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A female Kurdish fighter from the Iranian Kurdish armed faction Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) passes a poster of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), at a site near the Iraqi border with Iran in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on March 8, 2026. (Photo by AFP)
March 9, 2026, 4:34 pm
Kurdish rebels say they’re prepared to ‘resist’ Iran, while awaiting uprising
Holed up in Iraqi mountains, militants voice ambivalence about US intervention but say they’re in contact with Americans; no current plans for ground offensive
By AFP
Member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan PDKI stands at a checkpoint leading to their base in Koya district of Irbil, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
March 5, 2026, 12:42 pm
Iran says it hit Kurdish forces in Iraq, as some groups plan to join fight against Tehran
Kurdish dissident groups say the US has asked them to support its efforts against the regime; Iran warns it will not tolerate ‘separatist groups’ and claims it damaged headquarters
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Security forces reporting to Syria's transitional government patrol the streets of Dummar, a suburb of the Syrian captial Damascus, on January 15, 2025. (Bakr Alkasem/AFP)
January 19, 2025, 4:18 pm
Syrian defense minister rejects Kurdish proposal for own military bloc
US-backed Kurdish force demands ‘decentralized administration,’ refuses to dissolve itself in face of interim government’s efforts to unify armed forces
By Reuters
File: A picture shows the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh governorate, during a security operation by the Kurdish Asayish security forces and the special forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces, on August 26, 2022. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
March 18, 2024, 11:29 am
Punished for the sins of their fathers, children of ISIS left to rot in Syrian camp
Over 40,000 inmates are guarded by US-backed Kurds at al-Hol, half of them children, who face beatings and sexual abuse, and are sometimes separated from their families by guards
By Rouba El Husseini
Members of Turkish Police Special Forces secure the area near the Interior Ministry following a bomb attack in Ankara, on October 1, 2023, leaving two police officers injured. (Adem ALTAN / AFP)
October 2, 2023, 3:22 am
Turkish jets strike Kurds in northern Iraq after Ankara suicide bombing
Defense ministry says 20 sites hit, several people ‘neutralized’ after rebel group claims attack on government building; Erdogan pushes Syria buffer zone plan in parliament speech
By Susan Frazer
Kurdish forces withdraw past Russian forces in an area near the Turkish border with Syria near the town of Amuda, October 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
June 12, 2023, 2:50 pm
Turkish shelling in north Syria said to kill Russian soldier, wound others
Incident comes a day after violence between US-backed Kurdish fighters and Turkish troops left several Kurds dead
By AP
Iraq's National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji (R) welcomes the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Baghdad on March 19, 2023. (IRAQI SECURITY MEDIA CENTRE/AFP)
March 19, 2023, 6:31 pm
Iran, Iraq ink deal for security cooperation over Kurdish border region
Agreement comes months after Islamic Republic attacked Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq; Tehran says pact will end ‘vicious’ attacks by Kurdish groups
By AFP
Illustrative: Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands during their meeting on sidelines of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, in Astana, Kazakhstan, October 13, 2022. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
December 11, 2022, 5:29 pm
In phone call, Erdogan tells Putin to clear Kurdish forces from northern Syria
Turkish president urges his Russian counterpart to implement terms of 2019 agreement that called for a 30-kilometer-deep buffer zone on border
By Agencies
In this image taken from video footage provided by Iranian military on September 29, 2022, missiles launch during an attack targeting the Iraqi Kurdish region. (Iranian military via AP)
November 21, 2022, 11:41 am
One dead after Iran strikes Kurdish groups in Iraq with missiles, drones
Revolutionary Guard targets ‘headquarters and conspiracy centers’ of dissident groups, which it says are being supported by the US and its allies; Kurds say attacks ‘unjustifiable’
By AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pose for a photo during their meeting at the Saadabad palace, in Tehran, Iran, July 19, 2022. (Sergei Savostyanov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
August 5, 2022, 4:18 pm
Erdogan meets Putin for high-stakes talks on Ukraine, Syria
Turkish president enjoys diplomatic success of Ukraine grain deal, but faces tension with Russia’s leader over conflicting interests in Syrian civil war
By Dmitry Zaks
Women walk on the streets of Kobani, Syria. (Ziv Genesove/Times of Israel)
October 28, 2019, 2:17 pm
On Syria’s border, a snapshot of Kurdish town’s 2018 calm ahead of current storm
In Kobani last year, The Times of Israel found a Kurdish people interested in Israeli life and hopeful for a peaceful future. That hope was to be dashed
By Ziv Genesove
US Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential palace, in Ankara, Turkey, on October 17, 2019 (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool )
October 17, 2019, 6:16 pm
Pence holds frosty meeting with Erdogan in bid for Syria border ceasefire
US vice president shares tense handshake with Turkish leader before urging him to halt offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria
By Zeke Miller
Locals welcome Syrian regime forces as they arrive at the western entrance of the town of Tal Tamr, in the countryside of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, on October 14, 2019. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
October 14, 2019, 11:39 am
Syrian army moves to confront Turkish forces as US withdraws
Regime troops move toward border after reaching deal with Kurds to help counter Turkish military offensive; Erdogan signals imminent assault on Manbij
By Agencies
Syrian Arab and Kurdish civilians flee with their belongings amid Turkish bombardment on Syria's northeastern town of Ras al-Ain on October 9, 2019. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
October 11, 2019, 6:55 am
Turkey’s Syria offensive could displace over a million Kurds, top analyst warns
Jonathan Spyer says Erdogan’s army indiscriminately shelling civilian areas, though unlikely to carry out massacres; believes Kurds will reject Israeli offer of humanitarian aid
By Raphael Ahren
In this Jan. 29, 2015 file photo, a fighter of the Turkey-based Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) uses his binoculars to look towards the Islamic State Group's base in the city of Sinjar, northern Iraq. (AP /Bram Janssen)
March 18, 2019, 3:56 pm
Turkey, Iran launch joint raid against Kurdish rebels – minister
Military operation begins on Turkey’s eastern border with Iraq and Iran, where Kurds have been seeking independence
By AFP
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