The Kurdistan Workers’ Party Tells TPS: ‘We Had Nothing to do with the Attack...

An official in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) denied that the organization had anything to do with Sunday’s terrorist bombing in Istanbul.

Iran Attacks US Consulate in Kurdistan, Claims Target Was Mossad Base

“Two bases of the Israeli Intelligence and Special Operations Organization (Mossad) in the city of Erbil in the Iraqi Kurdistan region were targeted by missiles.”

Fewer Kurdish than Iraqi Women Are Victims of Domestic Violence in the Age of...

The number of women who have filed domestic violence reports in Iraqi Kurdistan has decreased since the start of the pandemic.

300 Shiite & Sunni Iraqi Leaders Condemned Widely for Call to Join Abrahamic Accords

Sheikh Rissan al-Halboussi from Anbar province said that "normalization with Israel is now a necessity."

Lindsey Graham Blocks Armenian Genocide Resolution on Behalf of Erdogan

Graham, who didn't look happy as Trump's errands boy, said, "I do hope that Turkey and Armenia can come together and deal with this problem."

Deputy FM Hotovely: Israel Actively Helping the Kurds

Israel has “a vested interest in maintaining the Kurds’ and other minorities’ power in the northern Syria region as moderate and pro-Western elements who have proven their value many times over the years.

Russia Deploys Troops to Syria-Turkey Border with Goal of Removing Kurdish Fighters

“What [Russian President Vladimir] Putin wants is a resolution to the Syria crisis on his terms,” said Anna Borshchevskaya of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “And he is closer to that resolution.”

Kurds Withdraw from Syria-Turkey Border Region Amid Tentative Ceasefire

Erdoğan: Turkey will resume its assault in northern Syria “with determination” when the U.S.-brokered ceasefire expires on Tuesday if all Kurdish forces have not withdrawn from the Syria-Turkey border region.

Pence, Erdogan, Give Kurds 120 Hours to Vacate War Zone; Pompeo: Won’t Happen to...

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz: "Of course, what is happening in Syria should remind us of one principle - that we must maintain our ability to defend ourselves."

Israelis Protest in Solidarity with Kurds of Northern Syria

The demonstrators held picket signs that referred to the Holocaust, with some of the signs reading, “Never Again.”

Nasrallah: Anyone Who Counts on America Will End Up Like the Kurds

"“It is a message for all the region’s people and all those who bet on the Americans."

Senators Across the Aisle Draft Anti-Turkey Sanctions

Graham believes there would be more than enough votes to override a presidential veto: "Who the hell supports Erdogan over the Kurds?"
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Turkey Launches Military Offensive Against Kurds in Syria

The Kurdish civilian administration in northeastern Syria issued a “general mobilization” call on Wednesday, in preparation for a full-blown Turkish invasion.

Turkey Started Bombing Syrian Kurds, Turkish Troops Deployed Across Border

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Monday denounced Trump's decision to pull US troops out of northeastern Syria, calling it a "stain on America's honor."

Trump Warns Turkey ‘Not to Hit Kurds’ in Syria, Threatens ‘Economic Devastation’

Erdogan has been threatening and planning for months to send the Turkish army into northern Syria on a mission to annihilate the Kurdish defense forces there.

US Troops Pullout Plan Not Ready, Turks Eager to Massacre Kurds – Ready or...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that the thousands of Turkish troops amassed along the Syrian border would attack whether the US is out or not.

Erdogan Refusing to Meet Bolton in Ankara over ‘Dishonorable, Ugly, Vulgar and Defaming’ Comments

"It is impossible to accept the message given by Mr. Bolton in Israel," Erdogan told members of his ruling party.

Trump Troop Pullout Decision Follows Syrian Kurds’ Selling Oil to Iran

I didn’t like the fact that they’re selling the small oil they have, to Iran. And we asked them not to sell it to Iran.... I'm not happy about that at all."

Shaked ‘Hopes Kurds Win Battle Against Turks’

“They are allies and I hope that they will win in their battle against the Turks."

Syrian Kurds Arrest German Terrorist Tied to 9/11 Plot

In 1996, Zammar visited Afghanistan for a second time, to formally join al-Qaeda, on the personal invitation of Osama bin Laden.
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Kurdish Fighters Blow Up Turkish Tank [Video]

Turkey has been attacking the Kurds in Afrin, in an attempt to drive them out of the region.

Turkish Warplanes Destroy Kurdish Targets in Syria

Last week, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared that Turkish forces would enter Syria, with Russia's consent, to "vanquish" the Kurdish militia that control Afrin, along the Turkish border.

Update: Hundreds Dead, Thousands Injured, People Sleeping in the Streets After Iran-Iraq Earthquake

Israel's last major earthquake struck in 1927, killing 130 in Jerusalem, but there are many minor quakes each year.

Abandoned by US, Kurds Surrender to Brutal Mid-East Math, Give Up Secession

The Trump Administration's urgent warnings against Kurdish independence convinced the Iranian-backed militias and the Iraqi government they had a green light from Washington to invade Kurdistan without fear of American intervention.

Iran Claims Kurdistan Referendum Was US-Israeli Conspiracy

Ali Akbar Velayati, a top advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, on Tuesday told Tehran Times that the US and the "Zionist regime...

Kurds Vote ‘Yes’ on Independence from Iraq, Turkey Threatens Israel

“If Israel does not reconsider its support for Kurdish independence, Turkey will not be able to take many steps we would have with Israel, too."
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War Is Looming as Thousands of Kurds in 4 Countries Take to the Streets...

All of Kurdistan's neighbors have been advancing military units towards its borders, possibly scheming to repeat the attempt in 1948 by seven Arab states to choke the fledgling State of Israel.

Iraqi Kurds Ignore Threats to Vote in Historic Referendum on Independence

The hunger for a state of their own dates as far back as the time when the Ottoman Empire was broken up after World War I and European nations divided the territory.

Watch: Iran, Turkey Target Iraqi Kurds Before Independence Referendum

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel "clearly differentiates between the PKK and the legitimate efforts of the Kurdish people."

Lapid Urges Israel to Recognize Kurdistan, Stop Groveling Before the Turks

Lapid also said Israel must let go of what he called a “misguided dream” it will build a gas pipeline to Turkey.

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