President Assad, a Muslim cannot kill

  • KurdishMedia.com - By Aland Mizell
  • 21/05/2011 00:00:00
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria continues to massacre innocent people. The Turkish government does nothing about it; instead, it just preaches to the choir. View Article

Promoting Kurdish identity through art and culture

  • KurdishMedia.com - By Najat Abdullah
  • 21/05/2011 00:00:00
The first question that is being asked is “what actions should we take to promote Kurdish culture in the best way possible?” View Article

Farzad Kamagar's second farewell letter to his cellmate, Ihsan Fattahian

  • KurdishMedia.com - By Farzad Kamaga
  • 21/05/2010 00:00:00
I wish execution was a passing nightmare. It is as simple as that I wish it was a dream, a dream; it is as simple as that. View Article

Letter to US ambassador: "Support democracy not corruption, support people not oligarchy!"

  • KurdishMedia.com - By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli
  • 21/05/2010 00:00:00
Kurdish community are demonstrating in the front of your Embassy today to bring to the attention of the government of the US, the intolerable degree of corruption, injustice and intimidation that is inflicted on the people of Kurdistan region in Iraq View Article

Kurdish community protest in front of the US embassy in London

  • KurdishMedia.com
  • 21/05/2010 00:00:00
Around one hundred members of the Kurdish community have gathered in front of the US embassy on Friday 21th May to protest against the recent kidnapping and killing of the Young journalist Sardasht Osman in Erbil. View Article

Asharq Al-Awsat Talks to Kurdistan Workers' Party Leader Murat Karayilan

  • Asharg Al-Awsat
  • 21/05/2009 00:00:00
Asharq Al-Awsat Talks to Kurdistan Workers' Party Leader Murat Karayilan - Interview by Hewa Aziz in QANDIL MOUNTAIN, Iraq View Article

Signatories of the Kurdistan Reform Movement list are intimidated by KDP

  • KurdishMedia.com
  • 21/05/2009 00:00:00
Supporters of the Kurdistan Reform Movement list have been called in by the KDP security services, Asayish, one by one to be intimidated and investigated for supporting the list. View Article

PJAK's representative message at the 20th Annual Conference of KNC-NA

  • KurdishMedia.com - By Saif Badrakhan
  • 21/05/2008 00:00:00
Finding a peaceful solution to the Kurdish issue in all parts of Kurdistan is important for the future of democracy and stability in the Middle East. View Article

Book: Knowledge Processing, Creativity & Politics

  • KurdishMedia.com
  • 21/05/2006 00:00:00
The book Knowledge Processing, Creativity and Politics by Kurdish writer from Kirkuk Dr Showan Khurshid has been published. View Article

Iraqi PM vows `maximum force` as bombs kill 19

  • Reuters - by Lutfi Abu Oun and Ibon Villelabeitia
  • 21/05/2006 00:00:00
Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki vowed to use "maximum force against terrorism" on Sunday, as bombs killed at least 19 people in Baghdad during the first meeting of his national unity cabinet. View Article

Disarming militias may be Maliki’s toughest task

  • FT - By Steve Negus
  • 21/05/2006 00:00:00
Disarming or demobilising Iraq’s multitude of militias will be perhaps the toughest task facing the country’s new national unity government as it tries to curb the country’s anarchy and promote national reconciliation. View Article

Statement of the Kurdish PEN Centre concerning the political attack on Mr. Giyasettin Sayan

  • Kurdish PEN
  • 21/05/2006 00:00:00
German politician of Kurdish origin Mr. Giyasettin Sayan was hospitalised after being hit on the head by two men in his East-Berlin district of Lichtenberg. View Article

Ad targets Iraqi suicide bombers

  • AP
  • 21/05/2006 00:00:00
Los Angeles will stand in for Baghdad this weekend for the filming of a $1 million, special effects-laden commercial against suicide bombings that will air on Iraqi television. View Article

IRAQ: Mixed reaction to new government

  • Reuters
  • 21/05/2006 00:00:00
Many Iraqis on Sunday expressed hope that the newly appointed Iraqi government would be able to contain sectarian violence and improve poor services, but others are pessimistic. View Article

Iraq's Key Cabinet members

  • Boston Globe
  • 21/05/2006 00:00:00
The following are key members of Iraq's new 39-member Cabinet. Three of the most important posts in the government -- the ministries of defense, interior, and national security -- were left vacant for now. View Article

Kurdish artist on Saatchi Gallery

  • KurdishMedia.com
  • 21/05/2006 00:00:00
Simko believes that pain made him to hold his art brushes and love makes him to continue his art work. View Article

Syrian Kurds demonstrate over missing cleric

  • AFP
  • 21/05/2005 00:00:00
Some 10,000 Kurds demonstrated in northern Syria Saturday to demand news on the whereabouts of a Kurdish Muslim cleric widely believed to have been detained by Syrian police. View Article

Iraqi army needs beefing up before foreign troops leave: Jaafari

  • AFP
  • 21/05/2005 00:00:00
Ibrahim Jaafari said Saturday that the departure of US-led coalition troops from Iraq could not take place until the Iraqi army was beefed up. View Article

Growth of drug trafficking in Iraq

  • KurdishMedia.com - By Baqi Barzani
  • 21/05/2005 00:00:00
Drug smugglers exploiting domestic chaos in Iraq have developed the country into a transit route for Afghan heroin, where drugs are transported through Iraq and into Jordan, where they are moved onto traditional trafficking routes into Europe. View Article

INC addresses raid on Dr. Chalabi’s residence

  • KurdishMedia.com
  • 21/05/2004 00:00:00
On Thursday, May 20, 2004, Iraqi police, accompanied by American troops, raided a Baghdad residence of Dr. Ahmed Chalabi. View Article

20,000 Kurds to win Syrian nationality: ex-defence minister

  • AFP
  • 21/05/2004 00:00:00
Some 20,000 Kurds whose community was at the centre of deadly unrest in north Syria last March will be granted Syrian nationality. View Article

Turkish soldier killed by suspected Kurdish rebels

  • AFP
  • 21/05/2004 00:00:00
A Turkish soldier has been gunned down in the east of the country by suspected Kurdish militants. View Article

ROWENA - The event against racism

  • Rising Youth
  • 21/05/2004 00:00:00
Rising Youth is a local youth led organisation which aims to empower young people to get them involved in the decision making process. View Article

The last chance for Talabani and Barzani!

  • KurdishMedia.com - By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli
  • 21/05/2004 00:00:00
It is the last chance for Barzani and Talabani to tell their people, the world and history who they are. View Article

The reality of the Kurdish situation in Syria

  • KurdishMedia.com - By Abdolbaset Sieda
  • 21/05/2004 00:00:00
There are no official figures in regard to the exact number of Kurds in Syria as no census based on ethnicity has taken place and the Syrian constitution only acknowledges the presence of Arab citizens. View Article

Two Yekiti members in Syria charged with separatism

  • KurdishMedia.com
  • 21/05/2003 00:00:00
Two members of the Kurdish Yekiti Party in Syria, arrested after a demonstration in December, have been charged View Article

Time to set up an independent Kurdish satellite channel

  • KurdishMedia.com - By Alan Karim
  • 21/05/2003 00:00:00
A strong independent Kurdish channel is more than necessary for the development and the progress of the Kurdish nation.
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KDP condemns Arabs in Kirkuk following clashes

  • KurdishMedia.com
  • 21/05/2003 00:00:00
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Massoud Barzani yesterday accused Arabs settled in south Kurdistan of trying to cause trouble between Arabs View Article

Turkish author wins literary prize

  • KurdishMedia.com
  • 21/05/2003 00:00:00
Turkish author Orhan Pamuk has won one of the world`s most important literary prizes, the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award View Article

AI report says pipeline project will violate rights

  • KurdishMedia.com
  • 21/05/2003 00:00:00
The International Amnesty Organization claimed that the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Project would violate the rights of many people and View Article

Mistakes accumulate, resentment rises

  • KRG
  • 21/05/2003 00:00:00
The question of American long-haul, stick-to-it-ness during peacetime was a very serious question before View Article

Martin Van Bruinessen: If there is a general amnesty for the PKK, Kurds will abandon the arms

  • NTVMSNBC - By Isin Elicin [Translated]
  • 21/05/2003 00:00:00
Martin Van Bruinessen, World famous social antropolog and an expert on Kurds View Article

Kurds launch hunger strike against EU terrorism list

  • KurdishMedia.com
  • 21/05/2002 00:00:00
The Kurdish community has launched a continuous protest action against the unjust decision by View Article

US Administration reportedly plans decentralized Federal, Democratic Republic of Iraq

  • KurdishMedia.com (Translated)
  • 21/05/2002 00:00:00
Reliable diplomatic sources confirmed to Al-Hayah yesterday that the US Administration is planning to establish a View Article

Barzany's Representative, Hoshyar Zebary, Visits Talebany

  • KurdishMedia.com - By R. M. Ahmad
  • 21/05/2001 00:00:00
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A world of pain: The Kurds

  • The Guardian - By Owen Bowcott
  • 21/05/2001 00:00:00
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Turkey is terrified of Southern Kurdistan

  • KurdishMedia.com - By Shahin Sorekli
  • 21/05/2001 00:00:00
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The Kurd and the Cormorant

  • KurdishMedia.com - By Dr Fereydun Hilmi
  • 21/05/2000 00:00:00
British sentiments, we are led to believe, are normally well and truly with the underdog, the down-trodden, the needy and the oppressed. View Article

Roots of Democracy in Kurdish Society

  • KurdishMedia.com - By Husein Muhammed
  • 21/05/2000 00:00:00
For some historical reasons, it must be admitted that the roots of democracy in Kurdistan and in Kurdish society are not very strong. Kurds have been under the control of foreign forces for centuries. View Article

Dr. Michael Chyet: A silent people should make their voices heard

  • KurdishMedia.com (Translated) - By Mesut Dodoan
  • 21/05/2000 00:00:00
Dr. Michael Chyet, Dr. Michael Chyet a Kurdologist Michael L. Chyet, who for the past five years has served as editor of the Kurdish Service on Voice of America (VOA) Radio View Article

Sir Robin Biggam’s arms-for-TV deal

  • KurdishMedia.com - By Dr Rebwar Fatah
  • 21/05/1999 00:00:00
Last month, the independent television commission ITC decided to close down Med-TV, the only Kurdish satellite television station operating from the UK. View Article