ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdish officials in Kirkuk expressed concern on Friday about ethnic imbalances in recent police recruitment and urged Baghdad to ensure fair representation of the city's ...

Turkey and Iran have recalled their ambassadors amid growing diplomatic friction, marking a new phase in regional power struggles since late 2024. This latest dispute follows Iranian criticism of ...

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Öcalan’s statement set off a chain of events, each carrying profound political and military implications. Pro-Kurdish Turkish legislators publicly read his message, emphasizing that the PKK no longer ...

The pro-Kurdish DEM Party, parliament's third largest, is now demanding that democratisation steps follow. The PKK heeded the call, declaring an immediate ceasefire. The group added it wanted ...

Cihan Sincar is hopeful that Turkey’s efforts to resolve a decades-old Kurdish insurgency would result in the peace her lawmaker husband desired before his death - one of hundreds of political ...

The agreement marked a major victory for Damascus in its quest to unify the country, as violent unrest continues to grip Syria’s coastal region. By Christina Goldbaum and Euan Ward Christina ...

Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with Kurdish-led forces to integrate them into state institutions as it tries to unify the country’s diverse communities ...

(Turkish Foreign Ministry press service via AP) ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister said Friday that Ankara is closely monitoring an agreement between the Syrian government and a U.S-backed ...

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year conflict with Kurdish militants are stoking ...

“Its goal … is to reach the Kurdish lands in Iraq and Syria, considering the ongoing cooperation [between Israel and the Kurds],” Khazali alleged, adding that the plan involves supporting ...

(CNN) — 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 ...