Kurds
Erdogan Warns Syrian Kurds of Turkey’s Right To Defence
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would never allow a Kurdish state in Syria near its border, and...
Tens of Thousands In Syria Protest Expected Turkey Attack
Tens of thousands of people protested on Wednesday in a town in northern Syria against Turkey, as speculation mounts it...
Kurdish Designers Bring Fight With IS To Paris Catwalk
Dilan Lurr and his sister Lezan often ask themselves where would they be now if their parents had not left Iraq when...
Erdogan Calls Iraqi Kurdish Referendum ‘error and Threat’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday strongly criticised the decision of the authorities in Iraq's...
Journey To Statehood Still Long For Iraq Kurds
Many Iraqi Kurds hailed last week's announcement of a September referendum on independence as historic, but major...
Iran Opposes Iraqi Kurdish Independence Vote
Iran voiced its opposition on Saturday to an announcement by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region that it will organise a...
Turkey Says Iraqi Kurds’ Referendum Plan A ‘grave Mistake’
Turkey on Friday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence referendum would be...
Kurdish Referendum Would Distract From IS Fight, US Warns
The United States on Thursday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence...
When IS Group Reign Ends, Who Will Rule Syria’s Raqa?
The battle by US-backed forces to oust the Islamic State group from its Syrian bastion of Raqa will solve one problem...
Iraqi Kurds To Hold Independence Referendum On Sept 25
Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region will hold a referendum on statehood in September, its presidency said Wednesday,...
Raqa Campaign Cements Rising Profile of Syria’s Kurds
Syria's Kurds were once a marginalised minority, but now they are leading the charge for the Islamic State group's Raqa...
After Fleeing Mosul, Displaced Face Arrest Over Alleged IS Ties
After fleeing the battleground city of Mosul, Yusra Mohammed says her children were detained by Iraqi Kurdish forces...
Pentagon Chief, Turkish PM Meet After Decision To Arm Kurds
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Thursday he had "no doubt" that Turkey and the United States would work out any...
US To Arm Syrias Kurds ‘very Quickly’
The United States will soon start delivering weapons to Syria's Kurdish fighters, despite furious Turkish objections, a...
White House Approves Supply of Weapons To YPG In Syria
US President Donald Trump has approved the supplying of weapons to Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State group in...
Turkey Threatens Further Strikes On US-Allied Syrian Kurds
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday his government is 'seriously saddened' by television footage showing...
Dozens of Yazidis Enslaved By IS In Iraq Now Free
hirty-six members of the Yazidi religious minority are free after nearly three years in the hands of so-called Islamic...
Iranian CEO Saeed Karimian Shot Dead In Istanbul
The founder and chairman of the Persian-language Gem TV company has been killed in Istanbul. Saeed Karimian was shot...
Blast Rocks Mainly Kurdish City of Diyarbakir In Turkey
The blast happened in a city known for clashes between Kurds and Turkish security forces A large explosion has struck a...