4+ hour, 55+ min ago   (966+ words) The decision allows Kurdish to be taught in public and private schools in the form of three weekly lessons. It also includes the language in the curriculum and counts its grade toward students’ final overall grades, alongside Arabic and English....

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (299+ words) Zido said the language is a “strategic issue and a matter of existence” for the Kurdish people, noting that Kurds live on their historic land in Rojava Kurdistan and have the right to learn in their mother tongue. He added…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (168+ words) He added that the two regional army commands would officially assume their duties, describing the unification of the forces as a "historic achievement" that would contribute to building a unified and modern army under the direct command of the Ministry…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1084+ words) In the cities of the Jazira region, protests continue against Decision No. 493 of 2026 issued by the Ministry of Education in Syria’s transitional government on August 27, limiting Kurdish-language instruction to three classes per week. Protesters are calling for the decision to…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1017+ words) Reactions rejecting the decision by the Ministry of Education in Syria’s transitional government to reduce Kurdish-language instruction to three classes per week continue to grow. Wani Mohammed, a mother of four from the village of Sikra in the Garkê Legê…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (474+ words) On August 27, the Ministry of Education of the transitional government issued a decision allocating only three weekly classes to the Kurdish language, alongside Arabic and English. The grades for Kurdish would be added to the overall total in accordance with…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (261+ words) Residents, students and their families held a protest today at Joudi Roundabout in the Al-Kalasa neighborhood, rejecting the Education Ministry’s decision to make Kurdish language instruction optional and limit it to only three classes per week. The protest turned into…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (360+ words) The sit-in began with a minute of silence in honor of those who died in the struggle for Kurdish freedom, followed by remarks from Kurdish journalist and politician Binyad Jazeri, who spoke about leader Ocalan’s resistance in Imrali Prison and…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (792+ words) Hasakah and Kobani witnessed student protests on Wednesday against the decision to limit Kurdish language instruction to three classes per week. The students called for their right to education in their mother tongue to be guaranteed and for the scope…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (403+ words) The Kurdish community in Lebanon expressed concern over the decision issued by the Ministry of Education and Teaching of the transitional government, which limits Kurdish language instruction to three classes per week. The community said the decision undermines Kurdish students…...