After four years of dialogue with Geneva Call, the East Kurdistan Defence Forces (YRK) and the Women’s Defence Forces (HPJ) — also known as the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK) — have signed Geneva Call’s Deed of Commitment protecting children in armed conflict. On 25 April 2015, in the Kurdish region of Iraq, a delegation from Geneva Call met with the highest representatives of the YRK–HPJ to formalize this commitment. Although a de facto bilateral cease-fire has been in effect since 2011, the movement is still militarily active, operational and can…

International Middle East Peace Research Center (IMPR) states that if the Iranian regime does not turn into a democratic nation, the Kurds will take military action for their solutions soon. According to the institutes’ report which issued on Iran and Rojhelat (East Kurdistan), the report mentioned that if the Iranian regime does not create a democratic atmosphere and does not partake in democratic changes, the vast majority of the Kurdish people will choose the military strategies. IMPR, studies and analyses the struggling on the Sociology of the Middle East. They…