Category: Report
Assassinations of ex-SDF members continue
Another ex-SDF member has been assassinated in eastern Deir ez-Zor. Unknown masked gunmen opened fire on an ex-fighter of Syria Democratic Forces and another civilian escorting him, in Hawayij village in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor this morning. The ex-fighter died instantly, while the civilian sustained injuries. It is unclear who the ex-fighter was […]
Another Kurd killed in Germany
It was Friday night in Dortmund as the small, physically impaired 41-year old Kurdish man from Mardin, Turkey – named Ibrahim Demir – was brutally murdered on his way home. Ibrahim Demir lived in Dortmund for years. He was only 1.42 tall and had visited his mother that night. The last person to have seen […]
Teacher from Koya collects his salary in winter clothing
Teachers in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have massively protested the delay of their salary in Duhok, Hewler and Suleimania over the last days. More than 100 arrests have been made by Barzani’s KDP in an attempt to stop the protests. . This teacher found another, quite funny way to protest the delay of his […]
Multiple ISIS attacks on SDF checkpoints
On Sunday, a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter lost his life after being shot in al- Hawayij town in the eastern countryside of Deir ez-Zor in a series of shoot attacks on SDF points believed to have been carried out by Islamic State (ISIS) cells. On Sunday afternoon, a landmine exploded near a military vehicle […]
Billions of Euros transferred from Iraqi Kurdistan: leaked documents
A leaked documents obtained by Ekurd.net show billions of Euros have been transferred from Iraqi Kurdistan Region to abroad. According to the documents dated 2018, over 6 billion Euros have been transferred from a Erbil-based private company called Abor Land (Abor Group), to outside the region in form of bank investment. It is clear that […]
Seven ISIS members escape from al-Hol on the day SDF announces prison amnesty
The SDF still experience problems with the security of their prisons. Seven members of the Islamic State (ISIS) group escaped from a small prison in North-East Syria today, with four recaptured and a search continuing for the remaining three, said Syrian state media and an official with the main Kurdish-led US-backed force in the region. […]
Nakba: one of the greatest Human Rights disasters in modern history
Nakba Day is observed on 15 May every year and commemorates the displacement of Palestinians when the Israeli state was founded in the aftermath of the Second World War. “Nakba” is the Arabic word for “catastrophe” or “disaster” and the occasion remembers the 700,000 Palestinians forced to flee as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli […]
KDP arrests at least 10 teachers
Teachers and public sector employees protested in Duhok today (May 16) over delays in the disbursement of their salaries, with strict measures taken by the security forces to contain the demonstration. A source said that the protesters gathered in Azadi Park just after 3 p.m. as planned, but that the security forces intervened to prevent […]
Outrage in Syria: US-backed SDF seizes bank and empties government buildings in Hasakah
New developments targeting the Syrian government’s presence in Hasakah city come amid the arrival of military and logistical reinforcements for the U.S. military to its bases in the governorates of Al-Hasakah and Deir Ezzor. The PKK-affiliated forces have seized the Syrian Commercial Bank in Hasakah, as they expelled all the employees inside the building and […]
Washington: PKK/SDF does not allow Arabs to decision-making positions
When PKK’s Syrian branch PYD, and its armed wing YPG was founded, it had as primary goal to form a Kurdish statelet in North-Syria. Its plans did not include the Arab majority of the region and many reports by international Human Rights organisations reported ethnic cleansing of Arabs in the territory it occupied. As ISIS […]