In these mountains, and beyond into Iran and central Asia, fire is used to welcome the new year on the first day of spring. People gather around the Newroz fire to celebrate the triumph of new ...

In Kurdish culture, fire symbolizes purification, goodness and new beginnings.(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Members of the Kurdish community held a celebration of Newroz ...

People rallied on Newroz square for Newroz celebration in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır. Newroz fire has been set on Newroz square. Şafak Timur being in Diyarbakır for Peace Watch ...

The final Newroz fire was lit and celebration held in Diyarbakır today (March 21) with slogans chanted; "Her der Newroz, her dem azadî" (everywhere Newroz, always freedom) and "Towards freedom with ...

Hundreds of Kurds packed into Shamdeen Square in the Roken al-Din neighborhood, the main Kurdish area in the Syrian capital, to light the Newroz fire, waving Kurdish flags alongside the new ...

the fire and the report were painful reminders of the combination of corruption, weak governance and lack of accountability in Iraq. Many said they thought of the springtime holiday of Nawroz in ...

The number of tourists on the third day of Nawroz hit 112,000 Friday - bout double the number who visited Kurdistan during Nawroz last year, the Tourism Committee said. March 24, 2012 23 March 2012 ...