The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and ...

Syrian Kurds, long marginalized under Assad rule, are pushing to cement their cultural and political gains in the post-Assad ...

Families enjoy an amusement park in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, which is controlled by the US-backed and ...

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

For a while, Turkish media affiliated with Erdogan’s government have been spreading false and misleading information linking ...

Mothers can now give children Kurdish names. The Kurdish language is taught in schools. The new year, Nowruz, can be celebrated openly. The Kurds, one of the world’s largest populations without ...

Turkish police have detained 10 senior officials from opposition-run district municipalities in Istanbul, accusing them of ...

Women march during a rally to mark the 2019 killing of Kurdish politician Hevreen Khalaf by Turkey-backed opposition fighters, in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.

QAMISHLI, Syria — Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance during ...