Shkar Ahmed
Published by Shkar Ahmed
Organ donation suspended in Kurdistan as specialist hospital fails to materialize
Patients who are unable to travel abroad for organ transplants have been denied hope of a lifeline after the Kurdistan Body Donors Organization (KBDO) said this week it is suspending its pursuit of new donors because a specialist hospital has failed to materialize.
Half a million Kurds and Iraqis migrated abroad over past 5 years
Many from Kurdistan, Iraq, Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan took the land route to Turkey before paying smugglers thousands of dollars to cross the Aegean Sea to Greece in crowded, rickety boats. Many never reached the shore.
Sulaimani courts, police crack down on gangs faking official government documents
Government employees are among those arrested by police on suspicion of falsifying official documents
Woman kidnapped, raped at gunpoint by Erbil taxi driver awaits justice
30-year-old Iranian woman was kidnapped then raped at gunpoint after hailing a taxi on September 16
More than 100 Iraqi MPs go on Hajj pilgrimage this season
Around 30% of the Iraqi parliament is going on Hajj this year.
Fifteen years of blast barriers in Iraq with a Kurdish twist
The Kurdistan Region is abundant in the concrete needed to manufacture the specialty blast barriers
Turkmen list head says she succeeded due to campaign of ‘protecting’ Kurdistan
“We work for the entire society without discrimination. We defend Peshmerga, police and security forces.
120 candidates withdraw or stop campaigns for Kurdistan’s parliament
40 Komal candidates have quietly stopped campaigning