Turkey will begin a massive invasion of Rojava starting as early as this week. Last Monday Turkish President Erdogan said that the army is “taking steps regarding the missing parts of the work we started to create a safe zone at a depth of 30 kilometers along with our southern borders.” He is referring to Turkey's last major operation in 2019 in wh…

This is your 60 Second Update by Radio Kurdistan, May 20, 2022. Today, sources close to Marlene Forster and Matej Kavcic now report that the two foreign journalists who were arrested in Sinjar on April 20 have been allowed to leave Iraq today. Despite the Iraqi government's blanket accusations that the journalists worked with terrorists, followed b…

This is your 60 Second Update by Radio Kurdistan, May 20, 2022. Two european journalists working in Sinjar who have been detained by Iraq since April 20 finally received their day in court this week. On May 15, Slovenian journalist Matej Kavcic met with his lawyer. German journalist Marlene Forster met her lawyer the following day, May 16. Soon the…

Şervan hikes the mountain with a YBS militia unit when it gets pursued by a Turkish Bayraktar drone. He escapes with a few fighters into a vast tunnel system in the mountains. The same day, we have an extended conversation about Turkish drones with Dr. Thoreau Redcrow (known to Kurds as “Soro”), an American global conflict analyst and geopolitical …

Will turkish drones defeat the kurds? Recent overhype about the superior technology of the Turkish Bayraktar drones can mess with our heads, creating this impression that the empire is invincible against a guerilla revolution.Door Servan

Volunteer fighters of YBS International (Bahoz Sores [Commander] and Hunesh Ameriki) came to talk with Tahseen and me about the recent defections from YBS, and at the same time, we learn a lot about what it's like to be an American or European volunteer fighting alongside the Yazidis and the Kurds.Door Servan

Although fighting in the region has paused, residents see signs that fighting could again return to Sinjar. The Iraqi Army has not concluded talks with the Yazidi protection forces following armed clashes in Sinjar which began on April 18. Although it appears that the Iraqi army has not been firing on YBS positions for five days since May 3, Iraqi …

The Autonomous Administration of SInjar (Shengal) has announced an agreement with the Iraqi Army, ending days of armed conflict..Door Servan

I am a guest on the new upcoming podcast Where Many Worlds Fit, which is a collaboration between Emergency Committee on Rojava, supporting the Kurdish and Yezidi revolution, and the Sexta Grietas del Norte, supporting the Zapatista Revolution.Door Servan

A journalist who has been detained for almost two weeks used a hunger strike to force the Iraqi government to divulge her location and allow a visit from the German Embassy. Marlene Forster, a German media worker, was researching the culture and social conditions of the Yazidi people in this region when she and her colleague were arrested by the Ir…

Iraqi Army arrests two foreign journalists, causing international outcry and an immediate call for their release under the hashtag #freemarleneandmatej. The Iraqi Army builds up armored personnel carriers and tanks near Sinjar in preparation for a major military action which they clearly wish to execute without the world watching.…

The mainstream news celebrates Turnkey's "anti-terrorist" airstrikes into Northern Iraq. But they missed the story: that at the same time, the Iraqi Army has begun to attack the protection forces of the Yezidi towns of Sinjar, the YBS, YJS, and the Asayis. Are Turkey's attacks coordinated with Iraq's? And why is the Iraqi Army trying to eliminate t…

Driving through Baghdad today is a surreal experience for an American The next morning, my contact in the Kurdish revolution drives me to Mt. SInjar, Northern Iraq. I am here on the invitation of the revolutionary government which rebuilds and protects the Yezidi townspeople as they rebuild their community and prepare to defend it against deadly th…