Kurds (Kurdish: کورد, romanized: Kurd) or Kurdish people are an Iranic [36] ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in West Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, …

Jan 31, 2025 · Kurd, any member of an ethnic and linguistic group concentrated in the Taurus Mountains of southeastern Anatolia, the Zagros Mountains of western Iran, portions of …

Kurdish is a language of the Northwestern Iranian group which likely separated from the other dialects of Central Iran during the early centuries AD (the Middle Iranian period). Kurdish in …

Aug 16, 2019 · Kurdish forces fought against the Islamic State when it began to capture Iraqi towns in 2014. Today, the Kurds are spread across four nations. Who are they? The world’s …

3 days ago · W ith 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. …

2 days ago · QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are …

The Kurds are one of the world’s largest peoples without a state, making up sizable minorities in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Their century-old fight for rights, autonomy, and even...

Kurds (Kurdish: کورد, romanized: Kurd) or Kurdish people are an Indo-European [1] [2] [3] ethnic group indigenous to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans …

Kurdish history is deeply intertwined with the geography and the politics of the modern Kurdish regions. The contiguous Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria sit in the north central …

Despite a history marked by marginalization and persecution, many Kurds hold onto hope of achieving their people’s century-old quest for independence. How have they been shaped by …