Kurdish Fighters Called a Truce, but Turkey Kept Up Lethal Strikes
Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...
Ancient Kurdish tradition lives on in Nashville’s Newroz Market
Newroz Market sells made-to-order specialties -- including shawarma -- along with shelved delicacies shipped from across the ...
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Iran Marks 37th Anniversary of Saddam Hussein's Chemical Attack on Halabja
The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement in remembrance of those killed in a chemical attack by ...
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SDF says nine civilians killed in Kobane airstrike
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Monday that at least nine members of a ...
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Kurdish leader Ocalan issues message from prison, urging PKK to disarm to make peace with Turkey
In the predominantly Kurdish cities of Diyarbakir and Van in southeast Turkey, people gathered in public spaces, dancing in anticipation of the announcement. They had hoped to watch it on large ...
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Notorious militia leader assaults Kurdish citizen in Afrin
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Mohammad Hussein al-Jassim (Abu Amsha), the notorious commander of the Suleiman Shah Brigade, ...
Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
Monitoring groups said hundreds of civilians were killed in revenge attacks, primarily targeting members of the Alawite ...
‘This is a civil war’: Syria’s Kurds watch nervously as new violence spreads
More than 1,000 people have been killed in sectarian violence in Syria’s Latakia region. For the Kurds, the bloodshed only ...
VOA Kurdish: Syrian Kurds concerned following attacks on Alawites
Following the recent attacks carried out against civilians in the Alawite-majority region in Syria’s coastal region, many ...