On 2 March this year, Yanar Mohammed, a prominent feminist figure in Iraq, was shot dead outside her home by two gunmen – the latest in a string of activists killed, likely by units of the Popular ...

Photographer Valentina Sinis was given rare access to an all-female Kurdish battalion living and training inside hidden mountain tunnels, where fighters say they are ready to act if war spreads across ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdish Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) said late Wednesday that 35 of its members remain in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces announced a new agreement on Friday with the country's central government in Damascus to ...

Most fled during brutal crackdowns, making harrowing escapes using safe houses and even swimming winter rivers to cross the border and join ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Kurdish community and other protesters attend a demonstration against Syrian President Ahmed al‑Sharaa and recent ...

Leading Kurdish figures shared their views on challenging Iran’s clerical regime, envisioning a post-Islamist era and ...

PJAK, which has been fighting the Iranian regime from a network of hidden bases since it was founded in 2004, embodies the ...

Syrian government forces make their way towards Hasakeh city in the northeast on January 20 — Bakr ALKASEM Syria's government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces agreed a new ceasefire on ...

QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Security forces affiliated with Syria’s Interior Ministry continued Tuesday to deploy in Kurdish-dominated areas in northeastern Syria as part of an agreement between Damascus ...

As tensions between Iran, the United States and Israel continue to escalate, Kurdish armed groups along the Iran-Iraq border are bracing for what they believe could be a new phase of conflict. Reports ...