Statements by the Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union, an umbrella organisation of Kurdish left organisations, and the ...

Tensions have escalated between Iraq's central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the country's ...

Komala leader Abdulla Mohtadi told Newsweek that "the regime might collapse under pressure" if the U.S. lends its support.

In his Sunday meeting, the preeminent Kurdish leader emphasized that the Kurdish people’s grievances are with successive governments in Baghdad, not with the peoples and communities of Iraq.

And each time, the consequences were devastating for the Kurdish people. This risk remains very real today and must not be overlooked. While the Turkish state appears to engage in dialogue ...

With the founding of the Kurdistan Workers‘ Party (PKK) on 27 November 1978, the struggle to overcome the annihilation and denial of the Kurdish people began. In 1984, a guerrilla war began that ...

Mutlu said the call for justice is not only about the Assyrian people, but about building peace for all of Turkey's ...

Both announcements mark a big shift in Kurdish strategy. Kurds hope that relinquishing their arms will help them negotiate for safety and political freedoms. Not everyone agrees with the new approach.

Iraq’s judiciary is nominally independent. In practice, civil society watchdogs and former officials say it answers to ...

A new United Nations report says that Iran carried out executions at “an alarming rate” last year with at least 975 people ...

The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Stalinoid party long strong in the fight for Kurdish rights in Turkey and in Syria) has announced its intention to dissolve itself and lay down arms, following a ...