Rojava kurdistan

Kurdish women turn braids into symbol of resistance after Syria atrocities - explainer

Across global demonstrations and in thousands of videos posted online, Kurdish women and their allies have begun braiding their hair in honor of a female Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces fighter.

JANUARY 27, 2026|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

DEMONSTRATORS HOLD a placard featuring a braided hair as a symbolic act of resistance and solidarity with Kurdish women in Syria, during a protest supporting Syrian Kurds after recent clashes between the Syrian army and Kurdish forces, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 24, 2026.

GENERAL HUSSEIN Yazdanpanah of the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) in front of PAK troops.

'We'll fight side by side in Rojava,' Kurdistan Freedom Party leader tells 'Post' - interview

The Office of General Yazdanpanah criticised Western inaction regarding the situation for the Kurds in Syria, continuing: “Rojava will fall if we Kurds don’t consider their struggle as ours.”

JANUARY 20, 2026|BySUSAN QUITAZ

Conoco gas plant after it came under the control of the Syrian government following the withdrawal of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the countryside of Deir al-Zor, Syria, January 19, 2026.

Syrian Kurds are fighting for survival – and Israel’s future is tied to theirs - opinion

Northern Syria is collapsing into chaos, and unless the West acts, the Kurds will pay the price.

JANUARY 20, 2026|ByPAUSHALI LASS

Members of the Kurdish community and other protesters attend a demonstration against Syrian President Ahmed al‑Sharaa and recent military clashes between the Syrian army and Kurdish forces, in Berlin, Germany, January 19, 2026.

Kurdish unity: Protests erupt across Iraq in support of Syria's Rojava

The crisis in Syria is affecting Kurds all over the world, primarily due to the fear that members of the Syrian government’s security forces may commit abuses amid the new offensive.

JANUARY 20, 2026|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Iraq’s Kurdish region alarmed by U.S. withdrawal

Discussions to try and soften Ankara’s stance, dilute PKK role in eastern Syria came to naught.

DECEMBER 20, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

A KURDISH peshmerga soldier stands at a lookout near Bashiqa in northern Iraq

Traveler in Kurdistan

Pointing a lens at one of the Middle East’s least understood groups.

DECEMBER 8, 2016ByARIEL DOMINIQUE HENDELMAN

Not as risky or adventurous as one might think: ‘Yehuda’ discusses his recent trip to Iraqi Kurdistan, at the Abraham Hostel

What is preventing Kurdish independence?

If Kurds find a way to be a key US ally against Iran, the situation might change radically.

NOVEMBER 19, 2016ByFUAD SHAHBAZOV

Kurdish peshmerga forces on the way to Mosul

Iran: Dictatorship inside, instability outside

we believe there is a strategic convergence between the interests of nations inside Iran and the region’s main actors that can bring a new order to the Middle East.

JUNE 30, 2016ByMUSTAFA HIJRI

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

Kurdistan’s economic woes

Salaries for the Peshmerga is not the only vital area where funds have gone dry.

APRIL 9, 2016ByGLENN FIELD

Syrian Kurds from Kobani walk to the border fences as seen from the Turkish border town of Suruc

Those who face death: The kinship between Kurds and Israelis

From the security offices of Kirkuk to the front lines against Islamic State and the devastation left behind at Shingal, Peshmerga fighters remain stalwart in their battle against terrorist elements.

JANUARY 23, 2016BySETH J. FRANTZMAN