Turkey bans Kurdish-language film Rojbash from commercial release The Culture and Tourism Ministry has blocked the theatrical release of Rojbash, a film that tells the story of a group of Kurdish stage actors reuniting after 25 years The ministry deemed the film "unsuitable for commercial circ...

8th New York Kurdish Film Festival The eighth edition of the New York Kurdish Film Festival will start today, Saturday 12 October, at the storied Village East by Angelika theater, 181-189 Second Avenue in Manhattan The opening night will see the screening of the film, Rojek, followed by a Q&A w...

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) General Command issued a statement to mark the ninth anniversary of their establishment (10 October 2015) The statement said: "Our SDF forces are based on a great legacy of the blood and sacrifices of the martyrs of the Women Protections Units YPJ and the Peo...

Sudan the world’s gravest disaster but almost nobody cares By Jonathan Freedland Remember when we said that Black Lives Matter? We didn’t mean it. That much is clear now, as the world watches a war that is killing tens of thousands, that has displaced more than 10 million and which is threatening t...

PM Barzani rallies supporters Barzani opened his speech by expressing confidence in the people of Soran. "I am pleased to see that you have decided the KDP will win," he said ERBIL (Kurdistan24) — Masrour Barzani, Vice President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), addressed a large g...

Qubad to Bafel Talabani: "We need to show we are legitimately getting those seats" In the recording, Bafel Talabani reportedly informs his brother that Baghdad officials assured him of the PUK's guaranteed seats and promised to annul the "11 quota seats in parliament." ERBIL (Ku...

MP Aslan against İmralı isolation The Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) Şırnak MP Nevroz Uysal Aslan submitted an application to the Parliamentary Human Rights Investigation Commission (İHİK) regarding the situation of Abdullah Öcalan, Veysi Aktaş, Ömer Hayri Konar and Hamili Yıldır...

President Barzani receives US congressman Kurdistan President Nechirvan Barzani received United States Congressman Seth Moulton on Friday in Erbil for a discussion on a range of topics, including the upcoming parliamentary election President Barzani thanked the congressman for Washington’s support....

Baghdad to curb pollution The Iraqi government has instructed an industrial subdistrict to introduce measures to reduce factory emissions The Nahrawan subdistrict, located about 25 kilometers northeast of Baghdad, is home to numerous brick, cement factories, and leather tanning workshops. The Baghd...

IHEC Launches Investigation into Election Fraud by PUK The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has begun investigating allegations of election fraud by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Halabja IHEC spokesperson Jumana al-Ghalai confirmed on Thursday that a complaint had been...

An analysis of the Bafelgate file: What does this political crisis tell us? "This time we are going to destroy them with difficulty!" shows that the PUK is always thinking about the destruction of the KDP and the Kurdistan government. Putting this fraudulent plan in place for the election...

A report on drug smuggling: Drug smuggling between the border areas of Iraq, Syria and Iran, points to the support of the Bafel Talabani for the PKK and drug smuggling "Following a number of expected steps, the Iraqi government banned the activities of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in its...

Dozens of UK-linked firms suspected of busting Russian oil sanctions The government is investigating 37 UK-linked businesses for potentially breaking Russian oil sanctions - but no fines have been handed out so far, the BBC can reveal Financial sanctions on Russia were introduced by the UK and othe...

What really happened to: Mizgin Sen Kani Yilmaz Kurdish blogger Rasti Sakine Cansız, Leyla Şaylemez and Fidan Doğan, I believe Turkey to be behind all the assassinations and Mizgin's disappearance, because all these people were dedicated to achieving an Independent Kurdistan and would never have se...

Meta permanently bans Al Mayadeen English Instagram account The crackdown on narratives countering mainstream and Western media continues, slamming the notion of the freedom of the press Meta has disabled the account of Al Mayadeen English on Instagram for allegedly not following "our Communit...