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

On a plane back to Turkey following his capture in 1999, Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan declared that he loved his ...

The recent developments indicate the reshaping of regional security architecture in the Middle East. It also reflects the ...

With all the space devoted to local election races, this story didn’t make the print edition this week. Candidates far apart on war,other issues By Shannon Fiecke ...

Both of the major party candidates for in the Second Congressional District spent their careers protecting the security of Americans. One is a ...

Iran emerged from its eight-year war with Iraq (1980-1988) battered: its economy in shambles, no allies to count on, a ...

Nuri’s family had to flee Iran after his father shot at two Iraqi helicopters ... which wanted to cripple Kurdistan’s fledgling autonomy. As a result the region became afflicted by dire food shortages ...

A few months after the epochal fall of the Assad dictatorship, Syria remains in flux. Nonetheless, some broad outlines of ...