A leadership dispute within the Change Movement (Gorran) has escalated as the party’s two rival factions disagree over the ...

Kurdish leaders affiliated with the PKK are more cautious about dissolving the party. They believe it is unwise to abandon 45 ...

The United States’ new consulate in Erbil will enhance diplomatic cooperation with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Iraq, a US State Department spokesperson said on Monday.

The complex history of the Kurdish people, from nomadic tribes to modern-day struggles for autonomy and recognition.

OP-ED. The Kurdish people are at a decisive moment in their history, oscillating between hope and skepticism about their ...

Masoud Barzani, the leader of Iraqi Kurdistan’s ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party, fully welcomed Öcalan's call to lay down his arms, writing that "peace is the only right way to resolve ...

Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year ...

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, eastern Turkey, western Iran and small ...

Early in the morning on March 19, dozens of armed police officers showed up at my door with a detention order. The scene ...

Reliant on government wages, the KRG’s 1.2 million civil servants feel pressured to support the region’s dominant parties, the Kurdistan Democratic party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

In Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces ... Kurdish groups also feel hope in the recent call by the jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader to end the multi-decade war that has cost so ...