The prospects of Kurds being able to realise their aspirations for statehood have brightened. At the same time, Kurds remain ...

When Rep. Adam Smith asked his counterpart from across the Cascades to join him on a trip to Iraq, the Democrat from Bellevue got a response he hadn't often heard before. "I told him, 'Adam, I would ...

The death of Pope Francis has sent shockwaves through Iraq’s Christian community, where his presence once brought hope after ...

In the wind-swept town of Khanke in northern Iraq, a fragile tree stands as a quiet symbol of resilience. Its slender trunk ...

"We see this historic step as a long-awaited justice and a positive step towards achieving justice," said President Abdul ...

Syrian Kurds are set to demand a federal system in post-Assad Syria that would allow regional autonomy and security forces, a ...

The opposition Republican People's Party, which has resisted ... Ankara says it has won assurances that the Kurds of northern Iraq will not be allowed to make a bid for independence from Iraq ...

The Kurds, mainly Sunni Muslims, speak a language related to Farsi and live mostly in a mountainous region straddling the borders of Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. In Iraq, they have their ...

An initial commitment to a Kurdish state was ignored and the Kurdish people were forcibly partitioned between Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Winston Churchill, who was Colonial Secretary in 1920 and ...

In 2018, Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) factions took control of Afrin from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG ... by the Islamic State for their religious beliefs in Iraq and Syria ...

but complement the relations that all of these countries have with the entire state of Iraq and with the government in Baghdad.” When asked whether the international community should continue ...