ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A senior official from the Kurdish administration in northeast Syria's (Rojava) ruling body and the ...

In contrast, the SDF has partnered with coalition forces for more than ten years to combat the Islamic State, playing a ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley and Dan Henninger. Photo: Richard B. Levine/Lev Radin/Zuma Press We created Justice for Kurds in 2018, after ...

AKRE. Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the ...

U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters flash victory signs, as they withdraw from two neighbourhoods in Syria's northern city of Aleppo as part of a deal with the Syrian central government, in Aleppo, Syria, ...

The Iraqi parliament voted this week on a law that would recognize Halabja as a province in Iraq. The parliament passed the law, which is the final part of the process of creating this new province.

The modern Middle East was formed exactly 100 years ago when, in the wake of World War I, the victors began creating new countries. Among the populations deemed deserving of nationhood — along with ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Kurds of Syria and Iraq have become a major focal point in the war against the Islamic State group, with Kurdish populations in both countries coming under significant threat by the ...

DERIK, Syria -- From the roof of the new home he is building on the outskirts of the Kurdish controlled city of Derik in northeast Syria, Bashir Said Mohammad can count a dozen or so other structures ...

The siege of Kobani from September 2014 until January 2015 and its heroic defense by Kurdish forces in northern Syria was the turning point in the war against the Islamic State. Now, with the fall of ...

As foreign powers look to shape Syria’s political landscape after the toppling of the Assad regime, the country’s Kurdish population is in the spotlight. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ...

General Matthew B. Ridgway flew to Turkey to inspect the easternmost outpost of his NATO command. He conferred with the U.S. military mission in Ankara, inspected units of the tough, well-trained ...