Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have agreed to stop fighting in the northern city of Aleppo, after a wave of attacks left at least two civilians dead and several ...

Members of the Syrian Kurdish Asayish security forces stand guard at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh ...

A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with Turkey. The statement issued in northern Iraq by the Kurdistan ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Syria’s defense minister announced a ceasefire Tuesday after overnight clashes between government forces and ...

A cautious calm spread Tuesday in neighborhoods of Aleppo in northern Syria after overnight clashes between Syrian security forces and Kurdish fighters. The violence came as tensions grow between the ...

The Kurdish language has faced many challenges in recent history, including being banned at different times in Turkey, Iraq and Syria, with heavy restrictions often placed on Kurdish-language media ...

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SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey began laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony on Friday in ...

A first group of PKK militants burnt their weapons at a symbolic ceremony in northern Iraq — Shwan MOHAMMED Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a symbolic ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on ...

FOR much of the past century, as the Kurds dreamed of autonomy in Turkey and the Middle East, armed groups drove the agenda. Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the largest such group, the Kurdistan ...

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The Kurdistan Workers' Party, known as the PKK, has announced that it will disband and disarm, potentially ending four decades of bloody conflict with Turkey. The militant group said that "all ...