Turkey’s planned NATO-linked commands in Adana and near the Bosphorus have revived debate over sovereignty, parliamentary oversight, and the Montreux Convention. Ankara insists it won’t cede control of the Straits✍️ Serap Güneş www.theamargi.com/posts/nato-c...

Turkey’s Kurdish peace talks saw rare public alignment on March 31, with the DEM Party, Devlet Bahçeli, and Abdullah Öcalan all calling for swift legal steps. But the core dispute remains, whether reform comes before or after verified PKK disarmament. ✍️ Serap Güneş www.theamargi.com/posts/calls-...

Iraq’s April 11 presidential vote tests whether months of paralysis can end as Kurdish divisions, quorum tactics, and the Iran war’s fallout turn a step into a struggle over who shapes the next government. ✍️ Renwar Najm www.theamargi.com/posts/iran-w...

Iran’s future may be less a break with the past than a return to another grand narrative. Sardar Aziz argues that the ideology born in 1979 still shapes Tehran’s thinking and that nationalism may repeat the same logic in a new form. ✍️ Sardar Aziz www.theamargi.com/posts/will-f...

The PMF, formed to fight ISIS, now anchors Iraq’s proxy conflict after US strikes in Anbar and parliament’s self‑defense mandate heightened tensions between Baghdad, Tehran, Washington, and Erbil. ✍️ Diane Villemin www.theamargi.com/posts/calls-...

Turkey’s main opposition says it may resign MPs en masse to force by-elections and build pressure for an early national vote. CHP leader Ozgur Ozel casts the move as a response to growing judicial pressure on opposition-run municipalities. ✍️ Serap Güneş www.theamargi.com/posts/turkey...

Lebanon’s youngest civilians are bearing the war’s heaviest burden. UNICEF says more than 370,000 children have been displaced since March 2, with at least 121 killed and 395 injured. ✍️ Katrine Houmøller www.theamargi.com/posts/younge...

Human Rights Watch says Iran’s IRGC is recruiting children as young as 12 for military roles, from medical support to intelligence work. Under international law, recruiting children under 15 is a war crime. ✍️ Sinan Tuncdemir www.theamargi.com/posts/irans-...

In Nabatiyeh, medics are treating airstrike victims while hospitals, ambulances, and rescue teams remain under threat. As southern Lebanon empties under war, those still saving lives are doing so at extreme personal risk ✍️ Sylvain Mercadier www.theamargi.com/posts/frontl...

In 1979, Turkmen Sahra rejected the Islamic Republic referendum’s yes-or-no logic. For many, that was not abstention but a defense of land, councils, and local self-rule against a state already built on dispossession and marginalization. ✍️ Mahtab Mahboub www.theamargi.com/posts/turkme...

This coalition did not appear overnight. It is the outcome of years of Kurdish parties moving from rivalry to coordination, shaped by protest waves, exile, and repression in Iran. ✍️ Enrico Maria la Forgia www.theamargi.com/posts/a-new-...

Iraq is going to the 2026 World Cup for the 1st time in 40 years. The first time Iraq played in world cup was in 1986 in Mexico. After beating Bolivia 2–1, people celebrated across Iraq. Iraqi PM declared two public holidays. In a politically divided country, football still brings Iraqis together.

Iran has executed four political prisoners linked to the MEK in two days, as Tehran deepens its domestic crackdown under growing regional pressure. The move signals a harsher security response at a moment of external threat and internal fear. ✍️ Rojin Mukriyan www.theamargi.com/posts/iran-e...

Turkey has jailed BIRTEK-SEN leader Mehmet Turkmen after he spoke at a protest over unpaid wages in Gaziantep. His case has sharpened scrutiny of workplace safety, union repression, and the shrinking space for independent labour organising. ✍️ Serap Güneş www.theamargi.com/posts/turkey...

The Iran Freedom Congress in London exposed deep divides over pluralism, war, Kurdish representation, and political organisation. It opened space for dialogue, but also showed how far Iran’s opposition remains from a shared framework for the future. www.theamargi.com/posts/irania...

Germany pledged €200 million to Syria and says it wants 80 per cent of Syrian refugees to return within three years. But as Ahmad al-Sharaa visited Berlin, protesters demanded answers over missing journalists and abuses against minorities. ✍️ Justus Johannsen www.theamargi.com/posts/german...

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Why is Iran striking Sulaimani? The attacks appear aimed at warning the PUK against joining the war on the US side or aiding Iranian Kurdish groups. A city once shielded by political balance is now being pulled closer to the conflict. ✍️ Winthrop Rodgers www.theamargi.com/posts/why-is...

The U.N. Syria Commission says the July 2025 massacres in Suwayda may amount to war crimes, citing killings, sexual violence, looting, and mass displacement. ✍️ Soha Ezzi www.theamargi.com/posts/suwayd...

The jailed PKK leader, Abdullah Öcalan, said that peace talks have reached a “critical turning point,” urging Turkey to replace armed conflict with a democratic solution as regional war and instability deepen. ✍️ Serap Güneş

#SCOOP Sources tell The Amargi that Iranian Kurdish parties, including Komala and PDKI, have been ordered to close their offices in Erbil as Tehran escalates pressure on the Kurdistan Region. The move reflects growing security fears inside the KRG. ✍️ Ammar Goli www.theamargi.com/posts/krg-cl...

Zehra Doğan turned the prison’s prohibitions into material. Denied paint and paper, she created with hair, blood, fabric, and shadows, treating art not as representation, but as a way to preserve memory against erasure. ✍️ Şilan Bingöl www.theamargi.com/posts/zehra-...

Syria’s Christian churches have cancelled public Easter parades after sectarian attacks and what residents say was a failed state response in al-Suqaylabiyah. Services will continue indoors only, a sign of how unsafe public worship has become. ✍️ Soha Ezzi www.theamargi.com/posts/church...

Turkish pro-government media said Ankara blocked an Israeli plan to recruit Kurdish fighters for the war in Iran. Kurdish caution, US mixed signals, and domestic Turkish politics may tell the fuller story. ✍️ Serap Güneş www.theamargi.com/posts/turkis...

Flash floods in Hasakah have destroyed 1,700 homes and submerged vast stretches of Syria’s vital farmlands. After years of drought, the Khabur River has overflowed with devastating results for local families. ✍️ Abbas Abbas www.theamargi.com/posts/hasaka...

Khabat and PAK reflect two different currents in Iranian Kurdish politics. Khabat argues for autonomy within a democratic Iran. PAK speaks openly of sovereignty and a future Kurdish republic. ✍️ Rojin Mukriyan www.theamargi.com/posts/irania...

At the LSE, Elif Shafak argued that literature can resist war, misinformation, and overload by giving form to suffering and slowing the rush of fragmented knowledge. Stories, she said, still help us understand what headlines cannot. ✍️ Antonella De Biasi www.theamargi.com/posts/litera...

A Turkish-operated oil tanker carrying Russian crude was struck near the Bosphorus in what Turkish authorities say was a deliberate attack, raising new concerns over maritime security in the Black Sea. ✍️ Serap Güneş www.theamargi.com/posts/turkis...

Europe may avoid an immediate energy shortage, but experts warn it is still vulnerable to the fallout from a Hormuz crisis, through higher gas and oil prices, inflation, and renewed pressure on industry and households. ✍️ Nima Ghadakpour www.theamargi.com/posts/europe...

Why are some in the Iranian diaspora waving Israeli flags as bombs fall on Iran? Mahtab Mahboub argues the answer lies in political exhaustion, repression, and the collapse of hope, not in any clear path to liberation. www.theamargi.com/posts/what-i...

From Epstein to Iran, Bamo Nouri examines how elite networks shape accountability, foreign policy, and war inside the Liberal International Order. ✍️ Bamo Nouri www.theamargi.com/posts/how-el...

In Turin, the second day of the Kurdish Studies Conference shifted from history to political urgency, from Rojava’s universities under siege to new Kurdish strategies across a changing Middle East. ✍️ Kawe Fatehi www.theamargi.com/posts/kurdis...

In Cizre, Newroz is marked by the memory of 1992, when security forces opened fire on Kurdish crowds. The square is full again, but the massacre remains central to the city’s memory. ✍️ Rengin Azizoğlu www.theamargi.com/posts/cizre-...

Ekrem Imamoglu’s corruption trial is facing new scrutiny as the defence says the case rests on shifting testimony, weak financial evidence, and no clear proof of an organised network. ✍️ Serap Güneş www.theamargi.com/posts/eviden...

Can a fragmented opposition in Iran become an alternative? Sara Kermanian speaks with Aram Hessami about the Iran Freedom Congress, its claims of inclusivity, & the challenges of building a coalition that reflects Iran’s political & social realities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wUZ...

Kurdish studies opened at the University of Turin this week, bringing together academics and political figures to debate the future of the Kurdish movement amid regional change. ✍️ Kawe Fatehi www.theamargi.com/posts/kurdis...

The war with Iran has left Iraqi Kurdistan in a familiar bind: pressure from Washington, threat from Tehran, and little room for error. For Kurdish leaders, even the rumour of alignment can trigger retaliation across the border. ✍️ Desirée Custers www.theamargi.com/posts/kurdis...

Iraqi Kurdistan says it is being drawn deeper into a war it tried to avoid. Six Peshmerga were killed, and 30 were wounded after an Iranian strike hit a base near Soran, turning regional escalation into local grief. www.theamargi.com/posts/iraqi-...

Turkey has jailed investigative reporter İsmail Arı under its disinformation law, deepening fears that public-interest reporting is being criminalised. His arrest follows Alican Uludağ’s case and adds to pressure on critical media. ✍️ Serap Güneş www.theamargi.com/posts/turkey...

Who is allowed to hate, and why are the oppressed told not to? From Nazis and ISIS to Rojava, Elif Sarican speaks with Şeyda Kurt on hate as a political force, unpacking “serviceable hatred” and its role in struggle. Watch now. Link in comments.

Newroz unrest in northern Syria has exposed the fragility of Damascus’s integration talks with the SDF. As officials promise unity, they continue to exclude the YPJ from army integration, revealing the limits of inclusion. ✍️ Isabel Krokat www.theamargi.com/posts/newroz...

In her review of Salvation, Elif Aydın argues that a film based on the 2009 Bilge Village massacre turns a specifically Kurdish trauma into an abstract story of violence, obscuring the state structures behind it. www.theamargi.com/posts/salvat...

PJAK emerged in the early 2000s as older Kurdish parties in Iran fragmented, reshaping politics in Rojhelat through armed struggle, youth mobilisation, and a political model tied to democratic confederalism. ✍️ Rojin Mukriyan www.theamargi.com/posts/irania...

A question that has shaped decades of conflict: who gets to exist, and who does not? Read the full piece to understand the deeper logic behind ongoing conflicts. Link in comments👇

Newroz in Europe is becoming a stage for a wider Kurdish rivalry. Yunus Abakay argues that the KDP and PKK are competing through media, culture, aid, and diaspora politics to shape how Kurds understand identity, power, and political belonging. www.theamargi.com/posts/the-ot...

A draft law in Turkey could criminalise aspects of LGBTI+ identity, healthcare, and public visibility, according to rights advocates and legal experts. They warn that the proposal is part of a broader effort to turn social exclusion into law. ✍️ Rengin Azizoğlu www.theamargi.com/posts/turkis...

Iraq is losing an estimated $200 million a day in oil revenue as war disrupts Gulf exports, according to an Iraqi MP. With oil funding most state spending, the crisis is exposing how little room Baghdad has left to absorb a prolonged shock. ✍️ Azhi Rasul www.theamargi.com/posts/iraq-l...

Cumali Arslan is training for the Olympics in the UK after saying he was blocked, arrested, and placed under house arrest in Turkey for publicly affirming his Kurdish identity and raising the Kurdistan flag at races in Europe. ✍️ Eve Morris-Gray www.theamargi.com/posts/kurdis...

For three weeks, Lebanon has lived between bombardment and displacement. This is a story of shattered neighbourhoods, overcrowded shelters, and families trying to survive a war with no clear end. ✍️ Katrine Dige Houmøller www.theamargi.com/posts/lebano...

If Iran’s order collapses, Azerbaijani Turks could become a bridge to pluralism or a fault line for deeper conflict. Their choices, especially regarding the Kurds, may shape what comes next. ✍️ Seevan Saeed www.theamargi.com/posts/azerba...