Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

Kurds in the new Syria hope to preserve cultural rights they gained in years of war - Kurdish leaders are negotiating with ...

Syrian Kurds, long marginalized under Assad rule, are pushing to cement their cultural and political gains in the post-Assad ...

High in the mountains of northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region lies Amedi, a stunning fortress town that seems frozen in time.

A Kurdish artist from Syria has found a market for her artwork made from repurposed bottles after moving to Germany.

HÜDA PAR has launched a new initiative in Batman to preserve and promote the Kurdish language. The organization has started a ...

Northeast Syria, he said, is enduring a silent tragedy. The region is struggling to cope with the influx of internally ...

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The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

After years of destruction, Mosul’s historic landmarks, including the al-Hadba minaret and al-Nuri mosque, have been restored ...

Sacred Fig is the type of work that is monumental simply for existing — but it’s also a gripping political thriller that is ...