Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...

Iraq’s semi-autonomous north is grappling with a severe economic crisis, with many residents forced into massive personal debt.

The agreement marked a major victory for Damascus in its quest to unify the country, as violent unrest continues to grip ...

In a new find under five historic homes in the Iranian city of Abarkuh, archaeologists discovered an underground settlement ...

At least 973 civilians, including women and children, have been killed in Syria in recent days as forces of the new ...

Kurds in the Middle East have been in a state of limbo since Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, gave his pioneering speech in late February. In his ...

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 ...

Youngsters hold a photograph of the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, Abdullah Ocalan as they gather to watch live on a tv screen a Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The bodies of four more mountaineers who went missing in Iran’s western Kurdistan province on Friday have been found, the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS ...

(CNN) — Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party ... northern Iraq and Iran. Ocalan was captured in 1999 in Kenya by Turkish authorities ...

and geopolitical considerations between Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran. As a result, the US must carefully assess the broader implications of its actions, particularly regarding the global supply-demand ...