In a year that had no rap songs in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the first time since 1990, rap thrived in so many other ways. This list of the 25 best rap albums of 2025 includes grand ...

Pact foresaw integration of SDF forces by year-end Syria, SDF, US accelerated talks in recent days Damascus open to SDF reorganization, sources say Forces could form three divisions, open up territory ...

Seven women swathed in chadors, their eyes barely visible through netted apertures, stride purposefully toward seven marble headstones in a forest clearing. A lone woman in traditional Kurdish garb ...

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it all. So, as a way to help keep up with all of it, here’s a roundup of the 5 ...

The 2026 Grammy Award nominations are in and the Best Rap Album category is stacked this year. Doechii was presented the award by Cardi B, who won the Best Rap Album ...

Veteran Kurdish leader still shapes politics Barzani's KDP seeks big turnout in Nov 11 Iraq vote Teenage guerrilla fought Saddam's rule Barzani led failed Kurdish uprising Tensions rise with Baghdad ...

QANDIL, Iraq (AP) — A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with the Turkish government. The statement delivered ...

Members of the Syrian Kurdish Asayish security forces stand guard at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh ...

Cannonballs (Gülleler), a 2019 work by Fatoş Irwen made with hair (Kayhan Kaygusuz/Arter) From 2017 to 2020, artist Fatoş İrwen was jailed in Diyarbakır, her birthplace in the Kurdish-majority region ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Syria’s defense minister announced a ceasefire Tuesday after overnight clashes between government forces and ...

A cautious calm spread Tuesday in neighborhoods of Aleppo in northern Syria after overnight clashes between Syrian security forces and Kurdish fighters. The violence came as tensions grow between the ...

HASAKAH, Syria—Inside a sprawling facility in northern Syria this summer, a group of U.S.-backed Kurdish special forces trained a cadre of their next generation of fighters. All of them were women.