Kurds do not have an official homeland or country.... Portions of the region are recognized by two countries: Iran, where the province of Kordestan lies; and northern Iraq, site of the autonomous region known as Kurdistan Regional Government( KRG) or Iraqi Kurdistan.... Kurds make up about 10% of the population in Syria, 19% of the population of Turkey, 15-20% of the population of Iraq and are the second largest ethnicity in Iran....

Friday killed at least 13 people including three villagers and 10 Kurdish soldiers, officials in Iraq

Kurdish formations are the most efficient forces opposing ISIS in Syria, but the operation to

and Syria, in Sanliurfa province, on Tuesday.... The U.S. allied Kurdish-led force captured the last

Turkish operations innortheastern Syria, which ushered in major troop changes in the area....

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Declaration of Kurdish independence only in Northern Iraq is a more likely scenario. Resumption of

Russia has forces in the area to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.... TIMING UNCLEARThe time and nature of any further Turkish military action was unclear.... The official said the military and national intelligence agency MIT were making preparations." The decision for this has been taken and the necessary coordination will be done with particular countries....

The Biden administration announced Wednesday its first sanctions on Syria targeting prison facilities and officials who run them, as well as armed groups, focusing on human rights abuses.... The sanctions announced by the U.S. Treasury are part of Washington’s policy to keep up pressure on the Syrian government led by longtime President Bashar Assad But signaling a new approach, the administration also targeted two armed groups, widening the net of those impacted by the sanctions.... One of th

Al-Walae, who rarely gives interviews to foreign media organizations, spoke to AP on Monday in an office in a Baghdad neighborhood along the Tigris River.... More recently, the attacks have become more sophisticated, with militants using drones.... Qassem Soleimani near the Baghdad airport last year....