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Syria's Kurds demonstrate in multiple cities, government announces curfew

According to the Hasakah Media Directorate, groups attacked internal security headquarters in the cities of Hasakah and Qamishli, both of which contain a large number of Kurds.

People wave Syrian flags as they gather at Umayyad Square in Damascus to watch a broadcast of Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa delivering a speech at the United Nations, in Syria, September 24, 2025.
 A man looks through a screen during a state funeral service in Enqelab Square, for military commanders and others killed in the recent war with Israel on June 28, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Israel and and Iran traded daily aerial attacks over a 12-day period until a ceasefire took effect on June 24.

Senior IRGC Navy officer dies in car crash as insurgencies escalate across western Iran

Armed members of the Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) military police take part in a demonstration under the banner “With our will, we will protect our revolution.” in Qamishli, Syria, September 17, 2025.

Syria’s Kurds confront defeat after decades of resistance - opinion

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.

Kurdish forces: A crucial piece in Iran’s democratic future - opinion


Report: Majority of Israeli oil imported from Kurdistan

Importing crude from Erbil could be geopolitically, economically favorable for Jerusalem, says expert.

A Kurdish oil tanker is seen off the coast of Ashkelon

An incongruence of aims

The Kurds’ Western backers in northern Iraq are wary of the Kurdish goal of independence.

An officer from the Western coalition forces gives advice to Kurdish Peshmerga forces during a training session on how to defend the front lines against ISIS in Daquq district, northern Iraq, June 15

Who is doing ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Syria?

There is a famous quote from Malcolm X: “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

The words ‘Islamic State’ reads on the facade of one of the Islamic State headquarters in Tel Hamis in northeast Syria, after the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) took control of the area in 2015.

Prevent the rise of a North Korea-style Kurdish dictatorship

A communist Kurdish state, under the ostensible authority of the PKK and formed with the support of the US, will find a gateway to the entire Middle East.

Turkish Kurds look towards the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani from the top of a hill close to the border line between Turkey and Syria near Mursitpinar bordergate

Kurds tell Jpost: 'Just send us weapons to defeat ISIS'

Kurdistan confronts Islamic State and the prospect of independence

Gen. Tariq Harni smiles at a gift brought from Israel.

Kurds tell Jpost: 'Just send us weapons to defeat ISIS'

Kurdistan confronts Islamic State and the prospect of independence

Gen. Tariq Harni smiles at a gift brought from Israel.

Snap Shot: A first person look at Kurdistan before the invasion of ISIS

Recognized only as ‘Northern Iraq,’ the Kurds nonetheless carved out an autonomous region – one that in summer 2014 was just beginning to understand the threat represented by the terror movement.

Kurdish nomads sit in a tent on Mount Halgurd, near the border with Iran border.

Turkey’s election: A milestone in the history of Turkish politics

Turkey has much to gain from the Kurds.

The pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) entered the parliament for the first time, exceeding the 10 percent threshold with 13.12% of the votes

Pre-Islamic State: Traveling into Iraqi Kurdistan

Recognized only as ‘Northern Iraq,’ the Kurds nonetheless carved out an autonomous region – one that in summer 2014 was just beginning to understand the threat represented by the terror movement.

Downtown Erbil with the Assyrian fortress in the background.

Behind the lines: A tremor is felt in Iranian Kurdistan

Unrest among Kurds in Iran is a reminder that the mullahs rule over a country fraught with ethnic tensions.

Turkish army tanks manoeuver as Turkish Kurds watch over the Syrian town of Kobani