The diversity of her costumes was also greatly appreciated ... Critics liked the second segment more, especially the numbers called Kurdish Dance and Bibi. Some newspapers also criticized ...

In recent months she has been targeted on social media because her character Esrin wore a uniform considered similar to that of the Syria-based Kurdish ... was unaware the costume used in the ...

As is done by Kurdish women in Syria when they participate in the festival. Women wearing traditional costumes dance during an event organized by NGOs and women's action groups to mark International ...

On Thursday, a delegation of Kurdish politicians announced Ocalan’s call for the PKK to lay down its arms and disband after visiting him on his island prison. In its statement, the PKK’s ...

QAMISHLI, Syria March 9 (Reuters) - The commander of a Kurdish-led force in Syria said on Sunday the country's interim president must hold the perpetrators of communal violence in Syria's coastal ...

By Safak Timur and Carlotta Gall The Kurdish guerrilla group that has been fighting a long-running insurgency against Turkey declared a cease-fire on Saturday, days after a call from its jailed ...

Here's a primer on Syria's main Kurdish groups and their PKK ties. After the start of Syria's civil war in 2011, a Kurdish armed group - the People's Protection Units (YPG) - established control ...

The Kurdish militants who have waged a 40-year insurgency in Turkey declared a ceasefire Saturday, two days after their imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm.The statement from the ...

ISTANBUL — Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his militant group Thursday to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a new bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has ...

Much of the fighting has focused on the group’s desire to establish an independent Kurdish state in the country’s southeast. But in recent years the group has called for more autonomy within ...