AKRE, Kurdistan Region of Iraq — For many people, the vernal equinox — which marked the beginning of spring Friday — is just another date on the calendar. But in Iran, it's celebrated as the Persian ...

Iranian Kurdish fighters train in the mountains of neighboring Iraq, waiting to go into battle against Iran. It’s a perilous existence. Iran bombards the area daily with missiles and drones. Some ...

Earlier this month, high in the snow-capped mountains near the border between Iran and Iraq, a Kurdish rebel led me down a foot trail to the opening of a cave. We stepped inside and walked about 50 ...

For many people, the vernal equinox — which marked the beginning of spring Friday — is just another date on the calendar. But in Iran, it’s celebrated as the Persian new year, known as Nowruz. In the ...

Thousands of Kurds celebrate the new year festival of Nowruz in the hub city of Akra in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. They wear traditional Kurdish clothes, climb a mountain holding torches, ...

ON A KURDISH BASE NEAR IRAQ'S BORDER WITH IRAN – Soon, there could be military boots on the ground crossing into the Islamic Republic of Iran from this terrain of fertile valleys, deep gorges and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A partner of Washington and the West, Iraqi Kurdistan has long tried to strike a careful balance with its Iranian neighbour (Safin ...

Your editorial, “The Risks of Enlisting the Kurds” (March 9), seems to assume a Kurdish confrontation with the theocratic regime—a Kurdish-led march to Tehran to overthrow the mullahs. Others might ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Will the Kurds fight the government in Tehran at Washington’s urging, opening a new ground front in Iran? The U.S. seemingly wants them to, ...

Nashville Kurds honor Newroz holiday with March 20 fire lighting ceremony and March 21 festival. Nashville is home to the largest Kurdish immigrant population in the U.S. Newroz fire lighting ceremony ...

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On a Kurdish base near the Iran border – Soon, there could be military boots on the ground crossing into the Islamic Republic of Iran from this terrain of fertile valleys, deep gorges and ancient ...