They’ve proven themselves to be one of America’s most reliable partners in the Middle East — but the Kurdish people still have no real homeland of their own. As Masrour Barzani, the prime ...

“We are nomads,” he says, still using the present tense despite, or perhaps because of, the fact that he's now settled in upstate New York, “a Kurdish nomadic family of hundreds of hundreds of years ...

How does this regional commotion impact a century-old quest by Kurds for statehood? In the past century, two diaspora-based states, viz. Israel and Armenia, have been created in West Asia.

They want to be the first globalized Kurds. Current trends in Kurdish music reflect that impulse. Like many nomadic peoples, the Kurds developed a strong folk music tradition they use to pass down ...

Kurdish parties agree on federalism as common political vision Kurdish-led groups control a quarter of Syrian territory Kurds have criticised path set by Islamist president Joint announcement by ...

Kurds were mostly nomadic until the end of World War I and the breakup of the Ottoman Empire. October 30, 1918 – (TURKEY) The Armistice of Mudros marks the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World ...

The story of the Kurdish people is as complex as their existence. A traditionally nomadic society spread across modern day Turkiye, Syria, Iran, Iraq, and Armenia, the Kurdish people have been ...

Back in the nomadic era, people would leave the warmth ... it holds the most significant cultural importance for the Kurdish and Alevi communities. The Nevruz is celebrated with vibrant ...

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 ...

Days later, Turkey launched a cross-border offensive into positions held by U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters, carving out a chunk of northern Syria, forcing the flight of more than 300,000 people ...

How the first excavations in an ancient city are supporting its claim as the oldest continuously inhabited place in the world The booming city of Erbil (ancient Arbela) in Kurdistan encircles the ...