The SDF commander is confident that "the Druze issue can only be resolved through diplomatic and political means" ...

Interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa faces complex challenges in reuniting Syria under an Islamist-led government. The nation's diverse ethnic and sectarian makeup, including Sunnis, Alawites, Druze, ...

Sharaa's hopes of stitching Syria back together under the rule of his Islamist-led government are complicated by the country's mix of sectarian and ethnic groups.

The violence underscores the government’s challenge to assert nationwide control as ethnic and religious tensions simmer ...

Turkish President Erdogan has made it clear that the agreement between Ankara and the Kurdish Workers Party was motivated by ...

NPR's Leil Fadel asks Mahmoud Meslat, co-chair of the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces, whether Kurds in the semi-autonomous northwest region have a voice in the new government.

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Kurds in northern Iraq largely back Israel’s bombing of Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile sites, a Kurdish journalist based in Erbil tells The Times of Israel.

ERBIL — US troops have withdrawn from two additional military bases in Syria’s northeast, further accelerating the ongoing drawdown and raising concerns among Kurdish forces over a potential ...

ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS Iran's mostly Sunni Muslim Kurdish and Baluch minorities have often chafed against rule from the Persian-speaking, Shi'ite government in Tehran.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A Kurdish PhD student returned to Sulaimani late Monday after fleeing Tehran, describing scenes of panic, shortages, and sleepless nights as conflict between Israel and ...

Strongmen rarely resolve ethnic conflicts—they use them to tighten their grip on power.