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Official final results of the parliamentary election in Iraq
...ies, followed by the Takaddum coalition of incumbent parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halboosi with 37 seats. The Southern Kurdistan’s KDP and the "State of Law Coalition" of former head of government Nuri al-Maliki each won 33 seats. The Kurdistan Coalition sent 16 deputies to Baghdad, while the pro-Iranian Fatah Coalition won 15 seats. Other parties are represented in parliament as follows: Azm Alliance: 13 mandates Nifşê Nû (New Generation): 9 mandates Emtidad Movement: 9 mandates Islamic Unity Party: 4 mandates National Alliance of State Forces: 4 mandates Kurdistan Justice Group: 1 seat ...
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YRK: We did not suffer any casualties in Turkish air strike
The Eastern Kurdistan Defense Forces (YRK) said they suffered no casualties in the Turkish airstrike in the Iraq-Iran border area on Friday. The Defense Units of Eastern Kurdistan (Yekîneyên Parastina Rojhilata Kurdistan, YRK) did not suffer any casualties in the Turkish airstrike on Friday on the Medya Defense Zones and the Asos Mountains in the Iraq-Iran border area. This was announced by the YRK's press and com...
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Salih Muslim: We are stronger and more organised, our resistance will be greater!
...ight to resist. Nobody can deny this. Two members of a Turkish police force were killed in Azaz. What can you say about it? They were killed on Syrian territory and it is not known who is behind the killing. There are many forces here, including the SDF, the Afrin Liberation Forces (HRE), Russia, Iran and Syrian troops. Somebody fired a grenade and two Turkish soldiers were killed. That is legitimate, because what are these troops doing on foreign territory? They should be withdrawn, then it would be better for all sides. Syria has the right to sovereignty. If Syrian forces are behind this inci...
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Questionable MIT operation against alleged “Iranian agents” in Van
An operation against alleged Iranian agents in Van turns out to be a questionable crackdown on people from surrounding villages. Drivers, farmers and smugglers from the border area are lumped together and declared as spies. In a joint operation between Turkey's intelligence agency MIT and the police, eight people were detained in V...
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HRW: Turkish soldiers beat, push Afghan asylum seekers back to Iran
Authorities in Turkey deny Afghans right to seek asylum. Turkish authorities are summarily pushing Afghan asylum seekers crossing into the country from Iran back to Iran, in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch said today. Six Afghans, five of whom were pushed back, told Human Rights Watch (HRW) that the Turkish army beat them and their fellow travelers – some to the point of breaking their bones – and collectively expelled them in group...
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Former Gorran Movement official: The failure in elections caused by wrong policies
...r reaction to the parties. According to Hesen, there is no political party left to do honest politics in the Federal Kurdistan Region. THERE IS PUBLIC REACTION Tekoşer Hesen stated, "The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are in power. One is dependent on Iran, while the other is dependent on Turkey. Over 100 kilometres of Bashur (South Kurdistan) land is under Turkish attack. The people of Bashur punished the administration by not voting. Bashur's residents are sensitive and aware of the region's wrong politics. They are aware that the government makes ...
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Imprisoned Kurdish writer Mujgan Kawsi deported to Evin Prison
...i was deported from Keçuni Prison to Evin Prison. Imprisoned Kurdish writer Mujgan Kawsi was deported from Kechuni Prison to Evin Prison in Tehran. Mujgan Kawsi, who is ill, is not released despite the hospitals reports stating that she "cannot stay in prison". The writer, who was detained by the Iranian Itlaat in the city of Hoşehir on 16 November 2019, was sent to the Itlaat’s prison in the city of Sari after her detention. She was then taken to Noşehir Prison on 10 December 2019 and was brought before the Revolutionary Court on 19 December. She was released on bail after the court sentenced...
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Remembering Martyr Hogir Baran
...epeatedly attacked Kirkuk. However, the resistance of the Kurdish people, including Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) guerrillas and the local peshmerga forces, kept the city of Kirkuk out of the hands of ISIS and pushed ISIS out of the larger province. Following the defeat of ISIS, Iraqi forces and Iranian-backed Hashd al-Sha’bi fighters invaded the region. While some local forces retreated in the face of the advance on Kirkuk which began on 16 October 2017, PKK guerrillas and others resisted this invasion, refusing to leave the area. During this resistance, Bashir Sabri Isa (codename: Hogir Bar...
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Messages given in the elections in Iraq and Southern Kurdistan
...r question is who the speaker of the parliament and the prime minister will be. It is not possible to form a government and to nominate a prime minister without the consensus of all powers in Iraq. Furthermore, neither a prime minister nor a president can be appointed without the tacit agreement of Iran and the United States. Therefore, it is necessary to know that even if it remains as a problem among the Kurds - and it seems that it will - a politician who is not approved by the US and Iran has no chance of becoming president. Therefore, it is necessary to realize that serious problems will keep...
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Stop Turkey’s use of chemical weapons, says Peace in Kurdistan
...vour of using poisoned gas against uncivilised tribes.’ By uncivilised tribes Churchill meant the local Kurdish, Arab and other peoples. His rationale was cost effectiveness. Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi army used chemical weapons against the Kurds in Halabja on 16 March 1988 towards the end of the Iran-Iraq war. Over 5,000 people were killed in Halabja. There were reports that Turkey had used chemical weapons during its invasion of Afrin in 2018 and its occupation of Gire Spi and Serekaniye in 2019. The international community’s failure to sanction Turkey for these invasions has encouraged the dr...
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KCK: There can be no free society without free women
... women’s freedom, will become the fundamental way of life for all humankind. In addition, our women’s movement has a great impact not only on Kurdish women, but on all women in the Middle East. Kurdish women have a great influence on the struggle for freedom of women in Turkey, the Arab world and Iran. The women in Turkey today are very dynamic and exuberant and hence influence the women in the Arab world. They will increasingly turn into a force that will affect the entire Middle East as an engine of change. Our vision for the future of women is very clear: The 21st century will be the centur...
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Police besiege several neighbourhoods in Yüksekova
...are going, where they work and what they are doing on the street. “The situation is worrying. We can't even visit our neighbours anymore. Armoured vehicles are at every corner,” said the resident. Yüksekova is located in the province of Hakkari in the extreme southeast of Turkey on the border with Iran and Iraq and is a stronghold of the Kurdish liberation movement.
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Syrian Democratic Council Derar calls on Government of Damascus to dialogue table
...said: “Terrorism can be fought in a variety of ways. The only option and the only struggle is for all Syrians to adopt a political settlement through discussion. It's hardly the aggressive language we're used to hear from regime officials. The government is well aware of what would have occurred if Iran and Russia were not involved. Dialogue is the only way to find a solution. Only then we will be able to fight terrorism.” Riyadh Derar noted that regional and international states in Syria are only there for their own interests, the state's fragility, and the deteriorating situation in Syria. He ...
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9 October 1998: The beginning of the international conspiracy against Öcalan
...y to start a dialogue in order to resolve all issues between them". 7 October 1998: An American ship loaded with Tomahawk missiles was sent to the Mediterranean shores. On the same day, a huge number of war and military aircraft landed at the US base in Incirlik-Turkey. 8 October 1998: It was now Iran's turn to mediate in the crisis between Ankara and Damascus. Iranian Foreign Minister Kemal Harrazi, who first went to Damascus, moved to Ankara in the evening. According to the Turkish press, Demirel, who met with Harrazi, warned Iran: "Do not back Syria or you will also suffer.” 9 October 1998: ...
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Air strike targets vehicle near Sulaymaniyah, resulting in injuries
...urdistan. The occupants are said to be injured, but more detailed information is not yet available. Another car had been attacked by a drone in the district 65 kilometers west of Sulaymaniyah last Monday. Two people were seriously injured. It is assumed that it was a Turkish killer drone, although Iranian regime forces could also be responsible. During the summer months, there were several targeted airstrikes on vehicles in southern Kurdistan, usually by Turkish killer drones. Turkish drones also attacked cars in Rojava and the autonomous region of northern and eastern Syria. Recently, there has ...
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Drone attack on a vehicle leaves 2 injured in South Kurdistan
...ve been transferred to a hospital in Sulaymaniyah. The attack occurred at around 5:50 p.m. local time on Monday in the immediate vicinity of the village of Seydanê Xwaru, a good 65 kilometers west of Sulaymaniyah. It is believed to have been a Turkish killer drone that bombed the vehicle. However, Iranian regime forces could also be responsible. During the summer months, there were several targeted airstrikes on vehicles in southern Kurdistan, usually by Turkey's killer drones. Turkish drones also attacked cars in Rojava and the autonomous region of northern and eastern Syria. Recently, there ha...
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Erdogan submits Paris Climate Agreement to parliament for ratification
...-industrial era, if possible. However, a recently published UN report sees the earth on the dangerous path of 2.7 degrees of warming without a radical change in course. Turkey is among the few signatories that have not yet ratified the agreement. The agreement has also not been ratified by Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Libya and Yemen.
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Iran launches military exercise on Azerbaijan border
"We will not tolerate Zionist regime elements and Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in the region,” said General Kiyumar Heydari, commander of the land forces. Iranian ground forces have launched a military exercise in the north-west of the country near its border with Azerbaijan. Official media reports show that numerous tanks, howitzers and helicopters hit the targets on the ground. “We respect good neighbourly relations, but we will not tolerate Zionist r...
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Kurd tortured to death in Tehran prison
A 23-year-old Kurd has been tortured to death in Fashafoyeh Prison, south of Tehran. A Kurd was reportedly tortured to death in a prison in Iran's capital Tehran. This was reported by the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN). According to the report, the victim is 23-year-old Amir Hossein Hatami. The man is originally from a village in Sirvan in the eastern Kurdish region of Îlam, but lived and worked in Tehran. He is believed to have been...
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Teachers protest in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan
Teachers in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan protested against the political education system and their working conditions at the beginning of the new school year. At the beginning of the new school year, teachers in the cities of Eastern Kurdistan and Iran protested against low salaries and high school costs. Some activ...