Kurdistan independence movement

A middle-aged man stands at a podium with the Turkish and Iranian flag behind him.

Turkey to delay Syria operation as ISIS mounts attack

December 21, 2018

President Donald Trump’s plans to withdraw US troops from Syria has drawn criticism, but NATO ally Turkey has “cautiously” welcomed the move. The decision removes a source of friction between the US and Turkey over US support for Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters.

women stand in a row, chanting and clapping their hands

Syrian Kurds left behind as Trump pulls out US troops

December 20, 2018

A Yazidi woman who joined the Kurdish Peshmerga forces sits next to rifles in the town of Bashiqa, after it was recaptured from the Islamic State, east of Mosul, Iraq Nov. 10, 2016.

Kurdish troops fight for freedom — and women’s equality — on battlegrounds across Middle East

March 19, 2018Conflict