President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sees the upheaval in neighboring Syria as an opportunity to thwart Kurdish nationalism.

The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

The remains of a convoy in Syria hit by a Turkish airstrike in December 2024, which Ankara claims was carrying missiles to ...

Turkey reported killing 23 Kurdish militants in northern Syria, targeting the YPG militia and the outlawed PKK. Ankara views ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurds and the new Syrian administration have very different aspirations for the country, but the ...

DOHA/ISTANBUL, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday he hoped President Donald Trump would end U.S. cooperation with the Syrian Kurdish YPG, as Turkey continued its ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syria’s newly-appointed President Ahmed al-Sharaa discussed deepened security ties ...

Washington’s decadelong relationship with Kurdish-led forces in Syria is opposed by Turkey. Ankara says the People’s Defense Units, or YPG, are tied to another Kurdish group listed as a ...

The Turkish Defence Ministry said the 23 militants killed by Turkey's armed forces in northern Syria belonged to the YPG militia and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK. Turkey regards ...

The defence ministry said the militants belonged to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK. Turkey regards the PKK and YPG to be identical, while the ...

The Turkish defense ministry said the fighters were members of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and the outlawed Kurdistan ...