But past experience and current geopolitical realities show such a strategy is doomed to failure.

The Kurds are an ethnic minority group in the Middle East, living mostly in Armenia, Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. With an ...

The Kurdish people are an ethnic minority group in the Middle East without an independent state. Estimates of the population range between 25 million and 45 million worldwide, with most living in the ...

Experts say backing Iran’s ethnic communities could ‘open up a hornet’s nest’ and increase risk of chaotic civil war ...

In the Iraqi mountains near Iran, an exiled Kurdish Iranian commander told AFP that whether or not the US launches strikes on Iran, he will still seek regime change in order to win self-determination ...

It is very clear that Iran of 2026 is not Iraq of 2003. No large groups of protesters against the regime have gathered in Tehran's Azadi Square with claims to form the next government, five days after ...

As the US and Israel continue to attack Iran, experts debate wisdom of relying on ethnic divisions for change.

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - The streets of Kirkuk, which has violently changed hands several times since Iraq's last election, are crammed with a dizzying patchwork of banners for nearly 300 candidates ...

Damascus (AINA) -- Everyone has heard of the Kurds, Shi'a and Sunni Muslims but few people are aware that Iraq has the oldest surviving Christian population in the world. In fact Assyrians still speak ...