Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani met with senior U.S. State Department officials on Tuesday in New York, two sources familiar with the matter said, as Damascus seeks a clear road map from ...

Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the semi-autonomous region in Iraq and president of the new Kurdistan Film ...

The decision to disarm will have significant security and political ramifications for the region.

Kurdish and Turkish statements indicate both sides recognize the limits of violence. Yet the PKK says an expected quid pro ...

But it’s very difficult.” Kurdish flags were on display at a Nowruz celebration near Qamishl. Ali Ahmed, 55, a Kurd from the northeastern city of Hasakah who teaches chemistry, called Mr. al ...

The PKK has announced it is dissolving its armed structure and ending its decades-long insurgency against Turkey, marking a significant shift toward democratic politics. The decision seeks a peaceful ...

U.S. President Donald Trump met with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the first encounter between the two nations' leaders in 25 years and one that could serve as ...

Kurds everywhere take pride that there is now a place where the Kurdish flag flies, official business is conducted in Kurdish and Kurdish-speaking professors teach Kurdish history in Kurdish ...

The new government has pledged to unify Syria after overthrowing the Assad dictatorship. One of its biggest challenges is persistent sectarian violence. By Christina Goldbaum Ben Hubbard Raja ...

Women wear beaded head scarves and long, sequined dresses, gold like the sun on the Kurdish flag. Men, some with guns tucked ceremoniously into wide gray belts, join hands and dance in loose circles.