Shaida Sayad, a university graduate from Sirwan district in Kurdistan's Halabja province, has harnessed her scientific skills ...

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The New Organization for Environmental Protection and Women's Rights has launched a widespread awareness campaign to combat ...

Iran’s Supreme Court has rejected Pakhshan Azizi’s request for a retrial, placing the Kurdish humanitarian worker at imminent ...

Maysoon Majidi, a 29-year-old Kurdish activist who was arrested on 31 December 2023 on charges of aiding illegal immigration, ...

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The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

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QAMISHLI, Syria — Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance during ...