The prospects of Kurds being able to realise their aspirations for statehood have brightened. At the same time, Kurds remain ...

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

Elham Ahmed, co-chair of Rojava's foreign relations office, told Rudaw in an exclusive interview that Turkey has dramatically ...

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 ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Nadine Maenza, a prominent American advocate for religious freedom, expressed her surprise at the unity among the various religious and ethnic groups in the Kurdish-held ...

Nechirvan Barzani underscored that unity among Kurdish forces and political parties in Syria remains the key to securing the ...

The first of a three-part series looking at the situation in the Autonomous Administration of North-East Syria (AANES), also ...

The Kurds certainly do not want to see a US withdrawal from Syria. Such a move would immediately trigger deeper Turkish incursions, resulting in occupation and, inevitably, ethnic cleansing ...

Rapid shifts and outbreaks of turmoil in Middle East politics have left their mark on the role and ambitions of the region's Kurds. With a population spread across key countries – Iraq, Syria, Turkey ...

A suicide bomber killed at least 55 people Thursday at a restaurant in northern Iraq where Arab and Kurdish politicians were working on ways to ease tensions. The attack on the eatery outside Kirkuk ...