DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government officials held talks Sunday with the commander of the main Kurdish-led force in the country over plans to merge it with the national army, state media reported, ...

Seven women swathed in chadors, their eyes barely visible through netted apertures, stride purposefully toward seven marble headstones in a forest clearing. A lone woman in traditional Kurdish garb ...

The majority of residents in Iraqi Kurdistan have endured prolonged and chronic electricity cuts since a deadly drone attack against the autonomous region’s Khor Mor gas field on Wednesday night. The ...

Russia’s Rosneft has begun scaling back operations in Iraqi Kurdistan, reducing its stake in the Kurdistan Pipeline Company from 60% to 49%. The move follows Western sanctions on Rosneft and ...

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 ...

Members of the Syrian Kurdish Asayish security forces stand guard at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh ...

A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with Turkey. The statement issued in northern Iraq by the Kurdistan ...

Iraq expects oil exports from its Kurdistan region to resume as soon as this week following a two-year halt, after a landmark deal was reached with producers, its foreign minister said. Flows through ...

Assyrians protest PYD closure of Assyrian schools in Qamishli, Syria on August 28, 2018. The Kurdish group in control of northeastern Syria, under the name of the Democratic Autonomous Administration ...

The Kurdish-run Al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria houses thousands of suspected Islamic State group members and their families. — Delil SOULEIMAN Syrian Kurdish forces said Wednesday they thwarted an ...

The Kurdish language has faced many challenges in recent history, including being banned at different times in Turkey, Iraq and Syria, with heavy restrictions often placed on Kurdish-language media ...

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 ...