Kurdish controlled syria

Iraq's PM arrives in Washington as US presses Baghdad on Iran-backed militias - analysis

Iraq is already a kind of frontline between the US and Iran. After the US and Israel began strikes on Iran on February 28, the Iranians operationalized militias in Iraq.

Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi speaks during a parliamentary session to vote in a new government headed by Ali al-Zaidi as prime minister, at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, May 14, 2026.
Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq February 12, 2026.

The strategic misjudgment of the Kurdish factor in Iran’s war - opinion

Children hold signs on the day Syrian Kurds demonstrate to mark Kurdish Language Day, demanding constitutional recognition of the Kurdish language by the Syrian government, in Qamishli, Syria, May 14, 2026.

Syria’s limited Kurdish election exposes limits of Damascus’s democratic transition - analysis

The debris of a destroyed building and a motorbike litters the ground following a Jordanian strike on reported drugs and weapons storage facilities in the village of Arman, in the southern Druze-majority province of Sweida, of which many parts are outside the control of Damascus on May 3, 2026.

Petty clashes over a sign in Syria risk snowballing into real conflict


Editor's Notes: Trump’s new order, abandoning allies

“[They] didn’t help us in the Second World War, they didn’t help us with Normandy…” they fought “for their land,” Trump said when asked about his decision to stab the Kurds in the back.

Ras al-Ain as it is pictured from the Turkish town of Ceylanpinar.

Netanyahu warns against ‘ethnic cleansing of the Kurds’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Sunday against the Turkish invasion of the Kurdish parts in Syria and warned against violence against the Kurdish people.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia September 12, 2019.

Turkish forces seize targets in Syria offensive

"Our heroic commandos taking part in Operation Peace Spring are continuing to advance east of the Euphrates (river)," the Defence Ministry wrote on Twitter. "The designated targets were seized."

A Turkish military helicopter flies over as Turkish and U.S. troops return from a joint U.S.-Turkey patrol in northern Syria, as it is pictured from near the Turkish town of Akcakale, Turkey, September 8, 2019

Kurds are the Evangelicals of the Muslim world

Why can’t we just listen to the Kurds?

Iraqi Kurds wave flags of Iraqi Kurdistan during a demonstration

Rely on no one

Great and unmatched wisdom?

KURDISH MEMBERS of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan hike through the mountains from Iraq to Iran.

Turkey tells U.N. Security Council its Syria operation to be 'proportionate'

Turkey justified its action under Article 51 of the U.N. Charter, which covers an individual or collective right to self-defense against armed attack.

A view of areas where ISIS is still active, from the Kurdish Peshmerga frontline on Mount Qarachogh.

Turkey tells U.N. Security Council its Syria operation to be 'proportionate'

Turkey justified its action under Article 51 of the U.N. Charter, which covers an individual or collective right to self-defense against armed attack.

A view of areas where ISIS is still active, from the Kurdish Peshmerga frontline on Mount Qarachogh.

‘Look, you can see ISIS down there’: How ISIS operates in Iraq today

"The mountain is desert khaki, and in the sunset it has a bit of haze around it from oil fires in the distance. It’s surreal and beautiful."

A view of areas where ISIS is still active, from the Kurdish Peshmerga frontline on Mount Qarachogh.

U.S. hoping its security gamble with Turkey in Syria will pay off

On Saturday, the sixth aerial overflight by the US and Turkey took place in eastern Syria.

Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighters are seen near the city of Afrin, Syria

Syrian rebels say ready to back Turkish-led operation in northeast

"There are over 14,000 fighters who are ready to engage in combat operations east of the Euphrates alongside Turkish forces," Major Youssef Hamoud told Reuters.

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga, in a photo taken in 2015.