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Erbil governor Omid Khoshnaw appears to have been abruptly removed from his post, with his deputy appointed as acting governor until a replacement is named. The circumstances suggest this is no routine change. What makes the case different is the timing and the likely trigger. The move appears tied to the brief appearance of a banner in support of Nechirvan Barzani near the Erbil Citadel, an episode that exposes just how sensitive the family rivalry has become. The decision is understood to have come through the Interior Ministry, controlled by Reber Ahmed, a close confidant and key ally of Masrour Barzani. The timing is especially notable because it comes in the middle of a war with Iran, at a moment when Erbil is facing repeated daily attacks and administrative continuity should be a priority. This is the kind of change one would normally expect at a more manageable moment, not suddenly in wartime. More noteworthy still, Khoshnaw himself is known to be very close to Masrour and Masoud Barzani. He may simply have assumed the banner was harmless, especially since similar ones have appeared elsewhere in the Kurdistan Region. If that was indeed enough to cost him his post, it says a great deal about the depth of the rivalry within the Barzani family, particularly between Masrour and Nechirvan. The attack on Nechirvan Barzani’s residence in Duhok generated unusually broad condemnation across Iraq, the wider region, and internationally. That level of publicity appears to have created a degree of discomfort, and perhaps jealousy, within the family. One revealing example is Masoud Barzani’s statement condemning the attack, issued notably after almost everyone else had already spoken out. In it, he mentioned that his own house had been attacked five times, something never publicly disclosed before, even though anti-Barzani figures on social media have long spoken about repeated attacks on Barzani compounds in Salahaddin near Erbil. The family itself had never chosen to highlight them. Only once the attack on Nechirvan’s home produced major publicity and widespread condemnation did Masoud Barzani reveal the attacks on his own residence, and to do so in the very statement where he was meant to condemn the attack on Nechirvan is rather strange. It essentially gave the impression of an attempt to dilute or overshadow the attention Nechirvan was receiving, almost as if to say Nechirvan is not the only one who has been targeted and why is nobody condemning attacks on his my residence too.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ The same pattern can be seen in the wave of banners that began in Zakho and spread to other towns carrying the message, “Everywhere is your house, Nechirvan,” effectively offering public solidarity and hospitality after the attack. These banners may well have been put up by people linked to Nechirvan or by institutions aligned with his camp, but that does not change the fact that they appear to have irritated Masrour, and to a degree even Masoud Barzani. All of this suggests that the attack on Nechirvan’s residence, and the visibility that followed, have touched a deeper nerve within the family at a moment when Masoud Barzani and his circle appear increasingly focused on limiting Nechirvan’s room for manoeuvre, elevating Masrour as the family’s main political centre, and consolidating his position for the succession struggle that will only grow more important as Masoud grows older.

@Mohamed69084457 @KurdistanWatch You right gyan. Iam living here, i see it daily, very very sad

@peshmerga81 @KurdistanWatch You have the right to criticize them, but not now while kurds are getting killed and attacked daily for literally no reason.

The Kurdish media has reached the grotesque level of interviewing little kids whose parents have just been killed, and not just in any kind of death, but in a very loud drone strike where the two children were literally next door, heard it all, and have clearly been left devastated and traumatised. And this is all because the owner of this channel, Areen Masrour Barzani, likes huge social media engagement, which has led those running these channels to do almost anything to get it. There is no editorial judgment, no content quality filter, just a willingness to do anything for likes and comments. This has been massively affecting people’s mental health, while also causing major problems within the Barzani family itself because, given the rivalry between Masrour and Nechirvan, once AVA Media started doing this, Rudaw’s standards also began to decline, producing the same kind of exploitative and degrading content so as not to be beaten in the social media numbers game.

@Mohamed69084457 @KurdistanWatch This channel is one of the very, very few that still reports neutrally. ALL other Kurdish media outlets are biased and belong to political parties or individuals. You wont find a single media outlet that reports critically on any topic.

@peshmerga81 @KurdistanWatch This channel is dedicated to the Kurdish cause and highlights the suffering of the Kurdish people from terrorism throughout Kurdistan, hoping to awaken some people's consciences. I see no reason to criticize the channel.

@Mohamed69084457 @KurdistanWatch Why should they? They are totally true.

@KurdistanWatch Change the name to “Turkish watch”..

@KurdistanWatch Its a disgrace what the media is doing here. Even more shameful, though, is the family – why do they allow this? Why isn't there a reasonable voice telling them that this is the wrong time and the wrong way to handle? Kurdish media are a real disgrace.

@Telegraph this!

🔴 Bafel and Qubad Talabani are at the centre of feverish rumours of a coming ground assault from Iraq into Iran Read how the PUK president Bafel Talabani and his brother Qubad Talabani have been negotiating with Donald Trump 🖇️ telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

@katooZafarani @Telegraph @sfrantzman And the KDP are Turkish and Iranian puppets? What do we conclude from this? That mafia clan structures (Barzani and Talabani) with their stupid tribal politics act neither in a Kurdish nor a patriotic way. Both are wrong.

@Telegraph @sfrantzman PUK are Iranian puppets, no idea what the author wanted to achieve with this nebulous hearsay "article"....

@Kury_Kurd27 @Peshmerga1990 @KurdistanWatch Guys, please stop this. Here in Kurdistan, nobody has these kinds of discussions. Kurds are very open minded and dont judge others based on their religion (not primarily). Please stop this, come here, take a walk to the mountains, speak with the people, it's all very friendly.

@Peshmerga1990 @kookinjeneus @KurdistanWatch @peshmerga81 ANYTHING BUT WRITING A SINGLE SENTENCE IN KURDISH🤣😭

It is notable that some Islamic groups from the Kurdistan Region have begun distributing food and other essentials in Iranian Kurdish cities using donations collected in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. This video is from a charity group affiliated with the Kurdistan Islamic Union, a Muslim Brotherhood-aligned group. Notably, the narrator says, “We are now in Rojhelat, in the eastern part of our homeland,” underscoring that terms such as Rojhelat and Rojava, meaning eastern and western Kurdistan, are not used only by nationalist Kurds but are common across much of Kurdish society. The charity group says it plans to distribute more than 100 aid baskets a day for as long as it remains there, with each basket containing meat, rice, oil, and other basic necessities.

Damn the two most powerful militaries in the world have been bombing the Islamic regime for over a month and the king wannabe, Reza Pahlavi and his worshippers in the diaspora still haven’t gone to Iran to conduct regime change. If Iran belonged to the Kurds, they would have liberated their capital within a week. What else does Reza want? Go finish the job. These monarchists all just keyboard warriors, full of hot air 😂

@DuezenTekkal Wie sind da eigentlich die Erfolgschancen? Lass dich nicht unterkriegen!

Nachrichten wie diese bringe ich konsequent zur Anzeige. Ich bin nicht bereit, Morddrohungen als Berufsrisiko hinzunehmen. Ich will, dass unser Rechtsstaat, hier in Deutschland, seine Arbeit macht. Diese Drohungen sind real, gegen mich und meine Familie gerichtet. Ich möchte, dass der Staat unsere Redefreiheit und Demokratiefähigkeit schützt und nicht, dass diese Errungenschaften unserer liberalen Gesellschaft zu Lebensrisiken werden – vor allem für Frauen.

@k11rdy inshallah they/all are well up kaka

This is near my uncles house

@MemoTanriverdi Warum bist du Diaspora 🤡, der kein einziges Jahr im Irak/ Kurdistan Basur gelebt hat, nicht so laut bei den Barzanis, die das ganze erst ermöglicht haben? Seit Jahren reitest du auf der PKK -dem Irak herum, zurecht, nur bist du dann kleinlaut bei den anderen Akteuren. Schäm dich

Damit die Êzîden sicher zurückkehren können, müssen alle Milizen Shengal verlassen. Das „Abkommen“ der PKK-Ableger in Shengal mit den vom Iran unterstützten Haschd al-Schaabi gibt Anlass zur Sorge. Für Stabilität braucht es klare, zivile Strukturen – keine neuen Abhängigkeiten.

There have been ongoing drone attacks in Erbil, mostly targeting the US base inside Erbil airport. What stands out, however, is that two drones appear to have deliberately struck a motor oil store. The reason remains unclear, but this seems to be the first direct attack on a local business interest, excluding oil fields and the Lanaz refinery. In previous cases, damage to civilian property was linked to debris from intercepted drones. In this instance, by contrast, the store itself appears to have been targeted, with a second drone hitting the same site just minutes after the first.

@KerkukiAlan Fake News, dont belive this troll.

Thank you Ukraine for the interceptor drones. $2500 each unit cost.

After WWI, colonial powers didn't just divide Kurdish land—they erased Kurdish history. Look at these 13th & 17th-century manuscripts: they explicitly call Saladin’s reign the "Kurdish State" (دولة الأكراد). Yet, @Britannica ignores this, rebranding them as merely a "Sunni Muslim dynasty." This isn't just a label; it’s the colonial erasure of a national identity. #KurdishHistory #Saladin #TwitterKurds #Historiography #DecolonizeHistory @History @WorldHistory01

@AramKrdstn Thanks, i have noticed that too. Nothing annoys me more right now than Kurdish diaspora people sitting somewhere in Europe or further west, thinking how/what people in Kurdistan have to do.

I can just warn everyone about this account, the person pretends to be on the ground in Kirkuk while actually sitting somewhere in Australia, posting fake claims and nonsense just to get user interaction.

@ISefati @Bundeskanzle Waren es HD Kameras?

Der @bundeskanzle sagt: „Das ist nicht unser Krieg.“ Aber, lieber Herr Merz: Dieser Krieg hat nicht vor 30 Tagen begonnen. Dieser Krieg hat begonnen, als die Mullahs im Iran an die Macht gekommen sind. Er hat begonnen, als der deutsche Staatsbürger Jamshid Sharmahd aus Dubai entführt, in den Iran verschleppt, gefoltert, ermordet und seine Leiche zerstückelt zurückgegeben wurde. Er hat begonnen, als die deutsche Staatsbürgerin Nahid Taghavi jahrelang in iranischen Gefängnissen festgehalten wurde. Und dieser Krieg hat auch hier begonnen – in Berlin – durch Terroranschläge und Gewalt im Auftrag dieses Regimes. Und trotzdem haben deutsche Politiker – auch CDU Politiker – weiter mit den Mullahs verhandelt. Trotzdem wurden Technologien geliefert, die am Ende diesem Regime dienen. Das ist kein ferner Krieg. Das ist längst auch unser Krieg #b2903 #IranWar‌ #IranRevolution @mariam_claren @GazelleSharmahd

@_Avashin Unfortunately, we have idiots running Basur Kurdistan. Incestuous Barzanis, who rely on tribal politics and are deeply entrenched in cronyism, and on the other side, the two Talabanis. The same two have been in power for 30 years. That is and will be the problem of KRG.

“If the KDP and PUK continue to hold back out of fear that ‘Turkey won’t allow it, Iran won’t allow it,’ then the forces that bombed Nechirvan Barzani’s home today will target the entire leadership tomorrow. At that point, there will be no KDP, no PUK, and no status left to maintain relations with other states. Bakur, Rojhilat, and Rojava must urgently form a defense alliance. Because the only language occupying states understand is the language of defense.” #TwitterKurds