Though tied by a strong Kurdish identity and goals of increased cultural and political autonomy, Kurdistan is fractured both along state and political lines.

For far too long, American policymakers have tiptoed around the Kurdish question, hesitant to fully endorse independence for fear of regional backlash or instability. But the realities on the ground ...

The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

The threat level for Kurdistan remains high, especially for Erbil Airport, the U.S. Consulate-General, major hotels, dams, ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday ...

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced on Monday that it will disband and disarm following its more than four-decade insurgency against the Turkish state that has resulted in the deaths of over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Syrian military soldiers roam the city of Tabqa in the Raqqah countryside after its capture by the Syrian Army. Moawia Atrash/dpa ...

Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, will now get 24-hour electricity Masrour Barzani, prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government, gives a press conference More than ...

Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, will now get 24-hour electricity — Safin HAMID More than 30 percent of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region now has 24-hour state electricity, ...

Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, will now get 24-hour electricity - Copyright AFP/File GABRIEL BOUYS Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous ...