Scores of military-minded westerners have flocked to the Kurdish-dominated enclave of Syria in recent years – armed and ready to defeat the jihadist threat that is the Islamic State.

Dr. Simon Ross Valentine is a freelance writer writing a book on the peshmerga. Email: [email protected]. Lt. Colonel Nahida Ahmad Rashid is a top ranking female commander in the peshmerga, the ...

In Iraq, A Kurdish Warrior-Diva Sings Against ISIS, Despite Threats : Parallels She goes by the name Helly Luv and made her latest music video — a tribute to Kurdish fighters battling ISIS ...

Syrian authorities and a Kurdish-led force exchanged more than 400 prisoners on Monday as part of a deal reached earlier this year between the two sides. The exchange is a step in the process of ...

U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish forces said on Thursday that Turkish attacks had killed eight people in an escalation prompted by a bomb attack in Ankara claimed by Kurdish militants.

Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with Kurdish-led forces to integrate them into state institutions as it tries to unify the country’s diverse communities ...

The Kurdish insurgent group PKK in Turkey says it will lay down its arms and disband after a decades-long fight that killed tens of thousands. Latest U.S.

Kurdish activist and anti-racism group stage a protest against the recent shooting at the Kurdish culture center, holding Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, flag in Paris, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022.

Since 2012, pupils can ask for two hours of Kurdish lessons Some parents say requests not met, schools can't find teachers Teachers' union says families fear stigmatisation if they ask Turkey may ...