The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

The groups include the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), Komala, the Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK), and the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK). Azizi is awaiting imminent execution for ...

Amid historical changes in the balance of power in the Middle East, at least one thing remains constant: the strategic importance of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan.

This principle is exemplified by the importance of the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon. Israel cannot allow its enemies to ...

The upcoming meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump is of great interest to ...

Syrians gathered in the iconic Umayyad Square in Damascus to protest against the presence of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Syria on ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (L) welcomes Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) with an official ceremony at ...

His son is still in charge of the dominant Kurdistan Democratic Party. Barzani helped set up a Kurdish Republic in Iran in 1946 but it was crushed - this time by Iranian soldiers -forcing the KDP ...

It would also have the benefit of strengthening American leverage over Iran and creating more pressure to change ... northern Iraq to meet with Masrour Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, ...