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

The government faces a dilemma over what to do with civil-war-era prisons and detention camps that hold thousands of ISIS ...

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

Barham Salih, a former Iraqi president who fled persecution under Saddam Hussein, has been appointed the next U.N. High ...

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 ...

A decades-old case has come back to haunt Turkey, as Europe’s top rights court says a man's life sentence was built on an ...

On the first anniversary of liberation, the Kurdish Ashti Music Group (Peace) presented a series of performances Tuesday evening at ...

I'm thrilled to announce exciting updates for The Kurdish Ball on December 22nd at Dream Lounge London! We have singer Matti ...

With Syria's new leadership emerging as a key U.S. partner, American troops in the country find themselves amid a complex ...

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has recommended former Iraqi President Barham Salih to become the next head of the ...

Critics say Syria’s fledgling government is hobbling military preparedness as it redoes the country’s forces from scratch.

The Kurdish short film "Deryayî Hîvî" (Sea of Hope), directed by Jubrail Abubakr, won Best Film at the New Cinema Amsterdam Festival, selected from 2,300 submissions across 110 countries.