Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week marked the Newroz festival ... Persian festival that is celebrated in countries including Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. It is characterized by ...

Three weeks after jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan urged his militants to disband, Turkey's Kurds were celebrating ... gathered to dance and celebrate Newroz, marking the arrival of spring.

Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year conflict with Kurdish militants are stoking distrust among Kurds.