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The Kurdish Regional Government has set a positive example in the Middle East by embracing different faith communities and ...

Many of Turkey’s Kurds view Mr. Ocalan as a potent symbol of the struggle for Kurdish rights. And despite his imprisonment, ...

The Kurdish-led force that runs northeast Syria has agreed to integrate into a new national army, but some of its supporters remain wary. The Kurdish-led force that runs northeast Syria has agreed ...

Long-suppressed by the Assad regime, the Kurdish language underwent an educational and cultural revival in Syria over the ...

QAMISHLI, Syria — Representatives of Kurdish groups in Syria called Saturday for a democratic state that gives the country’s Kurds their ethnic rights after the fall of Bashar Assad.

The Syrian presidency rejected on Sunday a Kurdish call for a decentralized state, warning against attempts at separatism or federalism by the minority group. “We reject clearly any attempt to ...

Syria's Kurds Call for a Democratic State That Protects Their Ethnic Rights QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Representatives of Kurdish groups in Syria called Saturday for a democratic state that gives ...