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  • In order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military said late Monday that it was striking Iran for the tenth night in a row.
  • After their announcement of a naval blockade in the southern part of the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia denounced the Houthis in Yemen, who are supported by Iran.
  • According to Jordan's state television, the Jordanian Armed Forces said that three missiles launched from Iran had been intercepted.
  • After the deaths of three American service personnel this past weekend, US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Monday that they "will pay" every time they kill Americans.
  • Multiple Iranian airstrikes on Middle East bases this month have injured nearly 100 US service men.
  • In the latest round of Iranian retaliatory attacks on the Gulf state allied with the United States, the Kuwaiti army said it is working to intercept Iranian missiles and drones.

Tag: Kurdish People

October 1, 2021

In Northeast Syria, Curfew Imposed Amid...

A surge in coronavirus infections has forced local officials in northeast Syria to declare a week-long curfew to curb the virus’s spread

August 10, 2021

In Turkey, Police Investigates the Death...

Turkey’s police are looking into the circumstances surrounding the recent killings of seven Kurdish family members. The Turkish government, according to rights groups and academics, should act quickly to prevent ethnic unrest

June 25, 2021

Political Violence in Turkey

A Fatal Attack At A Provincial Office Of Turkey’s Pro-Kurdish Party Has Fueled Fears Of Rising Political Violence Against Opposition Groups

February 2, 2021

Kurdistan Historic Mill

A family in northern Iraqi Kurdistan town of Koya, continues to operate an antique mill that dates back to the 1920s

January 1, 2021

Kurds in Iraq, Syria Look for...

Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria have been important partners for the United States in the fight against the Islamic State terror group. During President-elect Joe Biden’s years in the Senate and as vice president, he was deeply involved in U.S. policy in the region, and Kurds are hopeful about what that could mean for them in the coming years

June 5, 2020

Displaced Yazidi Woman Paints Life After...

Hayat Dakhil Murad — a young Yazidi woman who fled the Islamic State (IS) attack on Sinjar in 2014 to the Sharya Refugee Camp in the Kurdistan Region’s Dohuk province — has found solace in painting the realities of her people’s ordeal in Iraq

July 30, 2019

Syrian Kurds Concerned with Turkey Military...

Turkey continues to deploy troops near its southern border with Syria for what appears to be an imminent attack against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces that Ankara views as terrorists. Locals say such an attack could throw the already-volatile region into further instability

July 27, 2019

Syrian Kurd Who Lost Hand in...

Ciwan Husen lost his left hand and eye at age 21 in Kurdish fight against Islamic State in northwest Syria

February 9, 2019

Thousands Displaced as SDF Advances on...

Kurdish officials say more than 23,000 civilians from eastern Deir el-Zour governorate have been displaced as the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fight Islamic State in its last Syrian bastion

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