Nadia Murad’s efforts to raise awareness of the genocidal tactics employed by ISIS against the Yazidi community have brought her international notoriety, and last week, she became the second youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Shams Network for Election Observation released its assessment of the Kurdistan Region’s parliamentary election held on 30th September, calling it “peaceful” with some noted cases of fraud.
Despite an agreement between Turkey and Russia to create a demilitarised zone around the Greater Idlib region, many Syrians living there remain fearful of what the future holds.
Pro-government forces are massing in the northwest of Syria for what is expected to be a large scale assault on the province of Idlib.
An agricultural centre, that provides farmers with seeds, fuel and fertilisers, has been opened in the town of Suwar in Deir ez-Zour province in Syria.
Jean Dost is a Kurdish author from the Syrian city of Kobani. He has recently published a book called 'Kobani', in which he narrates stories of life in Kobani before, during and after the ISIS invasion.
In Idlib, some militant organisations have withdrawn from the DMZ set up by Turkey and Russia. Simultaneously, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces are continuing their operation against ISIS in the Hajin area in Deir ez-Zour.
Raqqa was liberated by the Syrian Democratic Forces in October 2017, however, many families are still looking for their relatives who were lost in the conflict against ISIS.