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Kurdish is composed of four main dialects: Upper Kurdish (Kurmanji or Badini), Central Kurdish (Sorani), Lower (Southern) Kurdish, and Zazaki-Gorani. There are large Kurdish populations in Iran ...

Syrian Kurds gathered this week to listen to a message from jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK has declared a ceasefire with Turkey after its jailed leader Abdullah ...

The online campaign, issued by the Home Office in the Sorani Kurdish dialect, aims to deter people from attempting to cross the sea from France to the UK, a dangerous route that 36,816 people took ...