Daily Mail9d
Bloody history of the Kurds
With no country to call their own, Iraqi Kurds have been overpowered in clashes with Turkey, Britain and Iran, and have been systematically persecuted by Saddam Hussein's regime. Parts of the ...
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History Suggests Kurds Are Key to Peace in the Middle East
Often times, the result was violent conflict and repression. This history has a clear lesson: without addressing the Kurds’ cultural, linguistic, and political demands, achieving peace and ...
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Bloody history of Iraq's Kurds
With no country to call their own, Iraqi Kurds have been overpowered in clashes with Turkey, Britain and Iran, and have been systematically persecuted by Saddam Hussein's regime. 1923 saw the ...
The Blogs | The Times of Israel12d
Why Öcalan’s Call Presents Historical Opportunities and Risks for Turkey’s Kurds
These meetings culminated in Öcalan’s February 27 statement, in which he urged his organization to lay down arms and abandon ...
The New York Sun10d
Is This the End of Turkey’s 40-Year Conflict With the Kurds?
Kurdistan Workers Party, in a major development, declares a ceasefire following a call from its imprisoned founder, Abdullah ...
Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
In northeast Syria, revelers took to the streets after the announcement of a breakthrough deal between the central government ...
rudaw10d
Kurds have undeniable influence in the region: Iranian scholar
Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurds are an important factor in the region and can no longer be ignored ...
The Washington Post4d
Syrian president signs deal with Kurds, grapples with sectarian killings
It recognizes Kurds, who make up about 10 percent of the population, as “an indigenous community of the Syrian state” and guarantees them full political and constitutional rights. The deal ...
UPI13d
Cease-fire halts decades-old conflict between Turkey, Kurds
March 1 (UPI) --The militia wing of the Kurdistan Workers Party announced a cease-fire with immediate effect Saturday to halt decades of conflict between Turkey and the Kurds. The cease-fire ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph15d
Joy and fear among Kurds in Iraq, Syria after Ocalan's call to disarm
In a potentially seismic shift in Kurdish history, veteran leader Ocalan sent ... except for a few photos from his jail cell. The Kurds, an ethnic minority with a distinct culture and language ...
Syria: Breakthrough deal with Kurds shifts regional alliances
A ceasefire between Syria's Kurds and the government in Damascus ends hostilities and grants first-time rights to the ...
rudaw23d
Kurds say individuals invited to Syrian dialogue don’t represent them
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Individuals from Hasaka appointed to represent their province in Syria’s National Dialogue Conference do not represent Kurds, Kurdish activists and politicians said as ...