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After a cleric and his wife were killed on 23 Nov, anger in Homs spilled into raids on Alawite areas as officials urged restraint and residents fled. Fear now mixes with calls for justice across the coast. Story by Santiago Montag.
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Kawa Garmyani was killed in 2013 after years of reporting on corruption and receiving threats. One gunman was convicted, but the question of who ordered the murder remains. Story by Diyar Aziz Sharif
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November 2025: Iran detains and summons leftist scholars, translators, and economists, seizing devices and chilling debate. A new wave in a decades-long project to police thought, yet independent circles persist. Full story by Mahtab Mahboub.
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Exclusive Interview With DEM Party Co-chair: Inside Turkey’s Most Delicate Peace Process Yet. Interview by İrfan Aktan. Full story:
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#Exclusive DEM Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan speaks to İrfan Aktan on the Imralı talks, legal debates, Rojava, PYD ties, and the opposition & what Turkey must do for its year-long peace process to move toward credible democratic change. Watch: youtu.be/ZQjzytrb81Y
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Kawa Garmyani was killed in 2013 after years of reporting on corruption and receiving threats. One gunman was convicted, but the question of who ordered the murder remains. Story by Diyar Aziz Sharif
www.theamargi.com/posts/12-yea...
The KRG keeps rebranding, from digital modernity to sustainability slogans, while arrears, unreliable services, and distrust persist. Turnout near one-third in Nov 2025 signalled disengagement, not apathy. OPINION by Dr. Bamo Nouri.
www.theamargi.com/posts/the-kr...
After a cleric and his wife were killed on 23 Nov, anger in Homs spilled into raids on Alawite areas as officials urged restraint and residents fled. Fear now mixes with calls for justice across the coast. Story by Santiago Montag.
www.theamargi.com/posts/violen...
In an #Exclusive interview with The Amargi, PDKI leader Mustafa Hijri tells Kamal Chomani that Iran’s regional power is eroding, Kurdish unity is essential, and federal democracy is the path ahead. Full interview on our website.
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From prison, Osman Kavala tells The Amargi what a real peace process needs, from early Kurdish education to stronger local self-government.
Interview by İrfan Aktan and Yücel Göktürk
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“They attacked our dignity,” Hevrin said. In Tabqa, Kurdish and Arab women organise from camps and centres to defend DAANES-era gains as new power in Damascus threatens rollback. Full story Lea Kleinsorge
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The KRG keeps rebranding, from digital modernity to sustainability slogans, while arrears, unreliable services, and distrust persist. Turnout near one-third in Nov 2025 signalled disengagement, not apathy. OPINION by Dr. Bamo Nouri.
www.theamargi.com/posts/the-kr...
After a cleric and his wife were killed on 23 Nov, anger in Homs spilled into raids on Alawite areas as officials urged restraint and residents fled. Fear now mixes with calls for justice across the coast. Story by Santiago Montag.
www.theamargi.com/posts/violen...
From prison, Osman Kavala tells The Amargi what a real peace process needs, from early Kurdish education to stronger local self-government.
Interview by İrfan Aktan and Yücel Göktürk
www.theamargi.com/posts/osman-...
“They attacked our dignity,” Hevrin said. In Tabqa, Kurdish and Arab women organise from camps and centres to defend DAANES-era gains as new power in Damascus threatens rollback. Full story Lea Kleinsorge
www.theamargi.com/posts/how-fe...
Beijing frames Uyghur militants in Syria as a security threat, while Turkey and Syria trade the file for leverage, and Washington benefits from ambiguity. A pressure point in wider great-power competition. OPINION by Seevan Saeed
www.theamargi.com/posts/chinas...
A decade after the genocide, Yazidis are forming a nationwide alliance to move beyond quotas and patronage, organise at scale, and turn survivors’ needs into policy. OPINION by Sardar Aziz
www.theamargi.com/posts/yazidi...
From prison, Osman Kavala tells The Amargi what a real peace process needs, from early Kurdish education to stronger local self-government.
Interview by İrfan Aktan and Yücel Göktürk
www.theamargi.com/posts/osman-...
“They attacked our dignity,” Hevrin said. In Tabqa, Kurdish and Arab women organise from camps and centres to defend DAANES-era gains as new power in Damascus threatens rollback. Full story Lea Kleinsorge
www.theamargi.com/posts/how-fe...
Beijing frames Uyghur militants in Syria as a security threat, while Turkey and Syria trade the file for leverage, and Washington benefits from ambiguity. A pressure point in wider great-power competition. OPINION by Seevan Saeed
www.theamargi.com/posts/chinas...
#EXCLUSIVE
Kurds are ready for war and peace with Iran, says KDPI leader Mustafa Hijri. In his interview with The Amargi’s Kamal Chomani, he describes a post–7 October region, a weaker Tehran, and a Kurdish movement preparing for every scenario.
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Lebanon legalised medical cannabis in 2020, yet farmers in Beqaa still work in limbo, priced out by fuel, short of labour, and wary of low-THC rules that protect monopolies, not growers. Full story by Hasan Shreif
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From elections and patronage to Iran’s influence and Kurdistan’s position, Renad Mansour explains Iraq’s political reality in his conversation with Elif Sarican. A grounded look at where the country stands. Full episode in comments.
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Near Erbil, a jobs protest by Lajan villagers at the Lanaz refinery escalated into an armed clash. A Turkish tanker driver was killed, several protesters wounded, and journalists were blocked as security forces brought in reinforcements.
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In Cizîr, Masoud Barzani backed Turkey’s renewed peace process, thanking Öcalan and saying the KDP is ready to support it. The day saw scuffles, reported threats to DEM co-mayors and police action over a Kurdistan flag. Full story by Serap Güneş
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“They beat me for a faith I barely practised,” says Hussam al-Majdi, a Sabean activist from Basrah now in France. From 2018 protests and Tishreen to exile in Tours, discrimination became a vocation in law and rights. Full story by Sylvain Mercadier
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Four members of the Böcek family died after phosphine gas leaked from a fumigation beneath their hotel room in Istanbul. Untrained staff, weak oversight, and a banned chemical in living spaces point to systemic failure. Full story by Serap Güneş
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Under air raids and assassination attempts, a different kind of Syrian government took shape in the northeast, built on co chairs, quotas and a 2023 social contract amid criticism of PYD dominance. Story by Cihad Hammy and Abbas Abbas
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A new Amargi Mosaic episode explores how storytelling, gender, and political fragmentation shape daily life in Palestine, including the pressures facing women across social and political spheres.
Full episode:
youtu.be/VJZ8bhH1JQU?...
