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Pro-PKK media: Children Fight For Islamist Groups

Pro-PYD media claims this is a document that was found after the capture of the village of Susik near the Turkish border on 5th of August. There were clashes between ISIS/JN/Ahrar and YPG/JA for 20...

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Kurdwatch: Raʾs al-ʿAyn: Two children killed by rockets

KurdWatch, August 7, 2013—On July 22, 2013, eleven year old Nalin Mahmud Taqraq was killed when a residence in southern Raʾs al‑ʿAyn (Serê Kaniyê) was shelled by rockets. Several family members were...

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KRG presidency statement on border crossing

KRG presidency says borders are open for everyone to go & defend Kurds in #Syria-anyone has the means to defend & wants to, borders are open— Shwan Zulal (@ShwanZulal) August 7, 2013Hewlêr...

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Rudaw TV report: Are we witnessing the Kurdish Spring in Syria?

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YPG Announces a Truce For Three Days

YPG announced on Eid al-Fitr, that they announce a truce/ceasefire for three days if not attacked.

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Turkish TV Reports About Nusra in Tel Ebyad

In the video a 'Nusra fighter' is shown who is calling in English on Kurds to return to their houses and that Kurds are Islamic brothers. He is also trying to show that they didn't loot houses.

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Kurdish Blocs Seek More Unity in Syria?

Al-Parti claims Kurdish parties will meet next Monday in Erbil how to support 'West-Kurdistan' and to prevent the monopoly of one Kurdish parties and prevent narrow partisan interests and participation...

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Turkish Islamist NGO Defends Nusra

Education Rights Association (Özgür-Der) president Rıdvan Kaya condemns accusations that mujahideen (Nusra/Al Qaida) massacred Kurdish civilians and said that for that just for Kurdish nationalists,...

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Former Ghuraba Rebel Talks to PKK News Agency

Former Ghuraba al-Sham rebel Zahir Baybars was interviewed by the pro-PKK news agency ANHA. He was captured after Nusra withdrew from Ras al-Ain on the 17th of July and later released by YPG. He has is...

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Iraqi VP Supports Kurdish Autonomy?

Iraqi Vice President supports Kurdish autonomy in Syria and says Iraqi state doesn't support Assad. Just Iraqis who took refuge in Syria are defending shrines.

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Car Bomb in Amuda City

SOHR: al-Hasaka province: 1 YPG fighter was killed when explosives planted on the side of the road went off, at the time when a YPG car was passing by, in the western entrance of A'mouda city on the...

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YPG Clashes with Islamists Near ISIS-Stronghold Jarabulus

YPG-ISIS clashes in a village near Jarabulus.#الدولة_الإسلامية_في_العراق_والشام || #حلب : استمرار الإشتباكات مع مرتدي الـ ypg في قرية زور مغار قرب جرابلس . pic.twitter.com/KHK462kDRo— الربيع الجهادي...

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Kurdish Islamic Rebel Leader Killed

Leader of Islamic Salahadin brigade Alaaldin Mohamad Ali was killed in the war.

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PUK Official Supports Border Opening

High-ranking PUK official Najmadin Karim says the border should be opened.

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'Siege of Kobani'

Bad map of 'siege on Kobani' showing Ahrar al-Sham, FSA, and ISIS/JN blockade on the PYD/YPG in Ayn al-Arab.

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Aid Passes Turkish Border

Aid passes the Turkish border to Dirbêsî (Al-Darbasiyah) after 8 days of waiting.

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YPG Controls Six Tanks

The YPG said that based on the information from the 70 Syrian soldiers that fled to Afrin they captured another three tanks. This means they have five tanks in Afrin now and one in Ayn al-Arab.

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Russian FM Supports PYD Against Nusra?

The UN Security Council must unambiguously condemn the reported killings of Kurds by radical forces, which try to establish an Islamist state in Syria, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov....

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2 YPG Fighters Kidnapped and Killed near Qamishli

Hasakah province: 2 fighters from the YPG were found killed outside of Qamishli city a week after they were kidnapped from their residences. The perpetrators of the kidnapping and murders are still...

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Video Report on What Happened in Tel Ebyad

Engineer from Tel Ebyad and a Kurdish activist created report on events in Tel Ebyad and claims all Kurds were targeted, not only 'PYD'.

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