International Conference on “Armenians of Iraq” at Haigazian University, May 29-31, 2017

Organized by the Armenian Diaspora Research Center at Haigazian University, and supported by the Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the conference on “Armenians of Iraq” took place over the course of three days. On Monday, May 29, the official opening

Turkey’s Lost Treasure: Story of a Soldier and Lebanese Turkmen Community (By Joe Hammoura)

It wasn’t until 1989 when a Lebanese soldier was overheard speaking Turkish words by his commander that Turkey found out about the existence of a Turkmen community in Lebanon. The soldier coming from the small village of Qawashra in Northern Lebanon and identified

The KRG’s Relationship with the Yazidi Minority and the Future of the Yazidis in Shingal (By Matthew Barber)

Following the closure of Yazda, a Yazidi humanitarian and human rights organization, by the KDP asa’ish (security police affiliated with Kurdistan’s largest political party, the Kurdistan Democratic Party) on January 2, 2017 in Dohuk, people have been asking many questions about why this