List of Kurdistan articles
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11175027_1029449750441187_7108925820326483876_n Worst Vacation Ever for Australian Anti-ISIS Vigilante
It turns out taking a Euro-trip isn't the best idea for foreign fighters in Syria.
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Luv_BWcrop960460 Helly Luv
For making the Peshmerga's fight go viral
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Erdogan Erdogan’s Big Night
The Turkish president's party defied the polls, guaranteeing its political dominance for years to come.
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PKK-488192770 Blood On the Ballot
As Turkey heads to parliamentary elections on Sunday, the country’s Kurdish heartland is hoping to defeat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the ballot box — even as some young Kurds say a guerrilla war is their only hope against the government.
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GettyImages-492144878 crop Kurdistan’s Democracy on the Brink
Iraqi Kurds have long prided themselves on their relatively high standards of governance. But now that reputation is under threat.
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A picture taken on August 17, 2015 shows buildings that were damaged during fighting between Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and the Islamic State (IS) group's militants in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, west of the city of Mosul. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images) Report Finds Kurdish Wins Against Islamic State Come at High Cost
Arab residents of villages reclaimed by Kurdish forces are being systematically pushed out of their homes.
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GettyImages-489321700_960 Erdogan’s Deadly Ambitions
The Turkish president has revived a civil war, purged opponents, and buried a corruption investigation, all in an effort to consolidate power. Will his drive to rule send the country over the edge?
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KOBANE, SYRIA - JUNE 20: (TURKEY OUT) A Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG women fighters pose as they stand near a check point in the outskirts of the destroyed Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, Syria. June 20, 2015. Kurdish fighters with the YPG took full control of Kobane and strategic city of Tal Abyad, dealing a major blow to the Islamic State group's ability to wage war in Syria. Mopping up operations have started to make the town safe for the return of residents from Turkey, after more than a year of Islamic State militants holding control of the town. (Photo by Ahmet Sik/Getty Images) Kurdish Fighters: We’d Really Appreciate if you Came to Syria to Help Fight ISIS
Kurdish fighters answer questions from the general public, and make the case for foreign volunteers to join their group.
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GettyImages-476224440 crop How Low Will Erdogan Go?
Turkey’s voters are, once again, about to spurn their president. How he reacts will define the country’s future.
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pkk Turkey’s Kurdish Guerrillas Are Ready for War
With peace negotiations in tatters, the insurgency's leaders are preparing for a long and bloody conflict against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government.
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iraq Iraq Is Not a Lost Cause
A senior U.S. official recently said that my country might need to be partitioned. He couldn’t be more wrong.
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Sevres Map Forget Sykes-Picot. It’s the Treaty of Sèvres That Explains the Modern Middle East.
Ninety-five years ago today, Europe carved up the Ottoman empire. That treaty barely lasted a year, but we're feeling its aftershocks today.
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GettyImages-474780954crop Jabhat al-Nusra Abandons Fight North of Aleppo as Turkey and U.S. Plot ‘Safe Zone’
The al Qaeda affiliate's withdrawal is the latest development in a shifting balance of power in northwestern Syria.
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Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart listens during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill February 26, 2015 in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing to discus the current worldwide threats that face the US. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) Top Pentagon Intel Officer: Iraq ‘May Not Come Back as an Intact State’
The DIA director also warned that Washington may have to choose between the Kurds and Turkey.
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GettyImages-475295638_960 Turkey’s Two-Faced Deal
The new agreement between Ankara and Washington is just a smokescreen for the latest campaign against the Kurds.
