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Perth Now
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Perth Now
Sudan RSF kill almost 300 in North Kordofan: activists
Sudanese activists say the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed almost 300 people in attacks in North Kordofan state that began on Saturday. The RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army in that area, one of the key frontlines of a civil war that has raged since April 2023. The army has taken firm control of the centre and east of the country while the RSF is working to consolidate its control of western regions, including North Kordofan. The Emergency Lawyers human rights group said in a statement on Monday that the RSF had attacked several villages on Saturday around the city of Bara, which the paramilitary controls. In one village, Shag Alnom, more than 200 people were killed via arson or gunshot. Looting raids of the other villages killed 38 civilians, they said, while dozens of others had gone missing. The next day, the group said, the RSF attacked the village of Hilat Hamid killing 46 people, including pregnant women and children. "Education is very important to us. We must go to school even during war so we don't lose years," says Anfal, 10.@UNICEF, thanks to @EU_Sudan support, is helping over 170,000 children return to learning across 418 schools in Blue Nile, # UNICEF Sudan - اليونيسف في السودان (@UNICEFSudan) July 14, 2025 More than 3400 people were forced to flee, according to the United Nations. "It has been proven that these targeted villages were completely empty of any military objectives, which makes clear the criminal nature of these crimes carried out in complete disregard of international humanitarian law," Emergency Lawyers said, placing the responsibility with RSF leadership. The United States and human rights groups have accused the RSF of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Its soldiers have carried out a series of violent looting raids in territory it has taken control of across the country. The RSF leadership says it will bring those found responsible for such acts to justice. Sudan's civil war has created the world's largest humanitarian crisis, driving more than half the population into hunger and spreading diseases including cholera across the country. A global reduction in aid spending has stretched the humanitarian response.
Rudaw Net
12-07-2025
- Politics
- Rudaw Net
Author uses literature to document Kurdish tragedies
Also in World US reiterates support for SDF integration Ukraine: Three years of Devastating war Berlin's international broadcaster to launch Kurdish-language programming: German politician US delists Syria's HTS as 'terrorist' group, maintains Nusra Front alias label A+ A- ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A young Kurd who migrated to the United States to escape Saddam Hussein's genocidal campaign is using the written word to document Kurdish tragedies and his personal struggles. Newzad Brifki left his home in Duhok province with his family in 1988 during the previous Iraqi regime's genocidal Anfal campaign against the Kurds. In 2017, he wrote his first book about Kurds and their quest for freedom. 'It was very important for me as a Kurd to tell this story, because Kurds, who number 40 to 50 million people, there are still people who do not know us. So it was important for me as a Kurdish-American writer to publish this so those who do not know the Kurds can know them,' Brifki told Rudaw's Diaspora program that aired on Friday. In the late 1980s, the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein launched its Anfal campaign. The brutal eight-phase military operation claimed the lives of more than 182,000 Kurds. The 1988 chemical attack on Halabja alone killed more than 5,000, mostly women and children, and injured thousands more. In 2021, Brifki wrote another book, titled 'War Can't Stop Love: The Story of Two Lovers Through Conflict,' about a young Kurdish man from Duhok province who abandoned his education and took up arms to become a freedom fighter for a girl he loves, before migrating to Turkey and then the US. He later returned to Iraq to assist American forces during the 2003 US invasion. 'Now it is only available in English, but God willing, in the future my intention is to translate it into Kurdish and other languages,' he said. Brifki is in the process of writing a third book, set to be published by next year. Diyar Kurda contributed to this report.
Shafaq News
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Baghdad rejects military movements near Kurdistan borders
Shafaq News – Garmian On Friday, the Iraqi Security Media Cell denied reports claiming there were military movements by Iraqi army units, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), or Peshmerga forces in the border areas between the federal government and the Kurdistan Region. In a statement posted on X, the Security Media Cell affirmed that the disputed territories are managed under a unified command and joint coordination between Baghdad and Erbil, noting that communication between federal and Kurdish forces is being maintained through joint coordination centers and high-level military leadership. خلية الإعلام الامني تنفي اخبارا مزعومة متداولة إعلاميا عن تحركات عسكرية غير اعتيادية في مناطق الاهتمام المشترك =====================تداولت بعض وسائل الإعلام ومنصات التواصل الاجتماعي خبرا مزعوما مفاده "تحركات لقطعات من الجيش العراقي وهيئة الحشد الشعبي او البيشمركة في مناطق… — خلية الإعلام الأمني🇮🇶 (@SecMedCell) July 4, 2025 Earlier, a security source told Shafaq News that Peshmerga forces under the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) declared a state of emergency in Garmian, which lies within the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, as Iraqi troops mobilized nearby. Garmiyan is a region in southern Iraqi Kurdistan. Once a rural agricultural area, it gained strategic importance due to its proximity to Kirkuk and the Iranian border. During the 1980s, it was a key base for Kurdish resistance and suffered heavily during Saddam Hussein's Anfal campaign.
Shafaq News
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Leader Barzani: Baghdad's unjust decree clouding our celebrations
Shafaq News/ On Thursday, Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said the Kurdistan Region will mark Eid al-Adha without salaries for its employees due to what he described as an "unjust and unfair" decision by authorities in Baghdad. In a statement issued on the occasion of the Muslim holiday, Barzani extended warm congratulations to Muslims in Kurdistan, Iraq, and around the world, offering particular greetings to "the families of the righteous martyrs, heroic Peshmerga fighters, and the dear citizens of Kurdistan." He likened the salary cuts and what he called a policy of mass starvation against the Kurdish people to the Anfal campaigns, chemical bombardments, and acts of genocide committed by the former regime against the Kurds. Barzani continued, 'The will of the Kurdish people is stronger and higher than any injustice, crime, or Anfal campaign,' Urging those who oppose the Kurdistan Region and its people to 'look to history and draw lessons from it.' He emphasized that 'the people of Kurdistan have resisted with resilience and courage against all forms of oppression and tyranny, achieved victory over aggressors and criminals, and left regret to the oppressors.' The Kurdish leader expressed deep gratitude and appreciation for 'the resilience, steadfastness, and dignity of every individual from the people of Kurdistan,' and voiced hope that 'God bestows goodness and reassurance upon Kurdistan and Iraq, and peace and stability upon the region and the world."
Shafaq News
02-06-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Iraq unearths six mass graves in al-Anbar
Shafaq News/ Iraq has finished excavating six mass graves in al-Anbar province, uncovering remains of victims executed during various periods of violence, the Martyrs Foundation reported on Monday. The graves, located in the Al-Jam'iyah neighborhood of al-Saqlawiyah, contained dozens of victims killed under Saddam Hussein's regime, as well as during al-Qaeda and ISIS control in the area, the foundation stated, adding that DNA tests will be conducted using samples from families of the missing to confirm identities. 'Once verified, remains will be returned to relatives for burial.' The foundation also confirmed that legal documents, including forensic reports and seizure records, will be submitted to Iraqi courts to trigger official investigations. According to the Martyrs Foundation and UN reports, Iraq has identified more than 200 mass grave sites, many from the Baath era. These include graves from the 1988 Anfal campaign against Kurds, the 1991 Shaaban uprising, and crackdowns on political opponents in the 1980s. After 2003, new waves of violence emerged, particularly by extremist groups such as al-Qaeda and ISIS. Among the most notorious incidents were the 2014 massacre of Yazidis in Sinjar and the execution of more than 1,700 Iraqi cadets at Camp Speicher.
