2025-07-09T22:17:49+00:00 Shafaq News – Erbil On Wednesday, Khurshid Herki, a prominent tribal figure in the Kurdistan Region, described clashes in the Khabat district of Erbil as a “major crisis,” emphasizing that swift intervention by the ...

A high-level meeting took place at the Tishrin Palace in Damascus between representatives of the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria and officials from the Syrian interim government. The delegation from North and East ...

The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, which was launched in Strasbourg on June 25, 2012, with the aim of achieving the physical freedom of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and ending the İmralı torture system, continues ...

In light of the devastating forest fires in the coastal regions, the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) provided help to contain the flames with its own emergency services. According to a ...

A high-ranking delegation from the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) went to Damascus today for official talks with the Syrian transitional government. The meeting was arranged through mediation by the US ...

Ayşegül Doğan, spokesperson for the People’s Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), held a press conference at the party’s headquarters regarding Abdullah Öcalan’s call on Wednesday and recent developments. Remarking that Turkey is at a ...

Following Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan’s historic call published by ANF earlier today, all eyes are now on the disarmament ceremony to be held by the PKK in Sulaymaniyah. The ceremony will be based on Öcalan’s ...

EMEP Istanbul Deputy İskender Bayhan spoke to ANF about Abdullah Öcalan’s call, which, he said, marked a critical threshold. “This video, released after so many years, may be seen as the first step towards Abdullah ...

Earlier today, Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan made a historic call from İmralı Island Prison where he has been held since 1999, when he was arrested in Kenya and handed over to Turkey as a result ...

Fighting broke out between KDP forces and Xurşid Herki, the military commander of the Herki tribe in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) yesterday evening. ANF NEWS DESK Wednesday, 9 July 2025, 12:49 Violent clashes broke out ...