Five major Iranian Kurdish groups have united, raising new questions about whether they could open another front against Tehran from bases in northern Iraq. For now, the White House denies U.S.

Across global demonstrations and in thousands of videos posted online, Kurdish women and their allies have begun braiding their hair in honor of a female Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Joy, tradition and culture are expected to fill Portland’s Living Room in late April for a special celebration deeply rooted in Kurdish heritage. The Newroz Festival on ...

SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq - On Day 6 of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, President Donald Trump addressed questions about reports of an imminent ground invasion of the Islamic Republic by Kurdish forces. Trump ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Nizar Amidi, a Kurdish politician, was elected Iraq’s president Saturday, ending a political deadlock more than ...

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Iranian attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan have revealed the autonomous region’s air defense vulnerabilities. During the war between Iran, the United States, and Israel, Iran and its Iraqi Shia militia ...

AL-MONITOR is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Today, Turkey and Iran mistrust each other deeply and have backed opposing camps in wars and political disputes in Iraq, Syria, and the South Caucasus. Yet unlike some of the Unit ...

Iraq's parliament voted Saturday to elect Nizar Amidi, a political official with one of the country's two main Kurdish parties, as president, five months after a parliamentary election that didn't ...

QAMISHLI, Syria — The former dividing line between Syrian government territory and Syrian Kurdish forces — a landmark previously approached with caution in this north eastern city — is now a busy ...