The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national ...

Turkish forces killed 24 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and Syria over the past week, the defence ministry said on Thursday, continuing attacks in the region after a disarmament call from the PKK ...

"To be honest, the Alawites clearly ask for international protection," a former Syrian diplomat told Newsweek.

Following the call by Abdullah Ocalan to disband the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, and to lay down arms, Syrian affiliates and the PKK headquarters in Iraq remain ambivalent. Kurds in the Middle East ...

Regionally, the move could redraw the map of alliances, especially if it succeeds in achieving a Turkish-Kurdish ...

Their hopes were raised after the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, on Saturday declared a ceasefire in the 40-year ...

The group, the P.K.K., made its declaration days after its long-imprisoned leader urged the movement to disarm and disband, ...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK ... They also have a significant presence in northern Syria, northern Iraq and Iran. Violence flared in the country in August 1984 when fighters from the PKK ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - All Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria, including U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish forces, must lay down their weapons after the peace call from the jailed leader of the outlawed ...

Ocalan's call for disarmament, if acted on by the PKK, is likely to have far-reaching implications for the entire Middle East, including for millions of ethnic Kurds living in Syria, Iraq and Iran.

While Ocalan's call raises hopes for ending decades of conflict with Turkey, questions remain about the future of Kurdish ...

Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his militant group to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of l ...