HTS is imposing a sharia regime, silencing the population through sectarian policies, and targeting women and minorities. On December 8, 2024, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) overthrew the 61-year-old Baath regime by capturing Damascus through its ...

The 12th Extraordinary Congress of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was held simultaneously in two separate areas within the Medya Defense Areas between May 5 and 7. Bozan Tekin, a delegate at the congress, said: ...

Fifteen bar associations located in Kurdistan released a joint statement regarding the PKK’s decision to dissolve itself and lay down arms following its congress held from May 5–7, in response to Abdullah Öcalan’s ‘Call for ...

Following his release on 14 May from the Konya Ereğli High-Security Closed Prison after 30 years of incarceration, Mehmet Nezir Aslan was welcomed in the village of Xıncıka (Diktepe), in Batman (Êlih). The welcome ceremony, ...

The Education Committee of the Community of Kurdish Women (Koma Jinên Kurdistan-KJK) issued a written statement on the occasion of 15 May, Kurdish Language Day, titled ‘Let us make Kurdish language education the foundation of ...

The 12th Congress of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), held between May 5 and 7 in the Medya Defense Areas, came after Abdullah Öcalan’s February 27 Call for Peace and Democratic Society. Salih Muslim, a ...

2025-05-16T23:18:03+00:00 Shafaq News/ Inside an alley in one of al-Sulaymaniyah’s oldest markets, a former restaurant storage room has been transformed into what may be the city’s smallest café — a one-seat space that is drawing ...

2025-05-16T21:01:12+00:00 Shafaq News/ Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani will head to Tehrab to participate in the Tehran Dialogue Conference, organized by Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to information obtained by Shafaq News, the two-day ...

A delegation from the Maxmur People’s Council traveled to Baghdad on May 14 and met with the Iraqi Ministry of Justice to discuss the situation of camp residents and to call for the lifting of ...

The 1st Congress of the Middle East and North Africa Regional Democratic Women’s Coalition (NADA) is continuing on its second day in the city of Sulaymaniyah in South Kurdistan. Around 200 women from 19 countries, ...