such as the use of the Kurdish language and traditional dress. Kurds defied this effort, seeing it as an affront to their cultural freedom. In 1946, they rebelled and formed the Kurdish Mahabad ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

We spoke with Dizeyee about her journey into fashion and her efforts to bring traditional Kurdish clothing to the global stage. How did you first become interested in fashion? Where does your passion ...

The Iraqi parliament controversially passed three laws as a package on Tuesday: the amended personal status law, a general amnesty law, and the repeal of Ba'athist decisions on Kurdish land in ...

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 ...

Syria’s new defence minister has said it would not be right for US-backed Kurdish fighters based in the country’s northeast to retain their own bloc within the broader integrated Syrian armed ...

(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 ...