August 24, 2025
2025-08-24T21:39:17+00:00 Shafaq News – Erbil On Sunday, senior Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) officials warned that Iraq’s political system is on the brink of collapse, raising doubts over whether parliamentary elections can take place as scheduled. ...
2025-08-24T19:49:09+00:00 Shafaq News – Erbil On Sunday, the Kurdish President Nechirvan Barzani met with Kuwait’s Ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Mohammad Zaman, to discuss the foundations of understanding and ways to strengthen relations between the two ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck the Sındırgı district of Balıkesir in western Turkey, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) announced. The tremor was felt in several provinces, including İzmir and Bursa, according to felt ...
2025-08-24T18:59:27+00:00 Shafaq News – Erbil On Sunday, the Kurdistan Region’s Department of Foreign Relations announced the rescue of 25 Kurdish migrants who had been detained in Libya, confirming preparations for their return. In a statement, ...
2025-08-24T18:46:41+00:00 Shafaq News – Al-Sulaymaniyah A Kurdish press watchdog on Sunday denounced the armed takeover of Zoom TV in al-Sulaymaniyah, urging Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) leader Bafel Talabani to hand the channel back to ...
The Women’s Council at the Washokani Camp in Hesekê, where IDPs from Serêkaniyê live, issued a statement demanding the physical freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been incarcerated in İmralı Island Prison since ...
The co-chair of the Peoples’ Party for Equality and Democracy (DEM Party), Tülay Hatimoğulları, welcomed the establishment of the parliamentary commission to resolve the Kurdish question at an event in Adana, but at the same ...
Feminist political scientist, historian, and filmmaker Françoise Vergès has expressed her support for Abdullah Öcalan’s Call for Peace and Democratic Society. She stated that Kurds and Turks are at a historic crossroads and that “peace ...
The Free Women’s Movement (Tevgera Jinên Azad, TJA) released a statement highlighting the urgent need for a grassroots peace process, the defense of women’s rights, and the creation of a democratic and equal social contract. ...
On Saturday, the sheikhs and dignitaries of Tabqa’s tribes issued a statement concerning the current stage and the attempts by certain external parties to incite strife targeting the region’s components. The statement read: “The Syrian ...
