Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have 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 horizon ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdish ruling and opposition parties in northeast Syria (Rojava) have agreed on a list of demands, ...

An Iranian man jumps over a firework celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the ...

With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the country’s future. The recent agreement between Damascus and the Kurdish-led ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Residents of the Kurdish-held northeast Syria (Rojava) recently launched a campaign to aid the ...

On Monday, March 10th, 2025, the parties agreed where the Syrian Kurds officially abandoned their pursuit of independence and joined the new government. The clauses of this agreement include: SDF ...

In 2022, Erdogan explicitly rejected the peace process between Jewish and Arab states under the Abraham Accords framework, a ...

Listen to political scientist Pinar Dinc explain what’s led to the PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey on The Conversation Weekly ...

Three weeks after jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan urged his militants to disband, Turkey's Kurds were celebrating their ...

After decades of managing tensions through careful balancing, Turkey and Iran now find themselves increasingly at odds ...

Overall, the possibility to achieve political stability and to maintain territorial integrity is very high. With the support of some external powers such as Türkiye and the Gulf countries, the new ...