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 ...

They have now reached another turning point. Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) has called on his ...

Two million Kurds flee, but are forced to hide out in the mountains as Turkey closes its border. April 1991 – (IRAQ) A safe haven is established in Iraqi Kurdistan by the United States ...

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK ... has killed more than 40,000 people since the PKK – now based in the mountains of northern Iraq – launched its armed insurgency in 1984.

This headline alludes to works of literature to illustrate political realities, beginning with Ernest Hemingway's “A Farewell to Arms” and up to the Kurdish author Ronak Murad's famous novel about the ...