2025-05-21T22:52:58+00:00 Shafaq News/ Al-Sulaymaniyah lit up Wednesday night as the Festival of Peoples’ Cultures launched with a high-energy blend of music, dance, and tradition from across the region. More than 30 artistic troupes from Kurdistan, ...

Yüksel Koç, the former co-chair of the Congress of Kurdistan Democratic Communities in Europe (KCDK-E), was detained following a raid on his house in Bremen on Tuesday. The Kurdish politician appeared before a judge in ...

Following Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s ‘Call for Peace and a Democratic Society’ announced on February 27, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) held an extraordinary congress between May 5 and 7 and decided to dissolve the ...

Due to the embargo imposed by both the Iraqi government and the government of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), living conditions in the Maxmur refugee camp are deteriorating dramatically. At the request of the ...

ISIS cells have been conducting ever-increasing attacks against the Syrian Democratic Forces in Deir ez-Zor region in recent weeks. ANF NEWS DESK Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 16:09 One of the SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) fighters ...

On 22 November 1993, the then Minister of the Interior, Manfred Kanther, imposed a ban on the activities of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) in Germany. This was followed by bans on numerous organisations and ...

Yüksel Koç, a Kurdish politician residing in Bremen, was taken into custody following a raid on his house at 7 a.m. on Tuesday. The former co-chair of the Congress of Kurdistan Democratic Communities in Europe ...

Zilar Stêrk stated that those who have imposed a policy of denial and annihilation for a hundred years have seen the resolve of the PKK, saying, “The Kurdistan freedom struggle cannot be suppressed or eradicated ...

The workshop “Kurdish Unity: Paths to Strengthening and Prospects for the Future,” which took place in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishlo on Tuesday, concluded with a call for political unity and constitutional reforms. The ...

Rotînda Amed, a delegate to the 12th PKK Congress, stated that every word from leader Abdullah Öcalan is a perspective and instruction for them, saying, “No matter what tasks and responsibilities lie ahead, I am ...