Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish militant leader jailed by Turkey who called on Thursday for his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to dissolve and all groups to lay down arms, is an influential figure among ...

The new Kurdish assertiveness is evident not only in Iraq but also in Syria, where the YPJ, a Kurdish militia, has partnered with the U.S. military to fight the Islamic State (ISIS), Turkey ...

Kurdish-led factions, supported by the US-led military coalition ... Women played a crucial role in the fight against IS - many volunteered in the all-female Women's Protection Units (YPJ). As we ...

The YPG has a female counterpart, the YPJ. Turkey sees the YPG as indistinguishable from the PKK. The Syrian Kurdish groups established a system of governance shaped by Ocalan's ideas in Kurdish ...