Ocalan’s anti-Israel stance is well-known, as his group was based in the Bekaa Valley in the 1980s, cooperating wit h the ...

The Middle East is undergoing a profound geopolitical transformation. Authoritarian regimes, long sustained by religious ...

Militants from the PKK will begin laying down their weapons at a disarmament ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan in early July, the ...

The Kurds speak four different, though closely associated, languages, written in four different alphabets- Arabic, modified Persian, Turkish-Latin, and Cyrillic.

America is strongest when we stand firmly with those who share our values — and as secretary of state I saw the Kurds’ friendship in action.

Kurds, often considered the world's largest stateless people, primarily inhabit territory spanning Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey, with Iranian Kurds mostly present in the northwestern provinces of ...

In an unprecedented moment, Kurds across the Middle East are under attack from all sides. While the West is distracted, Iran and Turkey launch attacks on ethnic group for domestic gains ...

Meanwhile, Kurds, Palestinians, and ordinary people throughout the Middle East will be left to suffer on the frontlines of a worsening proxy conflict. Project 2025.

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs.Now they are seizing the chance during the post-Assad ...

Many of Turkey's Kurds are set to put aside party loyalty and back Tayyip Erdogan's major rival in Istanbul on Sunday, knocking the president's hopes of winning back the city he once ran ...

The Kurds can also use the threat of large numbers of refugees to rattle the West. A full takeover of Kurdistan by central Iraq could trigger an exodus to Turkey and thence to Europe.

Months after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, the country’s Kurdish population faces continued uncertainty — and Turkish ...