SBS Kurdish - SBS Kurdî

Drug use among young people has become a major problem in the Kurdistan Region. Authorities are asking the general public to assist them to arrest those responsible. In the past six months the authorities in Kurdistan Region have arrested dozens of drug trafickers. More in Ahmad Gafur's report from Erbil.

Bikaranîna madeyên hişbir di nav ciwanan de bûye pirsgirêkeke mezine li Herêma Kurdistanê. Rayedar ji xelkê gîştî daxwaz dikin ku alîkariya wan bikin da ku yên eleqedar bigirin...

A two week lockdown has started for all of Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong, (from 6pm Saturday, June 26 until midnight Friday, July 9). Stay-at-home orders have been extended after a crisis meeting of the New South Wales cabinet. The Delta variant has been spreading rapidly with 29 new cases, including 17 that were announced on Friday, June 25...

Farhad Bandesh spent almost eight years in Australian immigration detention centres, in Manus Island and in Melbourne. For this year's Refugee Week he participated in the Band Together event, which was organised by Asylum Seeker Centre, Amnesty International Australia and City of Sydney, at Sydney Town Hall. Farhad performed a number of his songs in English as well as a Kurdish song...

In this report from Amed, Hatice Kamer covers the controversial rules by the Turkish government as people are hopeful about opening up post COVID-19 lockdown. In another story a Kurdish language teacher has been left with no options but to try a different and an unusual career path as a beekeeper which has been quite successful...

In this interview with Hejar Amin from Kurdish Lobby Australia we discuss their latest statement titled “Turkey commits environmental carnage in Duhok-Kurdistan Region of Iraq”.

Le em lêdwane da le gell berêz Hejar Emîn le Kurdish Lobby Australia we bas le diwa beyannameyan dekeyin ke derbarey birrînewey daristanekanî Kurdistan le layen Turkiya we weku degitrêt. 

20th of June is World Refugee Day. While UNHCR figures estimate over 80 million people are refugees around the world, a significant number of Kurds from all over Middle East also continue to take dangerous, even fatal journeys escaping persecution and human rights violation...

SBS Kurdish news for weekend of 19-20 June 2021.

Hewallekanî SBS Kurdî bo kotayî heftey 19-20 Jun 2021.

In this report from Erbil Ahmed Ghafur covers the report about the privatisation of Hiwa Hospital in Sulaymaniyah- a specialised public hospital for the treatment of cancer patients. KRG officials have promised that the hospital will remain in public hands, after a widespread disapproval for the plan.

Le em raportey Ehmd Xefûr da le Hewlêre we bas le dengoy be taybet kirdinî Nexoşxaney Hîwa-y şarî Slêmanî dekat...

In this report from Diyarbakir Hatice Kamer reports on the killing of an HDP member Deniz Poyraz in Izmir, Turkey. Until now there are no official condemnation for the murder, however several individuals are calling the attack a provocation to disrupt peace in Turkey.

Le em raportey Hatice Kamer da le Amede we, bas le wirdekarîyekanî kuştinî andamî HDP Denîz Poyraz dekat. Hetakû êsta hukûmetî Turkiya be fermî ew kuştiney şermezar nekirdûwe.

Elu Aiyana is reviving an Kurdish form of tattooing, which includes shapes and symbols enshrined in spiritual meaning.

Rojda hunermendî xall-kutanî le ser pêst, û be nawî Elu Aiyana denasrêt.  Ew xellkî Dersime le bakûrî Kurdistan bellam le çendîn willatî ciyawaz jîyawe. Nexşekanî Elu Aiyana bo xall-kutan zor taybetin û be corî kelepûrî Kurdî ye.