The Amargi

The Amargi has been a member of Linktree for 9 months and joined in September 2025. The social media accounts linked to from The Amargi are: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Threads, X, Bluesky. Besides social media accounts, theamargi has populated their site with Fixers, friends and firms: inside the KRG’s Washington lobbying network, Weddings return to Gaza, smaller but persistent, Deq: tattoos made of breast milk and ash, Armenia unexpectedly echoes Azerbaijan’s narratives as parliamentary elections approach, Iraq’s next prime minister risks his credibility by overpromising, Haunted by the 2016 witch-hunt, Turkey’s intellectuals hesitate on peace, Turkish religious authority bans Kurdish in Friday sermons, Iraq’s next prime minister risks his credibility by overpromising, How Iraqi Kurds learned to play Washington’s lobbying game, Bahceli opens door to Ocalan role as Apoist Movement warns Ankara, Iran’s regime shaken not transformed, warns analyst, US anti-ISIS budget sidelines Peshmerga, leaves SDF unnamed, Damascus’s demands threaten education in Suwayda, Ruined infrastructure limits Syria’s capacity as Hormuz alternative, The never-ending Iraqi Kurdish civil war: Why?, Death at the workplace and unpaid wages: Turkey’s workers on May Day, Middle East remains world’s worst region for press freedom, RSF 2026 Index, ‘Archive of Absence’ traces Iranian exile lives in Berlin, Golan Heights Druze face renewed identity crisis as naturalization bids rise, What happened to justice for Yazidis?, Why is Turkey one of the world’s worst countries for journalists?, Global military spending hits record high, The environmental catastrophe behind the US–Iran War, Why divorce is on the rise in Iraqi Kurdistan, Faruq Rafiq, Kurdish intellectual who bridged philosophy and public life, has died, I am in Isfahan, let me tell you how we think of war, The middle class empowers Middle Eastern fascism, King Charles in Washington, Britain in Retreat, Deals with Assad-era tycoons, reappointments spark justice outcry in Syria, The environmental catastrophe behind the US–Iran War, After 95 days in solitary, missing German journalist found alive in Syria, Hezbollah buries its fighters amid a fragile ceasefire, Could Iran trade its nuclear program for the Strait?, Iran’s Kurds navigate war through diplomacy, How a cassette shop in Diyarbakır preserved Kurdish music, Turkey in the shadow of April 24, Eren Keskin: Doku case exposes state impunity, not a rogue network, The Iraqi prime minister’s post – the other US-Iran war, An obituary to the Kurdistan Region’s political opposition, The legacy of the Armenian genocide in northern Syria, What is the UN Security Council prioritizing within Syria’s transition?, Turkish FM celebrates Kirkuk’s first Turkmen governor after a century, Turkish FM celebrates Kirkuk’s first Turkmen governor after a century, Armenia is collateral damage in the Iran war, Clashing visions for Syria stall deal with Kurds, Exile Talks: Kurdistan, Ending Iran war not enough for exiled women to return, Rojava, beneath the revolution, How Iranian monarchist networks built ties to Europe’s far-right, Intra-Kurdish conflict and the struggle for hegemony in post-1979 Rojhelat, Lebanese medics kept saving lives as the missiles fell, Hormuz Strait opens as Trump hints U.S.-Iran talks this weekend, Turkish opposition declares US Envoy Barrack persona non grata over praise of ‘benevolent monarchies’, The burden of trauma from Assad’s prisons, Gulf states must adapt to new regional order, Recycling workers in Istanbul face social stigma, eviction efforts, and uncertainty, China pushes Middle East peace initiative as US-Iran ceasefire nears end, Why peace is bad business in the Iran war, A ceasefire that leaves Iranian Kurds behind, Why Pakistan pushed itself as mediator in US-Iran conflict, How a writer survived the Syrian war, ECtHR notifies Turkey in Imamoglu case, Druze shrine desecration at UNESCO site exposes systemic religious repression in Syria, How Erbil became a safe haven for former Iraqi Ba’athists, Major breakthrough in Turkey’s landmark femicide case, governor’s son among detainees, Turkey indicts Netanyahu in criminal case, Government, pro-Kurdish party trade blame over Turkey’s stalled peace talks, A Palestinian perspective on Israel’s death penalty law, Lebanon’s bloody Wednesday, How Iran’s Baloch frame the U.S.-Israel war, Syria’s Islamist obsession over alcohol flares social tension, Why Kurdish homes in Afrin cannot be reclaimed, For the peoples of Jazira, there are no friends but the Steppes, Why Dr. Ghassemlou’s vision matters more than ever, [Satire] Freedom, delivered in 48-72 business hours, Every time we left planet Earth, U.S.-Iran ceasefire strained by Lebanon conflict, Islamabad talks stall, Moscow trip by Turkish coalition figure reveals push for “Turkey-Russia-China axis”, For the peoples of Jazira, there are no friends but the Steppes, www.theamargi.com, How Iran’s Baloch frame the U.S.-Israel war, Why Kurdish homes in Afrin cannot be reclaimed, How Iran hunts its dissidents beyond its borders, Koraw: Exodus and the birth of the KRG, Israel’s killing of journalists amounts to war crimes, UN experts say, Trump wanted Iran’s Kurds for war, will he exclude them from peace?, Syrian Christians in Erbil caught in prolonged exile, Resisting in Grief: defending lives through mourning in Turkey, John Bolton Warns of Greater Risk if Iran Regime Survives, Who Will Decide Iraq’s Next Prime Minister, the U.S. or Iran?, Italy set to become first in Europe to operate Turkish TB-3 drones, “Ey Iran” — but whose Iran?, Eid in Gaza, Christianity’s Katechon and Shias’ Imam al-Mahdi, Iran war deepens Iraq’s presidential deadlock, Will future Iran abandon the grand narrative? All signs say no, NATO command plans put Turkey’s Montreux ‘red line’ back in focus, NATO command plans put Turkey’s Montreux ‘red line’ back in focus, Calls converge for swift legal reforms in Turkey’s Kurdish peace talks, Will future Iran abandon the grand narrative? All signs say no, Turkey’s opposition leader plans mass MP resignations to force early vote, The youngest victims of war in Lebanon, Turkmen Sahra’s consequential ‘No’, Emmy-winning filmmaker explores war’s hidden aftermath in Rojava, Iran’s IRGC is recruiting child soldiers, Frontline medics caught between life and death in Lebanon, A new era for the Kurdish movement in Iran, Iran executes four Mujahedin-e Khalq political prisoners, www.theamargi.com, Germany invests in Syria, wants 80% of Syrian refugees out, Germany invests in Syria, wants 80% of Syrian refugees out, Suwayda massacres amount to war crimes, UN Syria Commission finds, Why is Iran attacking Sulaimani in Kurdistan Region of Iraq?, Öcalan says Talks have reached ‘critical turning point’, urges democratic path over war, SCOOP: KRG closes Iranian Kurdish parties’ offices due to Iran pressure, Zehra Doğan: Art as a witness, Hasakah floods destroy 1,700 homes and farmlands, Turkish media claims Erdogan foiled Israel’s Kurdish proxy plan in Iran, Ceasefire prospects dominate as Hormuz becomes focal point in Iran war, Turkish-operated oil tanker targeted near Bosphorus, Europe ‘not immune’ to economic fallout from Hormuz crisis, experts warn, Why the Iranian diaspora is waving Israeli flags?, How elite networks shape war and accountability in the Liberal International Order, from Epstein to Iran, Kurdish Studies Conference in Turin – day two, Evidence crumbles in jailed Istanbul mayor’s corruption trial, Kurdish studies conference opens in Turin University, Kurdish dilemma in Iraq, stuck between Washington and Tehran, Iraqi Kurdistan mourns six Peshmerga killed in Iranian strike as war spillover widens, Turkey’s judiciary targets yet another investigative journalist, Who Gets to Be Furious? The Right to Humanity with Şeyda Kurt, Newroz unrest exposes Syria’s fragile integration process, YPJ exclusion, Salvation: universalizing Kurdish trauma in Turkish cinema, [Iranian Kurdish Parties] The Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), The other Kurdish War: How the KDP and PKK are competing for hearts and minds, Turkish draft law targets LGBTI+ community, Iraq losing $200 Million a day in oil revenue, MP says, Kurdish athlete defies Turkish ban, trains for Olympics in UK, Lebanon has undergone three weeks of loss and survival, Newroz celebrated as national holiday in Syria amid tensions over symbols, Azerbaijani Turks face a vital crossroads in Iran’s Future, Kurdistan turns to renewable energy, BOOK REVIEW: Women of Komala by Fatemeh Karimi, Kurdistan turns to renewable energy, SCOOP: Behind the frontline – why Kurdish parties have not entered Iran’s war, International reactions to the US-Israeli war on Iran, Climbing the Damascus mountains, Recusal denied in İmamoğlu trial, Iranian nationalism and food prices rising in Iran, local sources say, Why Russia Offers Iran Only Rhetoric in Its Hour of Need, Islamist attacks on Rojava forge Kurdish-European solidarity, Damascus takeover shatters Arab-Kurd coexistence in Raqqa, [SCOOP] Tehran offers Kurds concessions, Kurdish leaders have not answered, Oil Prices Swing Wildly as U.S.-Israel War on Iran Exposes Strategic Rifts, State violence targets children in Turkey, rights advocates warn, Women’s Rights at Stake in Syria’s Integration Agreement, Criticism mounts over Turkish government’s response to Iran war, Criticism mounts over Turkish government’s response to Iran war, How War Reshaped Ramadan in Gaza, Erdogan’s rival Imamoglu faces 142 charges, Mojtaba Khamenei named as Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Forgotten History: Kurdistan’s Brief Freedom (1979) and the Year Khomeini Ended It (1980), SCOOP: Surveillance Technology Contractor Sues Masrour Barzani, Seeks $460 Million in New York, Iraqi Kurdistan Region Hit by 196 Drone and Missile Attacks Since War Began, monitor says, On International Women’s Day, Women in Turkey Resist Femicide and Violence, Iraqi Kurds at a Historical Crossroads, Forgotten History: Kurdistan’s Brief Freedom (1979) and the Year Khomeini Ended It (1980), Endgame in Iran: Trump’s Kurdish Outreach and Israel’s Pahlavi Bet | Interview with Michael Rubin, Democracy will not come to Iran with a Prince, From Torture Center to Memorial, Amna Suraka Chronicles Saddam’s Brutality in Slemani, Despite Latest Unification Decree, Peshmerga Remains Deeply Partisan, Kurds Used Again? Khamenei is Dead; What Comes Next, Pahlavi or Khamenei's 2.0?, Sexually Abused Children Face Deportation After Swiss Court Ruling, Germany Backs U.S.–Israeli Strikes on Iran, Despite Staying Out of the War, Israel as Proxy, Not Puppet Master: How US Imperial Logic Drives the Alliance – Not the Lobby, Istanbul Funeral Sees Women Bear Coffins in Outrage Over Child Abuse Case, Reconstruction in Syria Between External Investment and the Reproduction of Political Rent, How Zarok TV is Helping Preserve the Kurdish Language, Iran Denies Launching Missile at Turkey as NATO Neutralizes Threat in Eastern Mediterranean, Turkish FM Calls Iran’s Retaliatory Strikes across Gulf States as “Incredibly Wrong Strategy”, Turkey Peace Process Falls Short of Expectations, Turkish Rights Group Says, DEM Party Calls for Legal Recognition Of Öcalan’s Status, Outlines “Democratic Integration” Roadmap, Nuri al-Maliki: The US Foreign Policy, from Regime Change to Leadership Change, Kurdish–Arab Internationalism and Solidarity in the Archives, Ali Khamenei: A Political Biography, In Their First Statement, Iranian Kurdish Alliance Signals Readiness for Regime Change, Damascus Issues General Amnesty, But Justice Is Still Missing in Syria, “Hezbollah Made a Fatal Mistake”: Lebanese Professor Says Group Gave Israel Pretext as Fighting Resumes, Reports Reveal Deadly Iranian Crackdown in Shahbad During Protests, Risks and advantages of regime change in Iran, Kurdish–Arab Internationalism and Solidarity in the Archives, Erbil Suffers Second Night of Iranian Drone Attacks as Iran War Expands, Kurdish Leaders React to U.S.–Israeli Strikes That Killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Which Iranian Commanders Were Killed in the Strikes, Beyond the Supreme Leader?, As Iran’s Unrest Grows, Reza Pahlavi’s Leadership Claim Faces a Test of Legitimacy, Turkey's Neo-Ottomanism vs. Greater Israel with Dr Nicholas Matheou, Turkish Teacher Disciplined for “Praising Armenians”, What triggered the war between the US, Israel and Iran, EXPLAINER: Why the U.S. and Israel Just Struck Iran, and How a 47-Year Rivalry Became Open War, Kurdish–Arab Internationalism and Solidarity in the Archives, Abandoned by Allies, Rojava’s Kurdish Experiment Confronts Power Politics and an Uncertain Future, Syria’s Druze authority secure prisoner swap with Damascus, amid state restrictions, In Syria’s Northeast, Theatre is Healing Traumatized Children, Öcalan: Call For Democratic Republic, DEM Party Ties Turkey’s Kurdish Peace to Regional Stability as Iran Intervention Looms, As ISIS Detainees Are Transferred, Turkey and Iraq Face Reckoning Over Justice and Impunity, Trump Warns Iran While U.S. Military Buildup Continues, Suwayda’s Druze Demand Autonomy as a Minimum, Families of Captured SDF Fighters Demand Answers as Months Pass Without News, Wining the Battle, Losing the War: America’s Limits in a War Against Iran, More than 7,000 Killed in Iran’s ‘Crimson Winter’ Crackdown, Rights Group Says, Families of Captured SDF Fighters Demand Answers as Months Pass Without News, The Iranian Flag Divide: Identity War in Exile, Iran’s Economy Is Collapsing, EU Memo Warns of Terror Risk After Mass Escape from Al-Hol Camp, Iran Is Losing Its Major Strongholds, Iran Opposition Group, MEK, Says Clashes with IRGC Near Iran’s Supreme Leader Compound Left Over 100 Casualties, Why Citizenship Has Become the Promise and the Problem in Iran’s Transition?, As Unrest Grew, Iranian Reformists Explored Limiting Khamenei’s Power, How to be a Dictator: Adel Imam’s Cinematic Guide for the Ambitious Young Strongman, Black Sea Waste Dump by Erdogan-linked Tycoon Sparks Backlash, Critical Phase for SDF-Damascus Agreement as Afrin Returns Start, ISIS Calls for Jihad Against Syria’s New Leadership as Attacks Intensify in the East, Student Protests Return to Iranian Campuses After January Crackdown, Democratising Iran Requires Decentralisation, Analysts: China Won’t Risk Clash with Washington to Back Iran, How MIGA shapes MAGA’s foreign policy toward Iran, In Support of Brotherhood Between Peoples, Five Iranian Kurdish Parties Form Coalition, Two Others Refrained, Turkey detains six European rights activists investigating prison conditions in the country, Is Iran Facing a Social Revolution?, Syrian Security Raids Deir ez-Zor Oil Refineries, Rojava’s Future in Syria? Ilham Ahmed on Decentralization, Women’s Rights & Guarantees, Turkey’s Peace Process Enters New Phase as Kurdish Report Approved, Gaza: Makeshift Schools Open in Tents and Shelters, Renaming Syria’s Schools Signals Broad Ideological Shift, Turkey, Iran, and the Regional Balance After October 7, U.S. to Withdraw All Troops from Syria Within Two Months, Syria’s Centralisation Could Strangle the Kurdistan Region’s Autonomy, Syrian-Kurdish Leader Calls for Constitutional Guarantees to Prevent Renewed Fighting in Syria at Munich Security Conference, Equal Citizens or Second Class? Syria's Minorities Post-Assad with Nadine Maenza, Erdoğan Names Controversial Prosecutor as Turkey’s New Justice Minister, On The Frontlines, Christians And Yazidis Fear SDF-Damascus Deal, Geneva Nuclear Talks End on Mixed Notes Amid Military Posturing, PKK Leader Abdullah Ocalan Warns Against “Terrorism” Framing in Peace Process, Renowned Global Intellectuals Call to Defend Rojava’s Democratic Experiment, DEM Party Announces ‘Democratic Integration’ Phase in Kurdish Peace Process Following Öcalan Meeting, Iranian Kurdish Parties Delay Landmark Coalition Agreement, How Mythology Shapes Revolution in Iran, Displaced Families Prepare to Return to Afrin, Can a Political Council Break Kurdistan’s Year-Long Deadlock?, Akbelen Eco-Resistance Against Fast-Track Expropriation in Turkey, - YouTube, [The Amargi Exclusive] General Mazloum Abdi: Did Munich Change Syria’s Future?, Munich Becomes a Battleground For Iran’s Future, Resistance and Repression in 1979 Iranian Kurdistan: Chronology, ISIS Resurgence Looms as Syria Transitions Away from SDF Partnership, Documenting War Crimes in Rojava: Interview with CPT’s Kamaran Osman, Four times Displaced: A Kurdish Family’s Struggle for Safety in the Wake of War, Iran’s Protest Crackdown Relies on Targeted Force and Intimidation, Says Sociologist, Rethinking Kurdish Foreign Policy Through the American Experience, Why Iraqi Kurdistan’s Political Deadlock Is a Structural Crisis, Pahlavism as Postponement: The Afterlife of IRI’s Geopolitical Exceptionalism in a post-October 7 Middle East, How Paramilitaries Reordered Land and Village Life in Kurdistan, Terrifying Similarities: Germany in the Era of the Weimar Republic and Arab Nationalists Today, Explainer: How the 1979 Iranian Revolution Really Happened And How It Was Hijacked, Syrian Integration Deal Fails to Alleviate Civilian Suffering in Kobani, Turkey Signals Greater Flexibility in Iran–US Nuclear Talks, Behind Iran’s Missile Programme: Development, Deterrence and Survival, European Parliament Pushes for Action Against Violence Imposed On Rojava, Northeast Syria’s Kurds, Ankara’s Ownership Over Syria, Behind Iran’s Missile Programme: Development, Deterrence and Survival, Turkish FM Signals Syria-Style Approach in Iraq, Baghdad Summons Ambassador, DEM’s Imrali Delegation Meets Erdogan To Revive Stalled Peace Process, Rojava Protests: Kurdish Youth’s Reckoning, Under Islamist Chants, Damascus’s Kurdish Zorava Neighbourhood Comes Under Pressure, Öcalan’s Quiet Leverage: How İmralı Shaped Rojava’s January De-escalation, Fifty Unidentified Female Protesters Found in Tehran Morgue – Islamic Regime’s Use of Gendered State Violence, From White Scarf to Hair Braiding: Kurdish Resistance Through Civil Disobedience and Symbolism, Iran Cracks down on Reformists, Children’s Education Suspended in Rojava, North and East Syria, Siahkal and the Emergence of Armed Struggle Against the Shah: Selective Memory and Today’s Uprising in Iran, New Security Arrangements Tested in Rojava, Northeast Syria, [SATIRE] Iranian Government: Why Do People Expect Us to Govern?, Kurdish MP on Turkey's Regional Strategy with Ceylan Akça, Evren Balta: Trump Is Not an Anomaly, but a Destructive Accelerator, Islamists Have Lost the Kurdish Public, Are We Entering a New Sunni-Arc Middle Eastern Era?, U.S. and Iran Negotiate on the Edge of Conflict, Can Rojava’s Kurdish Project Survive Middle Eastern Fascism?, American-Kurdish relationship: Tactical vs. Moral, [Explainer] The Minorities in Iran, From Missing Children to Geopolitical Blackmail: Turkey in the Epstein Files, Tehran and Washington Back to Talks Amid Military Tensions, Syria’s Unity Is Not Inevitable: The History of a Modern State and a Crisis That Force Cannot Resolve, France Signals Support for Kurdish Rights in Syria, Syrian Conflict Spillover Fuels Attacks on Kurdish Communities in Germany, Iran’s Hostage Diplomacy is Vicious, Frightening, and Effective, Are We Entering a New Sunni-Arc Middle Eastern Era?, Does Turkey Have a New Kurdish Policy or are They Continuing a Century-Old Strategy?, The Islamic Republic of Iran: A Struggle Between War and Submission, The Islamic Republic of Iran: A Struggle Between War and Submission, Turkey Opens Investigations Over Solidarity with Kurdish Women, Limits of Solidarity: Rojava, Kurds, and Kurdistan, [The Amargi Exclusive] Investigating the Syrian Army’s Abuses, The Alliance That Broke Rojava: Arab Tribes and the Fall of Kurdish Control, Syria-SDF Integration Deal: From Paper to Practice—The Long Road Ahead, Damascus Backs Kurdish Nominee for Hasakah Governor in Ceasefire Deal With SDF, “Yarmouk Is the Cemetery for ISIS”: Inside the Camp That Survived the Caliphate and Fears Its Return, Rojava at the Brink: Why the SDF–Damascus Agreement Risks Ending Kurdish Autonomy in Syria, Rojava Is the Kurds’ Existential Struggle, Explainer: The West & the Kurds; from Sykes-Picot to Save the Kurds Act, Kurdish Student Tortured for Allegedly Lowering Turkish Flag, Coming Into U.S. Politics as an Outsider: Councilwoman-elect Naren Briar, What Mustafa Barzani’s 1975 Letter to Kissinger Tells Us About the U.S. Abandonment of the SDF, There Are No Terrorists Until The System Needs One, www.youtube.com, Reza Pahlavi and the Politics of False Hope in Iran’s Protests, UN Secretary-General Says Kurds Are “Victims of History” but Sidesteps Self-Determination Question, Beyond Analogy and Betrayal: Understanding the Assault on Rojava as Counter-Revolution, Ceasefire and Integration Agreement Reached Between Damascus and SDF, Debunking the Syrian State Narrative of “Abandoned” ISIS Camp in al-Hol, The Iraqi Presidency: From a Kurdish Prize to a Battlefield Between KDP and PUK, Faith Under Fire: Syria’s Christians Seek Justice After Church Bombing, Searching for Trump in Literature, Turkish opposition leader Özel: Syrian Kurds’ Demands Should Not Be Treated as Threats, Kurdish Rights on Trial in the UK, Homs, Syria: Film Club Creates Peace Amidst Sectarian Tension, Russia Withdraws Forces From Qamishlo Airport in Northeast Syria, UN Extends Mandates on Iran as Tensions Continue to Rise, DEM Party Co-Chair Warns Turkey: Attacks on Kurds in Rojava Are Killing Hope for Peace in Turkey, Kurdish Diaspora Protests Rojava Attacks Outside UN Headquarters in New York, Will Syria’s New Currency Ease Inflation?, The Strategic Paradox of Targeting Iran’s Supreme Leader, At the Frontline in Hasake: Kurds Refuse to Surrender as Syrian Army Advances, Kurds in Syria Defend their Neighborhoods, After ISIS, Another Threat: Why Rojava Fears History Is Repeating Itself, From Tea to Latte: Erbil’s Quiet Social Revolution, How Rojava Underscores the Need for a New Security Paradigm in Europe, Trapped in Kobane: The City That Defeated ISIS Now Struggles to Survive, Rojava: The Democracy that the West Chose to Sacrifice, A Ticking Bomb at the Center of Syria: The Amargi Visits Al-Hol After SDF Withdrawal, Fearing Israel’s Regional Hegemony, Turkey Closes Ranks Around Stability in Iran, The Return of Thucydides at Davos: Mark Carney, a Broken World Order, and the Kurdish Moment of Truth, Iran Admits More Than Three Thousand Killed in Protests, Northern Syria Faces Humanitarian Crisis as Kurdish Forces and Damascus Fail to Reach Agreement, Who Are the Bazaar Merchants Who Sparked Iran’s Protests?, Why Poland’s (Political) Culture Has Failed to Embrace the Kurdish Cause, Are the Kurds facing another 1975?, Academics Worldwide Issue Solidarity Statement as Universities in Rojava Face Escalating Attacks, www.theamargi.com, Yazidis Fear ISIS Revival as Chaos in Syria Reaches Iraq’s Border, The Amargi Sources: Iran-backed Iraqi Militias Deployed to Crackdown on Protests in Iran, Iraq on High Alert as ISIS Prison Breaks in Syria Spark Security Fears, Erdoğan’s Nationalist Ally Sets Syria Roadmap, Targets Kurdish Autonomy, Kurds in Turkey March to Rojava, Damascus Demands 'Complete Surrender' from Kurds Amid Escalating Conflict in Syria - YouTube, Kurds Seek Power-Sharing Arrangement in Damascus Following U.S. Abandonment, When Life Becomes Impossible: Iran's Uprising with Sanaz Azimipour, Islamist Authority Closes In on Syrian Women, Iran’s Unrest and the Myth of Easy Revolution, Reza Pahlavi’s Vision for Iran Guarantees Failure, The Digital Iron Curtain: Iran’s New Architecture of Isolation, Fidan’s Anti-Rojava Policy is Failing the Peace Process, Support our mission with a donation ❤️, Literature is an antidote to turmoil, Rojava, Takfirism, and the Kurdish Place in the Ummah, No More Women’s Rights in Raqqa, Iran’s Uprising: What Comes Next?, Iran Update: Brutal Silencing and a Fractured International Response, Kurdish Leaders Demand Accountability After Deadly Attacks on Aleppo’s Kurdish Neighborhoods, Explainer: Why Is Turkey Opposing Syrian Kurds While Talking Peace at Home?, Iran: The Islamic Regime’s Collapse, The Maduro Test: Is Turkey’s Strategic Ambiguity Starting to Crack?, Damascus and Qamishlo: A Deal on Paper, a Conflict on the Ground, “A Historic Turning Point”: PDKI Leader Says Iran Is Too Weak to Recover, Abbas Vali Warns: Without a Democratic Alternative, “Anti-Democratic Forces” Could Hijack the Uprising in Iran, PJAK Co-Chair on Iran Protests, Israel Ties, Pahlavi, and Regime Change, [Amargi Exclusive] In the Zagros Mountains, PJAK’s Co-chair Says Iran has “Already Collapsed” and Warns Against “Another Dictatorship”, [Amargi Exclusive] In the Zagros Mountains, PJAK’s Co-chair Says Iran has “Already Collapsed” and Warns Against “Another Dictatorship”, In the Zagros Mountains, PJAK’s Co-chair Says Iran has “Already Collapsed” and Warns Against “Another Dictatorship”, Press Freedom Under Strain in Iraq Amid Arrests and Intimidation, Iran’s Uprising: What Comes Next?, Sheikh Manea al-Jarba Warns Against Militarization, Calls for Dialogue as Syria Slides Deeper Into Crisis, ‘They had only stones’: witnesses describe deadly crackdown in Malekshahi, About the “Right to Kill” in the Middle East, China Deepens Ties to Kurdistan as Erbil Becomes a Political Hub, Turkey: No Court Decision in Criminal Case After 80 Hearings, Damascus Declares Aleppo’s Kurdish Neighborhoods a Military Zone, Progress on Iraqi Repatriations as Foreign ISIS Families Remain Stranded in Camps in Northeast Syria, Syria’s Six Remaining Jews Celebrate Hanukkah in Damascus, Iran’s New Protests Explained | Interview with Kamran Matin, KDP, PUK and Kurdish Opposition Field Separate Candidates for Iraqi Presidency, As Iran’s Protests Spread Nationwide, Kurdish Parties Break Their Silence, Who Are the Turkish-Backed Militias and Commanders Sanctioned by the UK Over Atrocities in Syria?, Kurdish Theatre in Istanbul: a Stage for Memory, Language, and Resistance, AI-Written Books Hit Iraqi Shelves, With Ghost Authors and Translators, Claims of Abuse of Ukrainian Orphans in Turkey Go Unprosecuted, What Happened in Iraq in 2025, Iran Unrest Spreads as Rial Slide Triggers Shop Closures, Syria in 2025: Negotiations Abroad, Violence at Home, Öcalan Urges Momentum on Syria’s March-10 Deal as Talks Between SDF and Damascus Stall, Iran’s 2025: Failure, Failure, and Nationalism, Turkey in 2025: Stability at the Expense of Justice and Freedom, Suwayda in the Eyes of its Women: Between Resilience and Memories of Violence, Christians in Iraqi Kurdistan Express Growing Insecurities Despite Official Guarantees, Turkey's Regional Gamble: Military Expansion and Political Contradictions with Salim Çevik, From ISIS to new Syrian Government: The U.S. Security Dilemma in Syria, Turkey's Regional Gamble: Military Expansion and Political Contradictions with Salim Çevik, More than words: Decoding the crisis between Turkey and Barzani’s KDP, From Ceasefire to Collapse and Back Again: Why the Peace Question Keeps Returning, Armenian Union Party Launches in Northeast Syria Amid Political Transition, Displaced Syrians Say Return Home is Blocked by Turkish Veto, Suwayda: The Silence After the Victory Songs, Analysis: Party Reports on the Kurdish Question and the “Peace Process” – Turkey and Kurdistan, YPJ Says It Will Remain Independent Even if the SDF Joins Syria’s Army, Why the West’s story about the Middle East no longer fits reality, Deq: A Mesopotamian Tattoo Tradition Revived in Istanbul, A Wedding Fire Has Traumatized Iraq’s Christian Community, The Kurdish-Israeli Alliance: From Secret Ties to Public Strategy, Revisiting Churchill’s Racist Record Against the Kurds, Displaced Syrians Say Return Home Is Blocked by Turkish Veto, Turkish Attacks on Journalists: A War Crime and Impunity, Alawite Women Abducted, Assaulted, and Silenced Under Syria’s New Rulers, YPJ General Commander Warns of Stalled Talks as March-10 Agreement Deadline Nears, Sipping in Silence: Fear and Alcohol Under Syria’s Islamist Authorities, Former Lafarge Employees: Lafarge Funded ISIS in Syria, Creating Worlds Through Song: Art and Activism with Dashni Morad, Why Tom Barrack is Wrong About Decentralization in the Middle East, Queer Iranians face violence and discrimination both at home and in exile, Kurdistan's Unique Position in the New Middle East with Jiyar Aghapouri | The Amargi Mosaic, Syrian Kurdish–Israeli Relations: Between Strategic Signaling and Silent Pragmatism, Weapons, Steel, Oil: How Turkey Continues to Fuel Israel’s War Machine, National Security Strategy Document: Pragmatism and the Turn Toward What Is Possible, The Najaf Filter and the Prime Minister’s Jammed Knot: Who Will Earn Sistani’s Trust?, Former US Ambassador Peter Galbraith Pushes Federal Constitution as Syria’s Last Shield Against Centralized Rule, How Azadi Park Shaped Slemani’s Political Memory, A President in Shreds: Ahmed al-Sharaa Between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Explainer: What Is Iraq’s Federation Council and Why Is It Still Missing?, Danielle Mitterrand Prize Goes to Kurdish Municipalities: What It Means, A Journalist’s Escape: Rebin, Hero, Guli’s Story, Jalal Talabani’s 1980 Letter to A Naqashbandi Sheikh: Civil War in East Kurdistan and its Relevance Today, Turkey Puts Journalists’ Payments on Trial Amid Kurdish Peace Talks, Baghdad, Erbil: Pollution Is Causing Health Crises, Former Iraqi President Barham Salih to Become New U.N. 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