Kurdish political parties came together in eastern Syria on Saturday in a historic meeting that represents a major shift for the region. This is because the Kurdish groups are also preparing for ...

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met members of the pro-Kurdish DEM party for the first time since 2012. The talks, which took place on Thursday, were part of efforts to end a 47-year ...

Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with Kurdish-led forces to integrate them into state institutions as it tries to unify the country’s diverse communities ...

Israel has been a steady supporter of the Kurdish cause, especially in Syria. While the Palestinian issue has long shaped Middle Eastern politics, recent events have opened new opportunities for ...

Even from the island prison where he has spent the past 26 years, Abdullah Ocalan still wields power over the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the rebel group he founded to fight for a Kurdish ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire on Saturday in what could mark a significant boost to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish militant leader jailed by Turkey who called on Thursday for his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to dissolve and all groups to lay down arms, is an influential figure ...

Ocalan's letter was read out on big screens in Diyarbakir and other mainly Kurdish cities Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdish group PKK, has called on his movement to lay ...

The fall of Bashar Assad to Islamist-led rebels has raised the prospect of Turkey intervening in Syria against Kurdish forces accused by Ankara of links to armed separatists. "We will do what's ...

A Kurdish separatist leader who has spent decades in prison appears to be keen to take up a surprise offer from his archrival. Devlet Bahçeli — a political veteran and close ally of Turkish President ...

Lawyers acting for a woman who accuses President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s are requesting a DNA sample to determine if his genetic material is on a dress she wore during the encounter.