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American filmmaker follows Yezidi townspeople as they defend and rebuild their communities and face deadly threats of invasion from all sides.

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  1. 60sec Update: Turkey Will Invade Rojava This Week, Says Erdogan

    05/24/2022

    60sec Update: Turkey Will Invade Rojava This Week, Says Erdogan

    Turkey will begin a massive invasion of Rojava starting as early as this week. Last Monday Turkish President Erdogan said that the army is “taking steps regarding the missing parts of the work we started to create a safe zone at a depth of 30 kilometers along with our southern borders.” He is referring to Turkey's last major operation in 2019 in which the Turkish Army took over large swaths of territory. The military operation will likely be launched during a meeting of Turkey's National Security Council (MKG) on Thursday. Turkey's pending invasion of Rojava has implications for Kurds and Yazidis here in Sinjar. Last April, when the Iraqi Army initiated an attack on Sinjar defense forces, it was done in coordination with Turkey's invasion of the Zap and Metina regions of Northern Iraq. The townspeople of Sinjar fear that the Iraqi Army may be timing their military operations with Turkey once again, which would mean possible attacks on the Sinjar defenses. The YBS defense forces of Sinjar also report heightened patrols of Turkish drones throughout this region.

    2 min
  2. 60sec Update; Foreign Journalists Freed

    05/20/2022

    60sec Update; Foreign Journalists Freed

    This is your 60 Second Update by Radio Kurdistan, May 20, 2022. Today, sources close to Marlene Forster and Matej Kavcic now report that the two foreign journalists who were arrested in Sinjar on April 20 have been allowed to leave Iraq today. Despite the Iraqi government's blanket accusations that the journalists worked with terrorists, followed by an unfounded claim of espionage, the government suddenly released the journalists without any substantiated charges at all. In recent years, Human Rights Watch has documented the Iraqi and the KRG governments' arbitrary use of vaguely worded laws to imprison and intimidate journalists. At the same time, Iraq has failed to investigate beatings and killing of journalists based on the stories they cover. These attacks on journalists have intensified following the October 2019 anti-corruption protests. During these protests, according to Human Rights Watch, security forces used excessive force, including firing live ammunition at protesters, killing at least 544 people and wounding at least an additional 24,000.

    1 min
  3. 60sec Update: European Journalists Arrested in Sinjar Get their Day in Court

    05/20/2022

    60sec Update: European Journalists Arrested in Sinjar Get their Day in Court

    This is your 60 Second Update by Radio Kurdistan, May 20, 2022. Two european journalists working in Sinjar who have been detained by Iraq since April 20 finally received their day in court this week. On May 15, Slovenian journalist Matej Kavcic met with his lawyer. German journalist Marlene Forster met her lawyer the following day, May 16. Soon thereafter, the website freemarleneandmatej.org reported that each had a court hearing. According to the website, Marlene's hearing revealed that she is currently being investigated for charges of espionage, although no further details are available. There is no information regarding the charges against Matej. Meanwhile, a petition calling for the journalists' release has received over 50,000 signatures.

    1 min
  4. Episode 6; Is That A Turkish Killer Drone Above Us? With Thoreau Redcrow

    05/20/2022

    Episode 6; Is That A Turkish Killer Drone Above Us? With Thoreau Redcrow

    Şervan hikes the mountain with a YBS militia unit when it gets pursued by a Turkish Bayraktar drone. He escapes with a few fighters into a vast tunnel system in the mountains. The same day, we have an extended conversation about Turkish drones with Dr. Thoreau Redcrow (known to Kurds as “Soro”), an American global conflict analyst and geopolitical specialist with extensive knowledge on Kurdish issues – some of it gained from embedding with Kurdistan’s guerrillas.

    54 min
  5. Will Turkish Drones Defeat the Kurds? Ep. 6 Snippet with Thoreau Redcrow

    05/19/2022

    Will Turkish Drones Defeat the Kurds? Ep. 6 Snippet with Thoreau Redcrow

    Will turkish drones defeat the kurds? Recent overhype about the superior technology of the Turkish Bayraktar drones can mess with our heads, creating this impression that the empire is invincible against a guerilla revolution.

    7 min
  6. Episode 5; So You Want to Volunteer for the Yazidi or Kurdish Forces?

    05/12/2022

    Episode 5; So You Want to Volunteer for the Yazidi or Kurdish Forces?

    Volunteer fighters of YBS International (Bahoz Sores [Commander] and Hunesh Ameriki) came to talk with Tahseen and me about the recent defections from YBS, and at the same time, we learn a lot about what it's like to be an American or European volunteer fighting alongside the Yazidis and the Kurds.

    39 min
  7. 60sec Update: Fighting Could Return to Sinjar

    05/08/2022

    60sec Update: Fighting Could Return to Sinjar

    Although fighting in the region has paused, residents see signs that fighting could again return to Sinjar. The Iraqi Army has not concluded talks with the Yazidi protection forces following armed clashes in Sinjar which began on April 18. Although it appears that the Iraqi army has not been firing on YBS positions for five days since May 3, Iraqi troops do not appear to be withdrawing at the present time. Sources close to the negotiation say that the two sides are still in a stalemate regarding Iraqi government's demands that the YBS, YJS, and Asayis forces organized by the Yazidi people withdraw from the area. Meanwhile, thousands of residents of Sinjar have left the area for refugee tents in places like Sardest, high in the mountains.

    1 min
  8. 60sec Update: Yezidis Reach Agreement ending War with Iraqi Army, Thousands Displaced

    05/06/2022

    60sec Update: Yezidis Reach Agreement ending War with Iraqi Army, Thousands Displaced

    The Autonomous Administration of SInjar (Shengal) has announced an agreement with the Iraqi Army, ending days of armed conflict..

    2 min
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American filmmaker follows Yezidi townspeople as they defend and rebuild their communities and face deadly threats of invasion from all sides.

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    Servan
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