Turkey said on Sunday it had killed 23 Kurdish militants in northern Syria, the latest in a series of strikes against them which have continued since US President Donald Trump took office last month.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A lawmaker from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party said on Sunday that the Kurdish issue is not limited to the laying down of arms by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK ...

was a message from Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan when he last met his family, his nephew told Rudaw in an interview on Thursday. “If the Kurdish issue is resolved ...

Washington’s decadelong relationship with Kurdish-led forces in Syria is opposed by Turkey. Ankara says the People’s Defense ...

The PYD and its YPG armed wing, now the backbone of the multi-ethnic SDF, originated as an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, commonly known by its Kurdish acronym, the PKK. Turkey and ...

The Turkish Defence Ministry said the 23 militants killed by Turkey's armed forces in northern Syria belonged to the YPG militia and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK. Turkey regards ...

Syrians gathered in the iconic Umayyad Square in Damascus to protest against the presence of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Syria on Friday,.

is spearheaded by the YPG - a group that Turkey sees as a terrorist organisation and an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) that has fought the Turkish state for 40 years. Since the ...

The resumption of exports is also expected to ease economic pressures in the Kurdistan region, where the halt has led to salary delays for public sector workers and cuts to essential services.

But the policy backfired as it led to the establishment of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and the goal of independence from Turkey. A turning point came when the party embraced armed conflict and ...

Abdi said the Kurds of Syria do not want to break away from the country or set up their own autonomous government and ...

fighting alongside the PKK/YPG – the Kurdish Workers’ Party or People’s Protection Units. As a result of the escalating violence, the number of newly displaced people has increased to ...