Autonomous regions exist in many different contexts around the world. While some countries decide to embrace autonomy fully ...

With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the country’s future. The recent agreement between Damascus and the Kurdish-led ...

Two dozen national flags fly in Zak Amin’s classroom. As an English Learner teacher at Moorhead High School, Amin wants his students to feel seen, so these flags reflect the homelands of students ...

said Aspari fled religious and political persecution from the Islamic Republic because he is Kurdish. Kurds are an ethnic and religious minority in Iran. His entire family, including his mother ...

Despite their shared desire for self-determination, the plight of the Palestinian people attracts far more media and academic ...

The South Korean Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was Illegitimate as his conduct, while partially unconstitutional, did not constitute a ...

2. Kurds are an ethnic group of around 40 million people, with estimates varied greatly. They are centred in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They speak several dialects of Kurdish, a language that is ...