I have just come back Myanmar 🇲🇲 where I spent two weeks traveling around the resistance-held territories of the Sagaing region. Its a remote region which no other foreign press has managed to visit since the start of the war five years ago. I'll share some impressions below 🧵

What I found especially shocking was the obvious and deliberate targeting of hospitals in resistance-held territories. I visisted a number of facilities, and all had been bombed out of service by the junta. All the deny people living here any kind of medical care.

🟠Thousands in Qamishlo demand constitutional recognition of Kurdish language 🌐More (hawarnews.com/en/thousands-i…) 🔔 HAWAR NEWS AGENCY #ANHA

More than a decade after ISIS targeted the Yazidis, thousands remain missing, and many perpetrators are prosecuted under “terrorism,” not genocide. Does that erase the crime itself? ✍️ Mahir Firat Fidan theamargi.com/posts/justice-…

A new group within the Iranian diaspora is emerging in Europe, US and Australia, but unlike anything seen among Western based expatriates. These are monarchists pushing for a secular, ultra-nationalist regime in Iran; at any cost. Rather than aligning with Western liberal

🟠Families protest in #Qamishlo for prisoner release 🔵Families of prisoners in the city of Qamishlo protested in front of United Nations vehicles, calling for effective action on the issue of prisoner release. 🌐More (hawarnews.com/en/families-pr…) 🔔 HAWAR NEWS AGENCY #ANHA

Despite the ceasefire Iranian regime continues its attacks against the Kurdish civilians!

‘Public health time bomb’: How France allowed cadmium to poison its crops and soil ➡️ go.france24.com/C3nN

Kurdish militant official says Turkey has stalled peace talks, blaming a lack of reforms thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap…

Syrian Government supporters are seemingly hunting down opposition figures in Germany.

With the increase of solar panel use in conflict affected areas due to fast access to energy, this report is a stark reminder that the e-waste and other pollution from solar energy puts another burden on health and environment, as seen here in #Yemen diis.dk/en/research/th…

İstanbul’s European side under 'lockdown' amid Taksim #MayDay ban; several detained 🗞️ Evrim Kepenek bianet.org/haber/istanbul…

Report: Escalating cyberattacks target female journalists worldwide 🔵jinhaagency.com/en/actual/1-39… 🦚Women News Agency(Jinha Women's News Agency )

Kurdish opposition group reports over 114 attacks on bases despite Iran-US ceasefire rudaw.net/english/kurdis…

Press freedom is at a 25-year low worldwide, according to RSF’s 2026 Index. The Middle East remains the world’s worst region for journalists, with Iran, Turkey, Iraq, and Palestine among the starkest cases. ✍️ Eve Morris-Gray theamargi.com/posts/middle-e…

“A small amount of weapons were sent” The most important statement so far. Trump changed his narrative from *huge amounts of weapons for the Iranian opposition* to it only being a small amount of weapons. As Trumps first statement has been debunked by himself with this

Concerns have mounted over the imminent execution of death row prisoners Nasser Bakerzadeh, Yaghoub Karimpour, and Mehrab Abdollahzadeh, following their transfer from Orumiyeh Central Prison to undisclosed locations, and the deployment of prison guards within the facility

TURQUIE – ISTANBUL – Lors des rafles du 1er mai, au moins 350 à 370 personnes ont été interpellées aujourd'hui à Istanbul. #MayDay #bijîyekêgulanê #1erMai kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2026/05/01/tur…

SYRIE / ROJAVA – Plus de trois mois après leur disparition, le gouvernement de transition syrien a officiellement confirmé la détention de la journaliste allemande Eva Maria Michelmann et de son collègue kurde Ahmed Polad (Mehmet Nizam Aslan). kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2026/05/01/dam…

#BREAKING: US to withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany: Pentagon