2025-07-12T19:35:38+00:00 Shafaq News – Erbil On Saturday, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) urged the Iraqi government to resolve long-standing disputes with the Kurdistan Region, particularly the delayed disbursement of public salaries. According to a statement ...

“The personality of peace is the most creative, the most courageous, the most militant, and the most free personality. Personalities who did not grow are prone to brutality, violence, and war. The nature of women ...

Following a call from Abdullah Öcalan, the Group for Peace and Democratic Society, a 30-member guerrilla force, destroyed their weapons in a ceremony held in Sulaymaniyah on July 11. Hundreds of intellectuals, human rights defenders, ...

Following a call from Abdullah Öcalan to lay down its arms, the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) held a disarmament ceremony in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) on July 11. Besê Hozat, co-chair of the KCK (Kurdistan ...

Forced to flee to Europe in 2013, Kurdish activist Ahmet Dikmen was detained by Spanish police in front of his home in the Valencia region of Spain. He now faces deportation to Turkey. ANF NEWS ...

ANF cameras recorded the weapon-burning ceremony organized by the Group for Peace and Democratic Society in Sulaymaniyah on Friday. ANF SULAYMANIYAH Saturday, 12 July 2025, 15:33 Following a call from Abdullah Öcalan to lay down ...

In response to the historic video call made by Abdullah Öcalan on July 9, a group of 30 guerrilla fighters, including KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council Co-Chair Besê Hozat, burned their weapons in a ...

The Youth Assembly of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in Diyarbakır (Amed) is organizing workshops across Kurdistan and Turkey under the theme “Pioneering Youth and Democratic Society.” The young participants are presenting ...

The AKP meeting in Kızılcahamam district of Ankara has begun. Delivering the opening speech at the camp, AKP President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan referred to the PKK’s first armed actions and said: “Many governments have come ...

The freedom fighters, consisting of 15 women and 15 men, first watch a video message from Abdullah Öcalan. As he begins to speak, the guerrillas chant slogans such as “Long live Leader Apo,” “With our ...