The Turkish judiciary has directly intervened in the leadership structure of the country’s largest opposition party CHP at a time when it had, for the first time in years, begun to look electorally viable. Read this report to find out what happened today in Turkey. theamargi.com/posts/turkey...

RIC says it verified killings, arbitrary arrests, grave desecrations and summary executions during Damascus’ January offensive. The harder question is whether Syria’s new authorities will treat them as isolated abuses, or institutional failure. By Eve Morris-Gray www.theamargi.com/posts/syrian...

The Gulf once treated American bases as insurance. The Iran war has made them look more like an exposure. Inderjeet Parmar and Bamo Nouri argue that a post-American Middle East is no longer theoretical. www.theamargi.com/posts/post-a...

A century ago, Kurdish-origin thinkers helped imagine Turkish nationalism as a cure for Ottoman collapse. Seevan Saeed asks whether Ocalan’s answer to today’s regional crisis is the opposite: coexistence beyond the nation-state. www.theamargi.com/posts/middle...

Syria’s decree promised Kurdish rights. Myles B. Caggins says the harder part is still missing: diplomas, language rights, revenue sharing, and a state that acts as quickly as it speaks. By Lara Jalal and Sinan Tuncdemir www.theamargi.com/posts/syria-...

Shingal has gone nearly twelve years without functioning administration. Matthew Travis Barber argues that an international commission may be the only serious path to security, local governance, and Yazidi protection. By Matthew Travis Barber www.theamargi.com/posts/an-int...

Trump told Iranians that “help is on its way.” But in Washington, democracy often arrives with footnotes: uranium, oil, leverage, and the old grammar of empire. www.theamargi.com/posts/americ... ✍️ Rojin Mukriyan

With only 4 of 210 seats reserved for Kurds, major political groups criticize the continuation of unrepresentative politics and boycott the planned election. The Syrian Transitional Government insists the plan is necessary for stability. www.theamargi.com/posts/syria-...

Iran’s blackout has entered its 12th week. For millions, the loss is not only political speech, but work, family contact, emergency information, and access to the outside world. By @KaweFatehi www.theamargi.com/posts/irans-...

Mahabad lasted less than a year, but its lesson still hangs over Iranian Kurdistan. External backing can open political space, then vanish when strategy changes. By Samuel Halton. www.theamargi.com/posts/mahaba...

Cengiz Candar says Turkey’s new peace process is now difficult to reverse. If Erdogan breaks it, he argues, the political cost could fall on Erdogan himself. By Rengin Azizoğlu www.theamargi.com/posts/peace-...

Most ministerial portfolios in Iraq’s new cabinet under PM Ali Al-Zaidi won parliamentary approval Tuesday, alongside the government program. But the program is facing scrutiny for omitting Article 140 and any mention of Iraq’s disputed territories. www.theamargi.com/posts/kurds-...

Iran’s oil weapon is turning inward. After restrictions around Hormuz tightened, crude exports weakened, and storage pressure at Kharg Island began shaping Tehran’s choices. By Kawe Fatehi. www.theamargi.com/posts/hormuz...

Victoria J. Taylor says the Kurdistan Region faces growing challenges and cannot rely on Washington to solve them. ✍️ Sinan Tuncdemir www.theamargi.com/posts/washin...

Turkey’s Kurdish peace initiative is entering a more structured phase, with public confirmation of state talks with the PKK leadership and new institutional proposals from nationalist leader Devlet Bahceli raising expectations of renewed movement. ✍️ Serap Güneş www.theamargi.com/posts/hope-k...

USCIRF recommends the U.S. State Dept designate Syria a 'Country of Particular Concern', a step up from its 2025 'Special Watch List' recommendation. ✍️ Eve Morris-Gray theamargi.com/posts/sectar...

Former U.S. envoy James Jeffrey told The Amargi that Kurdish unity is essential, welcomed developments in Syria and the PKK peace process, and voiced optimism on Peshmerga funding. theamargi.com/posts/envoy-...

This year, a new section has been added to the 34th Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week: the I’m Here, My Love! Film Festival, which responds to the removal of the " Where Are You, My Love?" section, dedicated to queer cinema, from the annual Istanbul Film Festival. www.theamargi.com/posts/istanb...

What does Öcalan’s “democratic integration” really mean? Joost Jongerden writes on Öcalan’s call to move beyond armed struggle, the limits of Turkey’s “terror-free Turkey” framing, & the Kurdish search for democratic politics beyond the nation-state. theamargi.com/posts/longre...

The Syrian Transitional Government (STG) is facing mounting criticism over its handling of a young Alawite woman’s disappearance in Latakia, after officials were accused of spreading disinformation instead of conducting a transparent investigation. www.theamargi.com/posts/missin...

The Umayyad Mosque has long been more than a place of worship. From the Umayyads and Ayyubids to the Assads and Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria’s rulers have returned to it to project authority, legitimacy, and power. ✍️ Sylvain Mercadier www.theamargi.com/posts/the-um...

#Exclusive In an interview with The Amargi, Hasan Cemal tells Irfan Aktan that lasting peace with the Kurds cannot be built without democracy, justice, and the rule of law. www.theamargi.com/posts/exclus...

Kurkish is no longer formally banned in Turkey, but Nedim Türfent reports that it remains restricted in practice, from schools and prisons to courts and parliament, where Kurdish words can still be treated as if they do not exist. www.theamargi.com/posts/kurdis...

Sykes-Picot did more than draw borders. For Kurds, it marked the beginning of an order that divided Kurdistan across emerging states, denied Kurdish political agency, and left Kurdish aspirations dependent on the sovereignty of others. ✍️ Sara Kermanian www.theamargi.com/posts/sykes-...

Kurdish has been taught in Rojava schools for 15 years. As Damascus pushes a unified curriculum, Kurdish officials are demanding constitutional recognition and rejecting a proposal to limit Kurdish instruction to two hours a week. ✍️ Abbas Abbas www.theamargi.com/posts/speaki...

As Syria drafts a new constitution, women’s advocates in Qamishlo are pushing for gender equality, political representation, and the YPJ’s future to become central questions in the country’s post-Assad legal order. www.theamargi.com/posts/womens...

Iran’s wartime propaganda now shows loosely veiled or unveiled women with rifles and nationalist slogans. Mahtab Mahboub argues this is not liberalization, but a shift in how the state defines acceptable femininity. www.theamargi.com/posts/fateme...

Sykes–Picot did not merely draw borders — it left Kurdistan as an open wound: fragmented, stateless, and subordinated to imperial and regional interests for more than a century. By @KermanianSara theamargi.com/posts/sykes-...

Villagers in Varto are resisting a planned geothermal power project they say could damage pastureland, water systems, and biodiversity in a fault-line region. The dispute has become a wider fight over ecology, livelihood, and cultural survival. ✍️ Şilan Bingöl www.theamargi.com/posts/varto-...

For decades, Fazila Muhammad returned to Nugra Salman to mourn the family she lost during Anfal. In 2024, beside her brother’s exposed grave, she heard the words that changed everything: “Ajjaj is still alive.” ✍️ Renwar Najm www.theamargi.com/posts/the-da...

Anti-imperialism should mean solidarity with peoples, not loyalty to anti-Western states. @KamranMatin writes on how the Iran war has exposed the contradictions of a left that condemns U.S.-Israeli aggression while excusing the Islamic Republic’s repression. theamargi.com/posts/the-ir...

Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor and Special Envoy for Syria James Franklin Jeffrey pushed back on President Trump's claims that Kurdish partners had stolen weapons, saying the accusations were baseless and would have no consequences.

Middle East military coalitions often begin as grand projects and end as loose frameworks. Rival threat perceptions, competing ambitions, weak trust, and U.S. preference for bilateral deals keep “Middle East NATO” plans from lasting. ✍️ Sara Kermanian www.theamargi.com/posts/explai...

Trump may be disappointed that Kurdish forces did not enter the Iran war as expected. Rojin Mukriyan asks whether Kurds have deeper reasons for disappointment, after decades of sacrifice, shifting US promises, and political abandonment. ✍️ Rojin Mukriyan www.theamargi.com/posts/who-is...

The KDP and PUK are no longer just failing to form a government. Farman Rashad reports that both parties are now using legal and financial pressure against each other, weakening the very institutions that sustain the Kurdistan Region. www.theamargi.com/posts/rivalr...

In the Dargeçit JITEM case, bones were found in sealed wells, and families identified the dead. Thirty years later, Turkey’s top court closed the case on statute of limitations grounds. Rengin Azizoğlu reports on how time became a tool of impunity. www.theamargi.com/posts/how-tu...

In a modest building in central Slemani, Zheen Archive preserves centuries of Kurdish memory, from manuscripts and newspapers to private libraries and political documents. Its work is quiet, fragile, and foundational. ✍️ Sarwar Afandi www.theamargi.com/posts/archiv...

Iran-US talks remain stuck as ceasefire breaches continue. At the same time, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey, and Egypt are moving closer in an informal regional alignment shaped by hedging, crisis management, and post-war bargaining. ✍️ Sara Kermanian www.theamargi.com/posts/iran-u...

Iran has not defeated the US militarily, but Bamo Nouri argues it has built a strategy to make defeat difficult: using geography, endurance, economic pressure, and asymmetric tactics to raise the cost of a clean victory. www.theamargi.com/posts/sun-tz...

Speaking at the Council of State’s 158th anniversary event, Erdogan described the current constitution, changed many times over decades, including the 2017 switch to an executive presidency, as a product of coups and a “democratic disgrace.” ✍️ Serap Güneş www.theamargi.com/posts/erdoga...

After the war, Iran’s crisis is moving into daily life: lost jobs, soaring food prices, factory closures, internet shutdowns, and shrinking incomes. Ammar Goli reports on an economy under pressure and fears of a wider “hunger uprising.” ✍️ Ammar Goli www.theamargi.com/posts/iran-i...

A dispute over the judiciary and Kurdish-language signage in Hasakah has stalled parts of the January 29 agreement between Damascus and the SDF, exposing wider tensions over authority, identity, and local institutions in Rojava. ✍️ Abbas Abbas www.theamargi.com/posts/damasc...

The EU and Syria held their first high-level political dialogue in Brussels, with cooperation expanding and the 1978 EU-Syria agreement fully restored. The bloc also pledged €455m through 2027 for recovery and stabilization. www.theamargi.com/posts/eu-syr...

The Iran war has shaken markets, but it has also boosted demand for missiles, air defense systems, and arms contracts. Nima Ghadakpour looks at the companies, costs, and replacement cycles behind the war economy. www.theamargi.com/posts/math-i...

Iran’s ethnic minorities have deep grievances, but Said Khanafira argues that decades of repression, depoliticization, and fragmented ethnic politics help explain why no coordinated revolt emerged during the war. www.theamargi.com/posts/why-et...

When PUK leader Bafel Talabani went on Piers Morgan to undercut the KDP, he was speaking to a Washington audience as much as a Kurdish one. Part 3 maps how Erbil's domestic rivalries are now playing out on K Street. ✍️ Winthrop Rodgers link in comments. 👇

Turkey’s peace process is advancing unevenly, with DEM urging concrete steps, Bahçeli opening limited space for debate, and AKP sources drawing red lines around Abdullah Ocalan’s legal status. ✍️ Serap Güneş www.theamargi.com/posts/kurdis...

Although Kurdish is spoken by millions of people in Turkey, it is excluded from the education system, public services, and digital infrastructure. The newly launched Kurdolingo platform is a unique initiative to teach Kurdish and fill the gap. ✍️ Rengin Azizoğlu www.theamargi.com/posts/kurdol...

Beyond Erbil's K Street firms sits a murkier circle: a $1.27m contract for a former journalist, lawyers from Trump's 2020 team, a prime minister's brother under federal investigation. ✍️ Winthrop Rodgers www.theamargi.com/posts/fixers...

Since the start of the war, a single reality has repeated itself across Gaza: love is no longer secure. Engagements have stalled indefinitely, and some couples never reached their wedding day because death intervened first. ✍️ Sarah Emad al-Zaq www.theamargi.com/posts/weddin...