Kurdistan

The decision signals an end to the ongoing conflict with Turkey • The decision may ease tensions between Ankara and Washington about the future of the Kurds and power-sharing in southeastern Turkey

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims a Mossad espionage headquarters was targeted; On Tuesday there was another drone attack

The announcement on Monday evening followed a series of explosions that rocked several areas in the region

The number of Anrak asylum seekers in European countries is increasing monthly. The report below presents special facts and information about the issue

'This attack constitutes a violation of Iraq's sovereignty,' says a senior defense official, adding 'Iraq reserves the right to put a stop to these violations'

'Unfortunately, the bombing killed three of our Peshmerga comrades from the anti-terrorist services,' the Peshmerga paramilitary said

PKK senior official, three members of Yazidi militia killed

'The Iraqi government has pledged to disarm armed terrorist groups in Iraq' says Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanani

Turkey and its Western allies classify the Kurdish group as a 'terrorist' organization, as it battles offshoots in Iraq and Syria

A Kurdish umbrella group says it was responding to Turkey's renewed operations: 'The need for active struggle has become inevitable'

Such actions have 'no legal justification' and only 'terrorize civilians under the pretext that hostile forces are present on Iraqi soil'

Baghdad has been irritated to see the autonomous Kurdish region go it alone by exporting its oil via Turkey

Saturday's drone strike on a military base in Isfahan was blamed on Israel

A Kurdish official says he expects a new phase of deals and plans... hostile to the interests of Syrians' to develop from the meetings

'We decided to come as soon as we heard about Friday's terrorist attack. We are afraid of the Turkish community and secret services.'

The IHR says the IRGC are using military equipment, including heavy machine guns, to suppress the people

The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan said they were attacked by suicide drones and missiles

Air strikes come days after Ankara blamed outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party for deadly bombing in Istanbul

New toll says 47 children among at least 378 killed in Iran crackdown

'Human rights defenders and medical practitioners' ability to speak truth to power must be protected'

Latest protest sparked by death in Tehran of a Kurdish student who rights group claims was beaten by police

'The government is trying to create a shock wave... They are criminalizing journalists and rights defenders'

International medical group seeks independent probe of possible violations of 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention

The carvings were unearthed during several digs over recent years, by archaeologists from Kurdistan