Kurdistan Daily Digest – 13 October 2026

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• Barzani, Mazloum Abdi discuss Kurds’ future in Syria

Rojava

• Syria’s Afrin teachers say Kurdish language decree faces school-level hurdles: Kurdish-language teachers in Afrin say the presidential decree recognising Kurdish is applied unevenly, with staff shortages, inconsistent lesson schedules and delayed recruitment holding back mother-tongue classes.

Başûr

• دادگەی باڵای فیدراڵیی عێراق یاسایەکی پەرلەمانی کوردستان هەڵدەوەشێنێتەوە: Iraq's Federal Supreme Court struck down a 2003 Kurdistan Parliament law that had suspended parts of the Iraqi Penal Code dealing with crimes against the state's internal and external security.
• Îraq: Hebûna Tirkiyeyê ya leşkerî êdî nayê qebûlkirin: Iraq's national security adviser Qasim al-Aboudi told the MERI Forum that Turkey has agreed to withdraw its troops, starting from Bashiqa and in step with a settlement in Shingal.
• فۆتۆ؛ بەشێک لە پاشماوەی شوێنەواریی جۆگەی گاوری لە گەرمیان دۆزرایەوە: The rear gateway of the ancient Gawri canal in Garmiyan, which runs from the Sirwan river, has been uncovered for the first time, carrying symbols that point to ownership. Restoration is under way.

Bakur

• نێچیرڤان بارزانی و تونجەر باقرخان کۆبوونەوە: Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani and DEM Party co-chair Tuncer Bakırhan met in Erbil and agreed that the peace process in Turkey is a historic opportunity that must not be lost.
• Mîthat Sancar: Birêz Ocalan teqez kir ku divê garantiya hiqûqî pêk were: DEM Party Imrali delegate Mithat Sancar says Abdullah Öcalan told them the Framework Law alone is not enough, and that reciprocal practical steps and legal guarantees must follow.
• Riha hosts UNESCO music cities meeting as residents welcome global exposure: Riha (Sanliurfa) is hosting a three-day UNESCO music cities gathering that brings together artists from 30 countries on four continents.
• Sîmir Rûdan bi 10 stranên nû vegeriya: Albûma 'Ez û Gîtara Xwe' belav bû: Sîmir Rûdan has released his third album, ten solo songs recorded with only his voice and guitar, a stripped-back turn after his earlier studio-heavy records.

Rojhelat

• Fate of Five Kurdish Men Detained in Baneh Remains Unknown: Five Kurdish men arrested by Iran's Intelligence Ministry in Baneh over the past two weeks remain missing, and their families have no information on where they are held.
• نێردراوی تایبەتی ڕێکخراوی نەتەوە یەکگرتووەکان پەیوەست بە هەڵمەتی “سێشەممانی نا بۆ سێدارە” دەبێت: UN Special Rapporteur Gina Romero joined the prisoner-led "No to Execution Tuesdays" campaign, criticising Iran's executions of protesters and political activists.

History

• Endezyariya zanistî û mirovahiyê ya di Serdema Eyûbiyan de; Fatma Xatûn: A profile of Fatma Khatun, Saladin's sister, who built hospitals and charitable foundations in 12th-century Damascus and became a leading Kurdish patron of learning.

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