Kurdish journalist Ahmed Azad Çağan was targeted in Turkey for his reporting on political issues. After receiving threats to life, he sought asylum in Switzerland. On Sunday, in a controversial move, the Swiss authorities took Çağan into custody for deportation, provoking uproar from rights advocates. Kurdish journalist Ahmed Azad Çağan, who sought asylum in Switzerland citing threats to his life [...]

While the Turkish army is using chemical weapons, unconventional explosives, drones, fighter jets, helicopters and artillery against guerrilla areas, eight soldiers of the Turkish occupying forces were killed in guerrilla actions in South Kurdistan.   YJA Star (Free Women's Troops) and HPG (People's Defence Forces) continue the resistance against the invading Turkish forces in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in [...]

After the ISIS onslaught on 3 August 2014, the Yazidi town of Shengal in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) was liberated on 13 November 2015 thanks to a months-long struggle led by the PKK guerrillas and YPG/YPJ fighters. After the ISIS onslaught on 3 August 2014, the Yazidi town of Shengal in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) was liberated on 13 November [...]

Turkish border guards continue their violations and violent pushbacks against Syrian civilians seeking a safe haven. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the Turkish gendarmerie (military police) shot dead two young men from Al-Kasra district in western Deir ez-Zor countryside who tried to cross to Turkey from the side of Ras Al-Ain in Al-Hasakah countryside, seeking safe haven. [...]

Gerîla TV published footage of an action in which three Turkish soldiers were killed in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area. Guerîla TV released a video of a guerrilla action in the Girê Amediyê Resistance Area in the region of Zap which resulted in the death of three soldiers. The HPG Press Center issued a statement about the action, saying: “At [...]