The party hopes to push itself from its urban comfort zone and listen to rural communities around the commonwealth at a ...

Opinion: The world’s response in Sinjar was not perfect, but it was decisive, and it saved thousands of lives. That is a ...

As Europe and the U.S. seek to reduce reliance on Russian energy as well as Iranian oil and gas, Ankara is moving quickly to ...

Ten months after the elections, the prospect of a new government in Iraqi Kurdistan seems as remote as ever, pointing to a ...

With tanks and drones clashing in the streets, Iraqi Kurdistan’s rule of law is at risk as Kurdish factions led by rival ...

Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara has hit two walls of resistance – one Kurdish, and one Druze – in his drive to consolidate power since the fall of the old regime almost nine months ago. The former ...

Post-2017 referendum fears of Kurdish independence, Ankara’s insistence on “full usage” of the ITP, and Baghdad’s push for a ...

Yet they responded with ballots, not bombs. In a 2017 referendum, 93 percent voted for independence. Baghdad rejected the ...

Syria’s most destabilizing rift may be the dispute between the government and the Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led militia that gained control of a large swath of territory in northeast Syria ...

Earlier, the group’s press service issued a communique reporting that Kurdish fighters had repelled an attack on their command post in the city of Al-Junaynah on Sunday ...

Damascus is still trying to crack down on ISIS threats, and fund people who have returned from displaced persons camps. The ...