Security forces from the new Islamist government in Damascus deployed Saturday around a strategic dam in northern Syria, ...

NASHVILLE, United States - Kurds gathered in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday to celebrate the Kurdish New Year (Newroz). The ...

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Syrian Kurds are set to demand a federal system in post-Assad Syria that would allow regional autonomy and security forces, a ...

Syrian Kurdish groups are uniting to push for federalism and constitutional guarantees of Kurdish rights in talks with ...

Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year conflict with Kurdish militants are stoking distrust among Kurds.

Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is on the horizon ...

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U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters stands on their vehicles, as they withdraw from two neighbourhoods in Syria's northern city of ...

Exclusive-Kurds to Push for Federal System in Post-Assad Syria By Orhan Qereman QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian Kurds are set to demand a federal system in post-Assad Syria that would allow ...

QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian Kurds are set to demand a federal system in post-Assad Syria that would allow regional autonomy and security forces, a senior Kurdish official told Reuters ...