After being locked in a vault for over three decades, more than two dozen masterpieces by Pablo Picasso have been unveiled to ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s top diplomat, defense minister and intelligence chief paid a sudden visit to Damascus on Thursday, ...

Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call for peace on Feb. 27 continues to influence public opinion. Civil ...

Iraq’s semi-autonomous north is grappling with a severe economic crisis, with many residents forced into massive personal debt.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government signs deal with Kurdish-led authority in northeast that would bring more area under Damascus control.

The U.S. is reviewing all existing sanctions waivers that provide Iran any degree of economic relief, and urging the Iraqi ...

Andalibi is a widely respected nay (reed flute) player and an in-demand side player virtuoso for top traditional Persian ...

The banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party ... The gala benefiting the Stamford Center for the Arts is scheduled for May 16; tickets are... Ocalan’s call and the PKK’s declaration were part of an effort to ...

About an hour outside of London, Thames Carpets sells handmade carpets mostly from the Middle East. The business goes back ...

There has been a major development in an armed conflict that has raged for decades between Turkey and a Turkish Kurdish group. The group's founder has called for followers to disarm and dissolve.

The founder of the P.K.K., a guerrilla organization that has been fighting an insurgency against Turkey for decades, has ...

ANKARA, Turkey — The imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party has called on his organization to disarm and dissolve as part of a new effort to end 40 years of fighting between the state ...