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). The two have historically controlled different parts of ...
In the upcoming elections, the KDP and PUK will face off again. The KDP is focusing on nationalist rhetoric and appealing to Kurdish pride, while the PUK is positioning itself as a reformist ...
SP: In 1975 many Kurdish families became refugees including me. After five years living in Iran, I was one of the lucky ones as I was granted asylum in the Netherlands. I am very proud of being ...
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