In Moorhead, growing Kurdish population builds culture with the only class of its kind in Minnesota
Two dozen national flags fly in Zak Amin’s classroom. As an English Learner teacher at Moorhead High School, Amin wants his students to feel seen, so these flags reflect the homelands of students ...
Kurdish Fighters Called a Truce, but Turkey Kept Up Lethal Strikes
Turkey is still bombing armed Kurdish insurgents in Iraq and Syria, even after their leader urged them to lay down their arms ...
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The Kurdish issue in Syria and the future of Turkey’s role in the Levant
With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the ...
Syrian surprise deal with Kurds creates ripples felt near and far
It was a development in the Syrian drama almost as unexpected as the stunningly swift fall of the Assad regime that had ...
Turkey says it will closely monitor a Syrian government deal with a Kurdish armed group
Turkey’s foreign minister says Ankara is closely monitoring an agreement between the Syrian government and a U.S-backed ...
Syrian Government Signs Breakthrough Deal With Kurdish-Led Forces
The agreement marked a major victory for Damascus in its quest to unify the country, as violent unrest continues to grip ...
Syria’s new government strikes deal to integrate powerful Kurdish rival in landmark agreement
Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with Kurdish-led forces to integrate them into state ...
‘This is a civil war’: Syria’s Kurds watch nervously as new violence spreads
More than 1,000 people have been killed in sectarian violence in Syria’s Latakia region. For the Kurds, the bloodshed only ...