A couple of men explore the ancient site of Khenis, which was built around 700 B.C. by the Assyrian king Sanharib. Francesco Lastrucci “The Kurds have no friends but the mountains,” a Kurdish ...

The Mahabad Republic, founded by Qazi Muhammad, survived only with support from the Soviet Union and military assistance from Iraqi Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani out of Iraq. But less than a year ...

The war in Syria and Iraq has thrust the Kurds into the spotlight and highlighted again the divisions and alliances between the many factions Iraqi Kurdish supporters of the PKK demonstrate ...

The Iraqi parliament voted this week on a law recognizing Halabja as a province in Iraq. The law passed, which was the final step in creating this new, primarily Kurdish province, which is an ...

MURSITPINAR Turkey/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Kurdish defenders held off Islamic State militants in Syria's border town of Kobani on Sunday, but the fighters struck with deadly bombings in Iraq ...

Iraqi Kurds holding lit torches walk up a mountain during a procession to celebrate their Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in Akra, Iraq, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) AKRE.

(photo: Department of Defense) The most enduring images of atrocities against the Kurds took place in Iraq, where Saddam Hussein planned a genocidal campaign against them. Ali Hassan al-Majid ...