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

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time ...

Authorities have suspended water distribution in the district of Koya east of Erbil, after the detection of crude oil contamination in the Lesser Zab River, affecting over 100,000 people, local ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon ...

Iraqi Kurds holding lit torches walk up a mountain during a procession to celebrate their Nowruz, the Persian New Year, Akra, ...

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week marked the Nowruz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when ...

Video. Celebrations filled Iraq’s Kurdish region on Thursday as people gathered to mark Nowruz, the festival that welcomes ...

Celebrations filled Iraq’s Kurdish region on Thursday as people gathered to mark Nowruz, the festival that welcomes spring ...

Residents of the Kurdish city of Afrin in northwest Syria were able to freely celebrate Newroz (the New Year) for the first ...

Listen to political scientist Pinar Dinc explain what’s led to the PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey on The Conversation Weekly ...

An Iranian man jumps over a firework celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the ...