After its four-decade insurgency against Turkey's government, the Kurdistan Workers' Party has symbolically laid down its ...

Thirty Turkish Kurdish Workers Party PKK fighters destroyed their arms on Friday in a highly symbolic ceremony celebrating ...

A group of 30 Kurdish fighters have ceremonially burned their weapons in northern Iraq, marking a major step toward ending a ...

This history has a clear lesson: without addressing the Kurds’ cultural, linguistic, and political demands, achieving peace and stability in the Middle East is impossible.

1) Kurds may prove a powerful explosive in any coup the Communists may try in the unstable Middle Eastern nations, particularly Iran and Iraq (last week, in addition to his other troubles, Iran ...

Authoritarianism in the Middle East To grasp the Kurds’ potential as stabilizing actors, one must understand the recent political history of the region.

A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a ...

Across the Middle East, Kurds are celebrating Nowruz, a traditional holiday marking the arrival of spring and the new year, which has reached new heights of public celebration this year. Members ...

Ocalan’s anti-Israel stance is well-known, as his group was based in the Bekaa Valley in the 1980s, cooperating wit h the ...

One of the Middle East’s most intractable conflicts may be nearing its end, with ramifications that will be felt far and wide. For half a century, Kurdish militants have fought Turkey for ...

The conflict with Iran is the latest in a decades long series of regime change operations, long-term entanglements, and all-out wars.