The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sees the upheaval in neighboring Syria as an opportunity to thwart Kurdish nationalism.

Instead, they are spread across Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. Kurds have been struggling for autonomy for more than a century, and all four of these countries in one way or another have denied them ...

The Forbes Magazine report highlights that despite pressure from pro-Iran factions in Baghdad pushing for a full withdrawal of U.S. forces, the Kurdistan Region remains a steadfast partner. The ...

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

Within this context, the Turkish media and government have launched a smear campaign against Kurdish forces by associating them and their demands with Iran’s dictatorial regime in order to push ...

Nearly 7 million Kurds are trapped inside Iran’s extremist Shi’ite regime ... over 20 million Kurds were declared Turkish. Kurdish autonomy achieved its greatest recognition in the 2005 ...

from Iran’s oppressed Kurdish ethnic minority, Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said: “The international community must immediately urge ...

Iran has given temporary reprieve from execution to Kurdish activist Pakhshan Azizi, but the uncertainty has only increased the agony of her family, rights activists said. Ms Azizi, 40 ...

Instead, they are spread across Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. Kurds have been struggling for autonomy for more than a century, and all four of these countries in one way or another have denied ...