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 A Kurdish man votes at a polling station during Iraq's Kurdistan region parliamentary election, in Erbil, Iraq October 20, 2024.

Kurdistan regional elections mark a step forward for Iraq’s stability

 Aghdas Dyonisio, an Iranian Kurd, holds a portrait of Jina (Mahsa) Amini at a protest in Los Angeles following Amini’s death in September 2022. The murder has become a symbol of Iranian repression toward Kurds and other minority ethnic groups in general, says the writer.

How the Abraham Accords and Kurdish alliances could transform the Middle East

By VEYSI DAG
 Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) gather to celebrate Nowruz, which marks the arrival of spring, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 17, 2024.

The war on Syrian Kurds and the little-known axis of ethnic cleansing

By HADEEL OUEIS
 A protester dons face paint and carries a mock noose to denounce recent executions by the Iranian regime during a march commemorating the 45th anniversary of the revolution in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2024.

Iran executes over 300 individuals in first seven months of 2024, 49 in July alone

 A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during parliamentary elections, in Damascus, Syria July 15, 2024.

Syria’s regime holds symbolic legislative ‘elections’

 Iran's Ghezel Hesar Prison

Christian converts sentenced to total of 25 years in jail by Iranian judiciary

 Turkey's Defense Minister Yasar Guler in Brussels, Belgium June 15, 2023.

Turkish defense minister reiterates opposition to Kurdish-run elections in northern Syria

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
THE BORDER between the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Iran.

Four killed in attack on northern Iraq’s Khor Mor gas field, advisor to Iraqi Kurdish PM says

By REUTERS
 Members of a Kurdish group from Germany, Austria and Denmark visited Israel this week to show solidarity in the wake of the Hamas massacre, February 2024

Kurdish solidarity delegation from Germany visits Israel

 People participate in a protest against the Islamic regime of Iran and the death of Mahsa Amini in New York City, New York, U.S., September 27, 2022.

Kurdish cleric sentenced to death in Iran for eulogizing protester

 A US soldier oversees members of the Syrian Democratic Forces as they demolish a YPG fortification and raise a Tal Abyad Military Council flag over the outpost as part of the security mechanism zone agreement, in Syria September 21, 2019.

US-backed Kurdish forces says six fighters killed in drone strike on US base

By REUTERS
 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the guests of the Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran, Iran October 3, 2023.

Iran attacked Syria with long-range missile in message to Israel - analysis

urkish Kurds watch smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 18, 2014. A U.S.-led military coalition has been bombing Islamic State fighters who

Turkish strikes hit water, power infrastructure in Syria’s Kurdish-held northeast

By REUTERS
urkish Kurds watch smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 18, 2014. A U.S.-led military coalition has been bombing Islamic State fighters who

Turkey says it 'neutralized' 20 PKK members in northern Iraq

By REUTERS
 Iranian women walk on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, Iran, July 16, 2023

Kurdish-Iranian woman whipped 74 times for not wearing hijab

 Qais al-Khazali, leader of Asaib Ahl al-Haq holds a ballot sheet as he votes during Iraq's provincial council election, at a polling station in Baghdad, Iraq, December 18, 2023.

Iraq heads to provincial elections, first in ten years

 US President Joe Biden delivers an address from the White House last month, after visiting Israel following the Hamas massacre The US playbook lacks the deterrence needed to curb Iran, the writer maintains.

The US should delist this Iranian Kurdish 'terror' group - opinion

 Iraqi speaker of Parliament Mohammed al-Halbousi appears during a vote in Sudani's cabinet at the parliament in Baghdad, Iraq, October 27, 2022.

Iraq parliament speaker accused of 'normalization' with Israel