If the Kurds do succeed in establishing an independent state in Syria amid the chaos gripping the region, it could accelerate secessionist movements in other Kurdish areas of the Middle East.

A prominent Iranian pop singer who made a song urging women to remove their headscarves said Wednesday that he was willing to pay "a price for freedom" after being flogged 74 times by the ...

Abdullah Ocalan, the founder and leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has issued a statement from prison calling upon the group to dissolve itself and lay down its arms in its fight ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Turkish freestyle wrestler and current president of the Turkish Wrestling Federation Taha Akgul will travel to Tehran to attend the World Club Wrestling Cup. Akgul, winner of 11 ...