Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time ...

Thousands of people celebrated the Kurdish Nowruz spring festival on Thursday in Dohuk in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region ...

The Kurdish American Development Organization started teaching Kurdish language classes at its office in Moorhead, home to ...

The raid on Imamoglu’s residence and his arrest came after Istanbul prosecutors issued arrest warrants for the mayor and more than 100 other people as part of investigations into alleged corruption, ...

As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

Recent clashes between anti-government groups and security forces in Syria have put the Alawite community in the spotlight.

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is a close adviser to US President Donald Trump, has had another child, his 14th. His latest child, a son, is with Shivon Zilis, an executive at Musk’s Neuralink.

A Kurdish militant group who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire today, two days after their jailed leader called for the group to disarm from his prison island.

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Regionally, the move could redraw the map of alliances, especially if it succeeds in achieving a Turkish-Kurdish rapprochement that leads to de-escalation in Syria and Iraq. For all the hopes that ...

Istanbul — In a historic move, imprisoned Kurdish separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan called Thursday on members of the banned Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) to lay down their weapons to end a ...

ANKARA, Turkey — The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has called on his organization to disarm and dissolve as part of a new effort to end 40 years of fighting between the state ...