Thekurdishproject.org

The current Kurdistan project, supported by France and the United States, has no connection with the legitimate project which was recognised by the same countries during the Sèvres Conference of 1920. It is not even situated anywhere near the same territory...

by Maya Arakon for Open Democracy The war in the Middle East against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has drawn the attention of the entire world to the region. The focus is especially on the Kurdish women fighters who have even graced...

Like most of the other participants in the civil wars in Iraq and Syria, the self-declared caliphate is too well rooted to disappear. On 16 June, Kurdish militiamen, with the support of US airstrikes, captured the town of Tal Abyad in northern Syria...

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‘At first we dreamed of having a revolution and gaining our liberty,’ he said, ‘but unfortunately the popular movement was not well organised and was manipulated by neighbouring countries such as the Gulf states, so revolution turned into jihad.’ He...