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Articles on Kurdistan
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In 2019 a scholar visited the Iraqi Kurdistan, where Yazidis have been resettled. He explains their religious beliefs and their current conditions.
Belarus has created a migrant crisis at its border in an apparent move to punish the European Union for its opposition to the country’s leader.
Joe Biden has been quick to calm Kurdish fears that the US will abandon them to their fate.
Despite many attempts, the Kurds have never won and kept their own nation – though, after World War I, they came close.
Kurdish women have fought on the front lines of military battles since the 19th century. A scholar explains the origins of Kurdistan’s relative gender equality in a mostly conservative Muslim region.
Since defending northern Syria from the Islamic State, Kurdish people have established an egalitarian society where women are equal, democracy is direct and religious freedom is guaranteed.
Why did negotiations between the Turkish state and the Kurds, aimed at mitigating ethnic conflict and bringing about peace, fail in Turkey?
Kurdish female fighters are on the front lines of conflicts in Turkey, Syria and Iraq, and they bring their particular brand of radical feminism with them.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party is under mounting pressure.
Outside observers are keen to declare the Syrian conflict almost over. It is anything but.
On Nov. 12, a 7.3 magnitude quake killed some 500 and injured 7,000 along the Iran-Iraq border. This Kurdish area has also been crushed by war and, after a recent separatist vote, militarily attacked.
A decade and a half after it was invaded in the name of spreading democracy, Iraq turns out to have been set up to fail.
It seems almost inevitable Iraqi Kurdistan will separate from the rest of Iraq – but going it alone will be hugely difficult.
Catalonia and Kurdistan are both holding referendums on independence this year. But is it that simple to break free?
Iraqi Kurds will vote Yes to independence in September – and it could lead to trouble.
A second bomb in the Turkish capital in three weeks raises the question of who are the main players in the violent struggle.
Tensions between the two groups have hit breaking point in Turkey – but both have large diaspora communities.
Things are going from bad to worse in Turkey. Why – and where will it end?
What prompted Turkey’s punishing campaign against both Islamic State and Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria? The explanation for this sharp reversal of policy may lie in calculations for fresh elections.
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