With much of Turkey's east under a state of emergency and pro-government mobs sacking offices of the left-opposition HDP, Kurdish leaders charge a campaign of "political genocide."
ISIS fighters seized the last oil-field still under the control of the Assad regime after several days of fighting. The Jazal field has a production capacity of 2,500 barrels per day.
The Turkish state is lining up international support for its "anti-terrorist" campaign against the PKK—as it carries out air-strikes and harsh repression on Kurdish villages.
Syrian civilians are facing war crimes and crimes against humanity with "no end in sight," the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the war finds in its latest report.
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, building a wall along the Serbian border and herding migrants into detainment camps, warned Syrian refugees to stay in Turkey.
Military atrocities against Kurds in Turkey's east are sparking protests across the country and the Kurdish diaspora—and a wave defections from village paramilitary forces.
The Kakai religious minority, targeted for extermination by ISIS, has formed a battalion to defend their villages on the frontline in northern Iraq—and are desperately in need of guns.
Russian fighter pilots are arriving in Syria, to begin sorties against ISIS and rebel forces—amid reports that Moscow's elite units are already fighting on the ground for the regime.
In a move protested by rights groups, Iran's regime hanged Kurdish political prisoner Behrouz Alkhani—despite a pending appeal of his death sentence before the country's high court.
Working-class districts of Istanbul, following the lead of rebel Kurds in Turkey's east, are declaring "autonomy" from the state—amid ongoing street clashes with security forces.
In response to the new offensive by the Turkish government, Kurds in the country's east are declaring their own regional autonomy and throwing up roadblocks.
We in Neither East Nor West-NYC (NENW-NYC) support the struggle of the anti-authoritarian Kurdish and allied forces in Rojava. We view this as a continuation of our work in the 1980s and '90s, when we networked for mutual solidarity between… Read moreNENW-NYC statement in support of Rojava Kurds
