Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by PETKOVA Mariya
Energy giant Rosneft struck major deals with Iraq’s Kurdish region in 2017. Today, it has yet to cash in on them.
Erbil, Iraq - Two years after Iraq’s new constitution in 2005 officially recognised the autonomy of the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, Russia established formal relations with (…)
, by NOURI Bamo
After years of misrule and repression, the people of Iraqi Kurdistan have had enough. In March 2018, protesters began taking to the streets to demand deep reforms from a government they can no longer tolerate. Led by teachers, university lecturers, doctors and the like, and including large (…)
, by DAHER Joseph
With a victory of the “yes” at over 92% in favor of the independence and a participation rate reaching 72%, the results of the referendum are clear and confirmed the popular enthusiasm of the vast majority of the Kurdish population seen the weeks before the vote.
Popular scenes of jubilation (…)
, by DAHER Joseph
A referendum on the independence of the Iraqi Kurdistan, an autonomous region of northern Iraq since 1991 and composed of three provinces, will take place on September 25, 2017.
The vote will not be binding, but will trigger the independence process if the yes votes win. The Iraqi central (…)
, by Rudaw
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — The five main Kurdish parties have separately rejected former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s call for Kurds to retreat from areas they have liberated from ISIS in the last two years, saying they defended these lands from the radical group and can keep them until (…)
, by Kurdish Question
A group of 200 former peshmergas have held a press conference in Qandil regarding rumours that the Turkish state will carry out an operation on the Kurdistan Region in Northern Iraq (Southern Kurdistan).
Some 200 former (Dêrin) peshmergas visited the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) base in (…)
, by CICEK Meral, WILDE Florian
The Kurdish liberation movement can serve as a role model for the struggles in the region. This interview with Meral Cicek from Cologne, chairwoman of Kürt Kadın İlişkiler Merkezi, the Kurdish Centre for Women´s Affairs in Erbil, was given to the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation´s Florian Wilde during (…)
, par COCKBURN Patrick
Patrick Cockburn reports from Makhmour, the Iraqi town where the tide may finally be turning in the war against the self-styled Islamic State.
Iraqi forces have recaptured the refinery town of Baiji and broken the siege of the giant oil refinery nearby, say officials in Baghdad – in the most (…)
Twitter
Facebook