With a new $2 million fund and a second year at Cannes, the Kurdistan Film Commission, led by H.E. Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the semi-autonomous region in Iraq and commission president, ...

In early April 2026, a rumor spread online that U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News the United States sent guns to Iranian protesters via Kurdish groups, but that he believed those groups kept ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Kurdish leaders say that no such weapons were delivered and warn that ...

Earlier this month, high in the snow-capped mountains near the border between Iran and Iraq, a Kurdish rebel led me down a foot trail to the opening of a cave. We stepped inside and walked about 50 ...

AKRE, Kurdistan Region of Iraq — For many people, the vernal equinox — which marked the beginning of spring Friday — is just another date on the calendar. But in Iran, it's celebrated as the Persian ...

Nashville Kurds honor Newroz holiday with March 20 fire lighting ceremony and March 21 festival. Nashville is home to the largest Kurdish immigrant population in the U.S. Newroz fire lighting ceremony ...

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Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Will the Kurds fight the government in Tehran at Washington’s urging, opening a new ground front in Iran? The U.S. seemingly wants them to, ...

Your editorial, “The Risks of Enlisting the Kurds” (March 9), seems to assume a Kurdish confrontation with the theocratic regime—a Kurdish-led march to Tehran to overthrow the mullahs. Others might ...

ON A KURDISH BASE NEAR IRAQ'S BORDER WITH IRAN – Soon, there could be military boots on the ground crossing into the Islamic Republic of Iran from this terrain of fertile valleys, deep gorges and ...

Days into the United States and Israel’s war against Iran, Trump officials and Kurdish leaders began openly musing about whether Iran’s Kurdish minority should seize on the dire situation facing the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Iranian Kurdish opposition groups say they are prepared to challenge Tehran but are holding back for now as the war between the United States, Israel and the Islamic Republic continues to ...