Kurdish groups in Iran and Iraq have faced incredible hardships. They have persevered. Now they sense that their moment has ...

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

A stateless ethnic group of more than 30 million people, their homegrown militia has a reputation as an effective fighting force ...

The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran and the Trump administration ...

Spread across Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey, the ethnic group of 40 million has long sought, and fought for, greater autonomy.

Ancient Greek mercenaries under Xenophon clashed with mountain tribes linked to the ancestors of the Kurds in 401 BC.

As US-Israeli strikes continue, attention is turning to Iran's Kurdish units, now united in an unprecedented coalition. But the Kurds' history, marked by fragile alliances and betrayals, fuels both ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With a population exceeding 30 million, the Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without their own state. Instead, they ...

Iraqi Kurdish officials have told The Associated Press that thousands of battle-hardened Kurds in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran with U.S. backing.

But the air campaign alone, while devastating, is unlikely to bring that about, so Washington appears to be assessing if it ...

With the Iranian regime weakened by relentless American and Israeli missiles, Washington is eyeing a familiar U.S. ally in ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - German journalist Tobias Huch, author of a bestselling book on the Kurds, has sharply criticized US and European policies toward the Kurds and urged Kurdish political leaders ...