The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and ...

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Turkey is attempting to form a new coalition to combat ISIS remnants and replace the Pentagon-backed Kurdish forces in Syria.

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For many years, the Syrian desert was an incredibly dangerous place. Experts believe the last remnants of Islamic State are still there. But are they really?

I see Kurdistan as a new name on the map of developed countries. With the support of our partners, we will build a Kurdistan ...

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

Despite his mercurial style, we probably can tell a lot about the new Donald Trump administration’s approach to Rojava (the ...

The long anticipated return home for residents of the Syrian town of Tel Rifaat, displaced since 2014, has collided with a ...

The jailed leader of the terrorist group PKK is set to make a crucial call to lay down arms while authorities mull the next ...

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described as Arabs. Now they are seizing the chance ...

This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples include disputes between Ukraine and Russia, Taiwan and China, and India and ...