Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is an icon to many Kurds but a "terrorist ...

Kurdistan will, at best, find itself in an unstable region and, at worst, will be surrounded by hostile powers resentful of its independence and disputing both its borders and claim to resources.

Due to sensitivities over the abandonment of the insurgency, the fighters will destroy rather than surrender their weapons.

As the president’s traditional support wanes, he is seeking a risky deal with the Kurds to buy a political lifeline. But is ...

Russia eyes new oil deals in southern Iraq to expand its influence beyond Kurdistan and replicate Iran-style long-term energy pacts.

Erdogan says the probe tackles what he calls a corrupt network that is like 'an octopus whose arms stretch to other parts of ...

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party says the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will take a first formal step toward disarmament on ...

Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Friday reiterated his decision to boycott Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary ...

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Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed founder of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey, has called on his followers to ...

Iranian President Pezeshkian told Tucker Carlson that Israel attempted to assassinate him, linking it to efforts to derail ...

Turkey's Defense Ministry said five soldiers have been killed by methane gas in northern Iraq. They were searching a cave Sunday for the remains of a fellow soldier killed by Kurdish militants ...