EU condemns attacks on western Syria with over 1,000 claimed dead
The European Union on Sunday condemned the recent attacks on Syria’s western coastal areas which have reportedly claimed the lives of over 1,000 people in two days.
The European Union on Sunday condemned the recent attacks on Syria’s western coastal areas which have reportedly claimed the lives of over 1,000 people in two days.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) acting minister of natural resources announced on Monday that oil exports from the Kurdistan Region will resume next month, confirming that there are no technical obstacles to the resumption.
Prime minister of the Kurdistan Region on Tuesday reasserted the Kurdish people’s “legitimate claims” towards self-determination, stressing that the Region has only acted as a catalyst to peace and stability, posing no threat to any side.
Stockholm’s District Court on Tuesday convicted a 56-year-old woman to 12 years in prison for crimes against humanity, genocide, and gross war crimes committed against Yazidi women and children in Syria’s northern province of Raqqa.
The Kurdistan Region’s Journalists Syndicate on Monday called on security forces to improve their treatment of journalists after several media teams were reportedly mistreated a day prior, while covering a protest at Erbil’s doorstep.
Iraq’s President Abdul Latif Rashid has filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani and Finance Minister Taif Sami, over the delayed salaries of the Kurdistan Region Government (KRG) civil servants, a presidential aide said on Sunday.
Several suspected Islamic State (ISIS) members were arrested in Kirkuk in a joint operation between Kurdish and Iraqi forces, the Kurdish Counter Terrorism Group announced on Saturday.
The Iraqi foreign ministry on Thursday said it “strongly condemns” United States President Donald Trump's proposal for a US takeover of Gaza and a permanent resettlement of its population.
Rival Kurdish parties in northeast Syria (Rojava) have agreed on important points as part of Kurdish unity efforts, a party official told Rudaw on Saturday.
The Iraqi finance ministry said on Saturday that they will need at least one more meeting after discussing civil servant salaries with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) delegation in Baghdad.
Five people were injured on Saturday when the elevator they were in fell 11 storeys in Duhok.
A group of teachers in Sulaimani have been on a hunger strike since Tuesday over unpaid salaries. One of the teachers said that she will not stop her protest until either her demands are met or she dies.
Protests against strikes on Tishreen Dam continue amid growing international criticism of Syrian militias carrying out the attacks, most recently from Human Rights Watch, which on Thursday said a recent drone strike on an ambulance was “an apparent war crime.”
There will be no peace in the Middle East until the Kurdish issue is resolved, was a message from Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan when he last met his family, his nephew told Rudaw in an interview on Thursday.
The Bekhal waterfall, a top tourism destination in Erbil province’s Soran administration, will be renovated as part of a master plan by the government to redesign the area's touristic sites, an official said on Tuesday.
Kurds in Europe should advocate on behalf of their fellow Kurds in Syria who are engaged in discussions with the new rulers in Damascus about the future of the country, battling renewed attacks around Tishreen Dam, and trying to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State (ISIS), a Kurdish-Swedish politician said in an interview with Rudaw.
At least 76 people died and tens were injured on Tuesday in a fire that engulfed a ski resort hotel in the Bolu province of northern Turkey, state media reported.
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) chief Mazloum Abdi on Monday praised the role of Germany in new Syria and its support for the Kurdish-led force following a meeting with a senior German official.
