Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western Iran and small ...

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 ...

The detention of Istanbul's popular mayor risks undermining Turkey's move to end the PKK militant group's 40-year-old ...

AFRIN, Syria - Kurds from Afrin in northwest Syria are returning to the city after years of displacement only to face ...

On Thursday in Diyarbakir, a predominantly Kurdish city in eastern Turkey, Mr. Ocalan’s call for disarmament drew mixed emotions. Hundreds of people had gathered in the city center to listen to ...

For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...

In Syria, many Kurds celebrated Nowruz in secret under Assad. With him gone, Kurdish people are throwing their biggest spring equinox party in decades. But some still fear for their safety.

Iranian authorities have placed the blame on a single individual for inciting ethnic tensions after anti-Kurdish slogans were ...

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

Revelers danced in the street in the city of Qamishli and waved flags featuring Ocalan’s portrait alongside the Kurdish flag. “We welcome the historic announcement by Leader Abdullah Ocalan ...

VOA Kurdish spoke to locals in Diyarbakir, Turkey’s largest Kurdish-majority city. While many residents supported Ocalan’s message of peace, others wondered whether his call would be met by ...

Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham celebrates the Kurdish Newroz Friday with a flag raising at city hall. Joined by members of the ...