A landmine blast on Sunday took the life of a 28-year-old man and critically injured his brother in the mountainous areas of ...

The complex history of the Kurdish people, from nomadic tribes to modern-day struggles for autonomy and recognition.

Francesco Lastrucci “The Kurds have no friends but the mountains,” a Kurdish proverb holds. But the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan offer cooler temperatures and more rainfall than other parts of ...

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

Xenophon, the fourth-century B.C. Greek warrior and chronicler, wrote that they “lived in the mountains and were very warlike.” The peak of Kurdish power came in the 12th century, under their ...

The P.K.K. leadership, which is based in the Qandil Mountains of Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region, responded to the call by the founder, Abdullah Ocalan, by announcing a unilateral cease-fire on ...

A landmine blast on Monday killed a 35-year-old tradesman in the mountainous areas of the Soran independent administration, a local witness said.

As the sun set behind the mountains of Akre in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq Thursday, more than 1,500 ...

Two million Kurds flee, but are forced to hide out in the mountains as Turkey closes its border. April 1991 – (IRAQ) A safe haven is established in Iraqi Kurdistan by the United States ...