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Unidentified drone kills PKK member, injures another near Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah, sources say

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) -An unidentified drone attack killed a member of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and injured another near Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah on Saturday, security sources and local officials said, the first attack of its kind in months. (Reporting by Muayad Hameed Saudi; Editing by Aidan Lewis)See the Story

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Kurdish journalist Omed Baroshky’s imprisonment extended by 6 months - Committee to Protect Journalists

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Sulaymaniyah, July 30, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled that Kurdish journalist Omed Baroshky will remain in prison for an additional six months following a decision by Iraq’s Duhok misdemeanor court. CPJ reiterates its call for Baroshky’s immediate release. On June 28, 2025, Baroshky’s lawyer, Reving Yaseen, informed CPJ that the court had reactivated a previously suspended six-month sentence from December 2021, citing a vi…See the Story

Duhok · Duhok

Yazidi Genocide Victims Offered Glimmer Of Hope For Justice – But Challenges Remain

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The Yazidi people were subjected to murder, rape, enslavement and forced conversion to Islam. Approximately 12,000 Yazidis were killed or abducted by IS. The post Yazidi Genocide Victims Offered Glimmer Of Hope For Justice – But Challenges Remain appeared first on Study Finds.See the Story

Second Dooreh Festival in Barwari Bala, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, concludes - Syriac Press

NOHADRA, Kurdistan Region of Iraq ─ After three consecutive days, the events of the Second Dooreh Festival concluded on Saturday evening in the Barwari Bala area of Nohadra (Duhok) Governorate, Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), amid a large public turnout and festive atmosphere. The festival, which opened on Thursday, 24 July, witnessed the participation of hundreds of families from Chaldean–Syriac–Assyrian villages and towns, as well as from vari…Kurdistan Region · Kurdistan Region Read Article

Celebrations in Nohadra for the Nusardil Festival and prayer at Mar Qayum - Syriac Press

NOHADRA (DUHOK), Beth Nahrin — Dozens of Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian community members gathered in the village of Dori in the Barwari Bala area of Nohadra to celebrate the annual Nawsardel Festival. The event coincided with a symbolic 1,500-meter mountain climb to reach Mar Qayum Church, one of the oldest churches in the region, built over 1,400 years ago. One of the participants explained that the main goal was to encourage the younger generation…Duhok · Duhok Read Article

Between History and Strategy: Erdoğan, Öcalan, and the Three-Nation Vision

On July 11, 2025, a small band of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) guerrillas gathered at the mouth of Jasana Cave near Sulaymaniyah in northern Iraq for a ceremony few imagined possible. Clad in fatigues, thirty fighters – men and women – solemnly placed their AK-47 rifles and bandoliers into a large metal cauldron and set them aflame The flames that consumed these weapons symbolized the end of a 40-year armed insurgency that had cost over 40,000…Erdogan · Sulaymaniyah Read Article

Assyrian Democratic Movement to KRG: Where can our people turn when court rulings are ignored? - Syriac Press

BAGHDAD — The Chaldean-Syriac-Assyrian people in Iraq’s historic region of Beth Nahrain are growing increasingly frustrated with the decades-long pattern of violations against their people, lands, and presence—violations that continue under the watch of the government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). The latest incident in Ankawa highlights the deepening concern, as influential figures—many affiliated with ruling parties—carry out illegal …Kurdistan Region · Kurdistan Region Read Article

Kurdistan’s Gas Ambitions Advance With Chemchemal Kickoff

The Pearl Consortium is planning to shoot seismic at Kurdistan’s Chemchemal next month, targeting early output in Q3 next year. Long-term, Chemchemal’s dev...Kurdistan Region · Kurdistan Region Read Article

Öcalan's Historical Appeal : Why the Pkk Failed

Why the PKK failed jhagmann_de Thu., 24.07.2025 - 18:52 German Body The pictures have gone around the world: In a symbolic ceremony in July, PKK fighters burned their weapons in the Kurdish part of Iraq. Previously, the chairman of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, had called for an end to the armed struggle and called for the disarmament of his organization. Öcalan's historic appeal in May has fueled the hope for an end to th…Kurds · Kurdistan Region Read Article

Never Without His Rosary or His Pistol: The Legacy of Syriac Christian Paul Bedari - Syriac Press

By Yousif Kalian In a landmark address delivered during the Jubilee of Hope in 2025, Pope Leo XIV turned the world’s attention to the Eastern Churches—not only to honor their sacred past but to demand a reckoning with their precarious future. Among his most urgent appeals was a renewed call to preserve and promote the heritage of Eastern Christians living in diaspora. “In our own day,” he warned, “many of our Eastern brothers and sisters… risk …Duhok · Duhok Read Article

Curse of the Floors – Kurdistan

Curse of the Floors From two to thirteen floors – a curse of concrete, you have devoured the sky, stone by stone, scorn by scorn. No more village, no light, no wind on your skin, only shadows, only bars, what you call "living" – horribly constructed. You house builders – you architects of horror, you have no heart, only plans of wonder for banks, for greed, for cities of glass – but life? That's just fun for you. And worse still: You only let sm…Kurdistan Region · Kurdistan Region Read Article

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Unidentified drone kills PKK member, injures another near Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah, sources say

Kurdish journalist Omed Baroshky’s imprisonment extended by 6 months - Committee to Protect Journalists

Yazidi Genocide Victims Offered Glimmer Of Hope For Justice – But Challenges Remain

Second Dooreh Festival in Barwari Bala, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, concludes - Syriac Press

Celebrations in Nohadra for the Nusardil Festival and prayer at Mar Qayum - Syriac Press

Between History and Strategy: Erdoğan, Öcalan, and the Three-Nation Vision

Assyrian Democratic Movement to KRG: Where can our people turn when court rulings are ignored? - Syriac Press

Kurdistan’s Gas Ambitions Advance With Chemchemal Kickoff

Öcalan's Historical Appeal : Why the Pkk Failed

Never Without His Rosary or His Pistol: The Legacy of Syriac Christian Paul Bedari - Syriac Press

Curse of the Floors – Kurdistan

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Second Dooreh Festival in Barwari Bala, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, concludes - Syriac Press

Celebrations in Nohadra for the Nusardil Festival and prayer at Mar Qayum - Syriac Press

Between History and Strategy: Erdoğan, Öcalan, and the Three-Nation Vision

Assyrian Democratic Movement to KRG: Where can our people turn when court rulings are ignored? - Syriac Press

Kurdistan’s Gas Ambitions Advance With Chemchemal Kickoff

Öcalan's Historical Appeal : Why the Pkk Failed

Never Without His Rosary or His Pistol: The Legacy of Syriac Christian Paul Bedari - Syriac Press

Curse of the Floors – Kurdistan