In the past, some Kurds were able to seek refuge in Iran during Saddam Hussein’s genocidal poison gas attacks. However, the ...

The diversity of the Kurdish parties and their complex ideological roots have meant that unity among them against the Iranian regime has always been a challenge. PAK, for instance, chose to fight ISIS ...

As conflict has flared, the White House has strongly backed Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa - a former Jihadi. That's a slap in the face for the Kurds. The SDF lost 11,000 fighters battling ...

The empire does not demand loyalty but conformity and obedience. When conformity is disrupted, that is, when the cost rises, those who were applauded yesterday can easily be declared “destabilizing.” ...

A picture Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of Turkey’s banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, is displayed inside a petrol station in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, Sunday, Jan. 26, ...

AKRE. Iraq — 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 ...

Pity the plight of the Kurds. The Kurds often quip that they are the largest people without a nation. That’s true. And they also say they have “no friends but the mountains.” That, too, is true. No ...

These secular autonomous cantons provided a safe haven for Kurds, Arabs, Christians, Yazidis, Armenians, secular Syrians, and others, keeping millions more refugees from Europe’s borders. The ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share moments from their lives and work around the world. With their red loafers and scarves and sashaying, it's ...

Kurds in northeastern Syria are cautiously waiting to see what comes next as Damascus and the SDF take their first steps ...

Iraq is like trying to nail down a warped board. As soon as we start to get a handle on one problem, like the violence in Anbar province, another, such as what’s currently brewing in Kurdistan, creeps ...

QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance during ...