Kurds
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Repeating Trump's anti-Kurdish accusations
World Service - In his latest statement, Trump said that he was "very disappointed" with the Kurds and claimed that they did not deliver the American weapons to the people he wanted. This claim was first made in April 2026.
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Damascus between Ankara and the Kurds; A complex game of law
World Service - New Lines analysis says that while Ahmad al-Shora is trying to expand his relations with Saudi Arabia and Arab countries, he still needs Turkey's cooperation to curb security crises and control Kurdish areas.
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Exposing organ trafficking and torture of Iraqi Kurdish refugees in Libya
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - BBC's new investigation has revealed a human tragedy in which more than 300 Iraqi Kurdistan refugees were kidnapped by militias in Libya and in exchange for their release, in addition to blackmail, they were subjected to forced surgeries to steal organs.
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Former Pentagon official:
After Trump, the American policy towards the Kurds will change
World Service - American researcher on Middle East issues and former Pentagon official predicted that with the end of Donald Trump's era, Washington's approach towards Turkey and the Kurds will change, but it will be very difficult to restore the lost trust of the Kurds in America.
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Why is London cautious about the future of Syrian Kurds?
World Service - Analyzes show that while Britain supports the process of integrating Kurdish forces into the structure of the Syrian government, it does not want to jeopardize its relations with Damascus and Ankara by openly supporting Kurdish self-government.
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Senior expert on Middle East issues:
Trump does not care about the Kurds
World Service - Henry Barkey emphasized that Trump has changed the American policy towards the Kurds and that he does not care about the Kurdish issue.
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Calling for two days of protest in Strasbourg;
Abdullah Öcalan's freedom is the "red line" of Kurdish society, and peace is not possible without it
Turkish Service - Simultaneously with the upcoming meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the Congress of Democratic Communities of Kurdistan in Europe (KCDK-E) will hold a two-day protest rally for the release of Abdullah Ocalan.
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The 10-member army of Kurdish stars in the showcase of the 2026 World Cup
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is not only the field of confrontation between the world's biggest football powers, but it has also become a shining showcase to show the originality, talent and prejudice of Kurdish footballers. 10 Kurdish stars wearing the jerseys of the four national teams of Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Germany have stepped into this big tournament to show that Kurdistan's football has crossed geographical borders and is looking for immortality in the biggest sports event in the world in the form of Asian and European contenders.
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Tom Barak's first disappointing message for the Kurds; Emphasis on strengthening the capitals and ignoring the Kurdish issue
Service of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region - Tom Barak, the new US special representative for Syria and Iraq, in his first message emphasized the cooperation of Iraq, Syria and Turkey to ensure the stability of the region; The message, despite addressing ethnic and religious differences, did not mention Kurds and their political rights.
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Climate in the whirlpool of new regional equations/ Delshad Majid
Iraq Service and Kurdistan Region - Delshad Majid, a Kurdish analyst of strategic issues, in a note rejecting the superficial and local view of the conflicts of the ruling parties in the Kurdistan Region, argues that the political developments in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah are the direct result of the paradigm shift in the international system and the rearrangement of regional alliances between the axes of power. By dissecting the recent diplomatic turns in the region, he announces the inevitable strengthening of the center of power in Baghdad and the decline of the traditional structures of the region in the new balance.
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Representative of the Turkmen Front:
The change of posts in Kirkuk between Kurds, Arabs and Turkmens becomes legal
Iraq and the Kurdistan Region Service - Arshad Salehi, warning of what he described as a "dangerous step for Kirkuk," announced that the agreement to divide and transfer Kirkuk's administrative posts among the three main ethnic groups is becoming law.
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Kurdish issues analyst:
Kurds no longer trust Trump's promises
World Service - Kamal Chumani, an analyst of Kurdish issues, criticized Donald Trump's accusations against the Kurds and said that the experience of being "abandoned" by major powers has made the Kurds distrustful and wary of entering regional wars.
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Russian Kurdish military hero and intellectual; A less-seen face of Syabandov
World Service- Samand Siyabandov, the commander of the Red Army, who received numerous medals in World War II, became a Kurdish writer and lexicographer in the post-war period and bridged the gap between politics, war, and literature.
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Türkiye aims to change positions towards the Kurds and the region
World Service - According to National Interest, the purpose of negotiations between Türkiye and the Kurds of this country is to reduce internal political restrictions and expand Erdogan's political coalition in the post-2028 era. Although this process is presented as an attempt to end the long conflict with the PKK, Erdogan's real goals seem to go beyond mere reconciliation and have more to do with his personal political interests.
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The shadow of revenge and ethnic violence on the operation of Damascus against the Kurds
The World Service-Rojava Intelligence Center says that a significant part of the violence recorded in the January 2026 attack against the Kurdish areas of northern Syria had ethnic and gender motives, and women and children were among the victims.
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The challenges of preserving and developing the Kurdish language in Syria
World Service - World Service - Despite the expansion of education and cultural productions in the Kurdish language in recent years, experts say that the lack of specialized institutions, differences in writing methods and weak educational infrastructure are still the main obstacles to the scientific development of the Kurdish language in Syria.
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The challenge of Syrian Kurds to preserve their mother tongue
World Service - Syrian Kurds, after decades of banning the teaching and use of the Kurdish language, are now working to establish the right to education in the mother tongue and enshrine it in the new Syrian constitution.
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Linking the case of Syrian Kurds with the negotiation process between Ankara and PKK
World Service - Mazloum Kobani's recent statements about the possibility of traveling to Türkiye have once again heated up the discussion about the connection between the Syrian Kurds case and the negotiations between Ankara and the PKK. According to Mohammad Saleh, this issue can be detrimental to the Syrian Kurds in the long run.
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James Jeffrey:
Trump's accusation against the Kurds has no basis
World Service - James Jeffrey, the former senior diplomat of the Trump administration, in a clear reaction to Donald Trump's recent accusations against the Kurds, said that the claim of the Kurdish forces' misuse of American weapons is "not true" and no official action or follow-up will be done in this regard.
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How do digital platforms help the survival of the Kurdish language?
World Service - a new Kurdish language education platform using digital tools and artificial intelligence technology, tries to fill a part of the historical gap of Kurdish education in Turkey and bring this language into the wider digital space.
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Adham Barzani:
If Trump's claims are true, he knows where the weapons are
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - Following Trump's repeated claims about keeping the weapons sent by the Kurds, Adham Barzani announced that America knows the fate of these weapons better than any other party.
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Behind the scenes of Trump's anger against the Kurds; From project failure to finding the culprit
World Service - Donald Trump's repeated accusations against the "Kurds" regarding the acquisition of American weapons have strengthened the suspicion that the White House is transferring the political cost of the failures of his recent projects to Kurdish actors.
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Trump:
The officials who say that we have not given weapons to the Kurds are wrong
Service of Iraq and Kurdistan Region - Donald Trump, rejecting the statements of US military officials about not sending weapons to the Kurds, emphasized that those who deny this are "wrong."
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How should the Kurds deal with Trump's accusations?
Service of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region - here is the problem; It is clear to everyone and it will be bad if the Kurds keep the weapons with them! But worse is the scenario in which Donald Trump wants to target the Kurdistan region through these accusations and create an international and domestic atmosphere, especially among Kurdish supporters in Congress, to turn their backs on the Kurds if anything new happens. For example, as a hypothesis against reducing Iran's influence in Iraq, the Kurds have been sacrificed as a card (game)!
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Behind the scenes of Trump's anger against the Kurds
World Service - Donald Trump's repeated accusations against the "Kurds" regarding the acquisition of American weapons have strengthened the suspicion that the White House is transferring the political cost of the failures of his recent projects to Kurdish actors.
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Trump:
We are disappointed with the Kurds; They fight only when they get money
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - Following the continuation of uncertainty about the fate of the weapons sent by the United States, Donald Trump, expressing his disappointment with his Kurdish allies, claimed that the Kurdish parties have refused to deliver the weapons and ammunition sent. Emphasizing that he was against this process from the beginning, he announced that his prediction that these equipments will not reach their destination has come true.
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The new battle of two Kurdish parties over the representation of the Kurds in the West
World Service- The widespread presence of Bafel and Qabad Talabani in the western media and the attempt to expand the relationship with American political circles is a sign of intensifying the long-standing rivalry between the Patriotic Union and the Democratic Party over this question: Which Kurdish movement does Washington consider to be the main representative of the region?
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Why does no one know exactly what the position of Iraqi Kurds is?
World service - According to an expert on Kurdish issues, in many political crises, what is called the "Kurdish position" in the Kurdistan Region is actually a set of conflicting party views.
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Registration of 300 Kurdish families without birth certificates in Kobani to obtain Syrian citizenship
Syria Service - The process of registering Kurds without birth certificates to receive the right to citizenship in Kobani city continues and so far 300 families have registered in this process.
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Has the new era of relations between Ankara and the Kurds begun?
World Service - The peace process between Ankara and the PKK has brought the political equations of Iraq and Syria into a new phase in which the traditional enemies of Turkey gradually become potential security and political partners of this country.