Daniel R

April 4th, 2026: A Day of Dual Significance for the Kurdish Nation Today, April 4th, 2026, resonates with profound meaning for Kurds worldwide, marking not only the 77th birthday of Abdullah Öcalan, the revered leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), but also serving as a symbolic day of rebirth and resilience for a people who have endured centuries of struggle. This date has been embraced by various Kurdish ...

April 4th, 2026: A Day of Dual Significance for the Kurdish Nation Today, April 4th, 2026, resonates with profound meaning for Kurds worldwide, marking not only the 77th birthday of Abdullah Öcalan, the revered leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), but also serving as a symbolic day of rebirth and resilience for a people who have endured centuries of struggle. This date has been embraced by various Kurdish ...

The Halabja massacre remains one of the deadliest chemical weapons attacks directed at a civilian-populated area in modern history. On March 16, 1988, during the closing days of the Iran-Iraq War, Saddam Hussein’s forces deliberately targeted the Kurdish city of Halabja with a lethal cocktail of mustard gas and nerve agents. Part of the broader, genocidal Al-Anfal campaign against the Kurdish people, the attack claimed the lives of roughly 5,000 innocent people and injured up to 10,000 more....