2025-05-11T22:41:30+00:00 Shafaq News/ Duhok has introduced its first electric vehicle (EV) into official taxi service, marking a pioneering move in the Kurdistan Region’s efforts to modernize public transport and cut carbon emissions. The rollout follows ...

2025-05-11T22:09:21+00:00 Shafaq News/ The Kurdistan Region reaffirmed its diplomatic ties with Russia on Sunday by participating in a ceremony commemorating the 78th anniversary of the end of World War II, held at the Russian Consulate ...

The sixth “No to Execution on Saturdays” event in Munich this week drew attention to the situation of female human rights defenders sentenced to death in Iran. As part of the event, an international petition ...

88-year-old Zeynep Cansız, mother of Kurdish revolutionary Sakine Cansız, who was murdered in Paris, has been admitted to hospital with a broken thigh-bone. According to relatives, her condition is serious. ANF İZMİR Sunday, 11 May ...

A delegation from France is visiting the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria to assess developments in the region. The delegation includes Sylvie Jean, Honorary President of the France-Kurdistan Friendship Association; Emily Luc, Member ...

In the Kurdish province of Şırnak, the governor’s office has declared several regions, including the Gabar and Cudi mountains, “special security zones” until May 26 and closed the areas to the civilian population. At the ...

It has been over two months since the imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan called for peace and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) declared a unilateral ceasefire. Yet, Turkish military activity has surged, according to a ...

Kolbars are Kurdish civilians who have to do border trade by risking their lives in the difficult geographical conditions of Eastern Kurdistan. Frequently targeted by the Iranian regime, kolbars continue to struggle for their lives ...

Ahmed al-Sharaa’s decision to appoint his inner circle to crucial government roles is prompting a growing debate over whether the promised “New Syria” is in fact turning into another family dynasty. Despite long criticizing the ...

The political crisis that began with the fall of the Ba’ath regime in Syria has not been resolved. Following the regime’s collapse, control over western Syria was handed to the forces of HTS (Hay’at Tahrir ...