Al-Monitor reported that France played a decisive role in securing Kurdish language rights in the SDF–Damascus agreement, pressing for Kurdish education guarantees and constitutional protections as a ...

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree on Friday declaring Kurdish a "national language", in an apparent gesture of good will towards the minority following clashes in past days. The decree ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish government proposal to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has put Kurdish rights back in the spotlight, at a time when Kurdish leaders say repression is ...

The decree is the first formal recognition of Kurdish national rights since Syria’s independence in 1946.

Syria’s Ministry of Education announced on Monday that it has begun preparations to introduce Kurdish-language curricula in ...

"The Language Wound: The use of the mother tongue in education and experiences of Kurdish students", a study from the Political and Social Research Institute of Diyarybakır, suggests bilingual and ...

This article is part of a series examining free expression and information access in civic spaces across six language communities in the MENA region. Nestled within the Kurdistan mountains near the ...

MOORHEAD — Though they’ve never met, three Moorhead residents and a Columbus, Ohio, man share a kinship that easily bridges the miles between them. They are united through their shared Kurdish ...

The Kurdish Barometer, a part of the Diyarbakır based Kurdish Studies Center, has shared its first study with the public. The research was conducted in Adana, İzmir, Ağrı, Kars, Ankara, Malatya, ...

A Kurdish-language teacher in the Iranian city of Sanandaj has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for her cultural activities and support for the Women, Life, Freedom protests that have roiled the ...

Syrian Kurdish forces have lost control of big parts of the country this month as government troops under President Ahmed ...

The scarcity of online resources highlights an urgent need for improved information accessibility. This statement was originally published on globalvoices.org on 6 September 2023. This article is part ...