For some Kurds, the wave of protests that began late last month has raised hopes that perhaps, after 47 years of rule, the ...
Turkey's Kurds are hoping that Ankara's bid to end the decades-long PKK conflict won't be hurt by Damascus' lightning ...
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Who are the Kurds?

The Kurds are a group of people who are indigenous to the Mesopotamian plains and nearby highlands which, today, stretch across southeastern Turkiye, northeastern Syria, northern Iraq, northwestern ...
The Kurds constitute one of the most important social and cultural components of Syrian society and are widely recognized as ...
Sharaa’s announcement on Friday came after days of fighting between the government and Kurdish forces. On Saturday, those ...
In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swathes of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade.
The new deal also calls for a cease-fire. Government forces have taken strategic assets from the militia in recent days, ...
People's Protection Units (YPG) commander Sipan Hamo said a Saturday meeting between U.S. envoy Tom Barrack and Kurdish ...
Protesters rallied for a second day in Turkey's main cities on Thursday to demand an end to a deadly Syrian army offensive ...
The U.S. is facing a crisis as its two allies in Syria clash in Aleppo, the fiercest fighting yet between the government and ...
At the start of the Syrian revolution in 2011, President Bashar al-Assad's government granted citizenship to thousands of ...
The decree for the first time grants Kurdish Syrians rights, including recognition of Kurdish identity as part of Syria’s ...