Six Kurdish groups released a joint statement urging people to stage a strike on Wednesday to prevent the executions of Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi. Click here for the full story in Kurdish ...

KAWAGUCHI, Saitama Prefecture--Hate speech has again reared its ugly head, in this case against the Kurdish community living close to Tokyo. It follows an altogether familiar pattern: phone calls ...

Although Erdogan might deplore the effect on Turkey’s domestic political scene, he may yet see an autonomous Kurdish region recognized within a new Syrian constitution. WOMEN TAKE PART in a ...

ANKARA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he and Syria's newly appointed president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, had discussed in Ankara on Tuesday steps to be taken against Kurdish ...

8, 2025. The Tishrin Dam has become a flashpoint in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups, which has intensified in the weeks since the fall of former Syrian President ...

bombardment at a position near the Tishrin Dam in the vicinity of Manbij, in the east of Syria's northern Aleppo province, on January 10, 2025 amidst ongoing battles with the Kurdish-led Syrian ...

Jailed militant leader signalled readiness to halt conflict Pro-Kurdish party discussing proposals with other parties Fall of Assad in Syria transforms dynamics of any peace process Harsh ...

Turkey's Kurdish Leaders Meet Jailed Politician as the Two Sides Inch Toward Peace ISTANBUL (AP) — A delegation from one of Turkey's biggest pro-Kurdish political parties met a leading figure of ...

(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] ISTANBUL (AP) — A delegation from one of Turkey’s biggest pro-Kurdish political parties met a ...

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ISTANBUL/ANKARA - Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation of Kurdish forces in Syria and uncertainty about Ankara's ...