Saturday, 6 January, 2018 , 16:04 AFP — Thousands of Kurds protested in Paris on Saturday over the failure of the French authorities to convict anyone over the 2013 murders of three female Kurdish rebels in the French capital.

Friday, 5 January, 2018 , 10:51 AFP — Kurdish documentary maker Aram Ikram Tastekin, one of thousands of Turkish citizens who fled to Europe to escape purges in his country, remembers a brief moment when Kurds were free to speak their minds.

Thursday, 4 January, 2018 , 15:54 AFP — The detained co-leader of Turkey's third largest political party said on Thursday he would step down from his post at the party's congress next month.

Thursday, 4 January, 2018 , 14:11 AFP — Female French jihadists arrested in Kurdish-held parts of Syria should face justice there so long as they can be guaranteed a fair trial, the French government said on Thursday.

Friday, 29 December, 2017 , 18:48 AFP — US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis on Friday warned President Bashar al-Assad against launching an offensive against US-supported Syrian Kurds, after the Syrian leader recently slammed them as "traitors."

Thursday, 28 December, 2017 , 14:37 AFP — Iraqi authorities have extended through February an international flight ban slapped on the autonomous Kurdish region in response to a controversial independence vote, an airport official said on Thursday.

Thursday, 28 December, 2017 , 12:24 AFP — Iraqi authorities have extended through February an international flight ban slapped on the autonomous Kurdish region in response to a controversial independence vote, an airport official said Thursday.

Tuesday, 26 December, 2017 , 15:31 AFP — At least 600 people have been arrested since protests began last week against authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan over corruption and the fallout from a failed independence push, lawmakers said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 26 December, 2017 , 14:24 AFP — More than three dozen Syrian rebel groups, including influential Islamists, have rejected a Russian-led initiative for talks next month in Sochi on ending Syria's war.

Friday, 22 December, 2017 , 17:05 AFP — Demonstrators irate at the authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan took to the streets for a fifth day Friday, demanding the release of more than 200 protesters detained over violent rallies that have roiled the region.