Bafil Talabani addressed Barzanis at the PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) rally in Duhok and said that Barzanis sold out the Yazidis and Kurdistan lands and this is a dishonourable situation for Kurds. PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) President Bafil Jalal Talabani gave important messages during the election rally in Duhok on Monday. Talking about the unity of Kurdistan, Talabani [...]

Several hundred Kurds demonstrate in Amsterdam, calling for the release of Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and a peaceful resolution of the Kurdish issue. Protesters express deep scepticism of new claims, published by Al-Monitor, that Öcalan has made contact with PKK leaders based in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan, effectively breaking his incommunicado detention. [...]

According to the HPG, five Turkish soldiers in South Kurdistan were shot dead by guerrilla snipers in the past two days. The Turkish Air Force, meanwhile, has bombed dozens of areas. The Press Center of the People's Defense Forces (HPG) has issued a statement about the guerrilla resistance to the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan and the Turkish army's attacks [...]

The Turkish state destroys forests in the countryside of Şırnak province. The Turkish state is committing ecocide in Elemûn village, in the Uludere district of Şırnak, on the grounds of ‘security’. Villagers recorded the cutting of trees and stated that the action was carried out by the contractor Selim Babat. The footage published by Mezopotamya agency (MA) shows that the [...]

Turkish police raided the DEM Party's provincial organisation in Iğdır in the morning and detained eight people, including Mehmet Selçuk, the provincial co-chair.   The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Provincial Organisation building was subjected to a police attack in the morning. During the course of the raid, special operations police officers blocked all streets and avenues leading [...]