Karwan Faidhi Dri

1 week ago | rudaw.net | Karwan Faidhi Dri

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A recently launched project in the Kurdish-held northeast Syria (Rojava) aims to educate a group of children and prepare them to become leaders of their generation. Jinwar, which means women’s land in Kurdish, was introduced in 2016 and inaugurated two years later. It is a village for women and children.

3 weeks ago | rudaw.net | Karwan Faidhi Dri

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Nadine Maenza, a prominent American advocate for religious freedom, expressed her surprise at the unity among the various religious and ethnic groups in the Kurdish-held region of northeast Syria (Rojava). She further noted that the interim government in Damascus could benefit from Rojava's experience in fostering social cohesion across the rest of the country.

1 month ago | rudaw.net | Karwan Faidhi Dri

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria are in discussion with the new government in Damascus about control of Tishreen Dam, which has been under frequent attacks by militias for months, a senior dam official told Rudaw English on Saturday. “There are discussions between the Autonomous Administration and the Damascus government, but there is nothing certain yet.

1 month ago | rudaw.net | Karwan Faidhi Dri

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdish authorities in northern Syria have used nearly two weeks of no bombardment on the crucial Tishreen Dam to repair damages caused by months of attacks by militia groups, an official told Rudaw English on Monday. The dam, located southeast of Manbij city on the Euphrates River, was constructed in 1999 and is one of Syria’s largest in terms of production and capacity.

1 month ago | rudaw.net | Karwan Faidhi Dri

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Iraqi army and an armed group affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) clashed in Nineveh province's Shingal (Sinjar) late Tuesday, causing several injuries from both sides, according to a lawmaker and the group. The Shingal Resistance Units (YBS), widely seen as an all-Yazidi offshoot of the PKK, said in a statement early Wednesday that the Iraqi army targeted one of their vehicles in Shingal, which led to the injuries of their fighters.