Headlines
  • Iran will retaliate with attacks against "nine countries" if the United States strikes Iranian military bases or "petrochemical" facilities, according to an adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
  • At least 58 recruits were killed and over 200 others were injured when the Houthis launched three ballistic missiles at a training facility in Yemen's Shabwa governate. The death toll is anticipated to rise.
  • After unrest, French authorities impose curfews in some areas of Paris, northern cities, and Nice.
  • After looting damaged thousands of businesses over the weekend, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu warned on Monday that he was ready to declare a state of emergency as authorities struggled to contain ongoing violence.
  • Paul Mackenzie, a self-proclaimed preacher, and 28 accomplices were found guilty by a Mombasa, Kenya, court on Monday of killing 190 children and one adult as members of a well-known Christian starvation cult.

Tag: Kurdish-speaking community

July 13, 2023

Traffic Police in Kurdish Syria Attract...

Kurdish women are signing up for the local traffic police force in northeast Syria in increasing numbers. The development is helping to break stereotypes about the role of women in society.

March 8, 2023

Syrian Kurdish Refugee Families Split Apart...

A large number of Syrian men have migrated to Europe as a result of the deteriorating economic conditions in Iraqi Kurdistan. For the community and the women and kids left behind, this has created unique challenges

September 27, 2022

Syrian Kurdish Women Protest Mahsa Amini’s...

In Northeast Syria’s Kurdish city of Qamishli, hundreds of women took part in a protest on Monday in support of Iranian women  condemning the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who sadly died on September 16 while in the custody of Iranian police

December 9, 2021

Increasing IS Attacks Putting Kurdish and...

Officials from the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Iraqi Central Government are planning a strategy to counter the Islamic State’s recent surge in attacks

December 2, 2021

A Kurdish Family Grieved the Drowning...

A small inflatable boat capsized last week in the English Channel, killing 27 migrants attempting to cross from France to the UK. From Soran, Iraqi Kurdistan, VOA’s Ahmad Zebari spoke to the family of one of the victims about the tragedy’s consequences

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

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

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