Kurdish women are signing up for the local traffic police force in northeast Syria in increasing numbers. The development is helping to break stereotypes about the role of women in society.
The opposition and human rights observers are concerned about a surge of mass arrests that have been taking place in Turkey’s largely Kurdish area ahead of the elections on May 14.
A large number of Syrian men have migrated to Europe as a result of the deteriorating economic conditions in Iraqi Kurdistan. For the community and the women and kids left behind, this has created unique challenges
In Northeast Syria’s Kurdish city of Qamishli, hundreds of women took part in a protest on Monday in support of Iranian women condemning the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who sadly died on September 16 while in the custody of Iranian police
AA major campaign against suspected members of the Islamic State group within a camp housing IS terrorists’ families has been launched in Syria by Kurdish forces backed by the United States. Narrated by Sirwan Kajjo,VOA’s Zana Omar has the story
Thousands of Yazidis who are unable to reach their homes in the Sinjar district of Iraq’s Nineveh province are being housed in a camp near to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s city of Sulaymaniyah
The Turkish military has intensified its bombing of Kurdish forces close to the northeast Syrian town of Tal Tamr, displacing hundreds of residents
Ankara has demanded that Sweden hand up or censor journalists, lawmakers, and activists who support Kurdish “terrorists” in exchange for Turkey agreeing to Sweden’s NATO membership
Officials from the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Iraqi Central Government are planning a strategy to counter the Islamic State’s recent surge in attacks
A small inflatable boat capsized last week in the English Channel, killing 27 migrants attempting to cross from France to the UK. From Soran, Iraqi Kurdistan, VOA’s Ahmad Zebari spoke to the family of one of the victims about the tragedy’s consequences