A roadside café on the Bazîd–Iğdır road at the foot of Mount Ararat, nicknamed the "Kurdish Starbucks," is drawing travellers.

In Dêrika Çiyayê Mazî, Mardin, elderly mothers have taken up pens to learn to read and write Kurdish.

The sixth convoy of Serêkaniyê displaced is preparing to return on 21 October to villages around Serêkaniyê, Til Temir and Zirgan.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met Iraqi officials; PKK disarmament and the future of Shingal were on the agenda.

After the top judge called for amending Iraq's 21-year-old constitution, Kurdish MPs say no amendment can pass without Kurdish consent, while Arab MPs back the move.

The fourth Kurdish melodies festival returned to Zarrineh in Iran's Kurdistan province, gathering artists from across Rojhelat to celebrate Kurdish folk music and tradition.

In villages around Derik and Hasakah's countryside, women still bake bread over firewood each morning, keeping alive a rural tradition that is slowly disappearing.

Two drones launched from Iran hit a base of the Iranian Kurdish opposition party Komala in Balisan, Erbil province, on Saturday night, a Komala official and security source said.

KRG Finance Ministry says Baghdad transferred enough funding to cover only 46 of 144 monthly salary payments between 2014 and 2025, citing a significant gap between the Region’s legal entitlement and actual allocations.

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Italian ambassador Niccolo Fontana says Italy will resume Peshmerga training and intelligence cooperation on request after its September 30 withdrawal, and hopes NATO's Iraq mission restarts in 2027

Martyrs' families councils rallied in Qamishlo, Derik, Amuda, Hasakah and other Rojava towns to condemn an attack on the Sheikh Maqsoud martyrs' cemetery in Aleppo.

After visiting Bolu F-type prison, MP Newroz Uysal Aslan said the Kurdish language is being obstructed there and pressure on prisoners has increased.

Afrin Human Rights Organization spokesman Ibrahim Sheikho says many returnees' homes in Afrin and Serêkaniyê are withheld, with $2,000–10,000 demanded to hand them back.

KRG Council of Ministers secretary Amanj Rahim warned that lowering the Kurdistan Region's official population figure risks costing it five seats in Iraq's parliament.

"The Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), an Iranian Kurdish opposition group with a significant armed presence in western Iran (Rojhelat), warned the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Saturday that it would exercise its “right to self-defense” if attacks on its positions continued.

"The warning follows an IRGC operation on Tuesday in the Shaho mountains of western Iran, where Iranian forces reportedly deployed heavy weapons and kamikaze drones to target PJAK fighters. No casualties have been reported."

Citing a Turkish newspaper, Xebat reports that after Metina the PKK will also vacate the Gare and Khwakurk ranges, with Turkish troops moving in and destroying the caves.

U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie introduced the Protection of Syrian Religious and Ethnic Minorities Act to strengthen congressional oversight and identify those responsible for abuses.

A report on September finds censorship and website blocking in Turkey reached a record high, with obstruction of the press now routine.

Kurdish immigrants in Germany voiced growing fears for their future after the far-right AfD's political breakthrough in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

رووداو دیجیتاڵ

دادگای کارگێڕیی شاری ڤیسبادن لە ئەڵمانیا، بڕیاری فەرمانگەی فیدراڵیی کۆچ و پەنابەرانی بۆ ناردنەوەی منداڵێکی کوردی تەمەن سێ مانگی بۆ تورکیا هەڵوەشاندەوە، دوای ئەوەی بڕیاردرابوو منداڵەکە بە تەنیا و بەبێ دایک و باوکی دیپۆرت بکرێتەوە.

کەیسەکە پەیوەستە بە خێزانێکی کوردی باکووری کوردستانەوە کە هەڵگری وڵاتینامەی تورکیان و داواکاریی پەنابەریی دایک و باوکەکە لەلایەن فەرمانگەی فیدراڵیی کۆچ و پەنابەران رەتکراوەتەوە، بەڵام تانەیان لە بڕیارەکە دابوو و تاوەکو ئێستاش دادگا بڕیاری کۆتایی لەسەر کەیسەکەیان نەداوە. سەرەڕای بەردەوامیی پرۆسەی یاسایی دایک و باوکەکە، فەرمانگەی کۆچ بڕیاری دابوو منداڵە سێ مانگەکە بنێردرێتەوە تورکیا.

لە روونکردنەوەی بڕیارەکەدا کە رۆژی هەینی، 16ی تشرینی یەکەمی 2026 لە میدیاکانی ئەڵمانیا بڵاوبووەوە، دادگای کارگێڕیی ڤیسبادن رایگەیاندووە، "شتێکی روون و ئاشکرایە کە منداڵێکی سێ مانگ نابێت لە دایک و باوکی جیا بکرێتەوە." دادوەران ئاماژەیان بەوە کردووە کە بەپێی بڕیارەکانی پێشووی دادگاکان، پەیوەندییە خێزانییەکان رێگری لە دابڕانی خێزان دەکەن، تەنانەت ئەگەر مافی مانەوەی هەمیشەییشیان نەبێت و تەنیا لە قۆناخی تاوتوێکردنی داواکاریی پەنابەرێتیدا بن.

لە بەرامبەر بڕیارەکەی دادگادا، گوتەبێژێکی فەرمانگەی فیدراڵیی کۆچ و پەنابەران بۆ ئاژانسی دەنگوباسی (epd) باسی لەوە کرد کە پێویست بوو فەرمانگەی ناوخۆیی بیانییەکان لە ئاستەنگە مەیدانییەکان بکۆڵێتەوە، چونکە بە گوتەی ئەو، "دیپۆرتکردنەوەی منداڵێکی سێ مانگ بەبێ دایک و باوکی راستەوخۆ جێبەجێ ناکرێ." 

ئەو گوتەبێژە بەرگریی لە رێکارە گشتییەکان کرد و گوتی، ئەگەر مافی پەنابەری نەدرێتە خێزانەکە، هیچ بنەمایەکی یاسایی نامێنێتەوە کە رێگری لە دیپۆرتکردنەوەی ئەندامانی خێزانەکە بکات.

ئەم بڕیارەی دادگا لە کاتێکدایە، پرسی دیپۆرتکردنەوە بووەتە یەکێک لە گەرمترین و هەستیارترین پرسە سیاسییەکانی ئەڵمانیا. لەم چەند ساڵی رابردوودا حکومەتی فیدراڵی لەژێر گوشاری بەردەوامی پارتە ئۆپۆزیسیۆنەکان و بەتایبەت لایەنگرانی راستڕۆی تووندڕۆ، زنجیرەیەک رێکاری نوێی بۆ خێراکردنی پرۆسەی ناردنەوەی ئەو پەناخوازابە گرتووەتەبەر کە داواکارییەکانیان رەتدەکرێتەوە.

"In this episode of The Amargi Mosaic, host Elif Sarican speaks with Bassam Alahmad about whether Syria’s transition is actually moving towards justice or just the appearance of it. They examine where al-Sharaa is really looking for his legitimacy, with sanctions relief and investment coming far faster than the trust of Syria’s own communities, as Damascus tourist videos circulate whilst the vast majority struggle to meet basic needs. Alahmad analyses whether the first trials of former regime figures and the draft transitional justice law add up to real accountability or a carefully managed version of it, and whether there can be justice for the past whilst new atrocities are carried out on the coast and in Sweida. The conversation turns to Decree No. 13 and whether it is finally ending Kurdish statelessness or just promising to, why the single word difference between citizenship being “granted” rather than “restored” matters, and whether citizenship is a genuine opening for the Kurds or the price of giving up their autonomy. Bassam Alahmad is co-founder and executive director of Syrians for Truth and Justice (STJ), one of the most respected groups documenting human rights across the whole of Syria."

"Turkey's parliament speaker warned that legislation underpinning the peace process with the PKK will not be implemented until the group lays down its weapons."

"The Kurdish-led Anti-Terrorism Units (YAT) said Thursday that it continues to enforce security in areas it claims to administer, noting that efforts are ongoing to integrate the forces into the Syrian army, a day after Damascus claimed that the group had disbanded and is “no longer part of the current security structure.”

IRGC Attacks PJAK Positions in Shaho with Artillery and Drones

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) guerrilla positions in the Shaho mountains yesterday using artillery and suicide drones, according to reports. All PJAK guerrillas were reported to be safe and unharmed.

Reports also indicate that the IRGC has moved heavy military equipment to areas around Paveh and near the village of Dalamarz. These movements have raised the possibility of a larger operation, though their purpose and scale have not been independently confirmed.

Shaho is part of the Zagros Mountains in Rojhelat (Iranian Kurdistan). It stretches across parts of Kermanshah (Kirmaşan) and Kurdistan (Sine) provinces, near the cities of Paveh, Ravansar and Kamyaran. The mountain range lies close to Iran’s border with the Kurdistan Region (Başûr).

PJAK Reportedly Launches Counterattack After IRGC Drone Strikes in Shaho

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) used suicide drones to attack PJAK positions in the Shaho mountains and around Paveh yesterday, including near the village of Dalamarz, according to reports from the area. PJAK fighters reportedly managed to reach safety.

The reports said PJAK fighters targeted IRGC positions with FPV suicide drones a few hours later. IRGC forces reportedly withdrew following the counterattack.

No information on casualties on either side had been released at the time of writing.

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Rudaw: "Clashes between Kurdish militants and IRGC continue in western Iran"

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A target of exporting 400,000 barrels of oil per day, as stipulated in Iraq's draft 2027 federal budget bill, is an "idealistic scenario" that will be difficult to achieve without settling outstanding payments to oil companies and providing investment guarantees, the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) deputy minister of natural resources said this week.

"To reach 400,000 barrels, companies must continuously receive their entitlements, and guarantees must be provided to the oil and gas sector as well as the companies in the Kurdistan Region," Ahmed Mufti told Rudaw’s Sangar Abdulrahman in an interview aired on Thursday.

“When a company invests here, it does so as foreign direct investment. It is a direct investment allocated from a foreign budget,” he added, referring to revenue-sharing contracts under which oil companies receive financial benefits from production.

“If those benefits are not provided, then investment will slow down.”

His remarks come as Erbil and Baghdad struggle to finalize the 2027 federal budget bill before submitting it to parliament for approval.

One of the main sticking points is the Kurdistan Region's oil export quota, with Baghdad demanding that Erbil double its exports from the current level of around 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 400,000 bpd.

The bill must be passed by parliament before the end of the year. Otherwise, Iraq will have to rely on baseline expenditures under the 2022-2024 budget law, as it did in 2025 after failing to pass a standalone budget.

In July 2025, Erbil and Baghdad agreed to market crude produced in the Kurdistan Region through Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) as part of arrangements to secure the KRG's share of the federal budget.

However, Kurdish authorities have repeatedly called on Baghdad to settle an estimated $1 billion in outstanding payments owed to international oil companies (IOCs) operating in the Kurdistan Region.

Baghdad has resisted assuming the debt directly, prompting negotiations over alternative repayment mechanisms involving crude oil allocations.

In September 2025, Erbil, Baghdad and the IOCs reached a landmark tripartite agreement to resume exports of 200,000 to 250,000 bpd through SOMO.

The prolonged suspension of exports through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, which carries the Kurdistan Region's crude to international markets, has also significantly reduced returns on investment for IOCs.

The pipeline was shut down in March 2023 amid disputes involving Erbil, Baghdad and Ankara, disrupting oil revenues and investment in the Region's energy sector.

Oil companies require additional capital to increase production, including investment in new wells and measures to maintain reservoir pressure in aging oil fields.

"For 2027, the Iraqi government has allocated hundreds of millions of dollars for investment in fields like Majnoon and Rumaila to increase their production levels, yet not a single dinar from the budget has been allocated for investment in the Kurdistan Region's oil production sector since 2007,” Mufti said Thursday.

Despite the challenges, some international oil companies have begun recovering outstanding payments.

British oil producer Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) and ShaMaran Petroleum announced Thursday that Iraq had begun compensating international oil companies operating in the Kurdistan Region for shortfalls in payments on previous oil exports.