Commenting on the possibility of easing the detention conditions for PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving a life sentence on Imrali Island in the Sea of Marmara, Tunc clarified that "any individ ...

As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

The leaders of the autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq on Sunday commemorated the Halabja massacre of Kurds that ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister said Friday that Ankara is closely monitoring an agreement between the Syrian ...

For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...

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Public sector workers in Iraqi Kurdistan, a semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq, have endured irregular and delayed salary payments for more than ...

The image of the two men meeting, having discarded their military uniforms and put on suits, illustrates how leaders can ...

"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

A thousand paratroopers from the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade parachuted into Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq under ...

Strengthening ties between the Kurds and Israel could counterbalance Turkish and Iranian ambitions, promote regional ...