An anonymous official told Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency that the flogging came as punishment for possessing alcohol - ...

A popular singer in Iran was given 74 lashes for a song which slammed Iran’s strict dress code for women. Mehdi Yarrahi ...

ISTANBUL — Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has ...

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 ...