An officer in the US army and two fighters from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have been killed in an ambush in Syria’s eastern province of Deir Ez-Zor.

A center for Kurdish language and culture research, the Kurdish Institute of Istanbul, received some 1,048 applications within 24 hours of announcing that they would be opening up new spots for their online classes in the Kurmancî and Kurmanckî dialects of Kurdish.

The President of Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, thanked the people in the region on Monday for their commitment to preventive measures to curb the outbreak of Corona virus.

Turkey is using the coronavirus pandemic as a tool to maintain its war against majority Kurdish communities at home and across the border in Syria, the Canary news site said.

Iran has reiterated its stance against the United States’ illegal presence in Iraq, saying the US recent movements are endangering the peace and stability of Iraq and the whole region.

Five Shia factions in the Council of Representatives reportedly agreed on Sunday, April 5, to nominate Iraq’s intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kazemi for prime minister, raising the prospect of a clash between prime ministerial nominees.

Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi met with US Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Tueller on Sunday, April 5, as leaders from both countries indicate that they are ready to begin a new strategic dialogue.

Syrian Kurds are not ready to fight the COVID-19 pandemic as no international body has provided help the requested by the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), SDC Representative in the US and member of Presidential Committee Bassam Saker says.

An expert of Iraq political affairs believes "disagreements between Iraqi Shiite factions and the Kurds demand for their shares were the main reasons behind the failure of former PM-designate Mohammad Tawfiq Allawi to form a new government.

Turkish-backed armed groups have committed tens of violations in northern Syrian Kurdish city of Afrin throughout March, including kidnapping and selling the houses of displaced Kurds, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that the coronavirus pandemic must provoke reform of the international system of governance which is “not working.”

The Turkish military shelled Syrian government positions near Manbij in northern Syria, wounding two high-ranking officers in a village west of the strategic town, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights quoted sources as saying.

A total lockdown of the Kurdistan Region went into effect at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, for a period of 48-hours, during which time all travel is banned except in extremely limited circumstances.

The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Finance and Economy said on Saturday, April 4, that a fuel pipeline linking Iran and the Kurdistan Region via the Parvizkhan border crossing will be used to provide gasoline, diesel, and kerosene for residents and is not for crude oil.

The US-led Coalition to Defeat Islamic State (IS) said on Saturday, April 4, sent $1.2 million in medical supplies to its partner forces in Syria Kurdistan.