Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ILLUSTRATION - A Kurdish girl stands behind a Kurdish flag during a demonstration at Newroz Square in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan, near ...

Crowds gathered in the streets of Hassakeh, in northeastern Syria, on Oct. 8 to watch the flag of the new Syrian authorities ...

Kurds in Syria are concerned that changes in the country may erode the Kurdish language education that has been common in eastern Syria for more than a decade. Meanwhile, in Iraq, a Kurdistan Regional ...

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Syria's interim president surprised the country's Kurdish citizens with a decree enshrining their culture and language as an "inseparable component of Syria’s unified and diverse national identity." ...

Syria, which is at the heart of a new Middle East, has become a battleground where different forces compete for gains and losses, for victory or defeat. After their seizure of power, the jihadist ...

SANA's foray into the Kurdish language is largely symbolic and part of Damascus’ efforts to project an image of compromise amid tense negotiations. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (L) shakes hands ...

Syrian Kurds protest the introduction of Arabic-language instruction in schools, raising fears over Kurdish identity, educational rights and the fragile integration with Damascus.

Both in Syria and Iraq, there are rising reports of pushes for Arabic to become a main language and demographic changes in Kurdish areas, with officials needing to tackle these issues. Kurds in Syria ...