Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish militant leader jailed by Turkey who called on Thursday for his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to ...

Kurdish-led factions, supported by the US-led military coalition ... Women played a crucial role in the fight against IS - many volunteered in the all-female Women's Protection Units (YPJ). Image ...

Kurdish-led factions ... fight against IS - many volunteered in the all-female Women's Protection Units (YPJ). Entrances into Kobane are marked with checkpoints As we drive around the city ...

The YPG has a female counterpart, the YPJ. Turkey sees the YPG as indistinguishable from the PKK. The Syrian Kurdish groups established a system of governance shaped by Ocalan's ideas in Kurdish ...

I travelled to Syria to visit Kobane and Raqqa, two cities once overrun by ISIS. I also witnessed firsthand the new chapter of violence engulfing this part of the world.

The new Kurdish assertiveness is evident not only in Iraq but also in Syria, where the YPJ, a Kurdish militia, has partnered with the U.S. military to fight the Islamic State (ISIS), Turkey ...