Toronto-based Kurdish artist Roda Medhat pushes the boundaries of fabric into the realm of sculpture, exploring the ways in which traditional West Asian textiles can be translated into various media.

Kurdish forces detained the woman in March 2019, and she ​was held with family members in the al Hol refugee camp, police say ...

Today, Turkey and Iran mistrust each other deeply and have backed opposing camps in wars and political disputes in Iraq, Syria, and the South Caucasus. Yet unlike some of the Unit ...

Iranian Kurdish political groups and armed factions have publicly rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that they kept U.S. weapons intended for Iranian protesters, calling the allegation false and ...

The Kurds are a stateless ethnic group with a significant presence across the Middle East, long accustomed to navigating the region's volatile geopolitics. While there are no official census figures, ...

Kurdish residents of northeast Syria warn Iran’s Kurds against aligning with the US to fight the Iranian government, citing their own experience in Syria in recent months as evidence their Iranian ...

Kurdish forces may attack Iran, but only if the US and Israel guarantee political and military backing for their people. US officials and regional sources say US President Donald Trump spoke with ...

10:49, Thu, Mar 5, 2026 Updated: 10:52, Thu, Mar 5, 2026 Tensions in the Middle East have raised new questions about the role of Kurdish groups as the conflict involving Iran continues to escalate.

As the anti-ISIS Coalition embraces Syria, the Kurdish role in the war on ISIS in Iraq and Syria also deserves recognition. Saudi Arabia hosted a meeting of senior diplomatic and defense officials ...

Thousands of Syrian Kurds gathered in the northeastern city of Qamishli on Sunday in a show of solidarity ahead of the implementation of a recent agreement with the Syrian government. On Friday, ...

Iran is a multiethnic state — yet its leadership has failed to find an answer to recurring protests, minority grievances and deepening environmental crises. The extent of the violence used by the ...

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