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13:47

People in Shengal stood in silence to commemorate those who killed during the genocide committed by ISIS on August 3,2014.

15:39

“The people of Shengal now protect themselves thanks to the ideology and philosophy of Abdullah Öcalan,” the East Kurdistan Free Women Society (KJAR) said in a statement, marking the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide.

15:01

Afghan researcher Kobra Ghulami was arrested and then deported from Iran on Friday for not complying with the hijab rules although she had legal residency documents.

14:15

“We stand with Shengal, Afghanistan, Rojhilatê Kurdistan and all women engaging in the struggle for freedom,” said the written statement issued by Kongra Star to mark the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide.

11:48

Women of Eastern Kurdistan condemn the death sentences against labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi and journalist Pakhshan Azizi. “We struggle more against the heavy prison sentences.”

11:46

The Yazidi Free Women (TAJÊ) has sent a report to the countries that have recognized the Yazidi genocide, the ECHR, the Iraqi Prime Minister and the German Foreign Ministry, telling the crimes committed by the KDP during the genocide.

09:53

Türkiye has blocked access to social media platform Instagram.

09:41

“We are alive today thanks to the guerrillas and Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan,” said Rîhan Xidir, who witnessed the genocide committed by ISIS against the Yazidis in Shengal.

15:08

The fate of about 1,300 of Iraq’s missing Yazidi children remains unknown 10 years on from the Islamic State genocide with thousands of others still homeless, living in tents or amid rubble in Sinjar, Save the Children said on Thursday.

14:48

The Women's Defense Units (YPJ) has announced that they rescued two Yazidi women and a child abducted by ISIS in Shengal on August 3,2014.

13:54

Female Co-mayors of the DEM Party have come together at a workshop in the city of Van. We have become a role model for the Middle East and Türkiye, DEM Party Co-chair Tülay Hatimoğulları said at the workshop.

12:27

At least seven people were detained in Piran (Dicle) district of Amed (Diyarbakır) for dancing halay to Kurdish music.

12:25

Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Rifi have been killed in an Israeli air attack on the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.

10:38

“Forgetting the genocide is a betrayal of Yazidi history,” said Feride Şengali, a survivor of the Yazidi genocide committed by ISIS in 2014.

09:03

“All people, particularly international organizations, must stand against the unjust decision of the Iranian regime against journalist Pakhshan Azizi,” said the joint statement of the journalists’ associations.

15:57

The Human Rights Association (IHD) protested the death sentences against labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi and journalist Pakhshan Azizi outside the Iranian Consulate in Istanbul, demanding their release.

15:56

The European Kurdish Women's Movement and the Yazidi Women's Council will hold protests in many European cities with the motto, “Against Femicide: Be the voice of self-defense”.

13:35

The Israeli army targeted women and children on the 299th day of its attacks on the Gaza Strip. At least 39,400 Palestinians have been killed and 90,996 others injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since last October.

13:34

Two minibuses carrying textile workers collided in Semsûr (Adıyaman) on Wednesday, injuring 11 textile workers and the drivers of the minibuses.

11:01

At least one woman and two children were killed in an Israeli airstrike in a suburb of southern Beirut on Tuesday.