For performance artist Livia Gazzolo, her heritage as a Kurdish American born in Evanston has shaped every aspect of her life ...

Verisheh Moradi, a member of the Community of Free Women of Eastern Kurdistan (KJAR) who previously fought against the ...

Iraqi Kurdistan-based General Yazdanpanah says calls for “decentralization are meaningless, as they will not ensure Kurdish ...

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, does not want to risk that. Letting out Selahattin Demirtas, a Kurdish politician and former presidential candidate, would have been a less controversial ...

The United States has inaugurated a massive new consulate compound in Irbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s Kurdish region.

Iran’s Supreme Court has annulled the death sentence of Kurdish women’s rights activist Wrisha (Varisheh) Moradi due to legal ...

Efforts to broker peace between Turkey and the Kurdish militant group PKK have had a "positive impact" on Syria's Kurds who ...

The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and integrate into a national military force. By Christina Goldbaum In their ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Air quality in cities across the Kurdistan Region has improved compared to previous years, Kurdish ...

Every Thursday, WTTW News newsletter producer Josh Terry highlights his picks for the week’s must-see cultural events.

BAGHDAD — An attempt to push through legislation needed to hold Iraq’s provincial elections in the fall ended in disarray Tuesday when Kurdish lawmakers walked out of parliament over voting provisions ...

"Mr. Kurd, go ahead," President Donald Trump said Wednesday as he called on a Kurdish reporter to ask a question during a press conference at the United Nations in New York. And the reporter loved it.