As IS fighters methodically swept through Ninewa, people hoped in vain for protection from Iraqi or Kurdish troops, but both forces deserted ... including Christian, Yezidi, Turkmen, Shabak, ...

QAMISHLI, Syria — Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance during ...

Kurds in Turkey are expecting their imprisoned leader to announce a ceasefire soon, ending decades of war between Kurdish rebels and the Turkish government. But Turkey’s president has not made c ...

Men play cards at a coffee shop in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, which is controlled by the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. QAMISHLI ...

The Kurds, one of the world’s largest populations without a state of their own, have been feeling some control over their lives and want to make that permanent with a new government in power.

The main Kurdish-led force now controls about 25% of Syria. An autonomous authority runs day-to-day affairs of the region that many Kurds call “Rojava Kurdistan” or “western Kurdistan”.