The sudden collapse of the Syrian government and President Bashar Assad’s flight to Russia in December marked a dramatic ...

The leader of the PKK militant group, Abdullah Ocalan, is ready to strike a deal with Turkiye. The pro-Kurdish political party says PKK is ready to make a historic call and end decades-long conflict.

A highly-anticipated call for a possible de-escalation from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) leader, who is ...

An Apache helicopter patrolled the outskirts of the city of Hassakeh as a heavily loaded pickup truck, filled with displaced ...

The new Syrian government in Damascus sent a convoy of vehicles from the General Security Department to Afrin, a historically ...

After 43 months without outside contact, jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has been allowed to meet with left-wing MPs.

Syria’s interim president is in the Turkish capital for talks expected to focus on Syria’s economic recovery and the presence ...

If the Kurds were supported to form their own agency in the north of Syria and Iraq and the bordering region between the two ...

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Languages: English. You can get in touch with Hugh by emailing [email protected] President Trump's State Department has enacted a "one flag policy," banning U.S. embassies and overseas ...

Syria's defence minister said Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks with Kurdish-led forces on their integration into the national army but stood ready to use force should negotiations fail.

The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said ...