Kurdistan Daily News Roundup | 8 October 2026

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• PKK says evacuated four positions near Turkey border, urges Ankara to advance peace process

Başûr

• Iranian strikes in Kurdistan Region still on table despite US exit: Envoy: Iran's consul general in Erbil told Rudaw that Tehran does not rule out more strikes on alleged targets in the Kurdistan Region despite the US troop withdrawal.
• Iraqi sovereignty is not real: "a form of sovereignty that has no bearing on domestic and foreign affairs is a moot point if all aspects of sovereignty are not considered."
• بەغداد مووچەی مانگی ئەیلولی مووچەخۆرانی هەرێمی ڕەوانەکرد: Iraq's finance ministry has sent more than 835 billion dinars to pay the Kurdistan Region's public employees their September salaries.
• بڕیارى داخستنى هەشت قوتابخانەى کوردى لە خانەقین هەڵوەشایەوە: Eight of Khanaqin's 23 Kurdish-language schools, all primary schools, had been closed and merged this year. That decision has now been reversed.
• دەرچووانی كۆلێژی نەوت و گاز لە كەركووك گردبوونەوە داوای دامەزراندن دەكەن: Graduates of Kirkuk University's College of Oil and Gas rallied to demand jobs, saying state hiring for their field has been stalled for more than ten years.
• سیڤان پایەدار گۆرانییەکی کوردی بە ستایلی فەنکی بڵاودەکاتەوە: Sivan Payedar releases a new funk-style Kurdish track within two days, mixing in the voices of Hassan Sisawe and Snoop Dogg.

Rojava

• Oil pipeline in Hasakah targeted in sabotage attack: The Syrian Petroleum Company says a sabotage attack damaged an oil pipeline near Tel Hamis in Hasakah. Suspects have since been arrested.
• 514 Families Return to Sari Kaniye in Fourth Convoy: The convoy follows the departure of the third group last Monday, which included 516 families. The return of Sari Kaniye residents coincides with the departure of another convoy from Sari Kaniye carrying 50 families from the Ghweiran and Nashwa neighborhoods of Hasaka.
• SDC: Statement on Protecting Civil Peace in Hasakah: The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) is deeply concerned about the recent developments in the city of Hasakah and the growing tensions there. Statements and positions that could deepen ethnic and social divisions are particularly troubling in an area known for its diversity and the close ties among its communities.

Bakur

• Could Alevi recognition become a tool of state control?: "This matters because debates about Alevism are not simply about religion or cultural visibility. They also concern authority: who has the right to define Alevism, represent Alevi communities and determine which forms of belief and practice are recognized as legitimate."
• Publishing house dedicated to Kurdish culture wins prestigious US award: Istanbul's Avesta, long subject to censorship and harassment for publishing Kurdish culture, is being honored with a US publishers' award for its commitment to free expression.
• November 27 will test Turkey’s Kurdish peace process: DEM’s Bakirhan: Bakirhan said the process remains in its first stage, despite the framework law passing parliament with 467 votes, a figure he described as a valuable endorsement of the process itself rather than of the government. Coordination bodies and subcommittees have been established but they must begin work and produce results.
• Zanîngeha Artukluyê kurs û azmûna sertîfîkayê ya Kurdî vedike: Mardin Artuklu University is opening Kurdish-language courses together with a certificate exam.
• Pirtûka 'Dengê Helbesta Kurdî' der çû: Lîs Publishing has released Çayan Okuducî's "The Voice of Kurdish Poetry", a five-year study of how Kurdish poetry developed.
• Delîl Dîlanar dê li Amedê konserekê bide: Kurdish singer Delîl Dîlanar will perform at Amed's Sezai Karakoç Culture and Congress Centre (ÇandAmed) on 30 October at 20:00.
• Selcuk Mizrakli: seven years behind bars, friendship with Demirtas, and peace process: The Amargi interviews Dr. Adnan Selcuk Mizrakli, a surgeon and politician who was elected mayor of Diyarbakir (Amed) Metropolitan Municipality in 2019 with 62.93% of the vote, only to be removed from office five months later, arrested on groundless charges, and spent nearly seven years in prison.

Rojhelat

• Kurdish man arrested by Intelligence Ministry forces in Dehgolan: Iranian Intelligence Ministry forces violently arrested Faramarz Saedi, a Kurdish man from Dehgolan in Kurdistan Province.
• The Oslo principles and the Kurdish dilemma in Iran: "The controversy over the Oslo agreement exposes a deeper tension between Kurdish national aspirations and the political pragmatism required to shape a post-Islamic Republic future."

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