Listen to political scientist Pinar Dinc explain what’s led to the PKK’s ceasefire with Turkey on The Conversation Weekly ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The experience of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is “invaluable” in the fight ...

With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the ...

Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with Kurdish-led forces to integrate them into state ...

The United States encouraged its Syrian Kurdish allies to reach Monday's landmark deal with the Islamist-led government in ...

The outburst seems to have been triggered by an incident last year in which a group of Kurds got involved in a fight and several people were stabbed. The usual complaints about visa issues and ...

The agreement marked a major victory for Damascus in its quest to unify the country, as violent unrest continues to grip ...

Syria said that it had ended a government military operation in response to insurgent attacks that resulted in a spiral of ...

Relations have also suffered because of the United States’ close relationship with Kurdish groups—the United States continues to supply arms to Peshmerga troops fighting the Islamic State in ...

Syria’s interim government has announced the end of a days-long military operation against insurgents loyal to ousted ...

The new Syrian army also gains a highly-organised and trained Kurdish contingent with whom they can coordinate over security ...