US and Turkish officials tell Syrian Democratic Forces to stop dragging their feet and join Damascus government within weeks ...

A key challenge for postwar Syria is building trust between Arabs and Kurds. The security in Kurdish parts of Aleppo show how difficult that may be.

In the 1990s when the Turkish government fought a pitiless war against the PKK, banned Kurdish language, criminalized ...

The Kurdistan autonomous region is growing increasingly frustrated with Baghdad’s response. The leaders have likely ...

A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...

PKK disbands after decades of guerrilla warfare, following calls for peace and democratic process by founder Abdullah Ocalan.

Nuclear talks. Representatives from Russia, China and Iran met in Tehran to discuss their response to Western threats of ...

Syria's Kurds remain hesitant about integration with Damascus as interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa struggles with unrest in ...

Currently, Israel stands virtually alone in recognizing and countering the strategic peril posed by Erdogan’s Turkey and ...

Initial steps to end a long war for Kurdish independence come with signs of national reconciliation. The first step: Each ...

Footage from the ceremony showed the fighters, half of them women, queuing to place AK-47 assault rifles, bandoliers and ...

Iraqi Kurds holding lit torches walk up a mountain during a procession to celebrate their Nowruz (Noruz), the Persian New Year, in the town of Akra, Iraq, Thursday, March 20, 2025.