Following months of discussions, Abdullah Öcalan, often referred to as "Apo," by his followers, will call on the members of ...

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.

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?

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

Kurds in Syria were marginalized during five decades of Assad family rule, with many denied citizenship and wrongly described ...

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

Ukraine is home to roughly 5% of the world’s mineral resources, with rich deposits of titanium, uranium, iron, manganese and ...

With a population exceeding 30 million, the Kurds are the largest ethnic group in the world without their own state. Instead, ...

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