By Arian Mufid: In January 2013 when a co-founder of the PKK was shot dead in Paris, along with two other members of her organisation, the world turned a blind eye to the role of the Turkish security services in commissioning this crime. Sakine Cansız, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Söylemez have become symbols of martyrdom…
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Category Archives: Kurd news
Protect the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Kobani from the Islamists! Prevent another mass murder!
By Tilman Zülch: Urgent appeal to US Secretary of State, John Kerry Dear Secretary Kerry, In the last few days, IS-Islamists have been attacking the small Kurdish enclave Kobani in northern Syria with heavy artillery and modern tanks, while fighter planes of the US and its allies werecircling the region. According to reports, the Islamists have…
NO to Turkey´s ‘Buffer Zone’ in West Kurdistan!
By Rebwar Rashed: Using the West´s and NATO´s resources against the Kurdish liberation movement has been a Turkish specialty. Turkey successfully used the Cold War´s political balance to suppress the Kurdish nation in a savage way whose only historical parallel is classical early European colonialism: for instance the exploitation of Congo by King Leopold or…
Women’s Alliance for Kurdistan, Iraq and Syria
Press Release: We are deeply concerned that a massacre is about to take place in the Kobanê canton of Rojava, the autonomous Kurdish region of Syria. Here, the Kurdish forces, the YPJ and YPG (the women’s and men’s units of the Peoples Defence Force) have been resisting attacks from brutal ISIS gangs and al-Qaeda affiliated groups,…
Demirtas visits Kobanê and calls on Turkey to act against ISIS
KT News: Selahattin Demirtas, co-chair of the pro-Kurd HDP and candidate in last month’s presidential election in Turkey, today crossed the border to visit the besieged town of Kobanê, where Syrian Kurds have been resisting an ISIS (IS) onslaught for the past 15 days. Demirtas later appeared on Turkish national television and called for Turkey to…
Turkey: Help Regime Change in Syria, & We Help You ‘Degrade and Destroy ISIL’
By Osamah Golpy: Turkey, the only Muslim NATO member, bordering both Iraq and Syria, is more reluctant than ever and more than any other nation—big and small—to take military action against the Islamic State—despite calls by its NATO ally, the United States and its regional strategic partner, Kurdistan Region. The Islamic State kidnapped 49 Turks,…
13.7m barrels of Kurd oil shipped from Turkey since May, says Yildiz
KT News: The war with ISIS has not adversely affected the Kurdistan Region’s burgeoning direct oil exports via Turkey. Since May, Kurd oil delivered to Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan has been loaded onto 19 tankers shipping 13.7 million barrels of crude oil, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz told Reuters today. “The flow of Kurdish…
Will the West betray Kobanê? Salih Muslim calls for immediate action to prevent genocide
KT News: Salih Muslim, leader of the PYD (Democratic Union Party) has called on the USA, NATO, the UN and EU to act immediately to prevent a genocide against Kurdish people in Kobanê. “It seems that all international forces are decided on the fall of Kobanê”, Muslim said. The air strikes of the US-led coalition have…
Demonstration against Ethnic Cleansing of the Islamic State and Turkish complicity
Press Release: Fri 26 Sept, 10am-1pm Turkish General Consulate, Los Angeles A demonstration will be held by the Kurdish community in Los Angeles on Friday Sept 26 in front of the Turkish General Consul in Los Angeles from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM to denounce and protest the ethnic cleansing of Kurds in Syria by…
Declare Western Kurdistan, the Rojawa, as a ‘Safe Haven’!
By Rebwar Rashed: The first non-violent demonstration against the Bashar Al-Assad regime started in late February 2011, more than 3.5 years ago. The people of Syria demanded more freedom and true political pluralism. However the path to more freedom now looks infinite with two hundred thousand casualties, many millions of displaced people, destroyed homes and…
‘Kobanê is in danger … We call on American forces to hit ISIS positions’: YPG
KT News: YPG leaders have again called for US and allied forces to carry out air strikes on ISIS positions that are getting closer to the Kurdish city of Kobanê. Ocalan Iso, deputy leader of the YPG Kurdish forces defending Kobanê, told Reuters that more ISIS mercenaries and tanks had arrived since the U.S.-led coalition began…
US should bomb ISIS positions on the Kobanê front: YPG
KT News: ISIS has responded to the US air strikes in Syria by sending more of its mercenaries to Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan) to join the attack on the Kurdish city of Kobanê. “There is a redeployment of (ISIS) from areas that have been hit in the air strikes by the alliance countries towards our areas,”…
UK must supply arms and aid to Rojava Kurds: London protest, Wed 24 Sept
By Ata Mufty: Protest: 1pm, Wed, 24th September, Parliament Square, Westminster, London SW1P 3BD Calling on all the Kurds: we will be gathering on Wednesday 24th September at 1pm for a Gigantic Protest in Parliament Square. According to new information, the situation in Kobani, Rojava is even more serious than previously thought. It is the difference…
Appeal to President Obama: Extend your humanitarian and military support to Syria’s Kurds
By Dr.Amir Sharifi: Sign the Petition Dear President Obama As Kurdish Americans with great gratitude we welcome your initiative to respond to the threat of Islamic State in Iraq, Kurdistan region, and Syria. As you have rightfully noted Islamic State is the greatest threat that our world faces and hence requires a global response. Mr. President, we…
Rojava Kurd resistance continues; if necessary we will drown ISIS with our blood says Kobanê leader
KT News: Rojava Kurds are continuing to fiercely resist the offensive by ISIS (‘Islamic State’). Pro-Kurd YPG/YPJ forces killed 18 jihadists in fighting last night, reports the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The ISIS offensive is the latest and biggest in two years of attacks on Rojava. This time ISIS are using heavy weapons…
