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In who's interest the facts are hidden?!
Saddam's trial.Article in Arabic.
By Ayoub Barzani.

For a reform of the Kurdish Latin alphabet
Considerations on the future of our language
By Ismet Sherif Vanly (in French).

Kurdish lyrical song.By Ali Serkeri Barzani.

The Ezidis speak about themselves.(in French).
By Ayoub Barzani.

Comments on the Iraqi Federal Constitution Project.
(In Arabic). Kurdistan Democratic Alliance.

On the 'Democratic Civilisation'
A critical reading of Abdullah Ocalan's work
By Ismet Sherif Vanly.

How the ancient Church of Bedyal was destroyed
by Saddam's regime(Article in French)
By Ayoub Barzani.

An exiled, villager from Bedyal longing for
return to his sacred Church

Death penalty for Saddam Hussein
The trial was unfair for the victims
By Ayoub Barzani.

The Dubious Silence that Metamorphoses History
By Ayoub Barzani.

Comments on the draft constitution of the
Kurdistan region.(In Arabic)
Kurdistan Democratic Alliance.

Human Rights Status in Kurdistan Province under

the Bipartite rule.

Dossier on corruption in Kurdistan.

A Summary of Kurdish Linguistic Problems
In the Light of a Persisting National Question
By : Ismet Sherif Wanli. May. 2007

part 1. part 2.

Kurdistan Democratic Alliance: our program.

Who is responsible for implementing democracy in Kurdistan?
By Ayoub Barzani.11/07/2007

The unholy alliance between a terrorist state (Turkey) and
its backers: USA and EU. Kurdistan Democratic Alliance.

The New Prime Minister, how can he be credible?
By Ayoub Barzani.15.12.2007.

Is Iraqi Kurdistan a good Ally?
By Michael Rubin. AEI Middle Eastern Outlook.
January 2008.

The Kurdistan Democratic Alliance (KDA) calls for social and
Political reforms in Kurdistan. January 2008.
On February 1st, 2008, KDA distributed
a statement in Kurdistan. Also(in Arabic) and (in Kurdish).

Turkish incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan.
Kurdistan Democratic Alliance (KDA).
Press Release, February 23, 2008.

Caught in the whirlwind: Torture and Denial of Due Process by the
Kurdistan Security Forces. Human Rights Watch. Iraqi Kurdistan.
July 2007. In Kurdish also.

Mentality change of the Kurdish leadership is a pressing necessity.
Ayoub Barzani. 03.09.2008. From Hawlati(in Kurdish). In Arabic also.

Dr. Abdolmosawer Barzani to Lvin magazine:
Both Idris and Massoud acted contrary to what they promised.
Translated from Kurdish into Arabic. Lvin. No 67. May 2008.
In Kurdish also.

The extent of corruption has undermined confidence in the Kurdish parties
Both Families, the one of Massoud and Talebani control business
and politics. Excerpts from the article of Anna Fifield.

Entretien avec le colonel Isik, ancien commandant
des forces spéciales turques.Today’s Zaman, le 20 Octobre 2008

Mystical Power.
By Philip Jenkins.

Hawlati, 5, 9 March 2008
An interview with Ayoub Barzani
By Kamal Rahuf (in Arabic).

Mines on the Road to Democratic Change
in Kurdistan region. From Hawlati. 8/10/2008
By: Ayoub Barzani. In Arabic.

Interview with Ayoub Barzani
From kurdishMedia.com 2 july 2008.

Comments of Kamal Raouf
On the "Kurdish resistance to occupation 1914 - 1958".In Kurdish.

Kurdistan Democratic Alliance Prop up Assyro-Chaldean Demands.
27.10.2008. In Arabic.

The Myth of Kurdistan
From the NewsWeek magazine issue dated Mar 23, 2009.

Creating an ambience of fear and uncertainty to tighten
control over the Kurdish Society. Ayoub Barzani 25.02.2009

Iraqi chemical attack recalled at UN ceremony.
By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Writer.

Massoud and Talebani

A statement as big as Korek Mountain!
Ayoub Barzani 08.10.2007.

No to the Turkish State Terrorism Against Kurdish People
Kurdish Intellectuals in Western Kurdistan.
27.02.2008.(in Arabic)

Turkey refuses to close Bases in North Iraq.
March 6, 2008. By Mark Bentley.

We and the Swiss model of fedralism(in Arabic).
Ayoub Barzani.From Hawlati. 25.05.2008.

A New Book on Kurdish Grammar.
By Hesen Huseyîn Denîz. 19.09.2008

The politics behind Iraq's kurdish oil
CNBC.COM

Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution
Kurdistan Democratic Alliance (KDA) – Press Release
June 8, 2008

On the 26th anniversary of the Barzanis massacre, in August, 1983,
by the Baath regime. Lyrics poem. Umed Cholistani, in Kurdish.

Ismet Sherif Vanly, Fifty Years of Relentless Struggle.
By Ayoub Barzani. In Arabic. 20.09.2008.

Dr. Ismet Sherif
vanly

The Genocide of Barzanis (31 July, 1983) cannot be considered as part
Of Anfal operations. From Awene.23.08.2008(In Kurdish).

The President of Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani Threaten
University Professor. Ayoub Barzani. (in Arabic).13/4/2009.

Election Climate in Kurdistan:The Authority Violates
the Law. Kurdistan Democratic Alliance (KDA)
(in Arabic)30/4/2009.

Between words and deeds of the KRG President.
KurdishMedia.com By Ayoub Barzani.07.05.09

Deputy head of KRG: Who takes part as an independant list in
Coming elections will pay the price. From KurdishMedia.com. 11.04.09

First United Nations Commemoration of Halabja Genocide.

Signatories of the Kurdistan Reform Movement list
are intimidated by KDP .KurdishMedia.com
21/05/2009

The persecution of the KRM supporters in Badinan.
KurdishMedia.com - By Ayoub Barzani
22/05/2009

Kurdistan Election Under the Threat of Deprivation of Living Resources
From: Kurdistan Reform Movement. 8/6/2009.In Arabic.

The Policy of Kurdistan Reform Movement at Present
KRM. In Arabic.17/6/12009. In Arabic.

Kurdistan Election in the Shadow of the Kurdish Citizen Awareness...
Comments on the Article by Ayoub Barzani. By Omid Hayder.
Kurdistan post.24.06.09. In Arabic.

Dr. Abdolmosawir Barzani to Awena: The Kurdistan Reform
Movement List is the target of the worst attack during
the current election (in Kurdish) 30/6/2009

KDP leadership continues its endemic policy of manipulation
From Kcdme.com 8/7/2009

Supporters of KRM detained By Barzani's group and forced to sign concession.
From KurdishMedia.com 19/07/2009

An Interview With Ayoub Barzani
Source: Lvin 20/7/2009. In Kurdish. In Arabic as well.

Does the Kurdish Administration innocent of the persecution of those who are
criticizing its conduct, or it is part of its hidden scheme?
Ayoub Barzani. 5/12/2009. In Arabic.

Letter to UN Secretary General regarding Kurds in Syria
KNC - North America. 21/11/2009

Repression of Kurdish Political and Cultural Rights in Syria.
Human Rights watch. November 2009.

Hesen Huseyîn
Denîz

BARZAN and the
awakening of the
kurdish national
Movement.
1826-1914.
Ayoub Barzani

BARZAN and the awakening of the kurdish national movement.
1826-1914. Ayoub Barzani.1980.(in Arabic).
Chapter 1. Chapter 2.

Ayoub Barzani to Lvin Magazine, prepared by Herdi Mehdi
15.12.2008.In Arabic. In Kurdish as well.

Kurdish dissidents arrested in Syria
By: Phil Sands, Foreign Correspondent
Source: www.thenational.ae

If it remains unsolved, Kurdish problem will grow
Source: Today’s Zaman. By: ŞAHİN ALPAY

Halabja, the massacre the West tried to ignore
Richard Beeston: comment. From The Times January 18, 2010

The initiative for change aborted!
Kurdishmedia.com. By Ayoub Barzani. 22.4.09.

Le courrier 1988. J.L. Planté
The three children from
Halabja

Statement of the General Council of the Alliance
marking the sixth anniversary of the events of March 12, in Syria. In Arabic.

The Three children from Halabja.April 1988. Geneva.
By Ayoub Barzani.17.03.2009.(In French).

Highly Important File
Plans for the Baath Party in Iraq, which consists of instructions compiled
from Baathist influential Sources. in Arabic.

On the memory of the Kurdish poet Dilshad Merywani(In Kurdish)
You are departing, leaving my home empty;
Leaving my wounded heart to breathe the pain of this world;
You conquered the globe, yet have no land,
And have left me with uncured pains. Dilshad Merivani. From: Sbeiy.com

Dr. Abdulmosawear Barzani declares to Hawlati.
3/3/2010. In Kurdish.

Terms of the opposition in exchange for participating in Parliament
and Government. Dr Rebwar Fatah 11.4.2004. In Kurdish.

Reporter abducted, slain in northern Iraq.
Committee to protect Journalists

Cheik Ahmed
Barzani

Iraqis Need New Leader
By Hemin Lihony in Sulaimaniyah for IWPR
Source:www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/List

The assassination of journalists in Kurdistan
Source: sbeiy.com -6/5/2010. In Kurdish.

Ahmad (The Fifth Sheikh of Barzan) in Arabic.
By Ayoub Barzani.

The Human Rights situation of the Kurdish people in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
UN, General Assembly Human Rights Council. Fourteenth Session. Agenda Item 4.

Noshirwan Mustefa

An Interview with Noshirwan Mustafa.
From: KNN. 06.07.2010. In kurdish.

KDP &UPK will not disclose whereabouts of those who disappeared during their
internal fighting. By Dilshad Anwar. From: Hawlati.info -In Kurdish 1.07.2010

Masoud Barzani has violated a court decision to ban the mayor of Barzan from his post.
Source: Hawlati 9.7.2010. In Arabic.

Growing poverty in Syria.
By Jean Shaoul. 13 July 2010. Source: wsws.org

OCHA report on recent Iraqi Kurdish displacement situation on border areas.6 July 2010

KNC’s open letter to US President Barack Obama. July 13, 2010

Supporting free press.In Arabic.

Picture Credit: unescap.org

US eyes UN peacekeepers for Iraq after 2011
By Lara Jakes. Associated Press. July 6, 2010. From: globalpolicy.org

Short notices for Gorran movement
Kamran Wurya Qanih. Hawlati. 20/7/2010. In Kurdish.

Sardasht’s murder was a public relations disaster for Kurdistan.
KurdishMedia.com - By Michael Rubin 30/05/2010

Ayoub Barzani

An interview with Ayoub Barzani
From Rojenameh, prepared by Sirwan Rashid, In arabic.

A new book soon on Genocide of Kurds and others in Turkey.

The bilingual periodic Arabic-Kurdish (Hevot) published between
1992 - 2002, No: 0 to 3. No: 4,5,6,7,8. No: 10,11 14.
No: 15,19. No: 21- 22. No: 23 - 24. No: 25 - 26.

Now the entire book (Kurdish Resistance to Occupation 1914-1958) can be
read on the Web. By Ayoub Barzani. (in Arabic). Part - 1
Part - 2(maps and photos) part - 3 part - 4 part - 5 part - 6.

Mercenary Culture prevalent in Kurdistan-Iraq
b+c=C
By Hishyar Barzani.

In English as well.

THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AND KURDISH LEADERS
INVOLVED IN WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANTY.
By heval hylan .13/9/2009

When thieves steal Kurdistan oil, and when their conscience will wake up?
By: Saeb Khalil. From: Hawlati. 23/7/2010. In Arabic.

Behind Iraq's Long Political Indecision.
Interviewee: Reidar Visser, Editor of Iraqi Political Journal, www.historiae.org
Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor, CFR.org - July 28, 2010.

The Change Movement and the neglect of other's role
By: Shirwan Shemirany. 8/8/2010. In Kurdish. Source: Awena.com

The dangers of mounting US-China rivalry.
By Peter Symonds. 12 August 2010. From: wsws.org

Turkey accused of using chemical weapons against PKK.
By Daniel Steinvorth and Yassin Musharbash. From: SPEIGELONLINE. 08.12.2010

Turkey's Ergenekon investigation - violations and inconsistencies.
Burhan Gurdogan, 13 August 2010. From: www.opendemocracy.net

Kamal Raouf

The Paralyzed Party and the Immature Government
Kamal Raouf.Source: Hawlati. 16/8/2010. (In Kurdish).

Web Chat: The Status of Iraq. By Kenneth M. Pollack Director, Saban Center for
Middle East policy August 11, 2010. From: www.brookings.edu

The Kurds and Qanii Fard.By: Ali Kerimi
Source: Hawlati. 28/8/2010. (in Kurdish).

In the memory of the genocide of the Barzanis in the 07.31.1983
By Ayoub Barzani. In Arabic. 01.08.2010.

Jewher N. Salim

U.S. Withdrawal Echoes in Iraq.
By Deborah Jerome. August 17.2010.www.cfr.org

The next Baghdad Boom
By Jody Ray Bennett for ISN Security Watch. 24 Aug,2010

Cewher Namiq discusses with Hawlati the smuggled oil and
Changes within the KDP. In Kurdish. Source: Hawlati. 26.8.2010

The cease fire between PUK and Gorran.
By Awat Ali. In Kurdish.Source:Hawlati.22.08.2010

Awat Ali

To avoid political recycling.
Hishyar Barzani

US Marine general rejects Obama's Afghanistan deadline.
By Bill Van Auken. 27 August 2010. Source: wsws.org

U.S.: Rabbi's 'offensive' remarks harm peace efforts
By Natasha Mozgovaya and Haaretz Service. 31/8/2010. Source:www.haaretz.com

Power Hungry in Iraq
By Charles Recknagel for RFE/RL. 30 Aug 2010
Source:www.isn.ethz.ch

Kashmir: A Place of Blood and Memory.
By Nitasha Kaul. Source: www.isn.ethz.ch

Pakistan floods exacerbate child hunger and malnutrition.
By Ali Ismail. 2 September 2010. Source: wsws.org

Dal Lake, Srinigar

CC BY

Our locality and the 31 August. By Hawraman Wurya Qana'a
Hawlati. 1/9/2010. In Kurdish