AKRE. Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is ...

Syrian Kurds marked a historic Nowruz on Thursday, celebrating freely for the first time since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December. In Qamishli, Afrin, Kobani, Hasakah, and Derik - cities ...

AKRE. Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week 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 ...

Pinar Dinc is the principal investigator of the ECO-Syria project, which receives funding from the Strategic Research Area: The Middle East in the Contemporary World (MECW) at the Centre for ...

"This is a coup against politics and democracy. Now, they will try to seize the municipalities as well. The government’s actions show that we are facing an outright coup and a system of political ...

There is a stark similarity between the way Pakistan as a state has subjugated the Baloch people and the way Turkey has suppressed Kurds who have raised the legitimate demand for Kurdistan. No wonder ...

DEM Party says Erdogan's alliance offers no clear steps in talks DEM urges anti-terror laws reforms, better conditions for PKK leader Ocalan Erdogan insists PKK must ...

The Kurds are a stateless people of up to 45 million living in the Kurdistan mountains of west Asia, spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq and northern Syria. Their ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

A renewed peace effort between the Turkish government and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has reignited hopes for a resolution to the four-decade-long Kurdish insurgency and the broader Kurdish ...

On Monday, March 10th, 2025, the parties agreed where the Syrian Kurds officially abandoned their pursuit of independence and joined the new government. The clauses of this agreement include: SDF ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Residents of the Kurdish-held northeast Syria (Rojava) recently launched a campaign to aid the Alawite-majority areas in western Syria that were hit by violent clashes.