After a meeting with Mazloum Abdi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said that “the rights and interests of the Kurds must be fully taken into account."  ANF  NEWS DESK  Thursday, 24 April 2025, 15:54 On Wednesday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot embarked on a regional tour of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in an [...]

The Turkish army continues its attacks against guerrilla areas in northern Iraq despite a ceasefire declared by the PKK following Abdullah Öcalan's call for peace and democratic society. Despite a ceasefire declared unilaterally by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the Turkish army continues to escalate their attacks on the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq). According to the HPG balance sheet for [...]

As the Iranian regime's wave of arrests and detentions against Kurdish citizens and activists continues, a Kurd from Mahabad was sentenced to prison. The Kurdistan Human Rights Association reported that the Iranian regime sentenced a Kurdish citizen from Mahabad in Eastern Kurdistan. 32-year-old Wehab Xedîr Pur was reportedly sentenced to 10 months in prison by the Iranian Supreme Court for [...]

Expressing his feelings on Abdullah Öcalan’s birthday, HPG guerrilla Şahîn Reqa called on the youth to “get to know the leader, join his truth and reach your own reality”, while Avareş Reqa called on them to “organize for the freedom of Öcalan. April 4 is a new light of resurrection for all the peoples of the Middle East; it is [...]

Today, on Abdullah Öcalan’s 76th birthday, celebrations reach a vibrant pace with youth leading the way as the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party’s march reaches Amara, Öcalan’s birthplace. In a special letter, Öcalan reaffirmed his message to the youth, emphasising solidarity, socialism, and collective struggle. Women also played a key role, lighting 76 torches in a powerful display of [...]