People inspect a site damaged by Turkish airstrikes that hit an electricity station in the village of Taql Baql, in Hasakeh province, Syria, on November 20, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP Turkey announced on Sunday it had carried out air strikes against the bases of outlawed Kurdish militants across northern Syria and Iraq, which it … Read more
Turkey launched air strikes in Syria and Iraq overnight, targeting Kurdish militants it said were behind an Istanbul bombing that it had vowed to avenge. Jets pounded bases belonging to the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) and its Syrian affiliate, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), across Turkey’s borders, the defence ministry said in a statement that … Read more
On Monday, people lay flowers to pay tribute to the victims of a Sunday’s blast that took place on Istanbul’s famous Istiklal Street in Istanbul, Turkey. Burak Kara/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Burak Kara/Getty Images On Monday, people lay flowers to pay tribute to the victims of a Sunday’s blast that took place on … Read more
Turkey blamed Kurdish militants for Sunday’s bomb attack that killed six people and wounded dozens in central Istanbul, and vowed to avenge the attack as it likened the US to a “murderer” for its support of Kurdish rebels in Syria. Interior minister Süleyman Soylu said on Monday that police had arrested 22 people, including the … Read more
Turkey’s Interior Minister accused the Kurdistan’s Workers’ Party (PKK) of responsibility for a bombing in a busy Istanbul shopping thoroughfare that killed six people and said Monday a suspect has been arrested. The explosion tore through Istiklal Street, a popular shopping destination for locals and tourists, on Sunday afternoon, wounding dozens. A suspect was arrested … Read more
A woman suspected of dropping a backpack bomb on a busy pedestrian street in the historic center of Istanbul on Sunday has been detained, along with nearly two dozen other suspects allegedly linked to “Kurdish terrorists,” Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced early on Monday. The Sunday blast on the iconic Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul killed … Read more
Sweden’s new centre-right government said it would distance itself from several Kurdish groups as the Scandinavian country’s prime minister prepares to meet Turkey’s president to persuade him to back its application to join Nato. Tobias Billström, Sweden’s new foreign minister, said Stockholm would change how it viewed the People’s Protection Units (YPG), a Kurdish militia … Read more
Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO earlier this year as a direct consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO earlier this year as a direct consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Sweden’s new government will distance itself from the Kurdish YPG militia as it tries to win Turkey’s … Read more
For 41 days, thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets in anger over the death of a young Kurdish woman in police custody, even as authorities continue their violent crackdown against them. The demonstrations — honoring the memory of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, whose Kurdish first name was Jina — have become the largest women’s … Read more
As protests in Iran continue into their fifth week, we hear from a protester in the country’s Kurdish region where the government has been violently cracking down on dissent. Source link