Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A top Kurdish counterterrorism official Lahur Talabany speaks during an interview with Reuters in Sulimaniyeh, Iraq, July 17, 2017 ...

"In the region, if a person is not armed, no one takes him into account." - Lahur Sheikh Jangi Talabani, Leader of the People’s Front The power struggle to control what is now called Iraqi Kurdistan ...

ANKARA, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A Turkish court accepted an indictment against jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas on Thursday, state media reported, rebuffing demands by the European Court of ...

BAGHDAD Reuters) -Masoud Barzani, the Iraqi Kurdish leader who first took up arms against Saddam Hussein as a teenage guerrilla, remains a towering figure in Kurdish politics as Iraq heads into its ...

Turkish prosecutor calls for ban on HDP US State Department says move would undermine democracy EU Parliament rapporteur says it will harm Turkey-EU ties Erdogan spokesman says HDP has ties to ...

An internal Kurdish power feud has triggered mass arrests, alleged executions, and the unresolved detention of an American veteran amid rising Iranian influence. "In the region, if a person is not ...

Veteran Kurdish leader still shapes politics Barzani's KDP seeks big turnout in Nov 11 Iraq vote Teenage guerrilla fought Saddam's rule Barzani led failed Kurdish uprising Tensions rise with Baghdad ...