without discrimination based on race, religion, gender or lineage.” But many Kurds were unhappy that the text does not explicitly recognize Kurdish rights. Mizgeen Tahir, a well-known Kurdish singer ...

His group was known for its religious Islamic conservativism and its former connections ... A separate post online said that Education Minister Mohammad Abd al-Rahman Tarko is Kurdish. He was born in ...

Syria’s new education minister, the only Kurd in the cabinet, wants to bridge gaps between the federal education system and ...

“In Aleppo, there are Kurds, Christians, Yezidis, and many ethnic and religious groups,” Hamude says. “These groups face severe danger. HTS doesn’t accept these minorities, and force women ...

The delegation reaffirmed the strong and enduring ties between the Kurdistan Region and both the UK and the EU. They ...

This aggressive Turkish policy poses a direct threat to the existence of all non-Sunni, secular, and hybrid societies, including Kurds, Jews, and other ethnic and religious communities.

On Saturday, ethnic tensions rose after anti-Kurdish slogans were chanted at an Alawite religious gathering in West Azerbaijan’s Urmia at a ceremony where Alawites were marking the martyrdom of ...

ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Scores of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters left two neighborhoods in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo Friday as part of a deal with the central government in Damascus ...

The Kurdish people are at a decisive moment in ... room for autonomy or self-governance for Kurds and other ethnic and religious minorities. However, memories of brutal violence by ISIS and ...

AKRE. Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time when many are hoping that a new political beginning is ...