Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have agreed to stop fighting in the northern city of Aleppo, after a wave of attacks left at least two civilians dead and several ...

Iraqi Kurdistan-based General Yazdanpanah says calls for “decentralization are meaningless, as they will not ensure Kurdish rights in Syria being upheld, nor will they provide Kurds with freedom." The ...

QANDIL, Iraq (AP) — A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with the Turkish government. The statement delivered ...

The Kurdish militant PKK said Sunday it was withdrawing all its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq, urging Ankara to take legal steps to protect the peace process. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) ...

Turkish businesses hope rapprochement between the Syrian government and Syria's Kurdish minority will open up new opportunities for trade. Despite recent breakthroughs, that might still take some time ...

Thousands of people in Kurdish-controlled northeastern Syria demonstrated in Qamishli, supporting their autonomous administration and demanding decentralisation for all of Syria. Talks between ...

The Kurdish language has faced many challenges in recent history, including being banned at different times in Turkey, Iraq and Syria, with heavy restrictions often placed on Kurdish-language media ...

Syria’s new government will not take part in planned meetings with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Paris, Syria’s state news agency has reported, as tensions mount between the two ...

A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a small but hugely symbolic gesture that marks the beginning of an end to a ...

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The Kurdish group PKK announced on Monday that it will fully disarm and disband, ending its decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state, according to the Firat News Agency, an outlet linked ...