The Kurds deserve better — how the US can support an ally’s bid for freedom By Mike Pompeo Published May 20, 2025, 6:55 p.m. ET ...

For the Syrian Kurds, reports of a looming Turkish attack together with an incoming Trump administration raise fears of a 2019 redux.

Syria Biden missing in action as Turkey inches closer to full-blown war against US-allied Kurds in Syria ‘Leave the Kurds alone. The Kurds are America's friends… most responsible for ...

Any such shift would imperil the Kurds’ efforts to implement a unique form of women-led, grassroots direct democracy throughout the region formally known as North and East Syria, repeating the ...

In neighboring Turkey, Kurds comprise about 18% of the population and have been severely oppressed by successive governments, including the current administration of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The Kurds, a distinct ethnic group living in Syria, Turkey, Iran and Iraq, need the US’s attention now.

NPR's Leil Fadel asks Mahmoud Meslat, co-chair of the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces, whether Kurds in the semi-autonomous northwest region have a voice in the new government.

QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Representatives of Kurdish groups in Syria called Saturday for a democratic state that gives the country’s Kurds their ethnic rights after the fall of Bashar Assad. Some ...

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 on the horizon ...

The Kurds’ project long claimed to offer a third-way alternative in Syria, beyond both authoritarian Islamist forces like ISIS and HTS and the yet more brutal Assad regime.

We created Justice for Kurds in 2018, after Turkey’s attack on the Syrian region of Afrin, to defend and pay tribute to one of the West’s most loyal friends. The Kurds are among the few ...