AKRE. Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and ...

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Strengthening ties between the Kurds and Israel could counterbalance Turkish and Iranian ambitions, promote regional ...

Two dozen national flags fly in Zak Amin’s classroom. As an English Learner teacher at Moorhead High School, Amin wants his students to feel seen, so these flags reflect the homelands of students ...

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

The Syrian Transitional Government has reached a rather unexpected agreement with the Kurdish armed groups of the Arab ...

Thousands of Kurds gathered in Cologne to take part in the largest Kurdish Newroz (New Year) celebration in Europe. Unity was ...

Residents of the Kurdish city of Afrin in northwest Syria were able to freely celebrate Newroz (the New Year) for the first time since the enclave was invaded by militia groups seven years ago.

It was a development in the Syrian drama almost as unexpected as the stunningly swift fall of the Assad regime that had ...

“People were killed who had nothing to do with anything.” Meanwhile, Kurds in northeast Syria were hopeful that the agreement announced Monday, which includes a cease-fire and the merging of ...

He said the committee will set up a witness protection program for those who come forward to report crimes. Meanwhile, Kurds in northeast Syria were hopeful that the agreement announced Monday, which ...