سایر اخبار مهم
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Two dismissed university professors return to work after 10 years
Service Turkey – Hülya Kandir and Cengiz Erçin, two members of the Peace Declaration signatories who were dismissed from Kocaeli University in 2016 for signing the statement “We will not be partners in this crime”, have returned to work by court order.
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Diyarbakir's exports to Iraq and Syria sharply decrease in the first half of 2026
Service Turkey - Diyarbakir's exports to the Iraqi and Syrian markets decreased significantly in the first half of 2026. Economic activists consider high inflation, increased production costs, high interest rates, foreign exchange prices of raw materials, new customs regulations and the closure of some border crossings as the main factors for this situation.
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Wave of cancellations of international flights to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - Following the recent drone attacks on Erbil, a wave of suspensions and cancellations of flights by international airlines to the airports of the Kurdistan Region has begun. In the past 24 hours, at least 14 flights to Erbil Airport and two flights to Sulaymaniyah Airport have been canceled or halted, and Qatar Airways has also announced that it will suspend its flights to Erbil, Kuwait and Bahrain until the end of July.
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Amed Metropolitan Municipality starts providing services in Kurdish and Zazaki
Service Turkey – Amed Metropolitan Municipality (Diyarbakir) has started providing services in Kurdish and Zazaki at its 153 call center, within the framework of expanding multilingual services. This center previously responded to citizens in Turkish and Kurmanji Kurdish.
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Iraq's oil revenues drop sharply in the first five months of 2026
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - According to statistics from the Iraqi Ministry of Finance, the country's revenues in the first five months of 2026 decreased by 12.41 trillion dinars (about 27 percent) compared to the same period last year, from 46.1 trillion to 33.7 trillion dinars. While government spending remained almost unchanged, the budget deficit increased to about 13 trillion dinars, which is about 15 times more than the same period in 2025.
برگزیدهها
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Mustafa Karasu:
We have disbanded the PKK and ended the armed struggle against Turkey
Service Turkey – Mustafa Karasu, a member of the KCK Executive Council, emphasized that the PKK has ended the armed struggle against Turkey and said that limiting the peace process to disarmament will not lead to the solution of the Kurdish issue. He considered the implementation of legal and constitutional reforms, providing the possibility of free activity for Abdullah Öcalan, the release of prisoners and the return of political activists abroad as requirements for advancing this process.
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120 Kurdistan Press Interviews with Western Experts; Decoding the "Glass Ceiling" of Western Support for the Kurds
World Service - A comprehensive analysis of 12 years of conversations with prominent Western experts brings a clear message: Washington and European capitals' support for the Kurds will not go to the point of disrupting the "nation-state" order and angering regional allies like Turkey, and this "glass ceiling" is the West's unchanging approach.
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Changing the Military Arrangement of the P. K. K. in the Kurdistan Region
World Service-As the peace process between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party progresses, reports indicate that the group is gradually transferring its military headquarters and infrastructure from the border areas of Turkey to the border strip in the east of the Kurdistan Region.
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Why do some American politicians show interest in the Kurds?
World Service - Support for the Kurds Figures such as Lindsey Graham have once again raised the question of why some American politicians defend the Kurds at critical times. A review of the records of these politicians shows that a combination of security, strategic and international US credibility considerations played a role in shaping this approach.
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Özgür Özel and 91 MPs Resign from CHP
Service Turkey- Özgür Özel resigned from the Republican People's Party (CHP) by signing the founding documents of the "new party". At the same time, a total of 91 MPs also left the CHP and joined the founding board of the newly established party; the party is expected to become the main opposition party in the Turkish parliament with this number of seats.
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Can PKK members return home?
World Service - As Turkey approaches the adoption of the Peace Framework Law, Amarci magazine wrote in an analysis that the end of the conflict will be meaningful when the return of PKK forces is accompanied by security, dignity and the protection of the law.
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DEM Party begins consultations with parties; draft peace law enters final stage
Service Turkey- As consultations on the draft peace law intensify, the Democrat Party announced that it will begin a new round of meetings with political parties to convey the views and proposals raised at the meeting after the İmralı delegation's recent meeting with Abdullah Öcalan. Meanwhile, negotiations on the final text of the bill and its implementation mechanisms continue in the Turkish parliament.
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Eliza Marcus:
The climate of Kurdistan is no longer the safe haven of the 1990s for the PKK
World Service-Marcus believes that the changing climate conditions of Iraqi Kurdistan and its transformation into an established political structure have limited the PKK's space for activity and have played a role in the group's decision to move towards peace.
تحولات منطقه
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Wave of cancellations of international flights to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - Following the recent drone attacks on Erbil, a wave of…
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UN Secretary-General visits Syria after 17 years
Syria Service - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Damascus on the first visit…
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Al-Hurra Report:
Baghdad Calls on Tehran to Guarantee the Security of Iraqi Oil Tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - Sources informed Al-Hurra Network that during his visit…
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Ejei in a meeting with Al-Zaidi:
Iran has no enemies with its neighbors
Iran Service - The head of the judiciary said: America has committed all kinds of hostility…
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Al-Zaidi:
No point of Iraqi soil will be a threat to the Islamic Republic of Iran
Iran Service- The Iraqi Prime Minister also emphasized the special position of the Islamic…
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Al-Zaidi to travel to Tehran; energy and bilateral relations on the agenda
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - The Iraqi government spokesman announced that Ali Al-Zaidi,…
اندیشه
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Mustafa Karasu:
We have disbanded the PKK and ended the armed struggle against Turkey
Service Turkey – Mustafa Karasu, a member of the KCK Executive Council, emphasized that the PKK has ended the armed struggle against Turkey and said that limiting the peace process to disarmament will not lead to the solution of the Kurdish issue. He considered the implementation of legal and constitutional reforms, providing the possibility of free activity for Abdullah Öcalan, the release of prisoners and the return of political activists abroad as requirements for advancing this process.
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The reason for the uprising and mobilization of Syrian Arab tribes against the Kurds
World Service - According to a professor at the University of Oklahoma in America, the dissatisfaction of Arab tribes in Deir Ezzor and Hasakah is not simply ethnic in origin, but rather due to the economic crisis, competition over oil resources, and the feeling of being excluded from the new Syrian power structure.
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120 Kurdistan Press Interviews with Western Experts; Decoding the "Glass Ceiling" of Western Support for the Kurds
World Service - A comprehensive analysis of 12 years of conversations with prominent Western experts brings a clear message: Washington and European capitals' support for the Kurds will not go to the point of disrupting the "nation-state" order and angering regional allies like Turkey, and this "glass ceiling" is the West's unchanging approach.
تحلیل
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Nechirvan Barzani's Million+ Vote Challenge: The Triumph of a Visionary Leadership / Bakhtiar Sajadi*
In the vibrant tapestry of Middle Eastern politics, few moments resonate as profoundly as the announcement of electoral victories that not only affirm a party's dominance but also underscore the enduring vision of its architects.