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AKRE, Kurdistan Region of Iraq — For many people, the vernal equinox — which marked the beginning of spring Friday — is just another date on the calendar. But in Iran, it's celebrated as the Persian ...

ON A KURDISH BASE NEAR IRAQ'S BORDER WITH IRAN – Soon, there could be military boots on the ground crossing into the Islamic Republic of Iran from this terrain of fertile valleys, deep gorges and ...

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For many people, the vernal equinox — which marked the beginning of spring Friday — is just another date on the calendar. But in Iran, it’s celebrated as the Persian new year, known as Nowruz. In the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ON A KURDISH BASE NEAR IRAQ'S BORDER WITH IRAN – Soon, there could be military boots on the ground crossing into the Islamic ...

Iranian Kurdish fighters train in the mountains of neighboring Iraq, waiting to go into battle against Iran. It’s a perilous existence. Iran bombards the area daily with missiles and drones. Some ...

A quarter century ago, Kani Xulam organized a vigil near Sheridan Circle that lasted more than 200 days. Credit: Darrow Montgomery A quarter century ago, a group of Kurdish activists began a vigil in ...

QUSHTAPA, Iraq (AP) — They fled Iran as children and now, living in Iraq as adults, they express guarded hope that the U.S.–Israeli war with Iran will weaken the theocracy that forced them into exile ...

In the two weeks since the US and Israeli strikes on Iran began, Donald Trump’s war aims have fluctuated between crippling Iranian military capabilities and toppling the regime that has ruled there ...