nytimes.com l By Carlotta Gall | Published April 20, 2020Updated April 21

Istanbul recorded 2,100 more deaths over recent years between March and April, The Times found, suggesting a hidden toll.

Columbia University has been facilitating a “humanitarian dialogue” between Kurds in Iraq and Syria. Bayan Abdul Rahman, representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in DC and Sinam Sherkany Mohammed, representative of the Syrian Democratic Council in DC, exchanged information on humanitarian conditions during a zoom call hosted by Columbia and Refugees International on April 8, 2020.

nytimes.com | April 14, 2020

reuters.com | Thu Apr 2, 2020 /

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has thousands of confirmed COVID-19 cases, many times more than the 772 it is has publicly reported, according to three doctors closely involved in the testing process, a health ministry official and a senior political official.

news.yahoo.com | Maya Gebeily | Mars 19, 2020

Baghdad (AFP) - Between plummeting oil prices, political deadlock and reduced global appetite for a bail-out, Iraq is on the cusp of financial calamity that could force austerity measures and renew anti-government protests.

The English version of all the interventions made during the conference dedicated to Dr Abdul Rahman GHASSEMLOU at the Palais du Luxembourg on February 17, 2020 are now posted on the website of the Kurdish Institute of Paris.

RFI | 29/02/2020

He may be languishing in jail but with his books flying off the shelves, Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas has joined an illustrious line of Turkish prison writers.

Theguardian.com

How a campaign of kidnapping, intimidation and killings is being used to try to quell uprising

France24.com | By Marc Perelman

In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, warned "there is a great possibility for ISIS (the IS group) to come back" and urged the international community to take action.

nytimes.com | By Eric Lipton and Alan Rappeport | Jan. 28, 2020

Interventions in Justice Department proceedings draw scrutiny after the former national security adviser raised concerns about the president’s embrace of authoritarian leaders.