October 20, 2025
2025-10-20T20:24:29+00:00 Shafaq News – Erbil Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Monday welcomed US President Donald Trump’s appointment of Mark Safaya as the new special envoy to Iraq. In a post on X, Barzani said ...
Ramazan Demir has been released from prison after 30 years of imprisonment in Turkey. Welcomed by a large crowd in Amed today, he called for the establishment of a “dignified peace.” ANF AMED Monday, 20 ...
Internal Security Forces announced that one person was killed and another injured when a motorcycle laden with explosives detonated in Shaddadi. ANF NEWS DESK Monday, 20 October 2025, 17:54 The Press Center of the Internal ...
The Human Rights Association (IHD) has called for a comprehensive investigation into the death of Kurdish student Rojin Kabaiş. In a press conference held simultaneously in several provinces, the association sharply criticized state institutions, stating ...
The Christian peace organization Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) has accused Turkey of systematically clearing forest areas in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) and transporting the timber across the border. CPT member Kamaran Osman said ...
According to the Iraqi media reports, a security delegation from Iraq and Kurdistan Region, led by Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji, has arrived in Tehran. The security delegation, which includes Kurdistan Region Foreign Minister ...
The Internal Security Forces in Aleppo has reported an armed attack on one of its checkpoints in the Kurdish-dominated neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud. According to the authorities, the incident occurred on Monday night and is ...
Amira Mohammed, a member of the Military Council of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ), spoke about the anniversary of Raqqa’s liberation, saying: “On this day, we commemorate the liberation of Raqqa from the terrorist organization ...
The General Command of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) released a statement marking the eighth anniversary of the liberation of Raqqa. The SDF statement on Monday reads as follows: “On this day in 2017, the ...
The film ‘Dry Valley and Distant Sky’ won five awards at the 5th Sulaymaniyah Film Festival. Its director, Hewraz Mihemed, dedicated the “Best Director” award to the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrillas and to those imprisoned for ...
