In Turkey's Kurdish heartland, distrust erodes peace process hopes
Turkey's crackdown on President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival and silence on what reforms might follow the end of a 40-year ...
U.S. News & World Report5d
In Turkey's Kurdish Heartland, Distrust Erodes Peace Process Hopes
He cited repression of Kurdish language and even denial of their existence as an ethnic group before Erdogan came to power. But Iler, appointed by Erdogan to head the AKP in Diyarbakir in January ...
A growing Kurdish population builds culture with an unusual class in Minnesota
Two dozen national flags fly in Zak Amin’s classroom. As an English Learner teacher at Moorhead High School, Amin wants his ...
The Straits Times4d
Victims of Turkey's Kurdish militant conflict long for peace
KIZILTEPE, Turkey - Cihan Sincar clings to hope that Turkey's bid to end a decades-old Kurdish insurgency brings the peace her lawmaker husband sought before his assassination - one of hundreds of ...
A man wielding an axe wounds 3 people at the Assyrian Christian new year parade in Iraq
DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — The annual parade by Assyrian Christians in the Iraqi city of Dohuk to mark their new year was marred ...
Syria swears in new transitional government on the eve of Eid-al-Fitr
Nearly four months after the ousting of 24-year President Bashar al-Assad, Syria has announced a new government, kickstarting a five-year transitional period that aims to restore stability and peace ...
Jurist6d
Federal court partially blocks Trump's order targeting prominent law firm
A federal court partially granted Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP’s (“WilmerHale,” “plaintiff”) request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and injunctive relief on Friday, blocking §§ 3 ...
Firstpost4d
Kurdish struggle for peace: Families torn between hope and scepticism
Cihan Sincar is hopeful that Turkey’s efforts to resolve a decades-old Kurdish insurgency would result in the peace her lawmaker husband desired before his death - one of hundreds of political ...