NPR's Leil Fadel asks Mahmoud Meslat, co-chair of the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces, whether Kurds in the semi-autonomous northwest region have a voice in the new government.

More than 200 Kurds are currently being held in prisons across Afrin, northwestern Syria, due to their ethnicity and ...

The Middle East is undergoing a profound geopolitical transformation. Authoritarian regimes, long sustained by religious ...

Ocalan’s anti-Israel stance is well-known, as his group was based in the Bekaa Valley in the 1980s, cooperating wit h the ...

America is strongest when we stand firmly with those who share our values — and as secretary of state I saw the Kurds’ friendship in action.

Iranian Kurdish dissidents have been watching from abroad for signs that the government in Tehran might falter after the ...

Meanwhile, Kurds, Palestinians, and ordinary people throughout the Middle East will be left to suffer on the frontlines of a worsening proxy conflict. Project 2025.

Kurds, often considered the world's largest stateless people, primarily inhabit territory spanning Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey, with Iranian Kurds mostly present in the northwestern provinces of ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon.

For centuries, Kurdish women and men across various regions have endured severe oppression, structural violence, and cultural ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that peace efforts with Kurds would gain momentum after PKK militants begin ...

Kurds long have compared Öcalan to South African militant-turned-statesman Nelson Mandela. Öcalan’s early years—like Mandela’s—were violent. And as with Mandela, ...