Recent reports have suggested that the US may be encouraging Kurds — a rebel or insurgent group operating near Iran’s western borders — to rise against Tehran to stretch their security resources or ...

Across the border in Iraq, the Kurdish region in the country’s north has enjoyed a much greater degree of autonomy since the US imposed a no-fly zone after the first Gulf War in 1991. This part of ...

(First of two parts) There is an episode of “The West Wing” that I have been thinking about since the Iran conflict began, and which now feels less like fiction and more like prophecy. In “A ...

The globe-trotting former diplomat, state senator and onetime Vermont gubernatorial candidate said last week that he is deeply disturbed but not terribly surprised by President Donald Trump’s war on ...

On Friday, Trump reiterated that he wanted to “clean out everything” related to the current regime. “We don’t want someone who would rebuild over a ten-year period,” he said in an interview with NBC ...

For Trump, the Iran war is an exhibition of U.S. power, designed to enhance his imperial stature as the GOP faces dicey midterms and the Epstein hangover. For Iran’s people, Trump’s reality show is a ...

Syrian Kurds caution Iranian counterparts against partnering with the US, citing past betrayals and fears of abandonment in ...

Border crossings and quiet evacuations suggest the first stage of a potential refugee crisis from a nation of ninety million.

Syrian Kurdish residents warn Iranian Kurds against partnering with the U.S. to oppose the Iranian government, cautioning that they may face abandonment. This warning is based on Syrian Kurds' own ...

Ankara has chosen not to participate in combat operations with Washington, its treaty ally, to remove the regime in Tehran. This helps to explain why Iran has not targeted military assets in Turkey ...

Kurdish forces may attack Iran, but only if the US and Israel guarantee political and military backing for their people.