Milestone appears to resolve escalating tensions over the question of Kurdish autonomy in north-east Syria The Syrian government and Kurdish-led forces have reached an agreement to extend a fragile ...

Northeast Syria is rapidly changing hands, and with it the country's fragile balance of power. For more than a decade, Kurdish authorities governed this region with a high degree of autonomy. Now, ...

According to the agreement with the Syrian government, the SDF will withdraw from the front lines. Then, government forces will enter the cities of Hassakeh and Qamishli, and the process of ...

A video showing a Syrian militiaman holding what he claims to be a severed braid belonging to a Kurdish fighter killed in Raqqa has sparked outrage as Damascus moves to assert control in northeastern ...

Syria's military said on Sunday it had opened a humanitarian corridor to the Kurdish-majority town of Kobane, filled with people displaced by recent clashes, as a UN convoy carrying life-saving aid ...

Ceasefire to be extended for one month to allow transfer of suspected Islamic State members from Syria to Iraq The Syrian government and Kurdish forces agreed to extend a ceasefire on Saturday, ...

A four-day ceasefire between the Syrian government and Kurdish forces has expired, with pressure mounting on the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to fully integrate its fighters into the ...

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article mischaracterized Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s most recent call for anti-government protests. The Persian service for President Trump’s overhauled Voice ...

German cities saw large pro-Kurdish demonstrations on Tuesday as Syrian government troops clash with Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria. The central German city of Frankfurt drew the biggest numbers ...

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Syria’s government and a US-backed Kurdish group agreed to end their clashes with a new deal expanding the regime’s control over vital territories and resources, including oil and gas fields. The ...

A ceasefire has been declared between Syrian government troops and US-backed Kurdish-led forces, according to state media. Fighting had intensified recently, with Syrian troops seizing the country's ...