The leader of the PKK militant group, Abdullah Ocalan, is ready to strike a deal with Turkiye. The pro-Kurdish political party says PKK is ready to make a historic call and end decades-long conflict.

The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

A highly-anticipated call for a possible de-escalation from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) leader, who is ...

An Apache helicopter patrolled the outskirts of the city of Hassakeh as a heavily loaded pickup truck, filled with displaced ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greeted al-Sharaa, who was dressed in a suit and a red tie - an apparent nod to the ...

Syrians gathered in the iconic Umayyad Square in Damascus to protest against the presence of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eastern Syria on ...

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Syrian National Army (SNA) forces clash with PKK/YPG (PKK listed as a terrorist organization by Turkiye, the U.S. and the EU and YPG which Turkiye consider as the extension of PKK in Syria ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Hugh by emailing [email protected] President Trump's State Department has enacted a "one flag policy," banning U.S. embassies and overseas ...

WASHINGTON — It’s time to take pride in the American flag again, President Trump’s State Department said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday banned flying any other flags ...

The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said ...