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North eastern Syria suffers from lack of water amid desertification

North eastern Syria is experiencing a drastic climate shift due to global warming. Last summer temperatures reached highs of nearly 50 degrees, 10 degrees higher than the previous seasons. As the region undergoes a process of desertification, the question of water supply remains an essential issue that must be resolved.…

France 24

Kurdistan leader cements decades-old ties in visit to Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday received Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in the north of Iraq – where France still has troops as part of its fight against the Islamic State. Paris has supported Kurdistan since the early 1990s.

Radio France Internationale

As modern Turkey turns 100, what’s next for Kemal Ataturk’s republic

The Turkish Republic, founded from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire by the national independence hero Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, turns 100 on October 29

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Indo-European Languages: New Study Reconciles Two Dominant Hypotheses About Their Origin

The languages in the Indo-European family are spoken by almost half of the world’s population. This group includes a huge number of languages, ranging from English and Spanish to Russian, Kurdish and Persian.

The Conversation

Mahsa Amini honoured with EU’s top human rights prize

The Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody became a symbol for the women’s rights movement in Iran.

Al Jazeera

Nobel peace prize 2023: award for Iranian women's rights protester highlights fight against declining democracy around the world

One hundred days after Iranians first protested the killing of 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini for wearing her hijab incorrectly, Narges Mohammadi sat down in her prison cell to write a letter to the country’s women. She promised: “We shall not back down until the moment of victory, meaning the…

The Conversation

Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militia targets in northern Syria after US downed Turkish armed drone

Turkish warplanes have carried out airstrikes on sites believed to be used by U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in northern Syria

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US shoots down Turkish drone over Syria after attacks near Hasakah

The incident comes as Turkey intensifies its military operation in northern Syria after a suicide bombing in Ankara.

Al Jazeera

Turkey warns it will strike Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after a suicide bombing in Ankara

Turkey’s foreign minister says Kurdish militants behind a suicide bombing in the Turkish capital face robust retaliation against their group’s positions in Syria and Iraq

The Independent UK

Turkey detains dozens of PKK suspects in raids following suicide bomb attack

Police detained at least 67 people across Turkey on Tuesday in a sweep targeting people with alleged links to Kurdish militants, days after a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish capital

The Independent UK

Ankara bomb blast: What’s Turkey’s troubled history with the PKK?

Turkey has pointed finger of blame at PKK, which has been waging an armed rebellion against Ankara for decades.

Al Jazeera

Turkey says PKK targets in north Iraq destroyed after Ankara suicide attack

Air strikes in northern Iraq destroy Kurdish targets after the bombing in the capital, says Turkish interior ministry.

Al Jazeera

US-backed Kurdish forces impose curfew in eastern Syria after new clashes with rival Arab militia

U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces have imposed a curfew in parts of eastern Syria after new clashes erupted with rival Arab militiamen

The Independent UK

British journalist held by police at Luton airport for five hours without arrest

Matt Broomfield, who has worked in Kurdish-controlled north-east Syria, had his phone and laptop seized when he was questioned last month

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Iraq's president will summon the Turkish ambassador over airstrikes in Iraq's Kurdish region

The Iraqi president says he will summon Turkey’s ambassador and hand him a formal letter of protest over recent Turkish airstrikes

Al Jazeera

Airport in Iraq’s Kurdish region hit by deadly drone attack

Airport near Sulaymaniyah targeted as Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed says the identity of the victims still not known.

Al Jazeera

Iran cracks down on protests on Mahsa Amini’s death annivesary

Iranian authorities prevented Mahsa Amini’s family from commemorating anniversary of her death, rights groups say.

France 24

‘The situation is tipping into the unknown’: Clashes between Kurdish forces and Arab tribes in Syria

Violent fighting between Kurdish forces backed by the United States and local Arab fighters has gripped the Syrian province of Deir Ezzor since August 27. A total of 71 people died in just one week of the fighting, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on September 4. Our Observer…

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Fighting between rival US-backed groups in Syria could undermine war against the Islamic State group

The weeklong clashes between rival U.S.-backed militias in eastern Syria point to dangerous seams in the coalition that has kept a lid on the defeated Islamic State group for years

Al Jazeera

Kirkuk curfew lifted after deadly unrest at rival protests by Arabs, Kurds

Four people killed as Kurds, Arabs hold rival protests over plans to hand over security building to local authorities.

Al Jazeera

Fighting between Arab tribes and SDF spreads to northwest Syria

Arab tribesmen claimed to have Aleppo villages under their control but have withdrawn after shelling and air attacks.

Al Jazeera

Iran says deal agreed with Iraq for disarming, relocation of Kurdish rebels

Tehran sets deadline of September 19 for rebels to be disarmed and removed from bases in northern Iraq.

Al Jazeera

Turkey wants Iraq to designate PKK a ‘terrorist’ organisation: Top diplomat

Turkey says PKK is a threat to Iraqi security, ignoring Baghdad’s complaints about Ankara’s air attacks on Iraqi soil.

The Conversation

Amid growing tension between Russia, Iran and the US, Syria's Kurds have been sidelined

In north-east Syria, the 12-year conflict is far from over. Russian fighter jets buzz US surveillance drones, threatening to bring them down. Iranian-backed militias occasionally fire rockets at US positions. The Assad regime maintains that it will “regain every inch” of Syria, ending Kurdish autonomy in the north-east.

The Independent UK

At least 6 Turkish soldiers killed in attacks by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq, Ankara says

Turkey’s defense ministry says a spate of attacks by Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq killed at least six Turkish soldiers

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