Abandoned by allies and pressured by Turkey, Syria’s Kurds were forced to surrender autonomy to Damascus.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) announced on Monday that it will disband and disarm following its more than four-decade insurgency against the Turkish state that has resulted in the deaths of over ...
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As part of its plan to unify the country following 14 years of brutal civil war, Syria’s government announced it had reached a ceasefire agreement with the secular-led, Kurdish Syrian Democratic ...
Islamic State militants have captured about one-third of the city of Kobani in the last 24 hours, but Kurdish defenders are fighting fiercely to prevent their advance, Syrian opposition activists said ...
AKCAKALE, Turkey (Reuters) - Cemal Dede fled his home in a remote Turkmen village in Syria after warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State bombed the house next door. He had no idea ...
In Syria, fighting between Kurdish-led forces, long back by the U.S. and Syrian government troops, sparked a security collapse at al-Hol. That's the biggest detention facility for families of Islamic ...