Why Syria’s Kurds are inclined to negotiate with Damascus
As the Syrian regime continues to make advances in the country's south and expand the area it controls, government forces have deployed soldiers along the border with Jordan near Daraa ...
Iraq’s Kurdistan may postpone referendum in return for concessions: Official
Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region may consider the possibility of postponing a planned referendum on independence in return for financial and political concessions from the central government in Baghdad. madaresharghi _ ...
Kurdish film on Sinjar to mirror Yezidi pain in US festival
A Kurdish film has found its way to Action on Film Festival (AOF) in the United States to present the actual pain inflicted to Kurdish Yezidis at the hands of ...
Establishing Kurdish state would serve U.S. interests: analyst
According to Turkish political analyst Mahmut Bozarslan, U.S. Special envoy to the anti-IS coalition Brett McGurk’s statement that Washington was against the referendum of Kurdistan Region and its independence from ...
Ankara would not attack Syrian Kurds: expert
A Turkish political expert believes Ankara would not launch any attacks against Kurds in Syria and would create a safe zone on its borders with Syria instead in order to ...
Syrian Kurds are not fighting for independence: Salih Muslim
The co-Leader of Syrian pro-Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), Salih Muslim, stated that the goal of the Kurds in the north of the country is not to become independent, adding ...
Kurds are represented in government: Turkish president
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed claims that Kurds are not represented in the Justice and Development Party (AKP)-dominated government. “We don’t have such a problem,” Erdogan remarked during a ...
KRG not concerned by Turkey’s reactions to independence vote
Cengiz Candar There's a potential conflict looming for Turkey that hasn't been getting the attention it deserves, especially as it would involve one of Ankara's very few remaining regional partners: ...

