She called the noise terrifying and horrific, words that land differently when the person using it is a Peshmerga (the word for traditional #Kurdish armed forces which means “those who face #death”) with eight years in exile under her ammo belt.

Want to find out more about Afsaneh’s life in a #Kurdish camp and her hopes for the fall of the Iranian regime? Check out the link.

https://www.iranwar.news

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Good morning to readers. #Oil prices have surpassed $104 per barrel (+44% compared to pre-war).

Afsaneh cuddles cats and tends flowers in a #Kurdish camp hit by drones.

She also sleeps with her boots on, ready for the day she returns to #Iran to take back their land.

https://www.iranwar.news/p/kurdish-women-prep-to-face-death

Kurdish women prep to face death in Iran

We traveled into Iraq to meet with Kurdish opposition fighters — including their renowned female ranks. They’re trained, armed, and waiting for a moment that could topple Iran’s regime.

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Today: Nuovi attacchi a Erbil contro i combattenti curdi

Sei Peshmerga, le forze della regione autonoma del Kurdistan, nel nord dell'Iraq, sono stati uccisi in un attacco che ha colpito la loro base prima dell'alba nella zona di Soran, nella provincia di Erbil. È quanto riferisce l'emittente curda Rudaw, citando fonti che parlano anche di "20-25...

New attacks on Erbil against Kurdish fighters

You are Peshmerga, the forces of the autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, have been killed in an attack that struck their base before dawn in the Soran area, in the Erbil province. This is reported by the Kurdish broadcaster Rudaw, citing sources who also speak of “20-25…”

#Erbil #Kurdish #Peshmerga #Kurdistan #Rudaw

https://www.today.it/mondo/nuovi-attacchi-a-erbil-contro-i-combattenti-curdi.html

Guerra in Iran, ultime notizie in diretta. Trump gela gli alleati: "Sto valutando di uscire dalla Nato". L'Ue si prepara allo shock energetico

L'attacco preventivo contro l'Iran lanciato sabato 28 febbraio da Stati Uniti e Israele aveva l'intento di far cadere il regime, ma ora l'intera regione del Golfo Persico è nel caos. Il blocco dello stretto di Hormuz getta nello scompiglio i mercati globali

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Kurdish community in Manitoba welcomes new year with Nowruz celebration
A large group of people joined hands and danced together inside a packed hall at the Manitoba Museum in Winnipeg on Saturday for a Nowruz event celebrating Kurdish culture and welcoming the coming of spring.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-kurdish-community-nowruz-celebration-9.7137984?cmp=rss
The #Syrian #flag was taken down and torn again by #Kurdish protesters in the city of #Qamishli, along with the smashing of Internal Security vehicles.
Instead of dancing around bonfires in traditional Kurdish clothes and celebrating #Kurdish legends of resistance to tyranny, Shiwa Hassanpour, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd and a human rights activist in Erbil, spent most of #Nowruz, the traditional Iranian new year, watching the #news.
#war #middleeast
The #SiegeOfKobanî was broken on #ThisDayInHistory in 2015. The #Kurdish city was partly conquered and its surrounding villages overrun in late 2014 by so-called "Islamic State"/#Daesh but by the end of January #Kobanî was retaken by #YPG/#YPJ & #FSA, with the villages to follow.
The following #explosion tumbled, west to east, across the night. The group - Christopher and some half-dozen #Kurdish businessmen gathered at a neighborhood mosque - paused their chat and looked up.
#Iranian #Kurdish militias in the mountains of #Iraq see a unique opportunity. But without air cover, political guarantees and reliable backers, the peshmerga aren't crossing the border yet. #press
https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/iranian
Iranian Kurdish Fighters Eye a Weakened Tehran

Armed groups in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan see a unique opportunity. But without air cover, political guarantees and reliable backers, the peshmerga aren't crossing the border yet

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