In a detailed and exclusive interview with IANS, Michael Rubin, a leading expert on the Middle East, dissects the complex and ...

Ocalan’s call comes as value of armed fight diminishes, and Kurdish political participation grew – will this continue?

Some even suggest that the Turkish President will likely use Ocalan’s call as a way to persuade Kurdish voters to support a ...

For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...

It is essential for all armed elements involved in terror acts in Syria to be excluded from equation,’ says Hakan Fidan - ...

Following the call by Abdullah Ocalan to disband the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, and to lay down arms, Syrian affiliates and the PKK headquarters in Iraq remain ambivalent. What are their options?

Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.

The leader of a Turkish nationalist party has said he was arrested and detained on political grounds as part of an opposition ...

A key ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that all “affiliated groups” of the Kurdish militant group ...

A demonstrator holds a picture of jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan during a rally in Diyarbakir, Turkey, February 27, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/SERTAC KAYAR/FILE PHOTO) The ...

Turkey's top diplomat travelled to Damascus on Thursday as Ankara said foreign fighters must be expelled from Syria, after an ...