Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...

ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival on Wednesday on charges including ...

Erdoğan’s outreach to Kurdish forces may signal peace — or a bid to secure support for extending his presidency by fracturing ...

For Erdogan, securing peace would be a legacy-defining achievement, bringing stability and economic development to Turkey’s southeast while bolstering Ankara’s influence in Syria and Iraq. Yet, his go ...

Turkey's pro-Kurdish party said that President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling alliance had offered no clear steps during closed-door talks on Monday meant to advance a peace process after Kurdish militants ...

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Turkey’s foreign minister says Ankara is closely monitoring an agreement between the Syrian government and a U.S-backed ...

Officials at the al Hol camp have long warned about a lack of rehabilitation facilities to de-radicalise the young who are ...

Syria's new authorities struck a deal to integrate the Kurdish-led administration into state institutions, as they push to extend their authority across the country while offering recognition for ...

Kurds in the Middle East have been in a state of limbo since Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, gave his pioneering speech in late February. In his ...

If Ocalan's declaration does not by itself signal the conclusion of the PKK-Ankara war, what is it nevertheless likely to ...