From a Misesian and Rothbardian perspective, can the absence of a unified and centralized state, under certain conditions, ...

I agree with Thomas Kaplan and Bernard-Henri Lévy’s op-ed “Assad’s Fall Is a Chance to Back the Kurds” (Dec. 17), which highlights the invaluable role the Kurds have played in the fight against ISIS.

The Kurdish people are an ethnic minority group in the Middle East without an independent state. Estimates of the population range between 25 million and 45 million worldwide, with most living in the ...

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 ...

A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups.

Amid tensions around next Monday’s proposed independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Israel’s support for a Kurdish state added a dangerous twist to an already volatile situation. Last ...

When questions began to arise early in the Iran war about how — and whether — the ayatollahs’ regime might be toppled without US or Israeli boots on the ground, the country’s Kurdish minority was ...

Abdullah Ocalan, co-founder of the PKK, has been imprisoned since 1999 and still influences Kurdish politics. His recent ...

The long-simmering guerilla conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish separatists, known as the PKK, has escalated in recent weeks. The rising tensions have led to a massive troop buildup in ...