Many strategic analysts make a mistake by reducing Iran solely to its Persian identity, failing to highlight the ethnic ...

Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran – the recent changes have turned the Kurdish dream of independence transform into one of peace.Messages issued by Kurdish officials from Iraq and Syria in recent months ...

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdish and Azeri human rights groups on Tuesday condemned the tensions that flared between ethnic groups in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province after anti-Kurdish slogans ...

In this series we explore the Kurdish issue - the persecution, the resistance and their attempts to form a state. We ask what does the future hold for one of the largest stateless ethnic groups in the ...

Members of eleven selected Iranian ethnic groups took place in the study, including large groups such as Iranian Persians and Azeri, but also smaller ones like Arabs, Baluchi, Gilaki and Kurds.

Our Kurdish brothers and sisters in Syria can absorb our successes and avoid repeating our missteps. That, I believe, is the ...

The Kurdish community in Syria, which represents the second largest ethnic group in the country, is facing a crucial phase characterized by dialogues between the SDF and the government of Damascus.

In late March, members of Japan's Kurdish community gathered at a park just outside Tokyo to celebrate "Newroz," or "New Day," a festival marking the start of spring and the Middle Eastern ethnic ...