The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla shot down a Turkish state AKINCI-type drone in Qandil. ANF NEWS DESK Sunday, 16 March 2025, 22:10 According to information received from local sources, a Turkish state AKINCI-type drone was shot ...

The KONGRA-GEL Co-Presidency Council released a statement on the occasion of Newroz (Kurdish New Year) on 21 March. KONGRA-GEL wished Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and the peoples a happy Newroz and commemorated with gratitude and ...

Three people have been targeted by Iranian border guards with shotguns near Mariwan. A woman and two men injured in the attack are reported to be in critical condition. ANF NEWS DESK Sunday, 16 March ...

Iraqi security forces have seized more than a tonne of Captagon tablets smuggled from Syria via Turkey, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Ministry spokesman General Moqdad Miri said the Narcotics Directorate “seized a truck ...

PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) President Bafel Jalal Talabani and Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani met in Hewler (Erbil) on Sunday, after which the two sides held a joint press conference. Bafel Jalal Talabani ...

Thirty-seven years ago, the Saddam regime’s air force covered Halabja with a poisonous blanket. In a matter of hours, some 5,000 people were horrifically murdered, and more than 10,000 were left with scars that will ...

Iranian military and security forces have intensified efforts to prevent Newroz (Kurdish New Year on 21 March) celebrations in Kurdish cities, setting up checkpoints and deploying heavily armed units in several locations, the Kurdistan Human ...

The co-presidency of the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council released a statement on the 37th anniversary of the Halabja massacre which claimed the lives of thousands in the Kurdish town in southern Kurdistan (northern ...

247 women’s rights activists from Iran and Eastern Kurdistan (Rojhilat) issued a written statement condemning the death sentence against Warisha Moradi, a member of the Eastern Kurdistan Free Women’s Community (KJAR). The statement described the ...

2025-03-16T22:16:59+00:00 Shafaq News/ The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) announced on Sunday that most positions in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have been settled following recent talks between Masrour Barzani, the party’s second deputy president, and ...