A senior figure in Iran’s Kurdish opposition has tied any potential ground incursion into Iran to a major U.S. military decision: the establishment of a no-fly zone over Kurdish areas in western Iran.

The spotlight is once again on the Kurds in the Middle East. The US and Israel launched a crippling air campaign on Saturday, devastating Iran's security forces across the country, particularly in the ...

The C.I.A. has given small weapons to Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq in a covert program that began before the current war. By Erika Solomon Julian E. Barnes Christiaan Triebert Parin Behrooz and ...

Degala, Iraq — A rusted metal gate and a wind-torn flag mark the entrance to the Kurdistan Freedom Party’s base outside the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. An anti-aircraft gun sits on the plateau ...

Image — A member of the Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan, a Kurdish Iranian group, looks toward passing jets on 6 March 2026 in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. Photo by Hawre Khalid/Getty Images. More than a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Iranian Kurdish opposition groups say they are prepared to challenge Tehran but are holding back for now as the war ...

Iran's military has said it has targeted the headquarters of Iranian Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, stepping up strikes on Kurdish regions in both Iran and Iraq. The military said it attacked ...

Spread across Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey, the ethnic group of 40 million has long sought, and fought for, greater autonomy. By Raja Abdulrahim Iranian Kurdish forces, based in Iraq, are preparing ...

The Kurdish people are an ethnic minority group in the Middle East without an independent state. Estimates of the population range between 25 million and 45 million worldwide, with most living in the ...

Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the U.S. has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials ...

The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran, multiple people familiar with the plan told CNN. The Trump administration has been in active discussions ...

EXCLUSIVE: Iranian Kurdish opposition groups say they are prepared to challenge Tehran but are holding back for now as the war between the United States, Israel and the Islamic Republic continues to ...