TEHRAN - Iranian Kurds in the mountainous Uramanat region, which is a UNESCO World Heritage as well, gathered for the annual three-day Pir-e Shaliar festival, a centuries-old folk celebration honoring ...

Zour, which remains divided between Syria's new government and a Kurdish-backed militia, is a hostage to competing ambitions.

Kurdish-Iranian activist Maysoon Majidi spent almost 10 months in prison in Italy, acquitted this February of the charge of human trafficking with a sentence that obtained "justice", as she told EFE, ...

The group, guided by an Iranian team, reportedly claims to be searching for gold, allegedly based on a Mongol-era map.

KESTA VILLAGE, Kurdistan Region - A villager in Duhok province's Kesta village has been raising chickens in an open area and ...

Here’s a look at the life of the late former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Personal:Birth date: April 28, 1937 Death date: ...

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - Kurdish politician and lawmaker Omer Ocalan, 38, was born eight years after his famous uncle, Abdullah Ocalan, left Turkey for Syria a year after founding the Kurdistan Workers’ ...

For many years, the Syrian desert was an incredibly dangerous place. Experts believe the last remnants of Islamic State are still there. But are they really?

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A supporting statement from the Urban Future Planning Consultancy says: "The application site comprises a two-storey late Victorian villa, designed in the Gothic revival style, positioned to the ...