Kurds in Iraq and Syria celebrate the Newroz festival of spring at a time of new political horizons
Kurds in Iraq and Syria this week have marked the Newroz festival, a traditional celebration of spring and renewal, at a time ...
Miami Beach withdraws call to end lease of theater that screened Israeli-Palestinian documentary
The mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, is backing off a proposal to terminate an independent theater’s lease and financial ...
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Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand guard as residents celebrate following the signing of a breakthrough deal between Syria’s interim government and the SDF, the Kurdish-led authority ...
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Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
Meanwhile, Kurds in northeast Syria were hopeful that the agreement announced Monday, which includes a ceasefire and the merging of the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces into the ...
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Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Residents in northeastern Syria danced in the streets to celebrate a breakthrough pact between local Kurdish-led authorities and the new central government, while ...
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Landmark SDF deal hailed as positive step for Syria and Kurds
As the new authorities in Damascus face their greatest challenge to credibility in western Syria, a surprise deal with the country’s Kurds could mark a new chapter in the northeast, though ...
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Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
“People were killed who had nothing to do with anything.” Meanwhile, Kurds in northeast Syria were hopeful that the agreement announced Monday, which includes a ceasefire and the merging of ...
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Syria integration deal with Kurds brings relief after days of bitter violence wracks war-torn country
King's College London provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. The new Syrian government has signed a deal with to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia into ...
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Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
Syrian families who fled the clashes in Syria hold their luggages as they cross a river marking the border between Syria and northern Lebanon near the village of Heker al-Daher in Akkar province ...
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Cast and crew detail ‘Rust’ tragedy in new documentary: ‘This experience will never be over for anyone associated with it’
Less familiar, until a new documentary released Tuesday, is the story of her life, those who knew her and those who lived through – and now with – her death. In “Last Take: Rust and the ...
Syrian Kurds celebrate deal with Damascus as coastal residents remain wary after violence
In northeast Syria, revelers took to the streets after the announcement of a breakthrough deal between the central government in Damascus and local Kurdish-led authorities ...
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Syrian government signs deal with Kurds after week of sectarian killings
Under the deal, Syria’s Kurds would be granted their “constitutional rights”, including using and teaching their language, a practice that was banned for decades under Assad. It also states ...