Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on or emanating from Kurdistan.
The history of Abdullah Ćcalanās search for a solution to the Kurdish question dates back at least 30 years. During this period,…
On 2 March this year, Yanar Mohammed, a prominent feminist figure in Iraq, was shot dead outside her home by two gunmen ā…
SULEYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQāOn April 5, during an interview with Fox News journalist Trey Yingst, President Donald Trump apparently confessed to…
Interview with Kurdish filmmaker SevĆ®naz EvdikĆŖ about the situation of women in Rojava and the Islamist regime in Damascus. SevĆ®naz EvdikĆŖ (born…
The rupture occurring today in the Middle East is not merely a confrontation between two military powers. It is a new phase…
āWhat is happening in Iran is not a ācrisis.ā A crisis implies a state of temporary imbalance. In Iran, however, what is…
A critique of the Left’s unconditional solidarity with ruling Kurdish parties, and a call for class-based solidarity that sides with workers and…
āThe intellectual framework of new socialism gains meaning through the transcendence of the three main pillars of modernity: statism, industrialism, and hierarchical…
On January 6, Israeli and Syrian leaders met in Paris for US-sponsored talks which saw Syriaās Islamist president Ahmed al-Sharaa reach a tentative agreement…
The ceasefire deal agreed between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) last week ā hailed by the US…
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