(Bloomberg) -- On a plane back to Turkey following his capture in 1999, Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan declared that he loved his country and “would serve it if required.” More than a quarter ...

U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led forces say they have come under fresh attack in several places by a Turkish-backed militia, even as Washington seeks a lasting cease-fire. By Lara Jakes and Eric Schmitt Lara ...

“Snow has fallen on the mountains you dreamed of.” This Turkish saying describes a situation where something that was long hoped for or dreamed of has finally become reality, but it comes with ...

The Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (IKRG) Masrour Barzani has yet to meet with Pres. Biden or VP Harris, despite the clear commonalities between the US and the Kurdish people.

A group of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) lays down and destroys their weapons in Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq on July 11, 2025. A group of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) lays down and destroys ...

The Kurdish Barometer, a part of the Diyarbakır based Kurdish Studies Center, has shared its first study with the public. The research was conducted in Adana, İzmir, Ağrı, Kars, Ankara, Malatya, ...

In Syria, there's been a major development as U.S.-backed Kurdish forces who have controlled part of the country for more than a decade have agreed to be incorporated into the Syrian state. Syria's ...

IRBIL, Iraq — Residents of Iraq's semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region went to the polls in long-awaited parliamentary elections Sunday under the shadow of ongoing rivalries, economic instability ...

In January, hundreds of ISIS prisoners attempted to break out of a prison in Syria. US-backed Kurdish forces responded, quelling the jailbreak after 10 days of fighting. The Kurdish response and US ...

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN ...

A teenage dissident trailed behind a group of smugglers in the borderlands of western Iran. For three days, Rezan trekked a rocky mountain range and walked through minefields along a winding path ...