"We're preserving the coexistence and pluralism that was in Iraq," Benjamen said. Born and raised in Kirkuk, an oil-rich ...

Unfortunately, new policymakers in Damascus are of the view that strengthening ties with Turks is more important than getting all the Syrian political groups on board. Also, Damascus thinks that with ...

The discussions underlined Baghdad’s retreat from constitutional commitments, the economic challenges facing the region, and ...

Supporters of the revolution in Rojava, Oğuz Yüzgeç and Sercan Üstündaş spent the last three years in a Damascus jail.

The Anfal genocide, one of modern history's darkest chapters, claimed 182,000 Kurdish, Assyrian, Shabak, Turkman, Yazidi, and Mandean lives and destroyed 4,500 villages.

Omer immigrated to Canada in 2017, but his connection to his homeland remains strong. Before arriving, he was a vocal critic ...

Over the last two decades, developments in the Middle East have helped transform the Kurds’ struggle for greater recognition and even self-determination from a country-specific issue to a ...

The Tishrin Dam has become a flashpoint in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups, which has intensified in the weeks since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar ...

IRBIL, Iraq — The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups met in northern Iraq on Thursday in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a time when the political upheaval in Syria has ...

The meeting, confirmed to The New Arab by Kurdish officials and first reported by Al-Monitor, is the first such engagement in years and comes amid shifts in Syria's political landscape following the ...

These words were a reference to the current reconciliation process between Turkey's government and Kurds, which was initiated about three months ago by Erdogan's coalition partner Devlet Bahceli, ...

NATO ally Turkey has emerged as the dominant state power in a new Syria, and is seeking to press its advantage by bombing and occupying more Kurdish territory. Mourners attend the funeral in ...