The decree for the first time grants Kurdish Syrians rights, including recognition of Kurdish identity as part of Syria’s national fabric. It designates Kurdish as a national language alongside Arabic and allows schools to teach it.

In Aleppo—within the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafiye, and Bani Zayd—we are once again witnessing what the Kurdish nation has learned through decades of lived experience: siege, shelling of residential areas,

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree on Friday declaring Kurdish a "national language", in an apparent gesture of good will towards the minority following clashes in recent days. The decree is the first formal recognition of Kurdish national rights since Syria's independence in 1946.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree on Friday declaring Kurdish a "national language", in an apparent gesture of good will towards the

Turkey has reacted with unbridled fury to the independence referendum in Iraqs Kurdistan region, warning of consequences up to military action, but Ankara will be wary of provoking a total rupture with the Iraqi Kurdish leadership. After Monday's non ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi is demanding that this week's referendum on independence for the autonomous Kurdish region be annulled. "The referendum must be annulled and dialogue initiated in the framework of the constitution. We will never hold ...

For far too long, American policymakers have tiptoed around the Kurdish question, hesitant to fully endorse independence for fear of regional backlash or instability. But the realities on the ground have changed considerably. Today, supporting a Kurdish ...