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In Syria and Turkey, Helping Earthquake Victims Is a Crime

Politicians in Syria, Turkey, and the United States are getting in the way of relief efforts.

Reason

Time to Ramp up Support for Iranian People, Former Shah’s Son Says

A group of exiled Iranians will increase support for opposition movements in the country so they can continue to pressure the authorities there, amid a crackdown on protests, the last heir to the Iranian monarchy said on Saturday. Iran has been rocked by unrest since the death in police custody…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US: ISIS Leader Snatched in Syria Raid

Helicopter-borne US troops working with Syrian Kurdish-led forces on Saturday captured an ISIS provincial official in Syria, the US military said. The ISIS official, identified as Batar, was "involved in planning attacks on...

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US, Kurdish soldiers kill senior Islamic State commander, IS gunmen kill 53 in Syria

US and Kurdish soldiers say they've killed a senior Islamic State group commander in a helicopter raid in north eastern Syria, while separately, 53 were killed in an IS terrorist attack.

ABC News

Iraq PM risks new crisis as tensions with Kurds resurface

After more than a year of political deadlock, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani could face a debilitating new crisis with Kurdish leaders that risks undermining his efforts to set policy and compile a badly needed state budget.

Reuters

Pro-Kurdish protest briefly suspends EU Parliament plenary

A small protest by pro-Kurdish activists has briefly forced the suspension of a plenary session of the European Union’s parliament

The Independent UK

‘It’s hell – everyone cries’: UK families of earthquake victims race to their aid

As the scale of destruction from the disaster is revealed, friends and relatives tell of their heartbreak and desperation

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After Turkey's quake, some people left homeless say they haven't eaten in days

In a camp in Gaziantep and in makeshift settlements in the fields around it, survivors of Monday's quake say they do not have enough food, water, heating or basic amenities to keep themselves alive.

WEKU

Kurdish expats affected by earthquake seek solace at London community centre

The Kurdish People’s Democratic Assembly of Britain is raising funds for charities on the ground and has a cafe and hall where people can meet.

The Independent UK

Enmities from Syrian civil war obstruct a quake aid convoy

An aid convoy from Syria's Kurdish-led region to earthquake-hit areas of the northwest was turned back on Thursday, failing to reach those in need in the latest example of how relief efforts are being complicated by civil war enmities.

Reuters

How Behrouz Boochani is changing the narrative on refugees

Kurdish-Iranian writer and author spent six years in detention on Manus Island after trying to get to Australia by boat.

Al Jazeera

Turkey and Syria earthquake victims to be remembered in Derry

"There is a sizable Turkish and Kurdish community in Derry. Many of them have family and friends caught up in this awful tragedy"

Belfast Live

German-Turkish community races to send money and blankets to quake victims

Turkish and Kurdish communities in Germany have launched donation drives to send money, warm clothes and blankets to victims of a devastating earthquake that tore through Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday.

Reuters

Turkish barber in Ireland says family back home living in car after devastating earthquakes

"I woke up in the morning to lots of calls and texts from my friends"

Irish Mirror

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Cousin of Iranian Mahsa Amini finds refuge in France following death threats

Iranian Kurdish activist Erfan Mortezai, the cousin of Mahsa Amini whose death in police custody sparked protests across Iran, has found protection in France. He talked to RFI about the sense of relief and continuing his fight against the regime in Tehran.

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Nobel Laureate Ebadi Says Iran’s ‘Revolutionary Process’ Is Irreversible

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurdish woman last year has sparked an irreversible "revolutionary process" that would eventually lead to the collapse of the "Islamic Republic". Iran's clerical rulers have faced widespread unrest since Mahsa Amini died in the…

Reuters

Nobel laureate Ebadi says Iran's 'revolutionary process' is irreversible

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Iran Accuses Kurdish Opposition of Isfahan Attack

The Iranian Supreme National Security Council accused Kurdish opposition factions based in Iraq of being "involved" in a drone attack that targeted a military facility in Isfahan. Nournews, a news agency affiliated with the Council, reported that parts of the drones that were used to carry out the hostile action…

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Kurdish Officials: Rockets Hit Turkish Base in Northern Iraq

A cluster of rockets targeted a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Wednesday, officials from northern Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region said. An Iranian-backed militia promptly claimed responsibility for the attack. A Turkish defense ministry official said there was no damage or injury at the base but did not provide…

Reuters

Eight rockets fired at Turkish base in Iraq - Kurdish security group

Unidentified attackers fired eight rockets at a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Wednesday, two of which landed inside the facility, said the Counter-Terrorism Group, a security organisation in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.

Reuters

Turkey's push into Iraq risks deeper conflict

Looming over the deserted village of Sararo in northern Iraq, three Turkish military outposts break the skyline, part of an incursion that forced the residents to flee last year after days of shelling.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kurdish Media Report Deal on Integrated Project for Northern, Eastern Syria

The US aims to present an "integrated plan" on northern and eastern Syria after it agreed with Türkiye on a specific formula. The deal was discussed during the meetings of US envoy to eastern Syria Nicholas Granger with various parties in the region, according to Kurdish media. Over the past…

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Iraq’s Kurdish Region Warns against ‘Unlawful’ Stop to Funds

Iraqi Kurdish authorities on Thursday pushed back against a decision by Iraq's top court that blocked payments from state coffers funding the semi-autonomous region. Jutiar Adel, a spokesperson for Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government said in a statement that the “unlawful decision from an illegitimate court will impact (the) mutual understanding”…

The Independent UK

Iraq's Kurdish region warns against 'unlawful' stop to funds

Iraqi Kurdish authorities are pushing back against a decision by Iraq’s top court that blocked payments from state coffers funding the semi-autonomous region

The Independent UK

Turkey: Sweden complicit in hate crime, NATO talks pointless

Turkey’s foreign minister has accused Sweden of being complicit in a “hate and racist crime” for failing to prevent weekend protests in Stockholm by an anti-Islam and pro-Kurdish groups

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