Rudaw

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.

2 weeks ago | rudaw.net | Diyar Kurda

WASHINGTON, DC - Kurdistan Region’s political parties must “work quickly” to form a government as it is in the best interest of the people and Iraq as a whole, United States Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iraq and Iran Victoria Taylor told Rudaw in an interview on Wednesday. Taylor said government formation was one of the key topics of discussion when she met with the political leadership during her recent visit to the Kurdistan Region.

2 weeks ago | rudaw.net | Diyar Kurda

WASHINGTON - In an exclusive interview with Rudaw, US Deputy State Department Spokesperson Mignon Houston emphasized that President Donald Trump’s administration remains "laser-focused" on the Middle East - particularly on the conduct of Syria’s interim authorities and the ongoing efforts to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, stating confidently, “President Trump can get this done!” Responding to a question about whether the US continues to prioritize developments in the Middle East, Houston...

2 weeks ago | rudaw.net | Nwenar Fatih

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurds and Yazidis displaced from the Kurdish city of Afrin in northwest Syria are afraid to return as militia members accused of atrocities control the area, a prominent American religious freedom advocate told Rudaw. “There’s no way they [Kurds and Yazidis] could stay if they were under these Islamists. They had to flee from the Syrian National Army [SNA] when they invaded Afrin. So all those IDPs are looking and saying, ‘wait, we’ve done this before.

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.