World News Kurdish People Fast Facts (CNN) — Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq ...

As the new president of the Patriotic Union Kurdistan, a leading Iraqi Kurdish political party founded almost 50 years ago, I am well aware of the urgent need for leadership in the Middle East, as a ...

AKRE. Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Meghan Bodette, the director of research at the Kurdish Peace Institute, about the protests in the Kurdish region in Iran following the death of a young woman last week.

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced several pro-Kurdish politicians to between nine and 42 years in prison over deadly riots in 2014 by Kurds angered by what they perceived to be government inaction ...

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Monday it would dissolve itself, in what would be a historic move after decades of conflict with Turkey that have killed tens of thousands of people. The ...

The Barzani Charity Foundation provided food and school supplies to 300 displaced families and orphans in Syria's Afrin ...

The Iraqi parliament voted this week on a law recognizing Halabja as a province in Iraq. The law passed, which was the final step in creating this new, primarily Kurdish province, which is an ...

Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi told AFP that an internal probe showed 'no connection' with a deadly attack near Ankara — Delil SOULEIMAN The commander of a Kurdish-led force ...

Here's some background information about the Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, ...