The deal placed many Kurdish-inhabited areas under French control, while the British were slated to control the region east of Kirkuk. Additionally, the European powers planned on turning the ...

ANKARA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he and Syria's newly appointed president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, had discussed in Ankara on Tuesday steps to be taken against Kurdish ...

Kurdish leaders in Iraq and Syria are pledging to collaborate closely to advance Kurdish rights in Syria following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime last month. In a rare meeting ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The joint deployment of Iraqi and Kurdish forces has curtailed Islamic State ...

Six Kurdish groups released a joint statement urging people to stage a strike on Wednesday to prevent the executions of Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi. Click here for the full story in Kurdish ...

This would include developing a “shared strategy to confront security threats in the region,” he said, specifically mentioning northeastern Syria, which is controlled by a Kurdish-led militia ...

Jail in NE Syria holds some 4,500 detainees, many foreigners Kurdish force: IS tried to attack jails twice since Assad fell Kurdish officer says sharing control of jail 'not acceptable' HASAKAH ...

bombardment at a position near the Tishrin Dam in the vicinity of Manbij, in the east of Syria's northern Aleppo province, on January 10, 2025 amidst ongoing battles with the Kurdish-led Syrian ...

The Kurdish forces guarding ISIS fighters at a jail in northern Syria say they are opposed to handing the facility to the new rulers in Damascus as they brace for attacks by the ultra-hardline ...

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Exclusive-Syrian Kurdish Forces Oppose Handing Jihadist Jails to Islamist Rulers By Orhan Qereman HASAKAH, Syria (Reuters) - The Kurdish forces guarding Islamic State fighters at a jail in ...

(Beirut) – Two ethnic Kurdish women, Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, face possible imminent execution in Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. “Iranian authorities are using the death ...