As it has for a century, however, the Turkish government remains a major impediment to Kurdish ambitions. It is a major backer of the post-Assad Syrian authority, with which the YPG will need to ...

The Kurdish-led SDF was formed to fight the extremists, and in 2019, SDF fighters captured the last sliver of land they held, ...

The Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced the elimination of 13 militants from the People's Defense Units (YPG), the Syrian arm of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in northern Syria ...

QAMISHLI, Syria — 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 during ...

A Kurdish politician stated that despite the decrease in the number of militants and settlers, violations continue in the city located north of Syria. The Syrian interior ministry confirmed on ...

But that depends on Syria’s new leaders, and the outcome of an ongoing conflict between the Kurds and Turkish-backed rebels that’s been overshadowed by the dramatic shift from Assad rule.