Over the last two decades, developments in the Middle East have helped transform the Kurds’ struggle for greater recognition and even self-determination from a country-specific issue to a ...

Kurds see hope in agreement with Damascus: Meanwhile, Kurds in northeast Syria were hopeful that the agreement announced Monday, which includes a ceasefire and the merging of the US-backed ...

If the Kurds do succeed in establishing an independent state in Syria amid the chaos gripping the region, it could accelerate secessionist movements in other Kurdish areas of the Middle East.

Free Expression: Alternative for Germany more than doubled its 2021 vote share to 20% in the 2025 election, but the winning Christian Democratic Union, which sees the AfD as a pariah, has said it ...

Kurds make up about 20 percent of Turkey’s population of 85 million. Mr. Ocalan, imprisoned since 1999, remains the movement’s ideological leader despite being held in isolation on Turkey’s gulag, ...

"So, we should not assume that Tehran's engagement with the SDF is solely about positioning the Kurds against Turkey." Middle East Eye delivers independent and unrivalled coverage and analysis of ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurds are an important factor in the region and can no longer be ignored ...

Experts charge that Erdogan might give Kurds some cultural rights in exchange for their support to amend Turkey's constitution.

The day after president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s governing ally raised the prospect of a deal to end the four-decade Kurdish insurgency last year, a man and woman armed with assault rifles and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Farooq Safar standing in his back yard that was bombed by a Turkish drone in October 2024. Guharze village ...

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DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, March 2 (Reuters) - Residents in Diyarbakir, Turkey's largest Kurdish-majority city, said on Sunday that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party's (PKK) decision to heed its ...