By bnm Gulf bureau The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has begun destroying its weapons in an unprecedented move to end armed ...

With Kurdistan's history of holding its ground despite society's belief in borders and war games in the neighboring Syrian conflict, territorial disputes were apt to erupt in Iraq. And they have.

The map of "historic Kurdistan" seems to be a reminder from the Kurdish members of Iraq's constitutional committee they don't want their people to be sidelined in the Shiite-Sunni haggling over ...

Hakan Özoğlu, a professor of history at the University of Central Florida, is the author of "Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State." Updated July 5, 2014, 10:58 AM When the collapse of the ...

Sunday, Jul 06, 2014. Dubai: If Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani’s push for independence, his intent made clear in a recent announcement, is successful and Iraq is dismembered, analysts ...

The militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) made "historic decisions" at a congress this week after a call from its jailed leader to dissolve, a linked news agency said on Friday - a potentially ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A militant Kurdish group announced on Friday that it had made “historic” decisions during its long-awaited congress earlier this week. The group, however, stopped short ...

Rise of a Kurdish state in Iraq will affect neighbouring countries with Kurdish communities The president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, Massud Barzani (C) leaves after a session of the ...

The campaign, which began over the weekend with Iraqi forces moving to control the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, has grown to include areas that Kurds had claimed after the U.S. invasion in 2003.The ...