2025-08-17T21:00:54+00:00 Shafaq News – Al-Sulaymaniyah Kurdistan Region anti-narcotics forces arrested two men in al-Sulaymaniyah for drug trafficking, the Asayish General Directorate announced on Sunday. In a statement, the directorate said a specialized team staged an ...

The Red Party held a press conference at the Çand Amed Congress Center in Amed (tr: Diyarbakır) regarding the ongoing process for a resolution to the Kurdish question. A number of representatives from political parties ...

The Coordination of the Kurdistan Women’s Communities (KJK) warned of a worsening ecological crisis in Turkey and especially in Kurdistan. In a statement released on Sunday, the KJK described the ongoing forest fires and environmental ...

A mass grave has been opened in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, where the remains of Yazidis killed during ISIS rule are believed to lie. According to Iraqi media reports, a specialized team began ...

The trailer for the 20th episode of the 90-part documentary series “Ji qirkirinê ber bi jiyana azad ve – Vejîna Kurd” (From Genocide to a Free Life – The Kurdish Resurrection) has been released. Entitled ...

Guerrilla commander Nûreddîn Sofî was martyred in a targeted Turkish airstrike in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) in April 2021. The death of the Kurdish revolutionary leader was announced by the HPG (People’s Defense Forces) on ...

Expressing support for Abdullah Öcalan’s February 27 “Call for Peace and Democratic Society”, philosopher and cultural critic Santiago Zabala said, “Öcalan’s efforts must not be in vain.” ANF NEWS DESK Sunday, 17 August 2025, 13:58 ...

Turkey is interfering far too much in Syria’s internal affairs. It is trying to strip the peoples of the historic opportunity that has emerged in Syria. The Ba’ath regime collapsed, and possibilities arose for building ...

The DEM Party Women’s Assembly issued a statement condemning the decision by Iran’s Supreme Court to uphold the death sentence of activist Sharifeh Mohammadi. The statement said: “We condemn the death sentence given and approved ...

The Hacı Bektaş Veli commemoration was attended by CHP chair Özgür Özel, as well as DEM Party co-chair Tuncer Bakırhan and numerous politicians. In his remarks on current developments, Özel underlined that the Alevis’ longstanding ...