At the Istanbul International Book Fair, Kurdish writer Jan Dost said peace creates the space for Kurdish reading and writing to grow, as large crowds gathered around Kurdish publishers and young ...

Zozan is here to shatter unconscious perceptions like ‘some people can’t speak Kurdish,” says Bijar Koban, the creator of ...

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 ...

Members of the Syrian Kurdish Asayish security forces stand guard at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Syria’s defense minister announced a ceasefire Tuesday after overnight clashes between government forces and ...

The father of Alan Kurdi, the Syrian boy who drowned as his family tried to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, made a desperate plea for compassion for refugees in a resurfaced video. A harrowing ...

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 ...

Lubbock cardiologist Juan Kurdi will pay $1.2 million and forfeit his DEA registration after admitting to writing fake prescriptions. Kurdi obtained opioids and other controlled substances for ...

The Kurdish militant group PKK started laying down its weapons, marking the beginning of a disarmament process aimed at ending one of the Middle East’s longest-running insurgencies. A group of 30 ...

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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Kurdish militant group PKK announced Monday that it is disbanding and renouncing armed conflict as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of ...

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 ...