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Kurds’ monumental role in defeating ISIS deserves recognition - analysis

As the anti-ISIS Coalition embraces Syria, the Kurdish role in the war on ISIS in Iraq and Syria also deserves recognition.

Members of the Kurdish community and other protesters attend a demonstration against recent military clashes between the Syrian army and Kurdish forces, in Berlin, Germany, January 24, 2026.
Members of the Kurdish community and other protesters attend a demonstration against recent military clashes between the Syrian army and Kurdish forces, in Berlin, Germany, January 24, 2026.

The fall of Rojava was not a conspiracy, it was a failure of strategy - opinion

 Members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after US-backed alliance led by Syrian Kurdish fighters captured Deir el-Zor, in Syria December 7, 2024

Rojava defeated: Why Kurdish leadership must adapt or risk extinction - opinion

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.

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


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

Une main tendue en milieu hostile

Du Népal au Kurdistan, l’ONG israélienne IsraAid opère sur tous les fronts. Même là où on ne l’attend pas. Comme en Irak, au secours des victimes de l’Etat islamique

Navonel Glick au camp de Dohuk

From Kurdistan to Nepal: IsraAID makes a difference

IsraAID is involved in humanitarian efforts around the world, even in regions that are traditionally less friendly to Israel.

Refugees in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan, carry mattresses provided by IsraAid.

‘Handing Iran the region on a silver platter’

Dr. Sherkoh Abbas says in the vacuum created by the lack of US support for the Kurdish Regional Government,‘the emerging winners are Bashar Assad and Iran,’ not the pro-democracy forces.

Sherkoh Abbas, the president of the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria,