With U.S. troops leaving Syria, their Kurdish allies against ISIS may be forced to cut new deals with Russia or Syria for protection from Turkey. Continue reading →

Iraqi Kurdish officials said Iran attacked the base of an Iranian Kurdish armed opposition group in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing at least 11 people and wounding scores more. Continue reading →

Turkey shelled targets in northern Syria on Monday and said it would swiftly crush the U.S.-backed Kurdish YPG fighters who control the Afrin region. Continue reading →

Iraq’s national army advanced overnight and took areas in and around the oil city of Kirkuk that is usually dominated by the country’s Kurdish people. Continue reading →

We can and should support a pragmatic, careful approach going forward, but we should also accept and acknowledge the desires and wishes of the Kurdish people. Continue reading →

Iraqi Kurds are expected to vote overwhelmingly in favour of seeking their own country during a controversial referendum today. Continue reading →

Iraq’s eight million Kurds are going to the polls today to decide whether to separate from Iraq. Continue reading →

A Canadian resident who fought in Syria says almost nothing that has been said about the death of a Canadian citizen there was true. Continue reading →

U.S.-backed fighters have seized a key Islamic State stronghold in northern Syria after two months of heavy fighting and freed hundreds of civilians. Continue reading →

A central Alberta woman says her family is dealing with a combination of anxiety and heartbreak as her aunt struggles to bring her young cousins home after being kidnapped and taken half a world away. Continue reading →