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A member of the Syrian Kurdish Asayish security forces walks past a house during a raid against suspected Islamic State group fighters in Raqa, the jihadist group's former defacto capital in Syria, on January 29, 2023
Syria
MENA
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Syria Kurdish forces say 3 personnel dead in IS attack

Three Kurdish security forces members were killed in an attack carried out by Islamic State militants in northeastern Syria on Sunday.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 June, 2025
Fire dancing is one of many traditions associated with Nowruz
Nowruz
MENA
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Which MENA countries celebrate Nowruz?

The New Arab Staff
19 March, 2025
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Post-Assad Syria
Analysis
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Syria's 'national dialogue': An uncertain roadmap for the future

Alessandra Bajec
06 March, 2025
An Iraqi Kurdish woman waves a flag bearing the portrait of the founder of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan as people gather at Freedom Park to listen to an audio message by the jailed leader in Sulaimaniyah, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region on February 27, 2025
Turkey
MENA
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Turkey continues attacks against PKK despite peace call

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 March, 2025
2025/02/27: A small group of people listening to Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan's call to lay down their arms are seen dancing to the drums. (Photo by Mehmet Masum Suer/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
PKK
MENA
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PKK heeding Ocalan's peace call the right move: Turkey's Kurds

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 March, 2025
People gather to protest against Israeli attacks on Quneitra and Daraa regions of Syria on January 17, 2025 in Damascus, Syria.
Syria
MENA
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What is Israel's David's Corridor plan to 'partition' Syria?

The New Arab Staff
28 February, 2025
A general view of Rmailan oil field is pictured in the northeastern Syria, near the border with Turkey, on January 8, 2025
Syria
MENA
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Kurds in Syria's northeast begins supplying oil to Damascus

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 February, 2025
Syria's Minister of Foreign Affairs Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani looks on as he attends the International Conference on Syria at the Ministerial Conference Center, in Paris on February 13, 2025. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
Syria
MENA
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Iraq Kurdistan president urges Syria FM to protect Kurds

The New Arab Staff
16 February, 2025
The PKK’s disarmament follows an appeal from jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan [Getty]
Turkey
MENA
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Turkey floats Syria troop withdrawal if Kurd militias eliminated

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 February, 2025
Afrin Kurds [Getty]
Afrin
MENA
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Syria: 70,000 Kurds return to Afrin since fall of Assad

The New Arab Staff
29 January, 2025
A man walks past a mural depicting supporters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), one of them raising a flag showing the face of Abdullah Ocalan -- founding member of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) outlawed by Turkey
Turkey
MENA
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Turkey says it kills 15 Kurdish militants in Syria and Iraq

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
28 January, 2025
Photo of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey
MENA
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Turkey's Erdogan hails 'progress' in bid to resume Kurdish talks

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 January, 2025
Israeli troops invaded southwestern Syria following the rebel overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in December [Getty]
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Israeli ministers discuss plan to divide Syria: report

The New Arab Staff
11 January, 2025
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Post-Assad Syria
Analysis
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What Kurds fear and hope for in the 'new Syria'

Paul Iddon
06 January, 2025
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Turkey
MENA
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Turkey announces $14b development plan for Kurdish southeast

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 December, 2024
Kurds Syria
Post-Assad Syria
Unfiltered

The Kurdish struggle is central to Syria's future

Joseph Daher

Joseph Daher

29 December, 2024
SDF fighters took full control of Deir al-Zour [Getty file image]
SDF
MENA
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Kurdish-led SDF capture eastern Syria's Deir al-Zour

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 December, 2024
Turkey Syria
Post-Assad Syria
Analysis
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How Turkey aims to capitalise on Syria's rebel offensive

Ylenia Gostoli
04 December, 2024
Syrian Kurds Aleppo
Post-Assad Syria
Analysis
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After Aleppo, what will happen to the Kurds of northwest Syria?

Paul Iddon
04 December, 2024
ALL THE MOUNTAINS GIVE STILL.
Kurdish
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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All The Mountains Give: The laborious lives & trade of Kolbars

Winthrop Rodgers

Winthrop Rodgers

20 September, 2024
Artists Poses With Mural Of Masha Amini
Iran
In-depth
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'Women, life, freedom': Iran's protest movement two years on

Sophia Akram
04 September, 2024