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First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970) KDP: Iraq Syria: Kurdish Victory . Iraqi-Kurdish Autonomy Agreement; Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975) KDP Iran: Iraq: Defeat. Iraq re-established control over Kurdistan; Kurdish Rebellion of 1983 (1983–1989) KDP PUK Iran: Iraq: Defeat. Al-Anfal Campaign; Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict (1983 ...
Waar TV is a Kurdish broadcasting station, based in Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. institution was founded in 2013 and in 2019, it began its publication with new management and policy. Waar is owned by Palo Broadcasting and Media Company which consists of Waar Channel, Waar Radio, and several social networking platforms called Waar Media .
Kurdish ethnic revival appeared in the 1970s when Turkey was racked with left-right clashes and the Marxist PKK was formed demanding a Kurdish state. [58] PKK declared its objective as the liberation of all parts of Kurdistan from colonial oppression and establishment of an independent, united, socialist Kurdish state.
Thousands of Kurds then fled to Iraq, where a refugee camp was established. Occasional clashes between Kurdish protesters and government forces occurred in the following years. [25] [26] Mashouq al-Khaznawi, a very influential Kurdish sheikh, was killed in 2005 due to his increasing activism which began during the 2004 Qamishli uprisings. He ...
The offensive was launched with the intent to capture the Kurdish-majority city of Kobanî and positions in Ayn al-Arab District to the east of the Euphrates. The offensive was initiated with numerous airstrikes across the Kobanî countryside, and on the Tishrin Dam standing on the Euphrates between recently captured Manbij District territories ...
The city of Erbil, which is the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region, was the target of 11 of the 15 total missiles that were fired. The remaining four missiles were directed at Syria's Idlib Governorate, targeting areas held by the Syrian opposition.
On 19 January, Cizre municipal council member Abdülhamit Poçal and Selman Erdoğan were killed and IMC TV cameraman Refik Tekin along with 10 others were wounded during a firefight between Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants though it is not clear who opened fire on the group. Pro-Kurdish sources say that it was the Turkish side.
The operations began in July 2011, [12] and included attacks on PJAK bases in Iranian territory, penetration into Iraqi Kurdistan territory, bombing of PJAK associated bases and villages in Kurdish controlled Iraqi areas and direct targeting of Kurdish guerrilla command in Qandil mountains. The clashes resulted in dozens killed and wounded on ...