This matters because if ISIS is on the rise in parts of Syria, then it will require coordination between Damascus and the SDF ...

The symbolic gesture is the first phase of disarming the PKK as part of a rejuvenated peace process with Turkiye, which could ...

The PKK disarmament ceremony also could mark a new era for the Kurds, one of the largest stateless groups in the world with over 30 million people living across Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. The PKK ...

Azerbaijan and Syria took steps toward restoring bilateral relations on 13 July, with both countries’ leaders pledging ...

The Kurdish administration called for a "pluralistic democratic system" and a "constitution that guarantees the rights of all ...

Turkish President Erdogan has made it clear that the agreement between Ankara and the Kurdish Workers Party was motivated by ...

US policy is to have one Syria and one army there and not support federalism. US Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack has a clear ...

Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey have begun laying down their weapons. About 30 fighters took part in a symbolic ceremony Friday ...

A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...

SDF’s Mazloum Abdi meets Syria’s Al-Sharaa to advance Kurdish rights deal, unify factions, and address border and disarmament ...

A March 16, 2025 drone attack by Türkiye or Türkiye-backed Syrian factions killed seven Kurdish children, their 18-year-old sister, and their parents, apparently all civilians, Human Rights ...

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