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Kurdish Internal Security Forces, known as "Asayish," stand guard as Syrian government internal security personnel enter the northeastern city of Hasakeh, a Kurdish stronghold, on February 2, 2026. The entry follows a January 30 integration deal to gradually merge Kurdish military and civilian institutions into the state, after weeks of territorial ceding to advancing government troops amid months of sporadic conflict between the two sides. (Photo by Amjad Kurdo/Middle East Images/StringersHub/Sipa USA) Credit: Sipa US/Alamy Live News
April 3, 2026, 12:00 pm
Betrayal of the Kurds shows why Jews depend on Israel
When Syria’s Kurds were abandoned yet again, their collapse exposed an unforgiving truth of the region: if you do not have sovereignty, strength and strategic clarity, you do not survive
By David Patrikarakos
Female YPJ fighters (Creative Commons/Kurdishstruggle)
April 2, 2026, 3:45 pm
The fate of Rojava shows exactly why Jews need Israel
When you don’t have a powerful army, an effective intelligence service, nuclear weapons or an independent economy - you can be overrun, while the world does nothing
By David Patrikarakos
Fighters from the 'Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan' - DPKI (Creative Commons/Kurdishstruggle)
March 4, 2026, 12:22 pm
US said to be in talks with Iranian Kurdish militias regarding direct action in Iran
The distinct ethnic group make up 10 percent of the Iranian population, historically centred in the country's northeast
By JN Reporter
Qamishli, Syria, in the 1960s. By the 1980s, a Jewish community of approximately 3,000 had completely gone.
October 22, 2025, 12:20 pm
Dispatches from Syria: echoes of departed Jewish life in Rojava
David Patrikarakos reports from the Kurdish-controlled region on the story of the Jewish community that once was
By David Patrikarakos
Local residents applaud as a convoy of Turkish forces trucks transporting tanks is driven in Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, at the border with Syria, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis via Jewish News)
October 25, 2019, 11:59 am
OPINION: We must pay Kurds our debt of gratitude
Board of Deputies Iraq-born Vice President, Edwin Shuker, says the Kurdish people should get our support, as they have defended local Jewish communities in their hour of need
By Edwin Shuker
In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, smoke billows from target in Tel Abyad, Syria, during bombardment by Turkish forces, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis - Jewish News)
October 21, 2019, 9:56 am
OPINION: I was the only Kurdish Jew protesting Turkey’s invasion of Syria
Liat Korduene demonstrated in solidarity with more than 20,000 others outside parliament, and experienced both hostility and warmth from those around her
By Liat Korduene
In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Akcakale, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, smoke billows from target in Tel Abyad, Syria, during bombardment by Turkish forces, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
October 13, 2019, 9:38 am
Netanyahu condemns Turkey’s invasion of Kurdish areas in Syria
Prime Minister hits out against the assault in northern Syria which has left hundreds of thousands of civillians fleeing from their homes
By JTA
Edwin Shuker at the Rudaw International Conference on the Yazidi Genocide
August 22, 2018, 4:12 pm
Iraqi-born Board VP shows ‘solidarity’ with Yazidis at Erbil conference
Edwin Shuker, who left Iraq as a child, addressed the international conference in the country this week in support of the threatened community
Israeli leader Netanyahu and Erdoğan have had major clashes in the past
September 27, 2017, 4:02 pm
Turkey’s Erdogan threatens Israel ties over backing for Kurdish state
Steps to normalise ties between the two states may be halted over Israel's backing for an independent Kurdistan
By JTA
Yazidi women finally free from ISIS
August 4, 2017, 10:31 am
Special Report: Israel shows how Yazidi can emerge from ISIS nightmare
During a trip to Israel, Yazidi genocide survivor and campaigner Nadia Murad tells Jodie Cohen how mentorship by the Jewish community can help her people to start rebuilding their lives
By Jodie Cohen
May 23, 2016, 1:45 pm
The great Middle East carve up
One hundred years after the Sykes-Picot Agreement, we assesse the damage it caused and what analysts believe needs to happen now
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Migrants warm their hands at “the Jungle” camp in Calais
February 11, 2016, 12:02 pm
Special Report: Jewish News goes inside ‘the Jungle’ camp in Calais
By Jenni Frazer
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