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Kurdistan

Daniel Libeskind
Culture
The Kurds have no country of their own and their story is largely untold. A planned museum in Erbil aims to change that.
Turkish MP: Turkey Nearing Civil War
Full Episode
Residents of Erbil buy groceries in a local market.
Lifestyle
Just 60 miles from ISIS, youth bowl, swim, see George Clooney in ‘Tomorrowland’
Dutch journalist Fréderike Geerdink has been charged by Turkey with aiding a terrorist organization.
Global Politics
This Dutch journalist says she is doing her job. Turkey says she is helping terrorists
Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, stand in formation in northern Iraq on May 14, 2013.
Conflict
The US named this Kurdish party a terrorist group — now it needs its help to fight ISIS
Female fighters from Colonel Nahida's peshmerga battalion view the front lines with ISIS.
Conflict
Meet the female colonel leading Kurdish forces into battle against ISIS
Female fighters from Colonel Nahida's peshmerga battalion view the front lines with ISIS.
Conflict
Meet the female colonel leading Kurdish forces into battle against ISIS