In Syria, many Kurds celebrated Nowruz in secret under Assad. With him gone, Kurdish people are throwing their biggest spring equinox party in decades. But some still fear for their safety.

Nevertheless, there remains significant potential for Israeli-Kurdish cooperation, as the so-called peace process in Turkey ...

It was a development in the Syrian drama almost as unexpected as the stunningly swift fall of the Assad regime that had ...

With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the country’s future. The recent agreement between Damascus and the Kurdish-led ...

AKRE. Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and ...

Residents of the Kurdish city of Afrin in northwest Syria were able to freely celebrate Newroz (the New Year) for the first ...

Whether Syria’s new leadership is truly seeking reconciliation — or consolidating power under a new flag — will determine whether the country rebuilds ...

On top of all this, the Syrian people are getting frustrated. Electricity supply is limited to a few hours a day. An influx ...

In 2022, Erdogan explicitly rejected the peace process between Jewish and Arab states under the Abraham Accords framework, a ...

Newroz is different because it’s the first Newroz since the fall of the Baath regime and authority,” referring to the now-disbanded Baath party of the Assad dynasty. But Syria’s Kurdish ...