For ethnic Kurds living in Japan, a smartphone camera turned in their direction is an unwanted reminder of the growing onl ...

In late March, members of Japan's Kurdish community gathered at a park just outside Tokyo to celebrate "Newroz," or "New Day," a festival marking the start of spring and the Middle Eastern ethnic ...

Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), met with family members on the occasion of ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Mohammad Hussein al-Jassim (Abu Amsha), the notorious commander of the Suleiman Shah Brigade, ...

In Turkey's Kurdish Heartland, Distrust Erodes Peace Process Hopes By Daren Butler DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what ...

Kurdish-led forces that control large swathes of northern Syria said nine people from the same family were killed Sunday night in a bombing it blamed on Turkey. “A Turkish occupation aircraft bombed a ...

Established in 1961 in Sanandaj, the Kamkar Family is one of the most recognized musical groups in Iran, celebrated for their Kurdish and Iranian music repertoire. The Kamkars, led by Hushang Kamkar, ...