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

As Kurds themselves face persecution from both Turkey and Iran, their violence against Assyrians has only intensified through ...

For more than 40 years, the Turkish government has fought the PKK in eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Syria. Recent efforts ...

"It is utterly dangerous and wrong to mischaracterise the investigations," Turkish Justice Minister Yilzam Tunc said.

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 ...

Washington has developed deep ties to Syria’s Kurdish groups since deploying forces to the country to fight ISIS militants a decade ago, partnering with Kurdish fighters despite objections from ...

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Turkey's top diplomat travelled to Damascus on Thursday as Ankara said foreign fighters must be expelled from Syria, after an ...

Stuart Heath Anderson fought Russian tanks from the trenches in the Bakhmut region, following his sense of duty to American ...

Its armed wing has played a key role in the fight against the Islamic State group, which was defeated in its last stronghold in 2019. Welcomed by the Kurds of Syria, Turkey and Saudi Arabia ...

The Israeli military is retaking control of a key corridor that cuts off northern Gaza from the south, Israel's military said ...

Trump highlighted the collaborative nature of the operation, noting that it was carried out in coordination with the Iraqi ...