At the start of the 20th century, most of Kurdistan was controlled by the Ottoman and Persian empires, which kept tight control over the Kurds and other ethnic minorities. During World War I ...

Lebanese state media report an Israeli strike hit Beirut’s southern suburbs; Doctors of the World official laments lack of ...

Ankara, worried about the consequences of the US-Israeli escalation of the war against Iran and across the Middle East, has ...

While the Turkish ruling elites wanted to strengthen their hands and tighten their ranks in the face of the escalation of the ...

The semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq on Wednesday officially began a campaign phase for its parliamentary elections scheduled for October 20. The vote, which was rescheduled five times due ...

Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack targeting Israel over the weekend revealed the United States has deployed a MIM-104 Patriot missile defense system in Iraqi Kurdistan. If that is ...

By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Turkey’s interior minister said it was “most probably” the Kurdistan Worker’s Party ... or get banned from world sports. With money from an oil boom, Norway, a ...

Iraqi Kurdistan is seen as a relative oasis of stability in the turbulent Middle East and has historically been attractive to foreign investors thanks to its close ties to the United States and ...

Residents of Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region are going to the polls in long-awaited parliamentary ...

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A 40 day old baby girl who died in the English Channel ‘slipped’ from her father’s hands as he attempted to hold her. Baby ...

By David Pierson Turkey’s interior minister said it was “most probably” the Kurdistan Worker’s Party ... or get banned from world sports. With money from an oil boom, Norway, a force ...