Rolling his cigarette between sips of tea, Suleyman Ilcan is excited about a message from jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan ...

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

With a population exceeding 30 million, the Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without their own state. Instead, ...

Organizers of a national conference to chart Syria’s political future say it will include all segments of Syrian society ...

Syrian Kurds, long marginalized under Assad rule, are pushing to cement their cultural and political gains in the post-Assad ...

Organizers of a national conference to chart Syria’s political future say it will include all segments of Syrian society except for the Kurdish-led administration in the northeast and loyalists of the ...

QAMISHLI, Syria — Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance during ...

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With a population exceeding 30 million, the Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without their own state. Instead, they are spread across Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. Kurds have been ...