Israel’s new Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar mentioned the Kurdish people in his first speech upon taking office. “The Kurdish people are a great nation, one of the largest nations without political independence,” Sa’ar said at a ceremony marking the handover of the ministry from outgoing Foreign Minister Israel Katz to Sa’ar. Israel has enjoyed … Read more
The autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq held elections this week, with around two million people turning out to vote. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), which typically garners the most votes, once again emerged with the highest number, garnering 800,000 votes. This is an important step for the region, and to understand why, … Read more
In the first seven months of 2024, over 300 people have been executed in Iran, according to a Monday Iran International report. In 2023, in total, 834 people were executed, according to a report issued by NGO Iran Human Rights and Together Against Death Penalty, an increase of 43% from 2022’s total of 582 … Read more
This week, the Syrian regime is holding elections for the parliament. The system in Syria, like other authoritarian regimes in the region, is a form of election that is neither free nor fair. Yet they do have influence because the elections enable the regime to claim victory and then use the parliament to rubber-stamp … Read more
Five Christian converts have been sentenced to a total of over 25 years in prison by the Iranian judiciary, according to a Friday Iran International report. According to the human rights group Hengraw, which was created in 2016 to report on the human rights violations against Kurds in Iran, there has been no available … Read more
Ankara stated on Monday that Kurdish groups’ plans to hold self-managed local elections in northern Syria are impermissible and will not be allowed to materialize on account of threatening both regional stability and Turkey’s national security. Responding to a series of questions sent by the Associated Press, Defense Minister Yasar Guler emphasized his … Read more
Four expatriate workers were killed in a drone attack targeting the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Friday, an advisor to the Iraqi Kurdish prime minister told Reuters. Production has also been suspended, the advisor to the Iraqi Kurdish prime minister and a senior Kurdish politician said. The four expatriate workers … Read more
Kurdish Sunni cleric Mohammad Khezrnejad has been sentenced to death for eulogizing a young man who was killed during the protests that swept Iran in 2022 after the killing of Mahsa Amini by the Tehran “morality police,” according to Iranian human rights organizations. Khezrnejad was arrested in November 2022 after delivering a speech at … Read more
US-backed Kurdish-led forces said on Monday that six of their fighters had been killed in an explosive drone attack by Iran-backed armed groups that came from areas of Syria’s Deir al Zor under the control of the Syrian government. Farhad Shami, a spokesperson for the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said in a post … Read more
Iran carried out a long-range attack on Syria this week using its Kheibar Shekan ballistic missile, with Iranian media saying this was a “message” for the US and Israel. Iran is now attacking random areas in Syria to show off its missile capabilities. Iran uses the cover of “striking terrorists” in order to test … Read more
