The PKK’s announcement of a unilateral ceasefire has won support among Kurds in southeastern Turkey, but hope for peace is ...

Turkish authorities said Sunday they arrested a Swedish journalist dispatched to cover ongoing nationwide protests on charges ...

Rapper Saman Yasin was imprisoned and says he was tortured for his involvement in anti-regime protests in Iran. Now, speaking ...

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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.

Listen to political scientist Pinar Dinc explain what’s led to the PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey on The Conversation Weekly ...

Newroz Market sells made-to-order specialties -- including shawarma -- along with shelved delicacies shipped from across the ...

Turkey’s top diplomat, defence minister, and intelligence chief made a surprise visit to Damascus, just days after Syria’s interim government struck a deal to integrate a US-backed Kurdish-led ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish forces killed 24 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and Syria over the past week, the defence ministry said on Thursday, continuing attacks in the region after a ...

March 12 (UPI) --Syria's interim government said it has reached a landmark agreement to integrate Kurdish-led forces into state institutions as it continues to try to unify the country following ...

Syria's interim government signed a deal Monday (March 10, 2025) with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast, including a ceasefire and the merging of the main U.S ...

The Syrian Democratic Forces, the Kurdish-led coalition that joined with U.S. troops to fight the Islamic State terrorist group, has agreed to integrate with the same interim Syrian government ...