ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Four young Kurdish men were arrested in Afrin on Friday, a day after they raised the Kurdistan flag during a spontaneous reception for security forces affiliated with the new ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Security forces affiliated with the new leadership in Damascus briefly visited Afrin on Thursday and received a warm welcome from locals, including Kurds who raised the ...

They have taken on even more of the trappings of an independent nation. The Kurdish flag, not the Iraqi one, hangs over government buildings, and many Kurds openly advocate secession—even though ...