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From the Qandil mountains to Erbil citadel, from Kirkuk oil fields to Rojava — KurdSat News delivers verified breaking news, fearless talk shows and Kurdish culture to the world. No noise. Just Kurdistan.
Sorani with English ticker • 19:00 Erbil time
The Voice of Kurdistan
Independent. Kurdistani. Fearless.
KurdSat News (kurdsatnews.org) is the digital arm of KurdSat Satellite Channel — founded in Sulaymaniyah in 2000. We were the first Kurdish channel to broadcast from inside Kurdistan to Europe, America and Australia via satellite.
Today our newsroom of 180+ journalists covers: KRG politics, Iraqi federal affairs, Peshmerga and security reform, oil & economy, Halabja and environment, women's rights, youth, Kurdish language, Rojava & Bakur, and the 2M+ strong diaspora in Germany, Sweden, UK and USA.
Our charter: no party propaganda, two sources minimum, victims first, Kurdish unity above division. Trusted by embassies, NGOs and millions of families from Duhok to Diyarbakir.
Satellite + Digital
Nilesat, Hotbird, online streaming and 24/7 web ticker.
Verified News
Fact-check desk, no rumors, corrections policy.
Voted by Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate • 1.2M daily readers on kurdsatnews.org
Shows Kurdistan Watches
Evening Bulletin
60 minutes of verified headlines from all four parts of Kurdistan with English subtitles and field reports.
Biroj — Debate
Fearless political talk: KRG, Baghdad, oil, Peshmerga unification. No script, no taboo.
Kulture & Deng
Music, cinema, Hawrami poetry, Kurdish fashion and diaspora success stories from Stockholm to Nashville.
Aburi — Economy
Salary, oil exports via Ceyhan, agriculture revival, startups in Slemani Techno Park.
Yari — Sports
Newroz SC, Duhok SC, Kurdistan football team, Peshmerga marathon and Olympics dreams.
Jiyan — Documentary
Halabja memory, Anfal, Yazidi resilience in Shingal, marshes, mountain villages.
Today in Kurdistan
Updated hourly by our Sulaymaniyah hub with wires from Erbil, Kirkuk, Halabja, Duhok, Baghdad, Qamishlo and Diyarbakir. Click any story for full coverage.
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From Slemani
to the World
Founded in the mountains' shadow, KurdSat carried Kurdish weddings, funerals, Newroz fires and frontlines when no one else did.
First broadcast from Sulaymaniyah
Analog satellite, 6 hours a day. Kurdish songs banned elsewhere played freely.
KurdSat News founded
Covering constitution referendum, Kirkuk, Anfal trials. Bureau in Baghdad opens.
Shingal & Mosul war coverage
Peshmerga live embeds, Yazidi rescue, 40 journalists on frontline.
kurdsatnews.org relaunched
English desk, fact-check unit, 1M followers, mobile-first site.
AI translation + 4K studio
Sorani ↔ English instant subtitles, new Duhok & Qamishlo studios.
Faces Behind the News
Dr. Aram Qadir
General Director25 years in Kurdish media, Slemani University.
Lana Jalal
Head of English DeskEx-BBC, covers KRG & diplomacy.
Dilshad Hama
Erbil CorrespondentParliament, oil, Peshmerga reform.
Avin Omar
Rojava & DiasporaQamishlo to Berlin, culture & rights.
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