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US President Donald Trump gestures while speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
April 7, 2026, 1:10 am
‘I’m very upset’: Trump says US tried to arm Iranian protesters, but guns were diverted
After earlier blaming the Kurds for taking the guns for themselves, US president says ‘certain group of people’ will ‘pay a big price for that’
By Jacob Magid, AFP and ToI Staff
Members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party PAK stand guard in Erbil, Iraq, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
March 29, 2026, 3:01 pm
US-Israeli plan for Kurdish invasion of Iran reportedly collapsed amid leaks, distrust
Mossad hoped ground campaign could ignite wider rebellion, but after plan was leaked, Iran bolstered defenses and regional US allies lobbied Trump to call it off, report says
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on Ratepayer Protection Pledge in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, DC on March 4, 2026. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
March 5, 2026, 11:55 pm
Trump: ‘I have to be involved’ in picking Iran’s next leader, Khamenei’s son ‘unacceptable’
US president says he’ll have ‘big impact’ on Iran’s future leadership, compares situation to aftermath of Maduro’s capture, brushes off reports Mojtaba Khamenei will succeed father
By Jacob Magid and Reuters
Syrian security forces in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, January 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
January 10, 2026, 7:46 pm
Syria says Kurdish fighters being moved from Aleppo after days of deadly clashes
Syrian government announces halt to military operations in Aleppo neighborhood following continued fighting in wake of ceasefire declaration
By Agencies
Fighters with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) descend stairs ahead of a ceremony in Sulaimaniyah, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on July 11, 2025. (Shwan MOHAMMED / AFP)
October 26, 2025, 10:38 am
Kurdish PKK begins withdrawing forces from Turkey to northern Iraq
Group says Ankara must take legal steps to afford its fighters freedom, democratic integration
By AFP
Young Kurdish men line up to sign up to join Syrian government's General Security forces at a police station in Afrin, Syria, an area in the country's north from which Kurds were forcibly displaced years ago, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
August 23, 2025, 12:53 pm
Syria security forces’ push to recruit Kurds, religious minorities brings hope, skepticism
Initiative comes after UN-backed commission that investigated sectarian violence recommended authorities increase diversity in security forces to gain trust of communities
By OMAR ALBAM and ABBY SEWELL
Khalil Naderi, spokesperson for the Kurdistan Freedom Party, or PAK, a separatist Iranian Kurdish group based in Iraq, poses for a portrait at a party office in an undisclosed location in Iraq's Irbil governorate, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
June 27, 2025, 2:32 pm
Iranian Kurdish dissidents abroad watch for signs of Tehran’s vulnerability
As a fragile ceasefire with Israel holds, some wonder how much the war has weakened Iran’s clerical rule but fear premature action
By Stella Martany and Ellen Knickmeyer
A man holds a portrait of Abdullah Ocalan, Turkish-jailed founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), next to a bonfire during a gathering for Nowruz celebrations marking the New Year of the Persian calendar and the first day of spring, in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on March 21, 2025. (Ilyas AKENGIN / AFP)
May 12, 2025, 12:41 pm
Kurdish PKK group will disband and disarm as part of peace initiative with Turkey
Kurdistan Workers’ Party says decision was made at congress last week to ‘dissolve’ its organizational structure, claims to have achieved its ‘historical mission’
By Agencies
Youngsters hold a photograph of the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, Abdullah Ocalan as they gather to watch live on a tv screen a Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, delegation members releasing an statement from Ocalan, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)
March 1, 2025, 11:54 am
PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after 40 years of armed struggle
Declaration by outlawed group comes after jailed leader said it should lay down arms, disband
By Fulya Ozerkan
Fighters with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) inspect damaged and abandoned military vehicles and equipment at the Qamishli international airport, formerly a joint Syrian-Russian military base, in northeastern Syria's city of Qamishli on December 9, 2024. (Delil souleiman / AFP)
December 22, 2024, 12:07 pm
As Turkey moves in following Assad’s fall, Syria’s Kurds are on the defensive
After rebels sweep to power in Damascus, Syrian Kurdish leader asks Trump to prevent northern incursion by Ankara — which views Kurdish factions as a national security threat
By Orhan Qereman, TOM PERRY and Tuvan Gumrukcu
File: Members of Turkish Police Special Forces secure the area near the Interior Ministry following a bomb attack in Ankara, on October 1, 2023. (Adem Altan/AFP)
October 3, 2023, 1:31 pm
Nearly 1,000 arrested as Turkey cracks down on Kurdish group after suicide blast
55 detainees suspected of being part of ‘intelligence structure’ of outlawed PKK, another 928 held for firearms offences in related sweeps across country, minister says
By Agencies
A woman in the Cypriot capital Nicosia, looks at a screen on on November 4, 2022, displaying an undated video of Iranian journalist Nazila Maroufian. (Alex MITA / AFP)
August 13, 2023, 10:26 pm
Iranian reporter freed after jail sentence for interviewing father of Mahsa Amini
Nazila Maroufian defiantly posts headscarf-less picture upon release from Evin prison, says health scare was not heart attack
By AFP
Illustrative: A prisoner being held in an Iranian prison. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
August 6, 2023, 6:18 pm
Kurdish woman sews lips shut in Iran prison protest
Soheila Mohammadi, a mother who has served 3 years out of a 5-year sentence, reportedly launches hunger strike in protest of not being permitted furlough
By AFP
Mourners carry the bodies of Kurdish victims killed the previous night by Turkish-backed fighters amid Nowruz New Year celebrations in Jindayris in the rebel-held province of Aleppo, during a mass funeral in Jindayris on March 21, 2023. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
March 21, 2023, 7:08 pm
Killing of Kurds in northern Syria sparks protests, tensions
Thousands take to streets after four Syrian Kurds killed by Turkish-backed armed group in town of Jinderis as they celebrated Nowruz holiday
By GHAITH ALSAYED
This photograph taken on December 24, 2022, shows tribute candles and pictures of three victims of a shooting on December 23, 2022, Mir Perwer (L), Emine Kara and Abdurrahman Kizil, in front of the "Centre democratique du Kurdistan" (Kurdistan democratic center) in Paris (Julie SEBADELHA / AFP)
December 25, 2022, 2:50 pm
Paris Kurdish center shooting suspect admits to ‘pathological’ hatred of foreigners
Gun enthusiast with previous convictions for racist violence accused of killing 3; community members say French security services didn’t do enough to prevent attack
By AFP
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