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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Kurds cautiously optimistic about PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey
For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...
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 ...
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Syrian government inks breakthrough deal with Kurdish authorities in northeast
Accord states US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces to be integrated into national army over a decade after formation, during ...
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 ...
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Women's Day marked in Diyarbakır with message from Öcalan
Peace was a central theme in this year’s celebrations in the Kurdish city, where Women's Day was marked for the first time in ...
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Conflict Between Turkey and Armed Kurdish Groups
If the Kurds do succeed in establishing an independent state in Syria amid the chaos gripping the region, it could accelerate secessionist movements in other Kurdish areas of the Middle East.
‘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 ...
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Christians in Syria slaughtered in their homes: Reports
According to Asia News, a Vatican-affiliated news agency that reports on Christian communities, more than 800 people, ...
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Syria’s new government strikes deal to integrate powerful Kurdish rival in landmark agreement
Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with Kurdish-led forces to integrate them into state institutions as it tries to unify the country’s diverse communities ...