Kurdish Institute of Paris

 
Monday, June 25, 2007  | By Amir Afkhami and Michael Soussan

HALABJA, Iraq - In a few days, "Chemical Ali" will face death by hanging. Ali Hassan al-Majid earned his nickname after he ordered the use of chemical weapons to eradicate the population of Halabja, a Kurdish town located near Iraq's northern border with Iran.

June 25, 2007 | Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman

The guilty verdict against Ali Hassan al-Majid or Chemical Ali is a milestone for the people of Kurdistan in Iraq.

27 june 2007 | By Damien McElroy in Kashan Valley, northern Iraq

On a mountain ridge overlooking a riverside picnic spot in Kashan, Roshad Adel picked at the broken soil. Within minutes he was holding a handful of shrapnel.

June 27, 2007 | By KIRK SEMPLE

ERBIL, Iraq - "It is a measure of soaring Kurdish optimism that government officials here talk seriously about one day challenging Dubai as the Middle East’s main transportation and business hub.

Thuesday June 26, 2007 | By Shamal Aqrawi

Thursday June 21, 2007 | Michael Howard in Sulaymaniya

Iraq's Kurdish leaders said last night they had struck an important deal with the central government in Baghdad over a law to divide up Iraq's oil revenues, which is seen by the Bush administration as one of the benchmarks in attempts to foster national reconciliation.

Sunday, June 17, 2007 | By Joshua Partlow

IRBIL, Iraq - Iraqi border police believe neighboring Turkey has amassed 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers along its southern border with Iraq. Turkish helicopters have flown into Iraqi airspace to conduct missions against Kurdish rebels in the mountainous region, and Turkish mortar shells regularly crash down on Iraqi soil, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials

Monday June 18, 2007 | Michael Howard in the Qandil mountains

A Kurdish rebel leader has warned Turkey that it faces disaster if its troops and tanks cross into northern Iraq, amid growing concern of a big Turkish operation to hunt down Kurdish guerrillas holed up across the border.

Saturday June 16, 2007 | Michael Howard in Rowanduz

June 6, 2007 | By Tony Blankley

Yesterday I googled "Turkey and the Kurds" and got 1,310,000 hits. Then I googled "Paris Hilton"andgot 45,800,000 hits. That seems about right.