Spread across Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey, the ethnic group of 40 million has long sought, and fought for, greater autonomy.

The CIA is reportedly arming Kurdish forces to instigate a popular uprising in Iran at time when US and Israeli airstrikes ...

Kurdish groups in Iran and Iraq have faced incredible hardships. They have persevered. Now they sense that their moment has ...

The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

Iraqi Kurdish officials have told The Associated Press that thousands of battle-hardened Kurds in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran with U.S. backing.

In the Haddadi family’s living room, a familiar face appears on the TV: Reza Pahlavi, the scion of Persian royalty angling to ...

A stateless ethnic group of more than 30 million people, their homegrown militia has a reputation as an effective fighting force ...

Such a plan could further destabilise Iran rather than promote peace in the country, experts say.

If the Kurds become directly involved in the conflict, it could mark the first time a large ground force joins the fighting.

Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in exile in northern Iraq tell the BBC they have plans to cross the border but deny already ...

Iranian Kurdish opposition forces are expected to take part in a ground operation in Western Iran in the coming days, a ...

Kurdish forces in Iraq are preparing for a potential operation in Iran with US support, amid a historic coalition of Iranian ...