ՔՐԴԱԼԵԶՈՒ ՄԱՄՈՒԼԻ ԱՆԴՐԱԴԱՐՁԸ ԱՐՑԱԽՅԱՆ ԵՐՐՈՐԴՊԱՏԵՐԱԶՄԻՆ (2020-2023թթ.) (Kurdistan24, Rûdaw)/THE KURDISH-LANGUAGE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE THIRD ARTSAKH WAR (2020-2023) (Kurdistan24, Rûdaw)

This topic examines news articles published on the Kurdish-language websitesregarding the Third Artsakh War and the events following it. We analysed the content ofnews websites’ articles published in the Kurdish Northern Kurmanji dialect on the ThirdArtsakh war.Central question is to study a content analysis of publications, conclusions by theauthors of the news articles of the major news websites in Iraqi Kurdistan (Kurdistan24,Rûdaw) that have pro-Barzani and partly pro-Talabani strategy, and whether thereporters mentioned "Red Kurdistan", taking into account the fact that it had been locatedin the territory of Artsakh.The methodological foundation of this research is based content qualitativeanalysis, critical discourse, semiotic analysis and comparative methods. The relevance ofthe research is defined by the importance of news articles regarding the militaryoperations between Armenia and Azerbaijan taking place in the territory of Artsakhpublished in the Kurdish media, and this article is a study of those publications in theArmenian scientific field.The study concludes that the Kurdish press continues to be interested in Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict in Artsakh, Turkey's involvement, the international community'sattitude towards the issue, and to convey an opinion within media, as well as to providesome information on this topic to the Kurdish audience. In some articles, there was briefinformation about the so-called "Red Kurdistan" that existed in the territory of Artsakhduring the Soviet Union. Although the Kurdish "autonomy" (1923-1929) was short-lived inhistory, the Kurdish media authors highlight and remind about it. The history of so-called"Red Kurdistan" continues to "remain alive" in the social and political discourse of modernKurds.