WASHINGTON - Kurdish leaders in Iraq and Syria are pledging to collaborate closely to advance Kurdish rights in Syria ...

US Central Command said its chief met with Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria and urged the repatriation of foreign Islamic State group fighters, as Kurds battle Turkey-backed groups in the region.

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Hoshyar Zebari, a senior Kurdistan Democratic Party official, described the meeting between KDP leader Masoud Barzani and ...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was visiting Tajikistan on Thursday to seal a rapprochement with the Central Asian state after years of frosty relations.

Mazlum Abdi, the commander of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), is set to meet Masoud Barzani, the former ...

Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s, the Blue ...

The cause of the blast in Balikesir is being investigated but sabotage has been ruled out An explosion at an ammunition and explosives factory in north-west Turkey has killed at least 12 people ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A man carries goods at Eminonu commercial area, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024 as Turkey’s ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Turkey’s central bank lowered its main interest rate for the first time in almost two years, pointing to ...

(AP video by Robert Badendieck) A boy pulls a cart to collect items as he scavenges in the Kadikoy district in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A girl sells flowers ...