Here's a primer on Syria's main Kurdish groups and their PKK ties. After the start of Syria's civil war in 2011, a Kurdish armed group - the People's Protection Units (YPG) - established control ...

(CNN) — Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve the group, potentially ending a decades-long ...

Why is Turkey seeking peace now with the decades-long Kurdish insurgency that claimed tens of thousands of lives?

Jailed Kurdish Militant Leader's Message to Be Shared on Thursday By Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party will hold a press conference on Thursday to discuss talks with ...

The Iraqi Ministry of Planning on Monday announced the final results of the country's first census in nearly 40 years, showing that Iraq's population has reached 46.1 million. According to the ...

Although the conference was called to chart the country’s future, the Kurdish-led militia that controls much of Syria’s northeast was not invited. By Raja Abdulrahim and Euan Ward Reporting fr ...

U.S. pressures Iraq to restart pipeline to Turkey, halt Kurdish oil smuggling to Iran - sources Iran views ally Iraq as vital to keeping its economy afloat Kurdish oil export resumption faces ...

The Iraqi parliament recently passed a law to return occupied Kurdish and Turkmen lands. However, over the weekend, Kurdish farmers in Kirkuk were stopped by the Iraqi army while trying to work on ...

This week's action has taken place amid ongoing efforts to rekindle peace talks between Ankara and the Kurdish group, expected to include a potential call by the group’s imprisoned leader ...

Pollack, MEI’s Vice President for Policy. Our experts assessed the expansion of Turkey’s influence in Syria, the future of the Kurdish insurgency, and the potential defense pact between Syria and ...