In the case of the Kurds, despite the division, sentiments of solidarity and expressed desire for self-determination in the ...

The mountains of northern Iraq have for years been a sanctuary for Kurdish militants fighting a decades-long insurgency ...

While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has acknowledged the ceasefire as a potential step toward peace, he has also ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has sought to position Turkey as an energy hub, connecting gas producers to its east and south ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed Iraq’s Prime Minister to reopen the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline. The U.S. and its allies ...

As a partner in the "Our Media" project, IPS Communication Foundation/bianet has collaborated with organizations from Bosnia ...

After the Kurdish PKK militant group’s founder Abdullah Ocalan urged it to disband, hopes of peace are rising – but the path to that goal will still be thorny, experts warn.

After a 40-year conflict with Turkey that has killed 40,000 people, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known as the PKK, declared ...

There has been a major development in an armed conflict that has raged for decades between Turkey and a Turkish Kurdish group. The group's founder has called for followers to disarm and dissolve.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would not allow any further humanitarian aid into Gaza.

In Diyarbakir, residents express optimism over the PKK’s ceasefire decision, following the call by jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan for disarmament. This development could potentially end a 40-year ...