Turkey must choose between the status quo, endless war and peace with the Kurds. This will not be easy. This war has claimed more than 10,000 victims on both sides; 5,000 villages have been razed to ...

Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...

A separatist Kurdish group said it will implement a ceasefire from Saturday, in response to a call by its imprisoned leader to lay down arms and work toward ending a 40-year war for autonomy against ...

Decades later, Halabja’s residents continue to suffer from poor public services, high unemployment, and unfulfilled political ...

Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with Kurdish-led forces to integrate them into state ...

To reach north-east Syria, we cross a rickety floating bridge over the River Tigris. Our minibus rattles as it takes us from Iraqi Kurdistan through Syrian oil fields, where jacks pumping crude oil ...

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 disarmament call from the PKK ...

More than 1,000 people have been killed in sectarian violence in Syria’s Latakia region. For the Kurds, the bloodshed only ...

After Syria’s longtime autocratic ruler was toppled late last year, the man who led rebel groups to victory immediately faced ...

1024 GMT – The potential resumption of oil exports from Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region could challenge the country’s ability to comply with OPEC+ quotas, Commerzbank Research ...