Kurdistan

Smoke rises over the Syrian town of Kobani after U.S.-led airstrikes targeting ISIS militants, Oct. 18, 2014. - credit: Reuters

From Kobani to Kirkuk: The Kurdish Struggle for Rights and Land

Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran have large Kurdish minorities seeking varying degrees of autonomy from central governments after decades of repression

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Asuncion, Paraguay, December 2, 2018.

Turkey-backed Syrian Rebels Attack Kurdish-held Area, Repelled by 'Heavy Shelling'

The operation marked an escalation on one of the most complicated theatres of the multi-sided Syrian war

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia April 8, 2019.

Pro-Kurdish Lawmaker Injured as Turkish Police Disperse Election Protest

Last week, the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) said it was being targeted in an 'organised political plot'

A fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fires a truck-mounted gun toward a part of Baghouz where remaining Islamic State (IS) group fighters are holding out in their last position, in the countryside of the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor on March 18, 2019

Damascus Threatens Kurds With Military Defeat, Iran Demands U.S. Leave Syria

The Iranian and Syrian military chiefs were speaking after a meeting in Damascus that also included their Iraqi counterpart

The image of fighter with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is reflected on a broken mirror in the town of Baghouz, on the frontline of fighting to expel the Islamic State group from the area, in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, on March 12, 2019

Explained Syria's Kurds Defeated ISIS and Were Abandoned by Trump. Now They Must Look to Russia

Syria's Kurdish leaders hope for a political deal that would safeguard their autonomy and shield their region from Turkish attack

A large explosion is seen as Kurdish fighters fire weapons at Islamic State held territory in Baghouz, eastern Syria in this still image taken from a video published March 4, 2019

WATCH Dramatic Footage of Firefight Between Syrian Kurds and ISIS Caught on Tape

The footage shows fighters firing machine guns at ISIS-controlled territory as a large explosion took place and fires were burning in distance

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the United Solidarity and Brotherhood rally in Gaziantep, Turkey, August 28, 2016.

Opinion For Turkey, All Kurds Are Terrorists

Turkey's hatred of the Kurds means we have been shut out of international efforts to find a political resolution to the conflict in Syria

Dilbar Ali Ravu, 10, is kissed by his aunt Dalal Ravu after Yazidi children were reunited with their families in Iraq after five years of captivity with the Islamic State, Saturday, March 2, 2019.

Yazidis Reunite With Family in Iraq After Five Years of ISIS Captivity

The women and children are among thousands of civilians who emerged in the past few days from the last speck of territory held by Islamic State

A man is frisked by a U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter after being evacuated out of the last territory held by ISIS, near Baghouz, eastern Syria, February 22, 2019.

Fear for Civilian Lives Slows Effort to Recapture Last ISIS Stronghold in Syria

Explaining his group's plan to continue evacuating civilians from final ISIS stronghold, a spokesperson for the U.S-backed Syrian Democratic Forces vowed not to end 'moral victory over Daesh with a massacre.'

Trucks carry civilians near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria, February 22, 2019.

Kurds Welcome U.S. Plan to Keep Peacekeeping Force in Syria

Poised to complete civilian evacuation of last ISIS stronghold, Kurdish forces say even small American presence will stabilize turbulent region

PJAK and KODAR co-leaders Zilan Vejin (left) and Zilan Tanya pose at an undisclosed location in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Between Erdogan and the Ayatollahs, These Women Lead the Kurdish Battle for Freedom

On the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution, leaders of the insurgency outline vision of 'radical decentralization'

FILE PHOTO: Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) celebrate the first anniversary of their capture of Raqqa province from Islamic State, in Raqqa, Syria Ocotber 27, 2018.

Amid Battle, Thousands of Civilians Trapped in Islamic State's Last Remaining Pocket in Syria

'There are fears over the lives of thousands who are stranded,' head of Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says

Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces attend the funeral of a fellow fighter from the Kurdish women's protection units. northeast Syria, February 9, 2019.

U.S.-backed Forces Launch Final Battle to Defeat Islamic State in Syria

Offensive begins after more than 20,000 civilians evacuated from last pocket the terror group holds in the east of the war-torn country

A Coalition convoy of U.S. led international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stops to test fire Syria, November 22, 2018.

U.S.-backed Syrian Fighters Capture Three ISIS Militants, Including German National

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces says it also captured a Saudi Arabian and an Egyptian

American troops look out toward the border with Turkey from a small outpost near the town of Manbij, northern Syria, February 7, 2018.

Islamic State Targets U.S. Convoy in Northeast Syria

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the blast targeted a convoy of the U.S.-led coalition and U.S.-backed Kurdish-led fighters

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. soldier sits on an armored vehicle behind a sand barrier at a newly installed position in Manbij, north Syria, on Wednesday, April 4, 2018.

Turkey-backed Rebels Await 'Zero Hour' to Attack Syrian Kurds in Manbij

The YPG fear the U.S. withdrawal will open the way for a threatened Turkish attack into northern Syria, including Manbij

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, July 11, 2018.

Trump Threatens to 'Devastate Turkey Economically if They Hit Kurds'

Erdogan's spokesman fires back: 'Terrorists can't be your partners and allies'

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, January 3, 2019.

'Ridiculous Delay' Turkey Issues Ultimatum to Trump: Pull Out of Syria or We Strike

Washington has repeatedly said its Kurdish allies will remain safe despite the withdrawal

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks with Masoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in the province's capital Irbil, Iraq, January 9, 2019.

Pompeo Seeks to Reassure Kurds on Syria Pullout in Surprise Iraq Visit

'It's important that we do everything we can to ensure that those folks that fought with us are protected,' secretary of state says in Iraqi Kurdistan, amid Turkish threats

Syrian Kurds wave the Kurdish flag in support of the independence referendum. Northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli, September 26, 2017

Explained Is Trump About to Become the Third U.S. Leader to Betray the Kurds?

Over the past century, Kurds have gotten close to setting up their own state or autonomous regions on several occasions, only to have their dreams shattered after being abandoned by world powers

A member of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) takes part in a demonstration alongside Syrian-Kurds in the town of Amuda, some 30 kilometres west of Qamishli, a Kurdish-majority city in northeastern Hasakeh province, against a military operation by the Turkish army against the Kurdish YPG forces in Syria's Afrin, on January 21, 2018

Erdogan Calls Kurdish Fight Against ISIS 'Huge Lie' - Hours After Deadly ISIS Bombing on Kurdish Base

Islamic State said one of its suicide bombers killed some people on Monday at a military base in Syria's Raqqa city, which is under control of a U.S.- backed and Kurdish-led militia

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, January 8, 2019.

'Serious Mistake': Erdogan Snubs Bolton Over Syria Kurds, Blasts U.S. for Double-speak

'Elements of U.S. administration are saying different things,' Turkish president tells lawmakers, after Trump aide said Syria pullout was conditioned on Turkey ensuring the safety of Kurdish fighters

Kurdish Official Asks for U.S. Clarifications Over Syria Withdrawal

Speaking to The Associated Press from northern Syria Monday, Badran Jia Kurd says the Kurds have not been informed of any change in the U.S. position

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Washington

Trump Accuses Syria's Kurds of Selling Oil to Iran Then Vows to Protect Them

In recent days, Trump appeared to back off from any hasty pullout from Syria and stressed that the operation would be slow

Kurdish protesters holding portraits of loved ones who died fighting ISIS, during a protest outside a U.S.-led coalition base, in Jalabiya village, southeast of Kobani, Syria. Dec. 20, 2018

Opinion Backing Trump on Syria, America's So-called 'Progressives' Are Enabling a Kurdish Genocide

By applauding Trump gifting northern Syria to a theocratic, tyrannical Erdogan, fatuous self-styled 'anti-imperialists' are complicit in the torture, abductions, killings and ethnic cleansing of Kurds that will follow

File Photo: Members of the Kurdish internal security forces stand on their vehicle in front of a giant poster showing portraits of fighters killed fighting against the Islamic State group, in Manbij, north Syria, March 28, 2018.

Syrian Military Announces It Has Entered Manbij, Kurdish-held Town Bordering Turkey

Main Kurdish militia invited government to seize the town in order to prevent a Turkish attack in wake of U.S. decision to pull out of Syria ■ Kremlin welcomes move, as U.S.-led coalition says announcement is 'incorrect'